This past weekend saw Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s Top 4 junior girls and boys tennis players participating in the annual ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐๐ป ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ ๐ง๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ in Graaff-Reinet.
The girls’ team competed against formidable opponents from Stellenbosch, Worcester and Cradock in the group stage, emerging victorious in all their encounters to finish at the top of their group.
๐๐ค๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ก, ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ก๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค๐ช๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ฉ ๐พ๐ค๐ก๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐. Despite their valiant efforts, they narrowly missed out on a win, settling for a well-deserved second place in the tournament.
The junior boys’ team faced opponents from Stirling, Stellenbosch C and Cradock in the group stages. They managed to secure a commendable second place in their group.
In the battle for third and fourth place, the boys engaged in an encounter against Stellenbosch B. Although they fought gallantly, they narrowly missed out on claiming the third spot, ultimately securing a respectable fourth place in the competition.
๐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ช๐ข ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข, ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ข ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐๐ข๐บ๐ญ๐ข ๐๐ฆ๐ธ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ข๐บ, ๐๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐น๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ข๐ต๐ฉ, ๐๐ฐ๐ฉ๐ฏ-๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ช๐ณ – ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ!