Athletics, Sport Results

Athletics – Sarah Baartman District Championship

Congratulations Erin and Mack!

Union High School had two athletes competing at the Sarah Baartman District Championships at Port Elizabeth’s Westbourne Oval on Friday, 14 February.

Union’s athletes did very well against stiff competition at this prestigious event, with Mack Rubidge placing first in the Boys u/19 Shot Put event with a distance of 11.47m and achieving a new personal best in the Boys u/19 High Jump event with a height of 1.7m cleared.

Erin Mitchell came in second in the Girls u/17 High Jump with a new Personal Best of 1.5m.

 

 

Sport Results

Jnr Cricket Results vs Muir

U/13s and U/11s victorious against Muir

On Saturday, 15 February, Union’s u/13A and u/11A cricketers travelled to Uitenhage to compete against Muir College.

• The u/13s put together a stellar performance during their encounter.

Muir won the toss and elected to bat. Exceptional bowling by Union, however, made scoring impossible and Union managed to bowl Muir out for 48 after 21.4 overs.

Union’s motivated batsmen then made light work of the target and managed to chase down Muir’s score in 10.4 overs winning by 7 wickets in the end.

• In the u/11A team’s match, Union won the toss and elected to bat first.

The boys got off to a very good start and managed to continue the momentum throughout the game.

Union’s batsmen put a score of 167 on the board in their allotted 30 overs. The team’s best batsmen were Callum Jacobs (59) and Owen Paxton (37).

Union’s bowling innings then got off to a slow start, with the boys only starting to claim wickets after the 10th over.

They still, however, managed to bowl out Muir for 97 runs in the 30th over of the innings.

Union’s best u/11 bowlers were Owen Paxton with 3 wickets and James Stocks with 3 wickets as well.

Union won the game by 70 runs.

Bulletin, Cultural

Eco Club Celebrates Recent Rains

The members of Union High School’s Eco Club visited the Valley Of Desolation on Friday afternoon, 14 February, where they were amazed to see how this drought-stricken area’s plant life has recovered since the recent rains.

It was also a beautiful sight for all to see the Nqweba Dam with some water in it again after having been dry for almost a year and, as always, the view of the town set against the timeless backdrop of the vast plains of the Camdeboo was a treat for all the learners.

Bulletin, Student Life

Valentine’s Day @ UHS

Oh, we’re definitely feeling the love today 😍

Union High School’s MF committee members worked tirelessly this Valentine’s Day to raise funds for the 2020 Matric Farewell.

We’re thrilled to report that the school’s learners really supported their Valentine’s Day efforts, with children from every grade buying roses and cupcakes for the ones they admire.

Sport Results

Chess Trials

The first round of the trials to select the Chris Hani District’s chess team for 2020 was held on Monday afternoon, 10 February.

This set of matches saw 21 schools participating and took the format of an individual Swiss Open chess tournament.

110 entrants battled it out in the Union High School hall in Graaff-Reinet, while a further 80 players pitted their skills against one another at Marlow Agricultural High School in Cradock.

The chess tournament was keenly contested by players from start to finish and saw a wave of promising young talent emerge.

(The second round of the trials will be held in March and the third soon thereafter, after which the the top players will be invited to a closed tournament in August, where the final selection will be made for the team that will represent the district at the South African Junior Chess Championship to be held in Johannesburg in early January 2021.

Union extends its thanks to all those who assisted in making the tournament a success – the section controllers, arbiters and all those who assisted in the many smalls tasks on the day.

Academic, Bulletin

Gr 8 Graffiti

The first few weeks of Grade 8 can be overwhelming, exciting, daunting and ‘cool’ all at once!

In Arts and Culture, the Grade 8s studied graffiti and lettering and then had to choose a word which best described their first few weeks at Union.

They worked really hard and produced magnificent results!

Bulletin, Cultural

Operation ‘Love Sandwiches’ Continue

It was the Grade 10s turn on Wednesday morning, 12 February, to try and best the other grades in the ‘Love Sandwiches’ project recently initiated by the school’s Interact Club.

[This ongoing project sees the learners of the respective grades at Union compete to see who can make the most sandwiches in aid of this initiative.]

Armed with all their sandwich-making supplies, the three Grade 10 classes, led by their class teachers Miss Jacqui Jones, Mr Erwin Ittershagen-Strauss and Mrs Bronwen Langmead, managed to set a new record – a whopping 487 sandwiches!

The sandwiches were delivered later on that afternoon to the Midlands Hospital, the CMR and the soup kitchen at the East Street Congregational Church.

Sport Results, Swimming

Interhouse Gala Results

On Tuesday afternoon, 11 February, the Union High School pool witnessed a very exciting Interhouse Swimming Gala that contained an abundance of enthusiasm, physical effort and polished swimming strokes.

This was the first gala hosted by Union in the school’s swimming pool since it was revamped last year and the Houses rallied their swimmers for this long-standing friendly competition between Daly and Arnott.

While all the races were closely contested, a dedicated team of timekeepers stood poised with their stopwatches at one end of the pool, with house supporters and teams cheering enthusiastically from the sides.

As ever, the relays generated huge excitement – speed and lots of noise were evident as every position and point became vital towards the overall scores.

In the end there could only be one winner and it was Arnott House! They beat Daly House to the title with a strong 563 points in total compared to Daly House’s 389 points.

Congratulations Team Arnott!

A big well done goes to all those who swam!