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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.

Sport Results

Jnr Tennis vs Gill and Queen’s College

Union High School will be hosting matches against Queen’s College, Gill College & Niko Brummer

Date: Friday 13 September & Saturday 14 September 2019

Union’s first boys’ junior tennis team competed against Gill Primary and Queen’s College on Friday and Saturday, 13 and 14 September, respectively

The boys recorded excellent results, beating Gill Primary 3 – 0 and Queen’s College 11 – 4.

Congratulations to all the players on their stellar effort!

 

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Cup Cakes For Cancer

Cupcakes for cancer brings joy all around

Every year in September, Union Preparatory School hosts a ‘Party of HOPE’ in support of the Cupcakes of HOPE non-profit organisation.

By way of selling brightly coloured, freshly-baked cupcakes, they raise funds for kids with cancer who are in need of medical and financial assistance

Always willing to offer their assistance, Union High School’s Interact members aided the initiative by selling cupcakes at the high school.