Starting from the beginning of 2024, Union’s boarding establishments will be offering ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฅ๐ in the afternoons. This will provide a convenient solution for families seeking reliable and supervised care for their children after school.
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s Grade 7 boys recently had an unforgettable experience that marked ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ.
One afternoon after school, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ where they were able to marvel at the natural wonders around them.
But the adventure didn’t end there! After their hike, the boys headed back to school to enjoy some boerewors rolls and to cool down in the school swimming pool.
This adventure allowed the Grade 7 boys to come together, appreciate the beauty of nature and celebrate the bonds they have formed during their primary school years.
๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ. ๐๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ, ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ!
In honour of ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ, or Poppy Day as it is sometimes known, which is observed on 11 November each year, a Remembrance Day Service was held at the St James’ Anglican Church in Graaff-Reinet on Sunday, 12 November.
[ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง 11 ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ณ. ๐๐ฏ 1918, ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ณ (1914-1918), ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ-๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ‘๐ธ๐ข๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ด’ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐ต๐ฐ๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง 8 634 300 ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด. ]
This is ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ช๐ก ๐ค๐๐๐๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ, especially for the family and relatives of the fallen, and also for Union High School, Graaff-Reinet, as we pay our respects to those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐น๐ฑ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐น๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฟ:
โข Lt Charles M. de V. Booysen SAAF (1943)
โข Lt Victor P. de Kock MBE DSC MID (1943)
โข 2nd Lt Fanie Nieuwoudt SAAF (1943)
โข Trooper Gerrit T. Ferreira (1944)
โข Lt Ronald Briggs DFC SAAF (1944)
โข Trooper John G. Erlank (1944)
โข Lt Allan McCabe SAAF (1944)
โข Lt Piet Welman SAAF (1944)
โข Capt. A.C. Ramsay RE (1945)
โข Flt. Sgt Billy Wright SAAF (1945)
โข Lt Noel Wright SAAF (1945)
โข L Cpl Mark A. Plateel SAMS (1981)
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ง๐ต ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ,
๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ, ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฏ,
๐๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ,
๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐.
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to our primary department musicians on their outstanding music exam results!
๐๐๐ฉ’๐จ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐ง๐๐จ๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ช๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค:
โข Helen van den Heever who passed her RSL Gr 1 Contemporary Piano with Merit and achieving an impressive score of 84%. (๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐.)
โข Kira Hector, who wowed the examiners with her exceptional skills in RSL Gr 1 Contemporary Piano, passing with Distinction and securing a score of 90%.
โข Curen Willemse, whose dedication and talent shined the in RSL Gr 1 Contemporary Piano, passing with Distinction and a score of 92%.
โข Alison Jacobs, who dazzled in the RSL Gr 1 Classical Piano, passing with Distinction and attaining a score of 95%. Bravo!
โข Antonia Adams, who showcased her musical prowess in RSL Gr 2 Classical Piano, passing with Merit and achieving an impressive score of 88%.
โข Gerda Clarke, who conquered the challenges of RSL Gr 3 Classical Piano with great skill, passing with Merit and achieving a commendable score of 76%.
This past Friday’s assembly at Union High School, Graaff-Reinet saw some of our cricketers being ๐ง๐๐๐ค๐๐ฃ๐๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐จ during their recent encounters on the cricket field.
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to these young Unionites on their exceptional performances on the cricket field. ๐๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต.
This yearโs annual ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ was impacted by weather warnings from the outset as the event was brought forward by a day due to impending inclement weather.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ 10๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฅ๐ข๐บ, ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ช๐ฆ๐ถ-๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฅ๐ข ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด.
The first dayโs 20km hike was challenging. The Gats River was flowing well and many suffered with blisters due to walking in wet shoes after crossing the river. ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟโ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ๐น. They worked together as a team from the get-go and encouraged one another when the going got tough. It was heartening to see stronger hikers assisting their friends with packs when their feet were literally covered in painful blisters. That evening they set up camp at Riverdene farm on a beautiful beach and as they sang and ate around the fire, life was good!
The hike to Schoonberg pools the next day was much shorter, which gave ample time to set up camp and enjoy the pristine pools. The route was changed slightly this year, so the group stayed at the pools for two nights, which gave everyone more time to get to know one another. ๐๐๐จ๐จ๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ๐จ๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ก๐ค๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ, ๐จ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐จ ๐ฆ๐ช๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐๐. The following day began with an exercise in Solitude where everyone was woken before dawn and placed in isolation in the landscape. Here they read special letters and wrote to their future selves. That evening everyone was taught to cook a chicken on the open fire and to bake a loaf of camp bread by Mr and Mrs Langmead. A few drops of rain warned of what was to come, and everyone was given a safety talk regarding what to do if the river came down.
At midnight, the rain began! For those who have not been in the canyon, it is difficult to comprehend what an impact the weather can make and the dangers that it brings. One support vehicle was packed up at 2am to ensure that it got across the river with the possibility of flooding. The decision was made to evacuate early the following morning.
๐ผ๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ. This day required much grit, determination, endurance from the Grade 10s and support team. Wet tents were packed up and the journey back to Riverdene under inclement conditions began. Everyone was drenched. The tracks took on the consistency of peanut butter which stuck to the bottom of boots and rendered the roads a slippery mess. The backup vehicles used winches to get across the rivers which were now soaking sand and mud, another vehicle slid off the road and nearly rolled into the river. While some adults stayed to attempt to get the vehicle unstuck, others had to continue with the grade 10s as we feared the rivers coming down and being stuck on the wrong side. There is no reception in the canyon, so as we arrived at the farmhouse, messages were dispatched for rescue. Taking shelter in a garage, the freezing, wet group cheerfully got their stoves going and began to eat two minute noodles to keep warm from the inside! Spirits were never dampened!
In the meanwhile, unbeknown to the group, the buses had had an epic time trying to get to them! The district roads had also become treacherous. Eventually, as they spotted them driving down the mountain, they also saw the backup vehicles arriving from the canyon, which four adults had miraculously managed to retrieve by practically digging a new road!
The sense of relief was, however, short lived. Everyone piled into the buses and off they drove, only to be rendered helpless as they slid off the clay road 8kms from the tar. It was at this point that everyone had to really dig deep.
๐๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ฅ๐ช๐ณ๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ- ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ- ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ 10๐ด ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ฅ๐บ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ!
While the Grade 10s expressed extreme disappointment at not being able to complete the last day of Odyssey at the waterfall, they can take with them the fact that this was the most challenging Odyssey to date and that their perseverance, determination and grit, got them out the other side stronger and more united than ever.
๐ข๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐. Grateful thanks go to landowners Dale and Kelly Jackson, Peter Plumstead and Julian Murray. This yearโs support team was incredible through trying conditions and the school is grateful to Sean Jacobs, Jason Marais, Dolan Cochrane, Ross Hulleman, Jacques Ferreira, Jennifer Rubidge, Zakkiya Mahomed, Tess Neill and Dave Neill. Thank you to the bus drivers and secretaries who do so much to keep Odyssey going. We are grateful to Kevin and Lisa Watermeyer for their trailer and assistance. And lastly, eternal gratitude goes to Mr David Langmead for his indomitable hard-work, vision and love for the school, that makes this incredible journey what it is.
Odyssey photos are available to download at the following link: https://theunionschools.pixieset.com/odyssey2023/
On Wednesday afternoon, 25 October, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s Grade 8 to 12 athletes participated in the annual Senior Interschools Athletics event held at Hoรซr Volkskool.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐๐น๐น ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ต๐๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐บ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐.
In a tightly contested afternoon, the final scores saw Union accumulate 742 points to Volkskoolโs 731 points. ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต!
We would like to recognise Camran Swartz as Unionโs ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ. Camran managed to secure first places in the 100m, 200m and 400m races. Additionally, he also claimed third place in the Long Jump event. Well done, Camran!
Weโd also like to acknowledge the performances of Qhama Solomon, Luvelo Makaula and Xavier Barlow, who achieved numerous podium positions and contributed significantly to Union’s success.
On the girls’ side, Charlize Vorster deserves special recognition for her outstanding contribution of points, which played a crucial role in Union’s victory. We also applaud Tara Ferreira, Joy Merifield and Ambesiwi Tokwe for making their mark and showcasing their talent.
๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ, ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐จ. You have represented Union with pride and we couldn’t be happier!
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!
With the end of their academic journey at Union in sight as the Class of 2023 sits for their National Senior Certificate exams, we would like to wish our Grade 12s everything of the best for the next couple of weeks.
๐๐ข๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ข๐บ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐น๐ข๐ฎ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ, ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ!
We are thrilled to extend our heartfelt congratulations to ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐รฉ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ต๐ผ๐๐ and ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฎ on being selected as Union’s 2024 Salisbury Exchange students!
This incredible opportunity will take Chantรฉ and Aidan on an unforgettable journey to England, where they will immerse themselves in a new culture and educational experience.
๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ญ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ!
We would also like to congratulate ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐น๐ฒ, ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐บ๐ฎ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ฑรฉ and ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ธ,
our matric learners who will be embarking on a similar adventure as Gap Students next year.