Awareness and Acceptance Club

As the Awareness and Acceptance Club (AAC), we are committed to fostering an environment where learners feel safe discussing the challenges they face. These challenges may include Social Anxiety, Depression, Loneliness, or Acceptance, among others. By raising awareness about these issues, we aim to encourage open dialogue without fear of mockery.

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Grade 7 Entrepreneurs

Union High School, Graaff-Reinetโ€™s Grade 7 learners put in a lot of extra effort to make their ๐— ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ž๐—˜๐—ง ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ, which took place this morning, Tuesday, 20 August, a huge success.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜Š๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ 7๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด.

Market Day involved creating an โ€˜open marketโ€™ atmosphere, where the entire school had an opportunity to purchase goods on sale from our budding Grade 7 entrepreneurs.

๐™๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™Ÿ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ซ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ซ๐™š๐™จ ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฎ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™–๐™™๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ง๐™ ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ, ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™—๐™ช๐™™๐™œ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ก๐™˜๐™ช๐™ก๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™›๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ก๐™ค๐™จ๐™จ.

Items on sale included food and drinks, crafts, toys and novelty items, along with some fun activities such as spin-the-wheel, a boba stall and the ever popular sponge-throwing station.

Congratulations, Lukhona – EP U/12 Rugby

๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ to Union High School, Graaff-Reinet Grade 6 learner, ๐—Ÿ๐˜‚๐—ธ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—•๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐˜‚, who has been selected to represent the Eastern Province at the u/12 Southern Regional Rugby Tournament to be hosted in Riversdal.

This tournament forms part of the u/12 talent identifications process in aid of identifying talent for the 2024 u/13 Craven Week side.

(๐˜“๐˜ถ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ขโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ/12 ๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜›๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜’๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ข ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜บ.)

New Prefect Body Announced

Earlier today, on Monday, 19 August, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet proudly announced its ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—™๐—˜๐—–๐—ง ๐—•๐—ข๐——๐—ฌ for the upcoming academic year of 2024/25.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜บ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด, ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜†, ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ: Muhammad Ahmed, Xavier Barlow, Farronique Booysen, Tara Ferreira, Erin Gedult, Trystan Hulleman, Sarah Jacobs, Shaakir Kazi, Kyle Liebenberg, Daniel Marais, Kenza Neill, Milano Pongoma, Ndodana Speelman, Aaminah Steele and Uyintando Ziswana.

As these young leaders step into their roles, we remind them of the words of John Quincy Adams: โ€œ๐˜๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ.โ€ This quote encapsulates the essence of leadership – the ability to inspire and uplift those around you.

With this new responsibility, the prefects are encouraged to serve the school with pride and dignity. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น, ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ

Cricket 6-a-side Tournament

This past Saturday sawย Union High School, Graaff-Reinetย hosting its first-ever social ๐Ÿฒ-๐—”-๐—ฆ๐—œ๐——๐—˜ cricket tournament.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ธ ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ, ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ.

A heartfelt ๐—ง๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐—ž ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ goes out to all the teams that participated, including our Old Boys and the various clubs from Graaff-Reinet who came out to support the day.

๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ก๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™ง๐™™๐™š๐™ง ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ƒ๐™–๐™ง๐™š๐™›๐™ž๐™š๐™ก๐™™, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ก๐™ก-๐™™๐™š๐™จ๐™š๐™ง๐™ซ๐™š๐™™ ๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ช๐™œ๐™ช๐™ง๐™–๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ!

As we reflect on this wonderful day, we are already looking forward to next yearโ€™s event.

We hope to see all of you return to enjoy another fantastic day of cricket in the beautiful Karoo.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ. ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด.

Hereโ€™s to many more successful tournaments in the future!

Interschools 2024 – Results

๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—–๐—›๐—ข๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ is more than just an annual event; itโ€™s a tapestry woven with deep emotions, fierce competition and unforgettable memories. Every year, this special occasion seems to draw out the very best and, at times, the worst in us. But this duality is not something to be feared or resented – it’s reflection of our deep passion and unwavering commitment to our children. We cheer with all our might when they excel and we feel every stumble as if it were our own.

The intensity of our emotions during Interschools stems from a place of love, pride and an earnest desire to see our children succeed. Itโ€™s in these moments that our true selves are revealed, for better or for worse. We find ourselves in the joyous highs of victory, but also in the quiet moments of reflection after a loss.

This ebb and flow of emotions is not new. Interschools has always been this way – ๐™– ๐™ข๐™ž๐™˜๐™ง๐™ค๐™˜๐™ค๐™จ๐™ข ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ก๐™ž๐™›๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ช๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ก๐™  ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™.

INTERSCHOOLS REULTS

Senior Rugby
While Volkskool’s 1st XV may have taken home the win (22-12), it was the Union team that truly captured our hearts! You fought valiantly, showing strength and determination that exceeded all expectations. We couldn’t be more proud of you! Your passion and spirit shone brightly today!

More Results
U/13B: 17 – 17
U/13A: 5 – 5
U/14: 0 – 53
U/15: 7 – 5
U/16: 8 – 25
3rd Team: 0 – 39
2nd Team: 6 – 24

Hockey
In a thrilling chapter of Union’s storied history, the 1st team hockey girls clinched a narrow yet glorious victory over Volkskool with a score of 1 – 0 during the ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—–๐—›๐—ข๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ encounter.

๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด to our champions!

More Results
U/13B: 2 – 0
U/13A: 0 – 1
U/14A: 9 – 0
U/16A: 1 – 1
2nd Team: 8 – 0

Senior Tennis
Union’s 1st girls’ team showcased their talent by winning decisively with a score of 8 – 1. The 2nd girls also performed admirably, clinching a narrow victory with a score of 5 – 4. However, the 1st boys faced a tough challenge, ending the match with a score of 1 – 8 in favour of Volkskool.

The 2nd boys and 3rd teams fought valiantly, but ultimately fell short, with scores of 2 – 7 and 2 – 7 for the 3rd girls and 3 – 6 for the 3rd boys, respectively.

Junior Tennis
The first team girls fought valiantly, narrowly losing with a score of 4-5.

The second team girls, however, shone brightly as they clinched victory with a solid 6-3 win. Kudos to them on a stellar effort!

๐—ข๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜†๐˜€’ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ. The first team boys faced a formidable challenge and, despite their best efforts, fell to their Volkskool counterparts with a score of 0-9.

The second team boys also put forth a commendable effort but ended with a score of 1-8. Both teams demonstrated great sportsmanship and tenacity and their commitment to the game is something to be proud of.

Quiz
Our quiz team put forth a stellar effort, narrowly missing out on victory in a nail-biting finale, finishing just one point shy with a score of 37-38 in the dying moments of the quiz.

Speeches
Our junior and senior speech learners also took centre stage, displaying eloquence and grace that left a lasting impression on everyone present. ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜‡๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜, ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ธ๐—ฒ, ๐—๐—ผ๐˜† ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฑ (1st place) ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—”๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐——๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ comported themselves with remarkable poise, embodying the very essence of what it means to be wonderful representatives of our school.

Chess
The high school teams (Grades 8 to 12), saw the Union 1st team lose 5-9, with the 2nd team making a clean sweep with a point tally of 14-0 in their favour, to claim an overall victory of 19-9 in the division.

Meanwhile, the Primary School teams (Grades 5 to 7) dominated the board, with the 1st team winning 10-4 and the 2nd team winning 13-1, to claim an overall win of 23-5.

Not to be outdone, the Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet team (Grades 1 to 4) fought valiantly to secure an 11-9 victory, contributing to Team Union’s overall triumph.

๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฏ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€.

The ๐— ๐—”๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—– ๐—ง๐—˜๐—”๐— ๐—ฆ engaged in a fun match that showcased the lighter side of competition, facing off against the Volkskool side. In a spirited encounter, the Matric players lost 7-13, but the camaraderie shared during the games proved that ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™Ÿ๐™ค๐™ฎ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฎ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ช๐™š ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ.

U/13 Team Participated In Pietie Coetzee Hockey Tournament

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.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ, who ultimately emerged as the overall winners of the event.
Despite a tough 3-0 loss, the Union girls displayed resilience and determination. ๐—œ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ท๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜†’๐˜€ ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ๐—” ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ, 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, ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น.
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, ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐Ÿฒ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€.
๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ถ/13๐˜ˆ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต.

Meet Our Teams

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜€’ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ!

Wishing all competitors from the Union Schools and Hoรซr and Laer Volkskool the best of luck.

As we engage in friendly competition, let us remember the words of John Wooden: “๐˜š๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ. ๐˜๐˜ต’๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ.”

๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ!

MEET OUR 1ST TEAMS

1St Hockey Team
L to R: Joy Merifield, Charlize Vorster, Katelyn Trollip, Amy Waddelow, Sarah Jacobs, Mia Botha, Leigh-Ann Murray, Caytah-Leigh Koeberg, Sadรฉ May (captain), Aaminah Steele, Kenza Neill, Mecoli Vorster, Amber Slater, Misha Newton, Tyra Binney and Tara Ferreira
1st Rugby Team
L to R: Trystan Hulleman, Uyanda Tele, Bulela Zonke, Ababalwe Matutu, Joshua Swartland, Peter Michaels, Makukhanye de Beer, Asemahle Sakati, Na’eem Mahomed (captain), Shaakir Kazi, Xavier Barlow, Muhammed Ahmed, Kyle Liebenberg, Christopher Nqumashe, Jayden Odendaal and Nangawethu Macanda
1st Boys Tennis Team
Vincent Clarke, Joshua Neill, Peter-Daniel Clegg, Sobuhle Nyambali, Trystan Hope and Richard Murray
1st Girls Tennis Team
Nadine Murray, Cayla Newton, Tara Ferreira, Caytah-Leigh Koeberg, Misha Newton, Mia Botha
1st Chess Team
Lina Tadesse, Ben Kroon, Jasmine Abercrombie, Gerda Clarke, Stephan Vorster, Nina Japhta, Josh Arends and Kwakhanya Ntlonti. Absent: Neelon Fourie
Quiz Team
Na’eem Mohamed, Shaakir Khazi, Trystan Hulleman, Tara Ferreira and Erin Gedult

Joy Merifield and Asive Dwane (seniors), as well as Amber Bezuidenhout and Zusange Phehlukwayo (juniors) will proudly represent Union in the annual Speech Competition during this year’s ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—–๐—›๐—ข๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ’ week.

U/13A Rugby
BACK: Murray Hope, Midange Nazo(VC), Jordan Maritz(C), Joubert Vorster, Lukhona Bulembu, Dante Mills, Mbuso Tini and Lwandle Dali
FRONT: Khwezi Molonga, Avethandwa Jack, Natneal Wakoyo, Khazimla Jantjies, Caleb Reid, Aidan Ferreira and Ryonn Naude
U/13A Hockey
Miley Burger (Captain), Amelia King, (middle back) Klara van Jaarsveld, Kungawo Lisa, Maribel April, Hermon Wolde, Kari Stern, (middle front) Haley Krige, Chantรฉ Bezuidenhout, Abonani Matushe, Rachel Wenham, Logan Marais, Emma Burger and Taylor Jacobs.
1st Junior Boys Tennis
Aidan Ferreira, Dante Mills, Jordan Maritz, Murray Hope, Ryonn Naudรฉ and Joshua Kingwill
1st Junior Girls Tennis
Emily Marais, Taylor Jacobs, Miley Burger, Amelia King, Emma Burger and Lisa McEwan