A total of 80 swimmers represented the Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet and Union High School, Graaff-Reinet at the annual ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ข ๐๐๐๐ held at Hoรซr Volkskool on Wednesday, 21 February.
In addition to Union’s spirited participants, teams from Gill, Cradock, Volkskool, Marlow and a group of dedicated home-schoolers showcased their skills in the pool.
The high standard of swimming at this event continues to amaze ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฑ ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐ถ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐๐.
As always, competition was fierce in all events – 106 in total – but Unionโs swimmers never gave in, giving their best in all their races.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐บ ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ด, ๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต.
In the primary school category, Laer Volkskool secured victory with 408 points, while Union’s Grade 1 to 7 swimmers secured a commendable second place with 346 points. Gill, the Homeschoolers and Cradock Primary School followed closely behind.
Moving to the senior section, Union High School triumphed in the Girls’ section and secured a strong second position in the Boys’ section. Special recognition goes to ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ธ๐ฒ for his outstanding performance earning him the title of ‘Victor Ludorum’.
Union is ๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ of all our swimmers who committed and gave their time to swim for their school and would like to thank them for their efforts.
You were ๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ก๐ and we look forward to the announcement of the Karoo team in the next couple of days.