This past weekend, four of Union High School, Graaff-Reinetโs top junior boysโ and girlsโ tennis players participated in the annual ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐๐ป ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ ๐ง๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ held in Graaff-Reinet.
Over the course of two exciting days, our players not only showcased their skills on the court but also embraced the spirit of sportsmanship and camaraderie.
Competing against formidable teams from Worcester, Stellenbosch, Hermanus and Cradock, among other, both the boys’ and girls’ teams faced challenging matches that tested their abilities and character. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ต.
The tournament was not just about competition; it was also a chance for our athletes to bond and develop friendships with peers from other schools.
๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด.
A special ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ goes out to the members of staff, parents and supporters who accompanied our teams and cheered them on from the sidelines.
