Thank you to Wimpy SA for treating Union’s Invitation hockey side and their coaches to a delightful ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฆ๐ง-๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ breakfast!
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ป๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ!
Dear parents and guardians,
Please take note that, as from the start of Term 2, all Grade 5 to 7 learners are being released from the gate next to the school hall and may be collected in Donkin Street at the end of each school day.
๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ก๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ ๐พ๐๐ก๐๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ฉ.
Older siblings of Grade 5 to 7 learners may also exit from this gate and be collected in Donkin Street alongside the St. Jamesโ Church Cemetery.
Grades 8 to 12 learners will be released from the Bruce Maree Gates in Caledon Street.
It is hard to believe that our 2023 ๐ฆ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ & ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง has come and gone.
๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ข๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ ๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง, ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ข๐ค๐ง๐๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ก๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ข๐…
Thank you our sponsors – Caltex Eastern Cape and Bothaโs Garage – for your incredible support of youth sport.
Hockey Results
There’s a saying in sport that goes, “๐๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ, ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ.”
Union’s 1st senior hockey team certainly achieved this during their 2023 ๐ฆ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ & ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง encounters.
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ก๐จ ๐ข๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ฉ.
UHS 1st XI Results:
Won 9 โ 0 vs Nico Malan
Won 2 โ 0 vs Jim Fouchรฉ
Won 2 โ 0 vs Victoria Girls’ High School
Won 3 โ 1 vs Langenhoven Gimnasium
Lost 0 โ 1 vs Hoรซrskool Framesby
UHS Invitational Results:
Lost 0 โ 1 vs Riebeek College
Lost 0 โ 2 vs Hoรซrskool Nico Malan
Lost 0 โ 1 vs Hoรซrskool Jim Fouchรฉ
Lost 0 โ 5 vs Hoรซrskool Framesby
Drew 0 โ 0 vs Jim Fouchรฉ Invitational
Rugby Results
1st XV Rugby:
Won 12 โ 5 vs Cambridge High School
Lost 12 โ 17 vs Asherville High School
UHS Invitational Team:
Lost 14 – 20 vs Edgemead High School
Lost 12 โ 26 vs Camps Bay High School
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet Grade 7 learners ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐บ๐๐ถ๐ฟ and ๐ญ๐ผรซ ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ have arrived safely in the UK, where they will be spending the term at Salisbury Cathedral School in Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK, as this year’s exchange students.
๐๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ข๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ 2023 ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฃ๐ถ๐ณ๐บ ๐๐น๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ.
Here they can be seen exploring their new home-away-from-home, in particular, the Salisbury Cathedral.
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s 1st team hockey girls attended the Fairmont Hockey Festival and what an amazing experience it has been. The Belgotex Sport Fairmont Easter Tournament unites 64 teams over 4 days (from 5 to 8 April) in a show of competitive sportsmanship.
The girls played six very exciting matches against stellar competition, with each of the Union girls displaying a lot of skill and determination (in very hot conditions) throughout!
The results of their encounters are as follow:
Drew 0 – 0 vs Edgemead High School;
Lost 2 – 3 vs Curro Durbanville High School;
Lost 0 – 4 against pool winners Somerset College
Won 3 – 0 vs Worcester Gymnasium.
Won 2 – 1 vs Stellenbosch High School
Lost 3 – 1 vs Hoรซr Tegniese Skool Drostdy.
Won 2 – 0 vs Settlers High School
๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ to Musa Zweni, Caytah-Leigh Koeberg and Soso Mroro who have each been rewarded with a ‘Player of the Match’ award!
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to hockey players ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ญ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ, ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐ผ ๐ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ผ, ๐ ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฎ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป and ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต-๐๐ป๐ป ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ who have been selected for the Travel & Sport Invitational 2023 Hockey Team that will be touring northwestern Europe from 3 to 12 October.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐น ๐๐ข๐ช๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ.
The tour will see the girls travel to Amsterdam, Antwerp and Utrecht in the Netherlands to experience hockey as played at a European level.
๐ฝ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐ข๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐ก๐จ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ค, ๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข!
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ and ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง ๐ข๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ to the following Union High School, Graaff-Reinet hockey players (20 in total!) who were invited to participate in the final round of the EP hockey trials being held on Sunday morning, 7 May at the Diocesan School for Girls (DSG) in Makhanda.
๐จ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฐ
Jourdan-Bethany Koeberg
Sovuyiswa Sefa
Zakithi Sishi
Kwakhanya Buyiselo
Sinalo Khali
Jasmine Abercrombie
Kuhle Nqumashe
Zanique Soutter
Amber Slater
๐จ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฒ
Xarah Hoffman
Amy Waddelow
Chavenne Lamont
Leigh-Ann Murray
Leshay Fourie
Misha Newton
Mecoli Vorster
๐จ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ด
Brigette Oelofsen
Ngomusa Zweni
Sadรฉ May
Caytah-Leigh Koeberg
๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด! ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ!
The end of the first term was celebrated with an explosive mix of colour, water, upbeat music and squeals of laughter as high-spirited learners gathered on the field on Tuesday afternoon, 28 March, for the Interact Clubโs end-of-term ๐๐ข๐๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐๐ฆ๐ fundraiser.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ.
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