Jocelyn Marais Tennis Tournament

This past weekend saw Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s Top 4 junior girls and boys tennis players participating in the annual ๐—๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜†๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ 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.

๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™›๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™œ๐™ž๐™ง๐™ก๐™จ ๐™›๐™–๐™˜๐™š๐™™ ๐™– ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™ ๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š ๐™–๐™œ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™œ๐™ž๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š. 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˜ˆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ข ๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข, ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ข ๐˜’๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ญ๐˜ข ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜•๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜”๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜บ, ๐˜–๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜Œ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜™๐˜ข๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ, ๐˜‘๐˜ฐ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฏ-๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜’๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜‰๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต ๐˜’๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ณ – ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ!