Founders’ Weekend 2025

Members of the Union community are invited to attend the ๐—™๐—ข๐—จ๐—ก๐——๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ’ ๐—ช๐—˜๐—˜๐—ž๐—˜๐—ก๐—— ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ celebrations on Friday and Saturday, 24 and 25 January 2025.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ด 106 ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฐ.

FOUNDERS’ DAY ASSEMBLY

Union High School, Graaff-Reinet will host its annual ๐—™๐—ข๐—จ๐—ก๐——๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ’ ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐— ๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ on Friday morning, 24 January, at 11:00.

All are welcome to attend

๐—™๐—ข๐—จ๐—ก๐——๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ’ ๐—ช๐—˜๐—˜๐—ž๐—˜๐—ก๐—— ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐—”๐—ž ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ก๐—œ๐—ก๐—š

All parents, Old Unionites and friends of the Union Schools are invited to a steak braai in the ๐™๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฎ ๐˜ฝ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ง๐™š๐™ก๐™ก ๐™๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ on Friday evening, 24 January, at 6.30pm in honour of Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s 2025 Founders’ Weekend.

๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฎ ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฒ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜†@๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜€.๐—ฐ๐—ผ.๐˜‡๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜.

๐—™๐—ข๐—จ๐—ก๐——๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ’ ๐—ช๐—˜๐—˜๐—ž๐—˜๐—ก๐—— ๐—›๐—ข๐—–๐—ž๐—˜๐—ฌ

Union High School, Graaff-Reinetโ€™s Old Girls, parents and friends of the school are invited to join the Old Girlsโ€™ team that will take on the schoolโ€™s 1st team during the annual Foundersโ€™ Weekend encounter on Friday afternoon, 24 January.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ at the Union Schools’ AstroTurf.

๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜‘๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ต 082 927 0282.

FOUNDERS’ WEEKEND T20 CRICKET

All parents, friends of the Union Schools and Old Unionites are invited to come and enjoy ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ง๐—ช๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—ฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ at Union High School as part of the school’s Founders’ Weekend celebrations

Teams will be selected as players arrive. Players must convene in front of the Tony Burrell Union before 14:00.

๐˜™120 ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ’๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต-๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ.

๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป at 083 282 5051 to find out more or to let him know you are available and want to play.

MOTHER & DAUGHTER MORNING

The annual Gisela Kingwill Mother & Daughter Morning will be held during Foundersโ€™ Weekend, on Saturday, 25 January, at 09:00.

This yearโ€™s event will see guests enjoying a ‘๐˜๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜›๐˜Œ๐˜ˆ’ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต’, held under the trees in the Union High School garden.

Tickets will be available for purchase as of Tuesday morning, 12 November, from Ms Elsebรฉ Moos in the Union High School front office.

๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต-๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ!

Woodridge U/13 T20 Festival – Results

This past weekend, saw our u/13A cricketers deliver an outstanding performance at the ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ ๐—ง๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น, remaining unbeaten across their three matches.

* ๐˜ƒ๐˜€ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ธ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ:Union scored 131/5, with Cayden Thompson (32) and Josh Kingwill (26) leading the charge. They restricted Hangklip to 44/8, winning by 87 runs, with Josh taking an incredible 4/4 in 4 overs.

* ๐˜ƒ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐˜ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€: Union bowled out St Georgeโ€™s for 33, with Nathaneal Phillips claiming 4 wickets. Union chased the target effortlessly, winning by 10 wickets, with Ryan Collett smashing 22 off 9 balls.

* ๐˜ƒ๐˜€ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: Union posted 157, thanks to Cayden Thompsonโ€™s 40 off 23 balls and Josh Kingwillโ€™s 32. They restricted Westering to 80/7, winning by 77 runs. Sintayu Kaitro (3 wickets for 2 runs) and Nathaneal Phillips (2 wickets) starred with the ball.

๐˜ˆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ 3 ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜บ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ!