Union High School, Graaff-Reinet‘s u/13A hockey team had the privilege of participating in the annual Pietie Coetzee u/13 hockey tournament in Bloemfontein this past Friday and Saturday.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ, who ultimately emerged as the overall winners of the event.
Despite a tough 3-0 loss, the Union girls displayed resilience and determination. ๐๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ป๐ฒ๐
๐ ๐ด๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ข๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ท๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐’๐ ๐/๐ญ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ, the team faced another hard-fought battle, resulting in a 2-0 defeat. Despite these setbacks, the girls showcased incredible spirit and a never-give-up attitude, making us immensely proud of their fighting spirit.
The team then managed a well-earned 0-0 draw against Willem Postma and celebrated a 1-0 victory over Menlo Park, ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ผ๐น.
The following day’s matches saw Union triumph with a 2-0 win over Vaalpark. The final showdown for 5th and 6th place against Willem Postma led to a tense sudden death shootout after a 0-0 draw, where Union narrowly missed out, ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฒ๐๐ต ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ๐.
๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ถ/13๐ ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต.