Bulletin

On Saturday, 29 October, the Union Schools attended the first B Age Group Gala of the swimming season in Gqeberha, with 17 of our prep, middle and high school swimmers competing.

𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝘽 𝘼𝙜𝙚 𝙂𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙥 𝙂𝙖𝙡𝙖 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙩𝙚 𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙢 𝙞𝙣 2020, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙬𝙞𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙡𝙮 𝙚𝙣𝙟𝙤𝙮𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚.

Taking into consideration that they have only had two practices in the school’s newly renovated swimming pool to prepare themselves, they delivered some fine results and finishes.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀: Gerda Clarke, Rebecca Copeman, Brogan Koeberg, Jourdan-Bethany Koeberg, Ben Lemke, Daniel Marais, Micha Murray, Liyabona Nkomo and Lisakhanya Zonke.

𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥!

This past weekend saw some of Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s top junior boys and girls tennis players represent their school at MatchPoint Tennis Academy’s annual 𝗝𝗢𝗖𝗘𝗟𝗬𝗡 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗡𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 contested in Graaff-Reinet.

𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙖𝙨 𝙛𝙖𝙧 𝙖𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙡𝙙 𝙖𝙨 𝙎𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙗𝙤𝙨𝙘𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘽𝙡𝙤𝙚𝙢𝙛𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙬𝙤 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙨.

As is always the case at this tournament, the competition was very strong, but all our players rose to the challenge and played very good tennis. It was a great experience and the players certainly benefitted by being exposed to tennis of such a high standard.

Both teams ended 5th upon conclusion of play.

𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘥. 𝘞𝘦’𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 – 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘴.

The following Union biathletes represented the Eastern Province at the 25th EP Interprovincial on, Sunday, 30 October, in Gqeberha, where they 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙎𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙣 𝙁𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚, 𝘽𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙀𝙙𝙚𝙣. These learners have shown such grit and determination in both their training and their racing, and we’re thrilled to see the fruits of their labour paying off.

Union extends a heartfelt 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗞𝗦 to their coach, Mrs Claire Lemke, and the parents of these learners who supported their children in both the holiday training schedule and the long distances that they travel in order to cheer the whole team on.

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 Ben Lemke, Samantha Gilfillan, Misha Newton, Rebecca Copeman, Mecoli Vorster, Miley Burger, Taylor Jacobs, Allison Gilfillan and Angelique Kyanda-Kaboza.

Congratulations to cricketers, 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 and 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗞𝗿𝗮𝗮𝗶, on being selected to represent the Eastern Province at the Inter-Regional Tournament, being held from 2 to 7 December in Johannesburg.

𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅 (left) has been included in the u/13B side and 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 (right) in the u/13A side.

𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵.

UHS first senior boys’ and girls’ tennis teams had a most enjoyable morning’s tennis against a visiting Harvest Christian School from Gqeberha today, Saturday, 22 October.

𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙡𝙡 16 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙙, however, many individual matches were closely contested and tennis of a good standard was played overall.

The encounter was concluded with a quick dip in Union’s newly lengthened swimming pool.