Well done to Union biathlete Ben Lemke, who claimed a silver medal in the Boys u/17 age group at the ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ in Gqeberha on Sunday, 12 February.
Ben recorded a 02:17.94 (800m) run time and a swim time of 01:10.30 (100m)
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet extends a big word of ๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to the following athletes who have been selected to represent the Graaff-Reinet High Schools’ CMC Athletics Team at the Sarah Baartman Athletics Meet being held at the Oval in Gqeberha on Thursday, 16 February:
โข Anna Bouwer (Girls u/15 shot put)
โข Musa Zweni (Girls u/19 shot put, discus, javelin)
โข Qhama Solomon (Boys u/14 high jump, long jump)
โข Luvela Makaula (Boys u/14 400m)
โข Liso Booi (Boys u/15 400m)
โข Peter-Daniel Clegg (Boys u/15 shot put)
โข Nangawethu Macanda (Boys u/17 shot put)
โข Kyle Liebenberg (Boys u/17 shot put)
โข Xavier Barlow (Boys u/17 long jump)
โข Jayden Odendaal (Boys u/17 shot put)
โข Joshua Swartland (Boys u/19 100m)
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ก๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ต๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ฐรซ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ด๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ, 4 ๐๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ถ๐ข๐ณ๐บ. ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ 30 ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ 13 ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ, 8 ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ 13 ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ป๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ.
U/13A vs Herbert Hurd
Unionโs ๐จ/๐ญ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐ง๐๐๐ played a fixture against Herbert Hurd Primary School on Saturday, 11 February in Gqeberha.
Union lost the toss and were sent in to bat.
After losing 3 early wickets, ๐๐ผ๐ต๐ป-๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด and ๐ข๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป enjoyed a 90-run partnership which consolidated the innings.
Union ended up scoring 125 all out.
Herbert Hurd chased down the total with 4 wickets down, therefore securing the victory with 6 wickets to spare.
๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฅ!
U/11 A vs Herbert Hurd
The ๐จ/๐ญ๐ญ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฆ travelled to Gqeberha for their first fixture of the year โ a 40-over match against Herbert Hurd Primary School.
The hosting school won the toss and sent Union in to bat.
Union lost an early wicket, but ๐๐ผ๐๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐๐ถ๐น๐น managed to keep the innings together. He was unlucky not to get to his half century, ending on a total of 42.
๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐ก, ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ฃโ๐จ ๐๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐๐ฃ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฉ ๐ ๐จ๐๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ 100 ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐๐ง๐.
When Herbert Hurd went in to bat, Union’s bowlers were rewarded for their accuracy, bowling their opponents out for a total of 47 in 17 overs.
Well done to Unionโs top-performing bowlers, ๐๐ฑ๐๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ป (4 wickets) and ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ง๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐๐ผ๐ป (3 wickets). ๐ฅ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ป ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ and ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐น๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ป also claimed one wicket each.
๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฏ ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐.