Sport Results

SASMT Annual Music Competition

Congratulations to our talented senior music students, ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜‚ (Grade 9) and ๐—๐—ผ๐˜† ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฑ (Grade 12), for their outstanding performances in the 2024 SASMT Annual Music Competition held in Gqeberha this past weekend.

Liso showcased his skills on Friday, August 23, competing in the High School Music Grade 4 – 6 categories with a captivating rendition of “๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ข” by A. Scarlatti.

On Saturday, August 24, Joy took the stage in the High School Music Grade 7 and up category, impressing the audience with her performance of “๐˜“๐˜ข ๐˜—๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜˜๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ” by C. Debussy. Both learners were evaluated by the esteemed Dr. Mariechen Meyer, a dedicated professional double bassist.

๐™๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ง๐™ž๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ข๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™š๐™ ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ค๐™›๐™›๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™—๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™‡๐™ž๐™จ๐™ค ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™…๐™ค๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ซ๐™–๐™ก๐™ช๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐™š๐™ญ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™– ๐™™๐™š๐™š๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™˜๐™ž๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ข๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™˜.

Ms Zelda Oosthuizen, their music educator, remarked on the exceptional way their performances brought together rhythm, melody, harmony, dynamics, texture, timbre and structure. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ.

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Camdeboo Eisteddfod 2024

The Welsh word ‘๐—˜๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐——๐——๐—™๐—ข๐——’ is formed from the Welsh morphemes: eistedd โ€“ meaning โ€˜sitโ€™ and fod โ€“ meaning โ€˜beโ€™ – culminating in the definition, โ€œsitting togetherโ€.

As strange as this sounds, when one considers that the earliest form of the eisteddfod was a competitive meeting between bards and minstrels, it does make perfect sense! In centuries gone by, the winner was chosen by a noble or royal patron.

The vision of Union High School, Graaff-Reinetโ€™s Cultural Department is ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ, ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ. This yearโ€™s Camdeboo Eisteddfod was an astonishing celebration of exactly that.

The Eisteddfod took place over three busy days. An increase in entries this year led to logistical and administrative challenges, but thanks to an online entry platform using Google Forms and an extensive set of guidelines, the programme was effectively streamlined.

๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ – ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ, ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ – ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜‡๐˜‡ with busloads of choirs dressed in stunning regalia arriving from other schools; children carrying sheet music and instruments, smaller children waiting anxiously to read their poems or play their pieces, gorgeous artworks and photos on display; duos and trios singing in harmony; lines being practiced in quiet places; moms quickly checking if their dancers had lipstick on; folk from the community relaxing in the audience surrounded by music for a few hours; props being shuffled onto stage; bats removed from the curtains to the squeals of ballerinas; tears when certificates werenโ€™t always gold; jubilation when a โ€˜cum laudeโ€™ was awarded and the general endorphin-filled atmosphere that is associated with the performing arts.

๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜Œ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฅ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด, ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด.

Qualified adjudicators were carefully chosen: Lynne Gouws -music, voice, choral and instrumental; Paula Kingwill – drama; Rebecca Langmead – art and photography; Bronwynne Kingwill – dance and Louise Vorster โ€“ creative writing.

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ and expertise under challenging circumstances and exhausting time constraints.

As each item was performed โ€“ be it a song, piano piece, dance or prose โ€“ it was immediately judged, a comment written and a certificate completed. This could not have happened without the invaluable assistance of Union moms, Marie-Louise Oosthuizen and Marsha Bouwer.

Mrs Sharon Krige printed hundreds of certificates and the technical assistance of Johan du Plessis and Muhamad Ahmed were also greatly appreciated. The Eisteddfod committee is especially grateful to Mr Donald Kingwill and his team who really went beyond the call of duty from dawn until dusk, fetching, cleaning, carrying and re-arranging during a very busy week.

As the Camdeboo Eisteddfod drew to a close late on the Friday afternoon, the organisers (๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š) consisting of Ms Zelda Oosthuizen, Mrs Sanette Brink, Mrs Tracy-Lee Chutu and Mrs Bronwen Langmead breathed a collective sigh of satisfaction that it had been a resounding success for the Cultural Department of Union.

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Tri The Karoo 2024

๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ถ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ!

With just ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฐ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด until the highly anticipated 2024 edition of Tri The Karoo, excitement is building!

Set to take place on ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, at the beautiful Union Schools’ campus, this event is shaping up to be a fantastic weekend full of fun, competition and community spirit.

The festivities will begin on ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ:๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ with a fun 5km ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐—ป. This event is the perfect way to kick off an exciting weekend. The start and finishing point will be located at Union High School, Graaff-Reinet, making it accessible for everyone! Whether you’re an athlete or simply looking for a fun outing, this event welcomes all. Bring your kids, your dogs and even your prams as we splash some colour on the weekend!

Following the Colour Run, join us for a delicious ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ hosted by the Old Unionite Association at the Tony Burrell Union clubhouse.

Bright and early on ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, the action kicks off with four exciting races:

โ€ข ๐—ข๐—น๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜: 1.5km Swim | 40km Cycle | 10km Run
โ€ข ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜: 750m Swim | 20km Cycle | 5km Run
โ€ข ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜: 50/100m Swim | 4km Cycle | 1km Run
โ€ข ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ถ ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐˜†: 50/100m Swim | 4km Cycle | 1km Run

While the athletes are competing, the Union Schools’ campus will transform into a lively hub featuring the ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€’ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜. With a variety of stalls, spectators will have plenty to explore and enjoy throughout the day.

As the sun sets, the festivities continue with the ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ถ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ก๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น, hosted by the Graaff-Reinet Club. Get ready for an incredible evening filled with fun, music and celebration as ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป takes the stage! The Saturday Night Social will also feature the ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด for the Olympic and Sprint Races – itโ€™s completely open to the public, so donโ€™t miss out!

๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—˜๐—ฆ for this exciting event are now open! ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ. Please be aware that a late entry penalty fee will apply for entries submitted after ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, so be sure to sign up early!

So, ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ถ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ?

For all the details you need to plan your weekend, visit the website: https://trithekaroo.co.za/ You can also sign up directly here: https://trithekaroo.co.za/enter-online/

๐Ÿ‘ฅ For Union learners, please see ๐— ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜‚-๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ for more information or entry forms.

Mark your calendars, gather your friends and family, and get ready for a weekend filled with excitement and community spirit at ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ถ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ!

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Congratulations, Mia & Carlie

We are thrilled to celebrate the achievements of Union High School, Graaff-Reinet Grade 5 learners, Mia Labuscagne and Carlie George, who recently completed their very first Classical Debut piano exam with RSL!

๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜บ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ – ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ข ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ 93% ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ต 91%.

Carlie George
Mia Labuscagne

Mia’s performance was described by the examiner as outstanding, with the remark that “no significant areas of improvement were identified in this excellent graded certificate.” ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜!

Carlie’s performance was equally impressive, receiving high praise for her “confident and assured performance throughout.” The examiner noted that she effortlessly met both the technical and stylistic demands of the repertoire!

๐™’๐™š ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™จ๐™ค ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™™ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ˆ๐™ž๐™– ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ง๐™ก๐™ž๐™š ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™๐™–๐™ง๐™™ ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ , ๐™™๐™š๐™™๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™˜๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฎ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š๐™จ.

Sport Results

Senior Tennis – Marco Wasserman Tournament

This past weekend saw Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s senior tennis players, ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ-๐——๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—–๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ด, ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐— ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐— ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐— ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜† and ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ, participating in the annual Marco Wasserman tennis tournament, contested in Middelburg.

Over the course of the two days, the players competed in a Round Robin doubles and mixed doubles format in the competitionโ€™s A-League.

Despite facing tough competition and very windy conditions, the Union learners performed exceptionally well, ๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ง๐™™, ๐™—๐™š๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™ง๐™–๐™ข๐™š๐™จ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐˜ฝ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ฌ๐™–๐™œ.

They left the tournament having gained valuable insights from the experience.

๐˜ˆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด’ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ.

Bulletin

Awareness and Acceptance Club

As the Awareness and Acceptance Club (AAC), we are committed to fostering an environment where learners feel safe discussing the challenges they face. These challenges may include Social Anxiety, Depression, Loneliness, or Acceptance, among others. By raising awareness about these issues, we aim to encourage open dialogue without fear of mockery.

Read more about our Vision and our Mission:

Awareness and Acceptance Club
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Grade 7 Entrepreneurs

Union High School, Graaff-Reinetโ€™s Grade 7 learners put in a lot of extra effort to make their ๐— ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ž๐—˜๐—ง ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ, which took place this morning, Tuesday, 20 August, a huge success.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜Š๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ 7๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด.

Market Day involved creating an โ€˜open marketโ€™ atmosphere, where the entire school had an opportunity to purchase goods on sale from our budding Grade 7 entrepreneurs.

๐™๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™Ÿ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ซ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ซ๐™š๐™จ ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฎ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™–๐™™๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ง๐™ ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ, ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™—๐™ช๐™™๐™œ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ก๐™˜๐™ช๐™ก๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™›๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ก๐™ค๐™จ๐™จ.

Items on sale included food and drinks, crafts, toys and novelty items, along with some fun activities such as spin-the-wheel, a boba stall and the ever popular sponge-throwing station.

Sport Results

Congratulations, Lukhona – EP U/12 Rugby

๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ to Union High School, Graaff-Reinet Grade 6 learner, ๐—Ÿ๐˜‚๐—ธ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—•๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐˜‚, who has been selected to represent the Eastern Province at the u/12 Southern Regional Rugby Tournament to be hosted in Riversdal.

This tournament forms part of the u/12 talent identifications process in aid of identifying talent for the 2024 u/13 Craven Week side.

(๐˜“๐˜ถ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ขโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ/12 ๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜›๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜’๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ข ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜บ.)