Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Journey

Some of Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s Grade 12 were recently treated to an evening out with the doyen of African storytelling, Rob Caskie.

𝘋𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘪𝘳 𝘌𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘰𝘯’𝘴 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱, 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘺.

The Grade 12s learned much about the art of storytelling, leadership and the incredible journey that Shackleton endured.

𝙄𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧.

Senior Results vs Burgersdorp

HOCKEY RESULTS

We would like to extend our sincerest congratulations to Union’s 2nd XI on their hard-fought match against Burgersdorp’s 1st team. 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯’𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦. 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗽 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝟰 – 𝟬 𝘃𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆.

A 𝗪𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗙𝗨𝗟 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 by our u/16A hockey team as they dominated the field against Burgersdorp’s 2nd XI, winning the match 4-1! Goal after goal, our team proved their mettle with exceptional teamwork and sportsmanship. Congratulations to the girls on this well-deserved victory!

RUGBY RESULTS

Congratulations to our 𝟭𝗦𝗧 𝗫𝗩 on a well-earned 10 – 7 victory against Burgersdorp! 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥. Your school community is incredibly proud of you all!

Hard luck to the 𝟮𝗡𝗗 𝗫𝗩 boys, who narrowly lost their match 13 – 15.

An epic battle on the field as our U/15A’s fought their hearts out, resulting in a 12-all draw against their worthy opponents. Congratulations to our home side for their impressive performance and never-give-up attitude!

We are soo proud of our u/14A boys who gave their best in their encounter against Burgersdorp to claim a 32 – 19 𝗩𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬!

𝘒𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥, 𝘣𝘰𝘺𝘴!