17th Annual Senior Cricket Festival

The 17th annual Senior Cricket Festival at Union High School, Graaff-Reinet was a massive success!

๐™๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™…๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ช๐™–๐™ง๐™ฎ 10 ๐™ฉ๐™ค 13, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™š ๐™˜๐™ง๐™ž๐™˜๐™ ๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™›๐™ž๐™š๐™ก๐™™๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™–๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™‚๐™ง๐™–๐™–๐™›๐™›-๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™˜๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™›๐™ช๐™ก ๐™†๐™–๐™ง๐™ค๐™ค ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง, ๐™จ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™›๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™œ๐™š ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™›๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฉ๐™˜๐™๐™š๐™จ.

The beautiful playing venues not only provided a great setting for the games but also contributed significantly to the overall success of the event.

The festival saw some intense competition on the field, with players showcasing their skills and determination to bring victory to their schools. Off the field, there was an incredible sense of camaraderie among the players, creating an atmosphere of sportsmanship and friendship.

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ the 12 teams that participated in the festival. Their enthusiastic involvement added to the competitive spirit and made the event memorable for everyone involved.

We were also thrilled and immensely grateful to have had the honour of welcoming ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ on board as the official sponsors of the festival this year – their generous support has been instrumental in making this event a resounding success.

๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ’๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜ด. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ.

We extend our heartfelt gratitude to Standard Bank for their support and belief in our vision and look forward to many more successful collaborations in the future.

The 17th annual Senior Cricket Festival was not only a showcase of talent and sportsmanship but also served as a fantastic way to kick off the year at Union – ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ’๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ!

โ€ข ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ดโ€™ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บโ€™๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ.

Biathlon

This past weekend,ย Union High School, Graaff-Reinetย proudly saw ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ธ๐—ฒ represent the school in the u/17 boys category at the 5th Biathlon League event held in Gqeberha.

The day kicked off with an exhilarating 800m sprint, where Ben lined up alongside nine other athletes. With an explosive start and a thrilling finish, Ben showcased his talents and claimed a well-deserved second place. Clocking in at an impressive Personal Best time of 2:16.01, he narrowly missed out on first place (2:15.71).

Next on the agenda was the 100m freestyle swim, which took place in the Newton Park Swimming Pool. Ben crossed the finish line in an outstanding time of 1:05.64, finishing just behind the leading time of 1:02.56.

When the final scores were tallied, a total of 2043.78 points saw Ben emerge as the overall champion of the boys u/17 event.

๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ Ben!