Day: 9 Mar 2023

Sport Results

𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗟 𝗗𝗢𝗡𝗘 to Grade 9 learner Tristan Hope who participated in the SAIC Pre-Ride at Louvain in the Western Cape this past weekend.

Tristan entered both 80km endurance rides held over the course of the two days.

𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺, 𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘸𝘰 80𝘬𝘮 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴.

Sport Results

On Wednesday afternoon, 8 March, Union hosted Gqeberha’s Hoërskool Pearson High School for a 𝗠𝗜𝗗-𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞 𝗛𝗢𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗬 𝗙𝗜𝗫𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘.

The encounter saw Union’s 1st team girls having to exert a relentless effort from the very first push-back to the final whistle against a highly polished Pearson outfit.

Facing immense pressure from the Pearson side throughout the match, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙞𝙧𝙡𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙣 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚, 𝙩𝙤𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙠𝙚𝙥𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙨 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝.

Despite their best efforts, however, outstanding teamwork by Pearson saw Union suffering a 4-1 defeat.

𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘴!

Armed with lessons learnt from this encounter against one of SA’s top 10 hockey teams, the girls are keen as mustard to travel to Gqeberha this weekend, where they will compete at the EP hockey trials.

The 1st team match was preceded by an 𝗨/𝟭𝟰𝗔 and an 𝗨/𝟭𝟲𝗔 𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛.

From the opening whistle, it was clear that the Pearson sides didn’t travel all the way to Graaff-Reinet for anything less than a win.

They fought hard and played with heart, and in the end, they emerged victorious in both matches.

It was encouraging, however, to witness the potential of our u/14 and u/16 players. The respective encounters against Pearson armed them with valuable match experience early on in the season and, having witnessed some inspired moments of play by the Union girls, we look forward to seeing how these two sides will develop throughout the season.

𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥!