This past Saturday, 14 January, saw many of Unionโs young hockey players (from prep school through to high school) learning from experienced national and provincial players during a ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ presented by the Karoo Hockey Club at the Union High School, Graaff-Reinet AstroTurf.
Facilitators included (among other) Protea player Cornelle Holtzhausen, provincial player Arijana Botha, as well as Old Unionites Micela Loock, Jannien van Jaarsveld, Unionโs own Joy Merifield and former Volkskool 1st team captain Inge van Rooyen.
In addition to working on their technical skills, the youngsters were taught hockey-related exercises and given sound advice which they can take to the field this coming hockey season.
โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ค ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ,โ said Mrs Botha. โ๐๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ช๐ตโ๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ข๐ง๐ง-๐๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ตโ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต.โ