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Congratulations to our Union High School, Graaff-Reinet u/11A, u/13B, and u/13A hockey teams on their outstanding performance against Balmoral Primary School in Komani today!

𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙛𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙪/11𝙨 𝙙𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙡𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚 3-0 𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙚.

The u/13Bs had an amazing match and were ultimately able to draw 1-1 against their opponents.

And last but not least, the u/13As delivered a great display of teamwork and skill, winning their match 3-0.

𝘞𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺!

Our junior sports teams arrived in Komani bright and early on Saturday for their encounter against Laerskool Hangklip Primary, where they battled it out in a full day of 𝗛𝗢𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗬 and 𝗥𝗨𝗚𝗕𝗬 matches.

HOCKEY
U/13A lost 1 – 2
U/13 B lost 0 – 1
U13/C lost 0 – 1

RUGBY
U/11A lost 25 – 0
U/11B lost 38 – 0
U/13A lost 55 – 0
U/13B won 15 – 14

HOCKEY RESULTS

We would like to extend our sincerest congratulations to Union’s 2nd XI on their hard-fought match against Burgersdorp’s 1st team. 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯’𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦. 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗽 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝟰 – 𝟬 𝘃𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆.

A 𝗪𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗙𝗨𝗟 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 by our u/16A hockey team as they dominated the field against Burgersdorp’s 2nd XI, winning the match 4-1! Goal after goal, our team proved their mettle with exceptional teamwork and sportsmanship. Congratulations to the girls on this well-deserved victory!

RUGBY RESULTS

Congratulations to our 𝟭𝗦𝗧 𝗫𝗩 on a well-earned 10 – 7 victory against Burgersdorp! 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥. Your school community is incredibly proud of you all!

Hard luck to the 𝟮𝗡𝗗 𝗫𝗩 boys, who narrowly lost their match 13 – 15.

An epic battle on the field as our U/15A’s fought their hearts out, resulting in a 12-all draw against their worthy opponents. Congratulations to our home side for their impressive performance and never-give-up attitude!

We are soo proud of our u/14A boys who gave their best in their encounter against Burgersdorp to claim a 32 – 19 𝗩𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬!

𝘒𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥, 𝘣𝘰𝘺𝘴!

This weekend saw a thrilling set of hockey matches between the St Michael’s School for Girls and Union High School, Graaff-Reinet being played on Saturday, 27 May, at the Union High School AstroTurf.

The match between the two schools’ 1st teams, saw the Union side dominate the game from start to finish. The team demonstrated their skill and teamwork as they scored 3 fantastic goals, securing a well-deserved 3-0 victory.

𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙣’𝙨 2𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙥𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝙖 𝙙𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚, 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 4-1 𝙬𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨. The team displayed excellent coordination and teamwork throughout the game, with players supporting and encouraging one another, resulting in a deserved victory.

Meanwhile, Union’s u/16A team enjoyed a tight match and managed to secure a 1-0 win. The team demonstrated exemplary sportsmanship and worked tirelessly to win, holding off their opponents to earn a valuable victory.

Despite a valiant effort, Union’s u/14A team had a tough match and lost 3-0. The team showed admirable resilience and determination, but could not turn their efforts into a win.

𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘝𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭’𝘴 1𝘴𝘵 𝘟𝘐.

We have just received news that Union High School, Graaff-Reinet u/13A rugby player, 𝗢𝘄𝗲𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝘅𝘁𝗼𝗻, has been included in the 2023 Eastern Province u/13 Craven Week team.

Well done, Owen! 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁

𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯!

We are incredibly excited to be able to congratulate Grade 7 learners 𝗠𝗶𝗮 𝗕𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗮 and 𝗢𝗻𝗶𝗸𝗮 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗷𝗶𝗲𝘀 on being selected for the Eastern Province u/13A hockey team!

We also extend a word of congratulations to Antonia Adams on making the EP u/13B side!

𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦.

We are incredibly proud of each and every one of them and wish them the 𝗕𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗟𝗨𝗖𝗞 for the forthcoming tournaments.