Well-done to Erin Gedult on passing her ABRSM (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music) Grade 2 Piano examination with distinction!
Grade 7 ladies treated to tea… and some life lessons
The girls in Union’s Grade 7R class were recently invited to afternoon tea at the Drostdy Hotel by their class teacher, Mrs Hanli Rose-Innes.
With femicide and gender-based violence making headlines these past few weeks, Mrs Rose-Innes used this opportunity to discuss these very relevant issues with the girls. She also spoke to them about proper conduct around boys.
In addition to this, the girls enjoyed a lively discussion about proper manners and etiquette.
As a keepsake, Mrs Rose-Innes presented the girls with a ribbon that they could wear to school that serves as a reminder that being a woman is incredible – it’s exciting, inspiring and empowering!
Union High School 1st XI to play in the Cape Schools’ Cricket Week 2019:
Front row: Luke McNaughton, Jaden Brotherton, coach Stephen Bezuidenhout, Trevor Moos and Zusakhe Ngwane.
Back row: MJ Newton, Kyle-Luke du Preez, James Pienaar, Matthew Hesselink, Caerwyn Spence, Lunga Zantsi, Bowen Langmead, Brett Amsterdam and Thembelihle Mxhunyelwa.
Good luck!
SUMMER AWARDS ASSEMBLY
SPORTS AWARDS – 2019
PRIMARY DEPARTMENT AWARDS
ACHIEVEMENT BAR FOR ATHLETICS:
Siphosethu Vena
Alutha Wesi
CERTIFICATES OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR SWIMMING:
Mecoli Vorster
Misha Newton
Chloe Erasmus
Daniel Marais
Matthew Paxton
Bradley Davenport
Tyra Binney
ACHIEVEMENT BAR FOR CRICKET:
Alutha Wesi
Camran Swartz
Shaakir Kazi
Jayden Swart
ACHIEVEMENT BAR FOR TENNIS:
Tara Ferreira
Chloe Erasmus
Matthew Paxton (Re-award)
Caytah-Leigh Koeberg (Re-award)
HIGH SCHOOL AWARDS
ATHLETICS
TROPHIES: (Results of Inter-house athletics meeting)
Victor Ludorum (Boys):
Wendy Albertyn Trophy U15 – Sisipho Arnols
Sparks-Marcow Trophy U17 – Bowen Langmead
Victrix Ludorum (Girls):
Trevor Albertyn Trophy U15 – Lana Bouwer
André Paris Cup U17 – Laetitia Theron
Willem Theron Trophy for Boys Open Throwing Events – Luke McNaughton
Reg Moore Cup for Boys Open Field Events – Luke McNaughton
Merit Certificate for Boys Open Jumping Events – Luke McNaughton
Merit Certificate for Girls Open Jumping Events – Jenna McNaughton
Kirsten King
Merit Certificate for Girls Open Field Events – Rosslyn Sparks
Cheryl Geard Trophy for Girls Open Throwing Events – Rosslyn Sparks
Ross Garner Trophy for Boys Open Long Distance – Iviwe Ndamane
Minnaar Cup for Boys Open Sprints – Soyama Mbobi
Evan van Zyl Trophy for Girls Open Long Distance – Sanja du Plessis
Zeta Marais Shield for Girls Open Sprints – Micela Loock
Alec Murray Cup for Inter-house relay winners:
Daly House to be collected by House-Captains, Daliwonga Mathiale & Nicole de Bruyn
Old Unionite Cup for Winning House:
Daly House to be collected by House-Captains, Daliwonga Mathiale & Nicole de Bruyn
Special performance awards will be made at the Prizegiving at the end of the year.
MERIT CERTIFICATE FOR ATHLETICS:
Marché Green
Dylan Petitt
Rosslyn Sparks
Soyama Mbobi
Singalakhe Mapekula
TEAM AWARDS FOR ATHLETICS:
Erin Mitchell
Iviwe Ndamane
Matthew Carelse
BIATHLON
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR BIATHLON:
Kendall Krige (Re-award)
Drew Dobinson (Re-award)
TEAM AWARDS FOR BIATHLON:
Megan Doyle
Jade Shires
HALF-COLOURS FOR BIATHLON:
Jenna McNaughton (Re-award)
SWIMMING
INTERHOUSE GALA & LONG DISTANCE
UHS Trophy for 100yrds Freestyle – Boys: Mack Rubidge
Saunders Cup for 100yrds Freestyle – Girls: Megan Doyle
Deloryse van der Merwe Cup for Most Improved U16 Girl: Amber Binney
Fischer Trophy for Inter-house Gala Trophy: Not awarded due to Inter-house gala not taking place.
Special performance awards will be made at the Prizegiving at the end of the year.
JUNIOR TEAM RECOGNITION AWARDS FOR SWIMMING:
Amber Binney
Hannah Bodenstein (Re-award)
TEAM AWARDS FOR SWIMMING:
Elia Railton
Damon Fouché
HALF-COLOURS FOR SWIMMING:
Megan Doyle
COLOURS FOR SWIMMING:
Mack Rubidge
CRICKET
MERIT CERTIFICATE FOR CRICKET:
Lihle Mxhunyelwa
TEAM AWARDS FOR CRICKET:
Khwezi Simon
James Pienaar
James Pringle
HALF-COLOURS FOR CRICKET:
Lunga Zantsi
Zusakhe Ngwane
COLOURS FOR CRICKET:
Trevor Moos
Brett Amsterdam
Bowen Langmead
Luke McNaughton
Caerwyn Spence
Jaden Brotherton
TENNIS
TEAM AWARDS FOR TENNIS:
Lauren Rose-Innes
Brett Amsterdam
Ryan Hobson
Peter Watermeyer
HALF-COLOURS FOR TENNIS:
Sara Kingwill
Matthew Hesselink
Kyle-Luke du Preez
COLOURS FOR TENNIS:
Bowen Langmead
Christine Harris
Ebben Johnston
Noä Cilliers (Re-award)
Micela Loock (Re-award)
Jenna McNaughton (Re-award)
SERVICE AWARDS
LIBRARY – SERVICE AWARD
Library Monitors:
Elizabeth Afful-Packson
Bridget Stander
Sabrina Potgieter (Re-award)
Zintle Maki (Re-award)
Library Assistants (receiving their Monitor badges):
Zoë May
Petra Japhta
Sayma Wajid
Jade Edwards
PEER PROMOTERS – BLOOD DONOR REPRESENTATIVES:
SERVICE AWARDS:
Rosslyn Sparks
Kiah Hoffman
Peter Watermeyer
1ST AIDERS
SERVICE AWARDS FOR 1ST AID
Sabrina Potgieter
Sasha Bosch
Jada Smith (Re-award)
CULTURAL AWARDS ASSEMBLY – 19 September 2019
PRIMARY DEPARTMENT AWARDS
MERIT CERTIFICATE FOR CULTURE:
Amber Bezuidenhout
Anna Bouwer
Ashleigh Shell
Balisa Mduduma
Jemma Grootboom
Katelyn Trollip
Leigh-Ann Murray
Liyabona Ndamase
Megan Miller
Melissa Naude
Rebecca Copeman
Sakeenah Hajie
Samantha Charles
Sinelizwe Mcilongo
Taegen Hamid
Tristan Hope
Aaminah Steele
Anna-May Hayes
Hlumelo Kwini
Leshay Fourie
Noah Edwards
Simo Booysen
Tara Ferreira
Terry Mabuni
ACHIEVEMENT BAR FOR CULTURE:
Azisa Mduduma
Erin Gedult
Khumo (Kananelo) Kometsi
Sasha Cochrane
Zara Deysel-Douman
Ann-Noleen Koeberg
Caytah-Leigh Koeberg
Dumisa Mala
Max Price
Owethu Singeni
Tyra Binney
Vivian McEwan
ACHIEVEMENT BAR FOR CHESS:
Neelon Fourie
Camran Swartz
Na’eem Mahomed
SENIOR DEPARTMENT AWARDS
MERIT CERTIFICATE FOR CULTURE:
Anna Pringle
Arno Nel
Brigette Oelofsen
Cadee Arends
Caitrin Spence
Lana Bouwer
Asa Matross
Lisakhanya Mata
Musawenkosi Kedamile
Lisakhanya Mvandaba
Precious Nobula
Simamkele Soyana
Yandisa Sinyanya
Keratile Nqabeni
Asemahle Wellman
Ayabulela Goliath
Buhlebethu Rolomane
TEAM AWARD FOR CULTURE:
Shayna Japhta (Grade 10 – away on Odyssey)
Benito Vers
Lwambeso Majiza
Tumelo Teys
Elizabeth Afful-Packson
Jemimah Mangunda
Chantelle Bantom (Grade 10 – away on Odyssey)
Mekisha Manzana (Grade 10 – away on Odyessey)
Siphe (Sipheyena) Gwenxane (Grade 10 – away on Odyssey)
Zoë May (Grade 10 – away on Odyssey)
HALF COLOURS FOR CULTURE:
James Rose-Innes (Grade 10 – away on Odyssey)
Ethan Gedult
FULL COLOURS FOR CULTURE:
Hannah Watermeyer (Grade 10 – away on Odyssey)
Lathitha Ngcwangu (Grade 10 – away on Odyssey)
Melissa Swart (Grade 10 – away on Odyssey)
Jade Shires
Khanya Butshingi
Kiah Hoffman
Sabrina Potgieter
Siphesihle Jali
Zintle Maki
Jenna McNaughton (Re-award)
Taylyn Miller (Re-award)
Peter Watermeyer (Re-award)
The members of the 2018/19 prefect body enjoyed a fun evening with the newly elected 2019/20 prefects in the Tony Burrell Union on Monday evening, 16 September.
The evening saw the prefects engage in several fun activities and games, during which the old prefects sharing some of the knowledge they’ve acquired and lessons they’ve learned over the past year with the newly inducted prefects.
Steve and Belinda Grewar recently gifted Union High School a large canvas, with a scriptural reference that reads as follows:
“From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets, the name of the Lord is to be praised. Psalm 113:3”
The canvas was mounted in the school’s main quad and bears testament to the school’s inherent Christian ethos which is promoted in all aspects of school life.
The school thanks them for this thoughtful gesture!
This past Saturday, 14 September, some of Union’s Arthur Kingwill House boys and Herby Arnott House girls participated in the second annual Tracks4Cancer event in Graaff-Reinet.
This fundraising event, which saw the learners running and cycling through the Camdeboo National Park, was held in support of the Graaff-Reinet Cancer Association
Union extends its thanks to the organisers for a fantastic event, Mr. Hanno Sparrius for arranging the learners’ participation and the boarders for their enthusiasm.
One of the longest running schools cricket weeks in the country will be hosted by Union High School next weekend, with 10 leading teams competing in matches from Friday, 20 September to Tuesday, 24 September.
In this, its Centenary year, the Graaff-Reinet school will now be in charge of the 52nd anniversary of the Cape Schools’ Cricket Week.
The tournament was started in the 1960s, with eight teams – four from the EP and Border and four from Cape Town – meeting for a festival of cricket.
The original teams were Grey, Queen’s Dale and Union High from the eastern region, with the Western Cape sides being SACS, Wynberg, Bishops and Rondebosch.
In the years following the inaugural week, Selborne (1969) and Kimberley Boys’ High (1971) were also included, although the number of teams attending the festival remained at eight until 10 teams contested 1988 edition.
Since the turn of the century, the number of teams has varied from 10 to 12.
As you would expect in half a century of tournaments, the week has seen a number of players who reached the highest level of the game coming through its ranks.
Back in the sixties, legends such as Kenny McEwan, Peter Kirsten, Allan Lamb and Garth le Roux all played in the week, while more recently Johan Botha, Wayne Parnell, Rusty Theron, Danie Piedt and Dawid Malan, now playing for England, have been part of the event.
Interestingly, Malan attended Paarl Boys’ High, who have only competed a handful of times, but will be back this year, taking on Queen’s College at Asante Sana Game Reserve in their opening match on Saturday, 21 September.
SACS, the oldest high school in South Africa, will be taking part again this year, with their first match to take place on Saturday, 21 September, against host school Union High on Union’s Minnaar Field.
Paul Roos is also in the line-up and should have an interesting opener against Dale College on Saturday at the Botanics Sports Club, while Grey High School will face tough opposition against Rondebosch in their opener on Saturday at Hoër Volkskool and Selborne College will be up against Wynberg in their opener on Saturday at Union’s Puttick Field.
Following Saturday’s game against SACS, Union will play Paarl Boys, Paul Roos and Wynberg.
The fixtures are:
| Date | Teams | Venue | Time | Format |
| Friday 20/9 |
Friendly “EP vs WP” | Botanics Sports Club | 18:00 | T20 |
| Saturday 21/9 |
Union High vs SACS Selborne College vs Wynberg Grey High vs Rondebosch Dale College vs Paul Roos Queen’s College vs Paarl Boys |
Minnaar Field Puttick Field Hoër Volkskool Botanics Sports Club Asante Sana Game Reserve |
09:00 09:00 09:00 09:00 09:30 |
Declaration |
| Sunday 22/9 |
Union High vs Paarl Boys Queen’s College vs Paul Roos Selborne College vs SACS Grey High vs Wynberg Dale College vs Rondebosch |
Minnaar Field Puttick Field Hoër Volkskool Botanics Sports Club Asante Sana Game Reserve |
09:00 09:00 09:00 09:00 09:30 |
Declaration |
| Monday 23/9 |
Union High vs Paul Roos Dale College vs Paarl Boys Queen’s College vs Wynberg Selborne College vs Rondebosch Grey High vs SACS |
Minnaar Field Puttick Field Hoër Volkskool Botanics Sports Club Asante Sana Game Reserve |
09:00 09:00 09:00 09:00 09:30 |
Declaration |
| Tuesday 24/9 |
Union High vs Wynberg Grey High vs Paarl Boys Dale College vs SACS Queen’s College vs Rondebosch Selborne College vs Paul Roos |
Minnaar Field Puttick Field Hoër Volkskool Botanics Sports Club Asante Sana Game Reserve |
09:00 09:00 09:00 09:00 09:30 |
50 Overs |
Old Unionite Ronnie Spies Jnr has recently embarked on an adventure of a lifetime!
In an endeavor to raise awareness of mental health problems as well as environmental issues, he is attempting the first ever solo walk around the circumference of South Africa – a distance of over 6 000 kilometres.
This feat has never been achieved by anyone before.
Follow his journey at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1110939349295501/