๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐๐ฐ๐บ!
๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐๐ฐ๐บ!
๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐๐ฐ๐บ!
On Saturday, 29 October, the Union Schools attended the first B Age Group Gala of the swimming season in Gqeberha, with 17 of our prep, middle and high school swimmers competing.
๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฝ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐ฅ ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ค๐ค๐ก ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ข ๐๐ฃ 2020, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ข๐๐ง๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ง๐ค๐ช๐๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐.
Taking into consideration that they have only had two practices in the schoolโs newly renovated swimming pool to prepare themselves, they delivered some fine results and finishes.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐: Gerda Clarke, Rebecca Copeman, Brogan Koeberg, Jourdan-Bethany Koeberg, Ben Lemke, Daniel Marais, Micha Murray, Liyabona Nkomo and Lisakhanya Zonke.
๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ!
This past weekend saw some of Union High School, Graaff-Reinetโs top junior boys and girls tennis players represent their school at MatchPoint Tennis Academy’s annual ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ก ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฆ ๐ง๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ง contested in Graaff-Reinet.
๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐จ๐๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐จ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฝ๐ก๐ค๐๐ข๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ค ๐๐๐ฎ๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐จ.
As is always the case at this tournament, the competition was very strong, but all our players rose to the challenge and played very good tennis. It was a great experience and the players certainly benefitted by being exposed to tennis of such a high standard.
Both teams ended 5th upon conclusion of play.
๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฆโ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ – ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ข๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด.
The following Union biathletes represented the Eastern Province at the 25th EP Interprovincial on, Sunday, 30 October, in Gqeberha, where they ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐ฃ ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐, ๐ฝ๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ. These learners have shown such grit and determination in both their training and their racing, and weโre thrilled to see the fruits of their labour paying off.
Union extends a heartfelt ๐ช๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ to their coach, Mrs Claire Lemke, and the parents of these learners who supported their children in both the holiday training schedule and the long distances that they travel in order to cheer the whole team on.
๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ Ben Lemke, Samantha Gilfillan, Misha Newton, Rebecca Copeman, Mecoli Vorster, Miley Burger, Taylor Jacobs, Allison Gilfillan and Angelique Kyanda-Kaboza.
Congratulations toย cricketers, ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ and ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ, on being selected to represent the Eastern Province at the Inter-Regional Tournament, being held from 2 to 7 December in Johannesburg.
๐๐น๐ฒ๐ (left) has been included in the u/13B side and ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ (right) in the u/13A side.
๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ต.
Congratulations to senior music students, ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐น๐ (Grade 9) and ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ (Grade 10), who successfully passed their recent Practical Examinations with assurance!
๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐น๐ played the ABRSM (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music) Performance Grade 5 Examination and achieved 81% (Merit).
๐๐ฏ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ข๐ฎ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ฏโ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ข๐ฎ, ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ. ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฏโ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ฐ๐ณ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ.
๐๐ผ๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ played the Classical Rockschool Grade 8 Examination and achieved 83% (Merit).
๐๐ฐ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ด ๐ก๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ฉ๐ถ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ 6 ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ด๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ 7 ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ 4 ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ, ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ณ๐ฉ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐น๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ง๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐บ, ๐ค๐ฐ-๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ด๐ต๐บ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ.
๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐น๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ 12 ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐๐น๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ด (๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ & ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ), ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ต๐บ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎme.
๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐, thank you for your diligent and precise work!
โ๐๐ฐ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ.โ – ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐น๐น
On Friday , 21 October, we hosted our annual Senior and Junior Prizegiving ceremonies in the school hall.
These special occasions provide a space for us to reflect and celebrate the school year and all the learners who have put in the hard yards in academics, culture and sports – the learners who have persevered against all odds, shown courage and built character while facing their personal challenges head on.
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UHS first senior boys’ and girls’ tennis teams had a most enjoyable morning’s tennis against a visiting Harvest Christian School from Gqeberha today, Saturday, 22 October.
๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ก๐ก 16 ๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐จ ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฎ๐๐, however, many individual matches were closely contested and tennis of a good standard was played overall.
The encounter was concluded with a quick dip in Union’s newly lengthened swimming pool.
Earlier this evening, Friday evening, 21 October, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet held its annual Senior Prizegiving Ceremony and we are all just beaming with pride at what our learners have accomplished this year.
The last few years have been challenging, however, ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ง๐๐จ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฃ๐๐, ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ช๐จ๐๐๐จ๐ข ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐๐.
This wonderful evening was concluded with a much anticipated announcement โ that of Unionโs ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ฆ ๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฏ.
๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด โ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ.
