On Monday morning, 27 January, the Union Preparatory School and Union High School junior department gathered to compete in the schoolโs annual ๐๐จ๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฌ.
๐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต.
Congratulations to team ๐๐ฅ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ง ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ who retained the title at this yearโs Junior Interhouse Athletics Day. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ, but in the end, it was Arnottโs total of 1300 points accumulated by their athletes, that secured them the win over Dalyโs total of 1226!
๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ณ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐:
โ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐/๐ณ ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐บ: Shiloh Phillips sprinted her way to victory with a time of 11.30 seconds.
โ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐/๐ด ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐บ: Amy van Rensburg impressed everyone with her speed, finishing in 10.46 seconds.
โ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐/๐ต ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐บ: Gabriella Lekas blazed through the track, clocking an impressive 10.13 seconds.
โ ๐๐ผ๐๐ ๐/๐ต ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐บ: Qazo Booi showed incredible talent, completing the race in 9.84 seconds.
โ ๐๐ผ๐๐ ๐/๐ญ๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐บ: Lukhona Bulembu demonstrated his endurance with a remarkable time of 5:44:37.
โ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐/๐ต ๐ด๐ฌ๐บ: Lusikelelo Mdlalana achieved a fantastic time of 13.71 seconds.
โ ๐๐ผ๐๐ ๐/๐ด ๐ด๐ฌ๐บ: Kainon Swartz stood out with his finish of 13.41 seconds.
โ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐/๐ต ๐ด๐ฌ๐บ: Gabriella Lekas continued her winning streak with a record of 12.74 seconds.
โ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐/๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฌ๐บ: Gemma Murray clocked a time of 12.65 seconds.
โ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐/๐ญ๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐บ: Angelique Kyanda Kaboza made her mark in a competitive field, setting a new time of 14,44s.
โ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐/๐ญ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฌ๐ฌ๐บ: Hayley Krige finished strong with a time of 3:09:53.
โ ๐๐ผ๐๐ ๐/๐ญ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฌ๐ฌ๐บ: Lukhona Bulembu again showcased his prowess with a time of 2:42:19.
โ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐/๐ญ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐๐: Lisa McEwan threw an impressive 7.31m.
โ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐/๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐๐๐บ๐ฝ: Leah Abader achieved a height of 1.15m, showcasing her remarkable jumping ability.
The Junior Department extends its grateful ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ to all the parents who volunteered to help on the day. It is simply not possible to host an event such as this without their help.
There was also a large number of learners assisting at the various events on the day, their contribution to the success of the day has not gone unnoticed.
Congratulations once again to all participants and record-breakers! ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต