Senior Sport Stars Ready For Annual Festival

Union High School, Graaff-Reinetโ€™s 34th annual ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—š๐—•๐—ฌ & ๐—›๐—ข๐—–๐—ž๐—˜๐—ฌ ๐—™๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—”๐—Ÿ kicks off tomorrow, Friday, 31 March, when close to 600 learners and coaches will arrive in Graaff-Reinet for this sporting extravaganza.

โ€œThere is great excitement as our hockey and rugby players get ready to once again welcome their counterparts from all over the country to their school for a weekend of rugby and hockey being played in a competitive, but fun-based environment,โ€ said Unionโ€™s Head of Sport, Mrs Lou-Ann Gerber. โ€œAs always, the school is delighted to once again host this festival and relishes the opportunity that this festival offers us to see the campus fields, boarding houses and AstroTurf filled with happy and fulfilled learners.โ€

๐™’๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™—๐™š ๐™ ๐™š๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ, ๐™‚๐™š๐™ง๐™—๐™š๐™ง ๐™จ๐™–๐™ž๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™š๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™๐™–๐™จ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ข๐™–๐™ง๐™–๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™š, ๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™จ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ.

She added that the staging of the festival would not have been possible without the backing of the schoolโ€™s sponsors, including the festivalโ€™s title sponsors Caltex Eastern Cape and Bothaโ€™s Garage.

โ€œWe are grateful for their support as we look forward to a weekend of friendship, fun and loads of healthy competition.โ€

Caltex EC and Bothaโ€™s Garage said they were thrilled to support this event.

โ€œIt is really special to be on board with sporting events such as these and to be able to welcome a spectrum of schools from around South Africa to Graaff-Reinet,โ€ said Mr Shawn Botha of Bothaโ€™s Garage.

โ€œThis is a great chance to compete on the sports fields, but also to have fun and to make friends with other schools.โ€

๐—”๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ Clarendon High School, Langenhoven Gimnasium, Hoรซrskool Framesby, Stellenbosch High School, Cambridge High School, Edgemead High School, Grey High School, Camps Bay High School, Cradock High School, Winterberg Agricultural High School, Gill College, Asherville Secondary School, Spandau Secondary School, Riebeek College, Hoรซrskool Nico Malan, Hoรซr Volkskool, Hoรซrskool Jim Fouchรฉ, Hoรซrskool Brandwag, Victoria Girlsโ€™ High School and of course, the Union 1st team and Invitational sides.

๐˜š๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ!

Seen here are Unionโ€™s 1st XI hockey captain, Brigette Oelofsen and 1st XV rugby captain, Ryan Jenneke, with Mr Shawn Botha of Bothaโ€™s Garage.

Changing of the Guards

RUGBY 1ST XV CAPTAIN

Ryan Jenneke will serve Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s 1st XV as their captain for the 2023 season. He will be assisted by vice-captain Chuma Sobantu.

๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ.

HOCKEY 1ST XI CAPTAIN

Brigette’s passion for hockey, hours of practice and strong leadership skills have resulted in her appointment as captain of Union’s 1st XI for 2023.

๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ-๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜”๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ข ๐˜ก๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ.

These three girls embody the 3 Cโ€™s when leading their team: ๐—–๐—”๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š, ๐—–๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—”๐—š๐—˜๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฆ and ๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง and we couldn’t be more proud of them!

Academic Top 10 Term 1 2023

On behalf of all the educators and staff at Union High School, Graaff-Reinet, we would like to congratulate the ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฃ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—”๐—–๐—”๐——๐—˜๐— ๐—œ๐—– ๐—”๐—–๐—›๐—œ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—ข๐—™ ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—  ๐Ÿญ, 2023.

Grade 5

1.  Noel Shakane
2.  Nieke van Jaarsveld, Kari Stern, Amelia King
5.  Ryan Collett, Ryon Naude
7.  Angelique Kyanda Kaboza
8.  Hermon Wolde
9.  Mason Knoesen, Luchae Thomas, Adam Clark

Grade 6

1.  Clea Clark
2.  Chante Bezuidenhout, Helen van den Heever
4.  Adriaan van Jaarsveld
5.  Rachel Wenham
6.  Maribel April, Aiden Ferreira, Kira Hector, Leagan Katzen, Logan Marais

Grade 7

1.  Isabella Hulleman
2.  John Henry King
3.  Owen Paxton
4.  Gerda Clarke
5.  Antonia Adams,  Kwakhanya Ntlonti,  Carlen Prinsloo, Quinn Naude, Cate Cochrane, Zunaida Deysel

GRADE 8

1.  Amber Slater
2.  Sixolile Singeni
3.  Kirsten Collett
4.  Jade Slater
5.  Richard Murray
6.  Liso Sobantu
7.  Lina Tadesses
8.  Jasmine Abercrombie
9.  Zack Verwey
10. Jennavieve Woods

GRADE 9

1.  Amber Bezuidenhout
2.  Samantha Charles
2.  Katelyn Trollip
4.  Ciara Kivedo
5.  Anebel Norval
5.  Jade Palmer|
7.  Mischa Newton
7.  Taegen Hamid
9.  Melissa Naudรฉ
10.  Josh Arends

Grade 10

1.  Erin Gedult
2.  Milani Pangoma
3.  Kenza Neill
4.  Sarah Jacobs
5.  Trystan Hulleman
6.  Megan Nortje
7.  Sasha Cochrane
7.  Demi Kretzmann
7.  Aaminah Steele
10. Tara Ferreira

Grade 11

1.  Joy Merifield
2.  Naโ€™eem Mahomed
3.  Sarah Wilmot
4.  Joshua Neill
5.  Caytah-leigh Koeberg
6.  Joshua Bassoon
7.  Charlize Vorster
8.  Ethan Linch
9.  Bonle Mashiane     
9.  Lelomso Ngceba

Grade 12

1.ย  Caitrin Spence
2.ย  Siphosethu Malotana
3.ย  Cadee Arends
4.ย  Brigette Oelofsen
5.ย  Sinazo Soyana
6.ย  Jenna-lee Jansen
6.ย  Karl Venter
8.ย  Tayla Kingwill
9.ย  David Venter
9.ย  Andrue Victor

Senior Rugby & Hockey Festival 2023

Our annual ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—š๐—•๐—ฌ & ๐—›๐—ข๐—–๐—ž๐—˜๐—ฌ ๐—™๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—”๐—Ÿ – sponsored by Caltex Eastern Cape – is a much-loved and highly anticipated event on the Union High School, Graaff-Reinet calendar.

With less than a week to go and much to do, we canโ€™t help but relish the opportunity that this festival offers us to see our campus, boarding houses, rugby fields and AstroTurf filled with happy and fulfilled young rugby and hockey players.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฐ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฑ.

As always, the festival promises to be jam-packed offering something for everyone to enjoy, with close to 600 learners competing in rugby and hockey for three consecutive days.

Follow this link to view the Festival Programme: https://www.unionschools.co.za/upcoming-sport-fixtures/

STEAK NIGHT

All parents, Old Unionites and friends of the Union Schools are invited to a steak braai in the ๐™๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฎ ๐˜ฝ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ง๐™š๐™ก๐™ก ๐™๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ on Saturday evening, 1 April, at 6.30pm during Union’s 34th annual Senior Rugby & Hockey Festival.

๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ-๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ your tickets with Mrs Suzanne Marais at 049 891 0262 or secretary@unionschools.co.za

Senior Hockey Results – 17 & 18 March

1st Team – Gregg Beiling Festival
Unionโ€™s 1st XI hockey girls participated in the ๐—š๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—š ๐—•๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—›๐—ข๐—–๐—ž๐—˜๐—ฌ ๐—™๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—”๐—Ÿ in East London this past weekend.

On Friday they played their first match against Eldoraigne High School, which saw Union lose 2 โ€“ 1.

On Saturday they played two matches. The first was against a Top 10 side, Collegiate High School, which saw the girls go down 1 โ€“ 6. A couple of hours later, Union played against Merifield College, drawing the match 2 โ€“ 2.

Their last encounter of the festival on Sunday, saw Union conclude their weekend with a 1-all draw against Sasolburg High School.

We would like to thank coach Calvin Beck  for looking after our girls, as well as the parents who supported the girls throughout the weekend.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ป๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ.

U/16A team: Pearson Festival
Pearson High School hosted their annual u/16 Girlsโ€™ ๐—›๐—ข๐—–๐—ž๐—˜๐—ฌ ๐—™๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—”๐—Ÿ this past weekend in Gqeberha.

The Union u/16A side, accompanied by new coach Arijana Botha, played well and with great energy throughout the weekend.

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€:
vs Kingwood: lost 0 – 1
vs Woodridge: won 1 – 0
vs DSG B : lost 0-1
vs Framesby: won 2-0
vs Pearson A : lost 8 – 0
vs Pearson B: won 0 – 3

Senior Rugby Results vs St Andrew’s, Bloemfontein

On Saturday, 18 March, Union took on Saint Andrewโ€™s School on home soil in an annual derby day that has become a ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—›๐—œ๐—š๐—›๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—š๐—›๐—ง, eagerly awaited by both schools.

As expected, the day started with a bang, with all matches being played at a furious pace, with teams from both sides attacking and defending with everything they had.

Aggressive attacking and big hits in defence saw our senior teams enjoying more success than the juniors. Congratulations to the u/15As and 2nd XVs on their victories.

Union’s ๐Ÿญ๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—ซ๐—ฉ put on a brilliant performance to beat the Saints 18 โ€“ 8, ending the day off on a high note for Union.

The Union side played with the wind in the first half and, although they had numerous opportunities to cross over the try line, they were unable to do so until a moment of stellar play secured Union a lead of 5 โ€“ 0.  St Andrewโ€™s however followed this up with a try against the run of play, followed up by a penalty, giving them a 8 โ€“ 5 lead going into half-time.

Union looked a better team in the second half, controlling possession and territory which eventually resulted in them scoring their second try, to take the lead by 13 – 8. A penalty in favour of Union, secured them the win with 18 points to Saint Andrewโ€™s 8.

๐—ข๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€:

u/11A lost 22 – 10
u/13A lost 5 – 0
u/14A lost 24 โ€“ 31
u/15A won 31 โ€“ 7
u/16As lost 0-15
2nd XV won 36- 5

๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต – ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ.

U/13 Karoo Rugby Trials

Union High School, Graaff-Reinet is hosting the u/13 ๐—ž๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ข ๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—š๐—•๐—ฌ ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ today, Thursday, 16 March.

All matches will be played on the Minnaar Field.

๐˜š๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ต ๐˜Ž๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜—๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ต ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ง, ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด.

Rugby Derby vs Saint Andrew’s School

It is with great excitement and anticipation that Union High School, Graaff-Reinet prepares to welcome Saint Andrew’s School, Bloemfontein to our campus this Saturday, 18 March, for a ๐—™๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ ๐—ข๐—™ ๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—š๐—•๐—ฌ.

All games played on the Puttick Field will be livestreamed (๐˜ช๐˜ง ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ด) via our YouTube channel. ๐—ช๐—”๐—ง๐—–๐—› ๐—œ๐—ง ๐—›๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—˜: https://www.youtube.com/@theunionschools

Mathematics Olympiad

On Friday, 10 March,ย Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s math whizzes competed in the first round of the ๐™Ž๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ ๐˜ผ๐™›๐™ง๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ข๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜๐™จ ๐™Š๐™ก๐™ฎ๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™–๐™™ (๐™Ž๐˜ผ๐™ˆ๐™Š).

๐—ช๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐——๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜ to the following learners who qualified for the second round:

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿต: Samantha Charles, Katelyn Trollip and Misha Newton
๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ: Tara Ferreira
๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ: Josh Neill and Sarah Wilmot
๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ: Brigette Oelofsen and Caitrin Spence.

Senior Rugby vs Spandau

Union’s senior rugby teams enjoyed an afternoon of rugby against Graaff-Reinet’s Spandau Secondary School

๐—ช๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐——๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜ to the Union boys, on a stellar effort all round in uncomfortably hot conditions.

The senior third team won 17 – 11, the u/14As won 41 – 0, the u/15As won 19-7 and the u/16As (๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ) won 36-7.

๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ถ ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ.