Bulletin, Student Life

Gr 7 Ladies Treated To Tea

Grade 7 ladies treated to tea… and some life lessons

The girls in Union’s Grade 7R class were recently invited to afternoon tea at the Drostdy Hotel by their class teacher, Mrs Hanli Rose-Innes.

With femicide and gender-based violence making headlines these past few weeks, Mrs Rose-Innes used this opportunity to discuss these very relevant issues with the girls. She also spoke to them about proper conduct around boys.

In addition to this, the girls enjoyed a lively discussion about proper manners and etiquette.

As a keepsake, Mrs Rose-Innes presented the girls with a ribbon that they could wear to school that serves as a reminder that being a woman is incredible – it’s exciting, inspiring and empowering!

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UHS 1st XI – Cape Schools

Union High School 1st XI to play in the Cape Schools’ Cricket Week 2019:

Front row: Luke McNaughton, Jaden Brotherton, coach Stephen Bezuidenhout, Trevor Moos and Zusakhe Ngwane.

Back row: MJ Newton, Kyle-Luke du Preez, James Pienaar, Matthew Hesselink, Caerwyn Spence, Lunga Zantsi, Bowen Langmead, Brett Amsterdam and Thembelihle Mxhunyelwa.

Good luck!

Awards, Summer Awards

Summer Awards 2019

SUMMER AWARDS ASSEMBLY

SPORTS AWARDS – 2019

PRIMARY DEPARTMENT AWARDS

ACHIEVEMENT BAR FOR ATHLETICS:

Siphosethu Vena

Alutha Wesi

CERTIFICATES OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR SWIMMING:

            Mecoli Vorster

Misha Newton

Chloe Erasmus

Daniel Marais

Matthew Paxton

Bradley Davenport

Tyra Binney

ACHIEVEMENT BAR FOR CRICKET:

            Alutha Wesi

Camran Swartz

Shaakir Kazi

Jayden Swart

ACHIEVEMENT BAR FOR TENNIS:

Tara Ferreira

Chloe Erasmus

Matthew Paxton (Re-award)

Caytah-Leigh Koeberg (Re-award)

HIGH SCHOOL AWARDS

ATHLETICS

TROPHIES: (Results of Inter-house athletics meeting)

Victor Ludorum (Boys):

Wendy Albertyn Trophy U15      –           Sisipho Arnols

Sparks-Marcow Trophy U17      –           Bowen Langmead

Victrix Ludorum (Girls):

Trevor Albertyn Trophy U15       –           Lana Bouwer

André Paris Cup U17                     –           Laetitia Theron

Willem Theron Trophy for Boys Open Throwing Events     –            Luke McNaughton

Reg Moore Cup for Boys Open Field Events                           –            Luke McNaughton

Merit Certificate for Boys Open Jumping Events                  –            Luke McNaughton

Merit Certificate for Girls Open Jumping Events                   –            Jenna McNaughton

Kirsten King

Merit Certificate for Girls Open Field Events                          –            Rosslyn Sparks

Cheryl Geard Trophy for Girls Open Throwing Events         –            Rosslyn Sparks

Ross Garner Trophy for Boys Open Long Distance               –            Iviwe Ndamane

Minnaar Cup for Boys Open Sprints                                         –            Soyama Mbobi

Evan van Zyl Trophy for Girls Open Long Distance               –            Sanja du Plessis

Zeta Marais Shield for Girls Open Sprints                               –            Micela Loock

Alec Murray Cup for Inter-house relay winners:

Daly House to be collected by House-Captains, Daliwonga Mathiale & Nicole de Bruyn

Old Unionite Cup for Winning House:

Daly House to be collected by House-Captains, Daliwonga Mathiale & Nicole de Bruyn

Special performance awards will be made at the Prizegiving at the end of the year.

MERIT CERTIFICATE FOR ATHLETICS:

            Marché Green

Dylan Petitt

Rosslyn Sparks

Soyama Mbobi

Singalakhe Mapekula

TEAM AWARDS FOR ATHLETICS:

            Erin Mitchell

Iviwe Ndamane

Matthew Carelse

BIATHLON

JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR BIATHLON:

Kendall Krige (Re-award)

Drew Dobinson (Re-award)

TEAM AWARDS FOR BIATHLON:

            Megan Doyle

Jade Shires

HALF-COLOURS FOR BIATHLON:

            Jenna McNaughton (Re-award)

SWIMMING

INTERHOUSE GALA & LONG DISTANCE

UHS Trophy for 100yrds Freestyle – Boys:                  Mack Rubidge

Saunders Cup for 100yrds Freestyle – Girls:               Megan Doyle

Deloryse van der Merwe Cup for Most Improved U16 Girl:            Amber Binney

Fischer Trophy for Inter-house Gala Trophy: Not awarded due to Inter-house gala not taking place.

Special performance awards will be made at the Prizegiving at the end of the year.

JUNIOR TEAM RECOGNITION AWARDS FOR SWIMMING:

            Amber Binney

Hannah Bodenstein (Re-award)

TEAM AWARDS FOR SWIMMING:

            Elia Railton

Damon Fouché

HALF-COLOURS FOR SWIMMING:

            Megan Doyle

COLOURS FOR SWIMMING:

Mack Rubidge

CRICKET

MERIT CERTIFICATE FOR CRICKET:

Lihle Mxhunyelwa

TEAM AWARDS FOR CRICKET:

            Khwezi Simon

James Pienaar

James Pringle

HALF-COLOURS FOR CRICKET:

Lunga Zantsi

Zusakhe Ngwane

COLOURS FOR CRICKET:

            Trevor Moos

Brett Amsterdam

Bowen Langmead

Luke McNaughton

Caerwyn Spence

Jaden Brotherton

TENNIS

TEAM AWARDS FOR TENNIS:

Lauren Rose-Innes

Brett Amsterdam

Ryan Hobson

Peter Watermeyer

HALF-COLOURS FOR TENNIS:

Sara Kingwill

Matthew Hesselink

Kyle-Luke du Preez

COLOURS FOR TENNIS:

Bowen Langmead

Christine Harris

Ebben Johnston

Noä Cilliers (Re-award)

Micela Loock (Re-award)

Jenna McNaughton (Re-award)

SERVICE AWARDS

LIBRARY – SERVICE AWARD

Library Monitors:

Elizabeth Afful-Packson

Bridget Stander

Sabrina Potgieter (Re-award)

Zintle Maki (Re-award)

Library Assistants (receiving their Monitor badges):

Zoë May

Petra Japhta

Sayma Wajid

Jade Edwards

PEER PROMOTERS – BLOOD DONOR REPRESENTATIVES:

SERVICE AWARDS:

            Rosslyn Sparks

Kiah Hoffman

Peter Watermeyer

1ST AIDERS

SERVICE AWARDS FOR 1ST AID

Sabrina Potgieter

Sasha Bosch

Jada Smith (Re-award)

Awards, Bulletin, Cultural Awards

Cultural Awards 2019

CULTURAL AWARDS ASSEMBLY – 19 September 2019

PRIMARY DEPARTMENT AWARDS

MERIT CERTIFICATE FOR CULTURE:

Amber Bezuidenhout

Anna Bouwer

Ashleigh Shell

Balisa Mduduma

Jemma Grootboom

Katelyn Trollip

Leigh-Ann Murray

Liyabona Ndamase

Megan Miller

Melissa Naude

Rebecca Copeman

Sakeenah Hajie

Samantha Charles

Sinelizwe Mcilongo

Taegen Hamid

Tristan Hope

Aaminah Steele

Anna-May Hayes

Hlumelo Kwini

Leshay Fourie

Noah Edwards

Simo Booysen

Tara Ferreira

Terry Mabuni

 

ACHIEVEMENT BAR FOR CULTURE:

Azisa Mduduma

Erin Gedult

Khumo (Kananelo) Kometsi

Sasha Cochrane

Zara Deysel-Douman

Ann-Noleen Koeberg

Caytah-Leigh Koeberg

Dumisa Mala

Max Price

Owethu Singeni

Tyra Binney

Vivian McEwan

 

ACHIEVEMENT BAR FOR CHESS:

Neelon Fourie

Camran Swartz

Na’eem Mahomed

 

SENIOR DEPARTMENT AWARDS

 

MERIT CERTIFICATE FOR CULTURE:

Anna Pringle

Arno Nel

Brigette Oelofsen

Cadee Arends

Caitrin Spence

Lana Bouwer

Asa Matross

Lisakhanya Mata

Musawenkosi Kedamile

Lisakhanya Mvandaba

Precious Nobula

Simamkele Soyana

Yandisa Sinyanya

Keratile Nqabeni

Asemahle Wellman

Ayabulela Goliath

Buhlebethu Rolomane

 

TEAM AWARD FOR CULTURE:

Shayna Japhta (Grade 10 – away on Odyssey)

Benito Vers

Lwambeso Majiza

Tumelo Teys

Elizabeth Afful-Packson

Jemimah Mangunda

Chantelle Bantom (Grade 10 – away on Odyssey)

Mekisha Manzana (Grade 10 – away on Odyessey)

Siphe (Sipheyena) Gwenxane (Grade 10 – away on Odyssey)

Zoë May (Grade 10 – away on Odyssey)

 

HALF COLOURS FOR CULTURE:

James Rose-Innes (Grade 10 – away on Odyssey)

Ethan Gedult

 

FULL COLOURS FOR CULTURE:

Hannah Watermeyer (Grade 10 – away on Odyssey)

Lathitha Ngcwangu (Grade 10 – away on Odyssey)

Melissa Swart (Grade 10 – away on Odyssey)

Jade Shires

Khanya Butshingi

Kiah Hoffman

Sabrina Potgieter

Siphesihle Jali

Zintle Maki

Jenna McNaughton (Re-award)

Taylyn Miller (Re-award)

Peter Watermeyer (Re-award)

 

 

 

Bulletin, Student Life

Passing The Torch

The members of the 2018/19 prefect body enjoyed a fun evening with the newly elected 2019/20 prefects in the Tony Burrell Union on Monday evening, 16 September.

The evening saw the prefects engage in several fun activities and games, during which the old prefects sharing some of the knowledge they’ve acquired and lessons they’ve learned over the past year with the newly inducted prefects.

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Psalm 113:3

Steve and Belinda Grewar recently gifted Union High School a large canvas, with a scriptural reference that reads as follows:

“From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets, the name of the Lord is to be praised. Psalm 113:3”

The canvas was mounted in the school’s main quad and bears testament to the school’s inherent Christian ethos which is promoted in all aspects of school life.

The school thanks them for this thoughtful gesture!

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Boarders Get Active For Good Cause

This past Saturday, 14 September, some of Union’s Arthur Kingwill House boys and Herby Arnott House girls participated in the second annual Tracks4Cancer event in Graaff-Reinet.

This fundraising event, which saw the learners running and cycling through the Camdeboo National Park, was held in support of the Graaff-Reinet Cancer Association

Union extends its thanks to the organisers for a fantastic event, Mr. Hanno Sparrius for arranging the learners’ participation and the boarders for their enthusiasm.

Cricket, Sport Results

Cape School’s Cricket Week

One of the longest running schools cricket weeks in the country will be hosted by Union High School next weekend, with 10 leading teams competing in matches from Friday, 20 September to Tuesday, 24 September.

In this, its Centenary year, the Graaff-Reinet school will now be in charge of the 52nd anniversary of the Cape Schools’ Cricket Week.

The tournament was started in the 1960s, with eight teams – four from the EP and Border and four from Cape Town – meeting for a festival of cricket.

The original teams were Grey, Queen’s Dale and Union High from the eastern region, with the Western Cape sides being SACS, Wynberg, Bishops and Rondebosch.

In the years following the inaugural week, Selborne (1969) and Kimberley Boys’ High (1971) were also included, although the number of teams attending the festival remained at eight until 10 teams contested 1988 edition.

Since the turn of the century, the number of teams has varied from 10 to 12.

As you would expect in half a century of tournaments, the week has seen a number of players who reached the highest level of the game coming through its ranks.

Back in the sixties, legends such as Kenny McEwan, Peter Kirsten, Allan Lamb and Garth le Roux all played in the week, while more recently Johan Botha, Wayne Parnell, Rusty Theron, Danie Piedt and Dawid Malan, now playing for England, have been part of the event.

Interestingly, Malan attended Paarl Boys’ High, who have only competed a handful of times, but will be back this year, taking on Queen’s College at Asante Sana Game Reserve in their opening match on Saturday, 21 September.

SACS, the oldest high school in South Africa, will be taking part again this year, with their first match to take place on Saturday, 21 September, against host school Union High on Union’s Minnaar Field.

Paul Roos is also in the line-up and should have an interesting opener against Dale College on Saturday at the Botanics Sports Club, while Grey High School will face tough opposition against Rondebosch in their opener on Saturday at Hoër Volkskool and Selborne College will be up against Wynberg in their opener on Saturday at Union’s Puttick Field.
Following Saturday’s game against SACS, Union will play Paarl Boys, Paul Roos and Wynberg.

The fixtures are:

Date Teams Venue Time Format
Friday
20/9		 Friendly “EP vs WP” Botanics Sports Club 18:00 T20
Saturday
21/9		 Union High vs SACS
Selborne College vs Wynberg
Grey High vs Rondebosch
Dale College vs Paul Roos
Queen’s College vs Paarl Boys		 Minnaar Field
Puttick Field
Hoër Volkskool
Botanics Sports Club
Asante Sana Game Reserve		 09:00
09:00
09:00
09:00
09:30		 Declaration
Sunday
22/9		 Union High vs Paarl Boys
Queen’s College vs Paul Roos
 Selborne College vs SACS
Grey High vs Wynberg
Dale College vs Rondebosch		 Minnaar Field
Puttick Field
Hoër Volkskool
Botanics Sports Club
Asante Sana Game Reserve		 09:00
09:00
09:00
09:00
09:30		 Declaration
Monday
23/9		 Union High vs Paul Roos
Dale College vs Paarl Boys
Queen’s College vs Wynberg
 Selborne College vs Rondebosch
Grey High vs SACS		 Minnaar Field
Puttick Field
Hoër Volkskool
Botanics Sports Club
Asante Sana Game Reserve		 09:00
09:00
09:00
09:00
09:30		 Declaration
Tuesday
24/9		 Union High vs Wynberg
Grey High vs Paarl Boys
Dale College vs SACS
Queen’s College vs Rondebosch
Selborne College vs Paul Roos		 Minnaar Field
Puttick Field
Hoër Volkskool
Botanics Sports Club
Asante Sana Game Reserve		 09:00
09:00
09:00
09:00
09:30		 50 Overs

 

Sport Results

Snr Cricket Results vs Brandwag

Union cricketers face Brandwag in annual encounter

UHS 1st XI

On Saturday, 14 September, Union’s 1st XI travelled to the Asante Sana Private Game Reserve to play their annual fixture against Uitenhage’s Brandwag.

Brandwag won the toss and elected to bat first.  Union started well, striking early and building a steady pressure with the ball taking regular wickets.

A lapse in concentration later in the innings, however, resulted in several missed chances. That, and some loose bowling, allowed Brandwag to score 165 in their allotted 40 overs after having stood at only 64 for 6 at drinks.

Union’s best bowlers were Lunga Zantsi (2 for 9 in 6 overs), Brett Amsterdam (2 for 25 in 8 overs) and Trevor Moos (2 for 28 in 8 overs).

Union then went in to bat and got off to a great start.

They continued to stay well ahead of the run rate and a fantastic 53 run partnership between Brett Amsterdam and Bowen Langmead looked to secure the match.

Union then, unfortunately, completely lost their way with the bat – losing 7 wickets for 30 runs – to lose the match by 25 runs in the end.

Union’s best batsmen were Bowen Langmead (52) and Brett Amsterdam (32).

UHS 2nd Team

Union’s 2nd Team also played against Brandwag on Saturday in Uitenhage

Union was the toss and and elected to bat first. They were bowled out for 129 in the 31st over. The team’s batsmen recorded the following: Mihlali Tyanase, 22, Jarrod Naudé, 20, James Pringle,16, with Josh Calitz and Rogen Odendaal each scoring 10 runs in this 35-over match.

Branwag passed Union’s score in the 23rd over, having lost 7 wickets in the process. Union’s best bowlers were Jarrod Naudé (3/16) and Matthew Hesselink (2/23).

Brandwag won the match by 3 wickets.