The annual assembly to acknowledge the learners who had attained ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ during the course of last year was held today, Friday, 20 January.
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At Union High School, Graaff-Reinetโs Academic Awards Assembly on Friday morning, 20 January, the sought-after ๐ช๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ was presented to Unionโs 2023 Head Girl, Caitrin Spence.
The blazer was presented to her in recognition of her well-deserved Honours Award. (๐๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด ๐๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ณ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ค๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด.)
๐พ๐๐๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ค๐ช๐ง๐จ ๐ผ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ having maintained an academic average of 95% throughout her Grade 10 and 11 years. It is no small feat to reach this level of academic achievement. Caitrin, however, brings the goal of excellence to all her endeavours, and while sheโs involved in all aspects of life at Union, she demonstrates an unwavering focus on her studies in particular, which has allowed her to reach this level of success.
Caitrin becomes the 5th Unionite to receive this award since its inception in 2004 when it was awarded for the very first time to Carl Bezuidenhout. Since then, the three other Unionites who have enjoyed the privilege of donning the white blazer, consists of Sulette Damons (Class of 2007), Kelsey Minnaar (Class of 2016) and Lynne Mugglestone (Class of 2007).
๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ!
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to senior music student, ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐รฉ ๐ข๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ป, who successfully passed her Rockschool Contemporary Practical Examination with assurance!
Brigettรฉ played a Contemporary Rockschool Grade 7 Graded Certificate Examination and achieved 83% (Merit).
A Contemporary Rockschool Graded Certificate examination plots the student stylistic specialism, helping them to develop an in-depth understanding of the type of music that appeals to them mostly, whether it is pop, rock, metal, blues, country, funk, latin, jazz, reggae or film and musical theatre.
Brigettรฉ mastered the key skills up to Grade 6 and developed notable security of appropriate technique, use of expressive devices, rhythmic complexity, fluency and musical understanding. She has mastered the ability to improvise with conviction and personality plus demonstrate strong musical form as well as structure. Her performances showed mature and authentic stylistic awareness, with developing individuality and communication.
๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ญ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ, ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ค๐ง๐ข ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ฎ-๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐๐จ๐๐จ, ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐๐ช๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ, ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐พ๐๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐ค๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐๐จ๐๐จ, ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ก๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐๐ฎ (๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ) ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ค๐ง๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐จ (๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ค ๐จ๐ค๐ก๐ค ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ) ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ช๐ค๐ช๐จ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ข๐.
According to Ms Zelda Oosthuizen, her music educator, Brigettรฉ showed exceptionally diligent work, especially for keeping in mind that Brigettรฉ takes music as an additional module while still achieved subject music standard.
๐๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ตรฉ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ!
Fraser Davis and Robert Wallace from Salisbury Cathedral School in the UK will be joining us in Grade 7 for the duration of Term 1, after which two Union learners, Zoรซ Mills and Brett Kenmuir, will be heading to Salisbury for Term 2.
๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ฌ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐บ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ.
In Union’s T20 against Daniรซl Pienaar, the visiting side was first to bat, setting a target of 110. Union then took to the field and, unfortunately, only managed a total of 86. Top scorers for Union were Jude Langmead (21) and Laythan Carelse (10). Our best bowlers were Shaakir Kazi (4/15 in 3 overs) and Yaaseen Kazi (2/9 in 2 overs). Daniรซl Pienaar won by 25 runs.
Union’s declaration match against Lilyfontein on Thursday, 12 January, saw Union winning the match by 65 runs. Union’s top scorer was Joshua Horne with 39 runs. Best Union bowler for the day was Shaakir Kazi who took 6 wickets in 14 overs for 48 runs.
Union vs Framesby (50 over match)
Union vs Milnerton (T20)
Jude Langmead and captain Joshua Horne in action.
This yearโs Union High School Senior Cricket Festival once again showcased some of the best school cricket talent that the province has to offer, as 12 teams battled it out on various cricket fields in Graaff-Reinet from 11 to 14 January.
The 4-day tournament, which Union High School proudly hosts each year, was a major success this year, with vast amounts of sunshine greeting players each day as they aimed to impress spectators.ย ย ย
Schools in attendance included the hosting side, Union High School, as well as Daniรซl Pienaar Technical High School, Framesby, Stirling High School, Edgemead High School, Nico Malan, Grey High School, Cradock High School, Victoria Park, Lilyfontein, Milnerton High School and Westering High School.
T20s, declaration matches as well as 50-over encounters were played on Unionโs Murray and Puttick fields as well as at the Botanics Sports Grounds, Hoรซr Volkskool, Asante Sana Private Game Reserve and Wheatlands Farm, with each venueโs idyllic setting in the Gem of the Karoo providing the perfect backdrop for cricket at the height of summer.
Over the course of four days there were a number of high team scores, some big hitting from the batsmen, quite a few big wicket hauls from the spinners and plenty of smart cricket from the captains.
The fantastic camaraderie among the participating schools added to the convivial atmosphere, and ensured that the festival produced a lot of great cricket while being enjoyed by all concerned.
Unionโs sports organiser, Mr Calvin Beck, believes this yearโs tournamentโs success was largely due to the well-managed facilities where all the cricket matches were played. โIt was amazing. The facilities and conditions were excellent. All those involved must be given credit for the outstanding cricketing conditions.โ
The school extends its grateful thanks to all participating teams as well as to Hoรซr Volkskool, Wheatlands Farm, Asante Sana Game Reserve and the Botanics Sports Grounds for making their facilities available for many of the matches.
This past Saturday, 14 January, saw many of Unionโs young hockey players (from prep school through to high school) learning from experienced national and provincial players during a ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ presented by the Karoo Hockey Club at the Union High School, Graaff-Reinet AstroTurf.
Facilitators included (among other) Protea player Cornelle Holtzhausen, provincial player Arijana Botha, as well as Old Unionites Micela Loock, Jannien van Jaarsveld, Unionโs own Joy Merifield and former Volkskool 1st team captain Inge van Rooyen.
In addition to working on their technical skills, the youngsters were taught hockey-related exercises and given sound advice which they can take to the field this coming hockey season.
โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ค ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ,โ said Mrs Botha. โ๐๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ช๐ตโ๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ข๐ง๐ง-๐๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ตโ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต.โ
During the holidays some of our Union tennis players competed in the ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐ข๐๐ก๐ง ๐ข๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐ง๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ง in Graaff-Reinet.
๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ, ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด, ๐จ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ, ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต.
Union High School, Graaff-Reinetย would like to extend its gratitude to Advanced Irrigation for their kind sponsorship of our 1st XIโs new team kit.
๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป and we cannot succeed without the generosity of supporters like Advanced Irrigation.
The kit – which includes a new set of whites and a T20 top – looks amazing and the boys can’t wait to get onto the field.
A big congratulations to Union’s 1st XI vice-captain Shaakir Kazi on his ๐ฒ-๐ช๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐จ๐ against East London’s Lilyfontein during Union High School’s Annual Senior Cricket Festival.
He ended with the figures: 14 overs – 6 wickets – 48 runs.