This past Saturday, 15 April, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s ๐จ๐ญ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ team travelled to Gqeberha where they faced their Sunridge Primary School counterparts for their first fixture of the season.
Although the girls played well and displayed some lovely skill on the day, in the end, hockey is a game of opportunity as much as it is a game of skill and the Union girls fell short in that they did not capitalise on the opportunities presented.
Sunridge claimed the win with 3 goals to Unionโs 2.
Big pat on the back, however, to all the girls for playing their hearts out โ the grass was a challenging surface to play on, but they ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐.
We look forward to seeing the team go from strength to strength this season as they are a talented group of girls with a passionate and knowledgeable coach.
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ.
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The u/11 girls played their first full-field, 11-a-side hockey match this past Saturday against Sunridge Park. The girls have had to learn new structures and rules in a very short period of time and have done exceptionally well to apply all instructions.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐บ 2 ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ 1.
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The u/13B side enjoyed a good start to their season, ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฌ-๐ฌ ๐๐ผ ๐ฆ๐๐ป๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ. The girls dominated this match and unfortunately did not capitalize on opportunities to score goals. We predict an excellent season ahead for this group of girls.
