This past Tuesday afternoon, 6 September, learners from 10 schools in Graaff-Reinet competed for fantastic cash prizes at a ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ง held at the Botanics Sports Club โ hosted by ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐.
โข In the Primary School’s B-league, Union placed both second (Grade 7 learner ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ต) and first (๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ณ in Grade 5). They both had a score of 4.5 out of 5.
โข In the Primary School’s A-league, Union placed first through Grade 7 learner ๐๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฒ, who won all five her matches.
In the category for high schools, Unionโs senior players did exceptionally well in both the A and B league, coming out tops in both.
The best player, overall, in the high school section was Grade 11 learner ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, who won all five his matches.
Union extends a special ๐ช๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ to the following sponsors for their contribution to the event: Wรผrth, Haslop & Mason, Mynhardt Construction, Montego Cares and Steel Pipes & Fittings.
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Seen here is the ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ-๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฎ: (back) Adriaan van Jaarsveld, Aidan Ferreira, Sibabalwe Mbutye, Daniel Marais, Alex Neill, Ben Lemke, Ethan Raath, (middle) Jordan Maritz, Tristan Hudson, Maqhawe Norman, Quinn Naude, Brett Kenmuir, (front) Kyle Liebenberg, JJ Liebenberg, Joshua Neill and Jayden Swart. Absent: Mark Lemke
This past Friday, 9 September, Union’s ๐จ/๐ญ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ง team played a T20 match against Queen’s College Boys’ Primary School in Queenstown.
Queens batted first and scored 137 runs in their allotted 20 overs. Unionโs best bowlers were ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ, ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ and ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐๐บ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ who took one wicket each.
Union then went in to bat, and, unfortunately, fell short by 18 runs. Unionโs best batsmen were ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐, ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐๐บ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ and ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ.
The next morning, Saturday, 10 September, Union’s u/13As took on their Queens counterparts again โ this time in a 50 over encounter.
Union went in to bat first. The boys got off to a slow start and, with a regular loss in wickets, only managed to put 68 runs on the scoreboard before they were all bowled out.
Queens managed to chase down the score in the 10th over with two wickets down. Union lost the match by 8 wickets.
This past Saturday, 10 September, Unionโs u/11A cricket team was hosted by Queen’s College Boys’ Primary School in Queenstown for a ๐ฐ๐ฌ-๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ฅ encounter.
Queens won the toss and elected to bowl first on a misty and cool morning.
Union openers got off to a good start and put on seventy runs for the opening stand.
The batting momentum was slightly stalled with a quick loss of wickets in the middle order, however, a good partnership for the seventh wicket ensured they reached a competitive total of 155/8 in their allotted forty overs.
Good performances with the bat included ๐๐ผ๐๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐๐ถ๐น๐น who made 46, ๐๐ผ๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฉ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ (25) and ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ (16).
The Union team showed a spirited performance with the ball by never giving up and eventually bowled Queens out for 138.
The stand out bowlers included ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ who ended with figures of 3-22, ๐๐ผ๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฉ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ (2-16), ๐๐ผ๐๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐๐ถ๐น๐น (2- 31) and ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐น๐บ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น (2-32).
