On Monday afternoon, 27 February, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s ๐ง๐ข๐ฃ ๐ด ๐ง๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฆ boys and girls, hosted their Middelburg Hoรซrskool (Karoo) counterparts for an afternoon of competitive tennis.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐น๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ.
The Union girls dominated their matches, winning 6-0. ๐๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ช๐ง๐’๐จ ๐๐ค๐ฎ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ค ๐๐ก๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ 4-2 ๐ซ๐๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐จ. The Union boys, however, bounced back in the mixed doubles, with Union winning 5 of the 8 matches, leading to Union winning the fixture with 13 matches to Middelburg’s 7 overall.
๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ!