U/16 Hockey Festival – Pearson

Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s u/16A hockey team recently had the opportunity to participate in Pearson High School’s annual ๐—จ/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ ๐—›๐—ข๐—–๐—ž๐—˜๐—ฌ ๐—™๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—”๐—Ÿ in Gqeberha.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ.

The team kicked off the festival with some tough competition, facing off against Collegiate and DSG. Although they put up a valiant effort, they unfortunately fell short in both encounters. Undeterred, they returned the next morning to take on Woodridge, but luck was not on their side as they suffered another loss.

The team’s fortunes, however, began to change as they faced Brandwag in a thrilling match that ended in a goalless draw. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต-๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ.

Determined to turn things around, the team showed great resilience and determination in their subsequent matches. Despite battling through the pouring rain, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ๐™–๐™œ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™จ๐™š๐™˜๐™ช๐™ง๐™š ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™จ ๐™–๐™œ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™‰๐™ž๐™˜๐™ค ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ, ๐™๐™ง๐™–๐™ข๐™š๐™จ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™ž๐™š๐™—๐™š๐™š๐™  ๐™‚๐™ž๐™ง๐™ก๐™จ, with a scoreline of 2-0 in each match.

Overall, the team’s performance at the Pearson festival showcased their perseverance and ability to adapt to different playing conditions. ๐™๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™™๐™š๐™ข๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™œ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™–๐™ข๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™  ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ก๐™ก ๐™–๐™จ ๐™– ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง-๐™œ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š-๐™ช๐™ฅ ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™™๐™š.