Union is extremely proud of Megan Doyle, Mia Botha and Jenna McNaughton who have been selected represent the Eastern Province Biathlon team at the South African Champs in the near future.
The following biathletes have been selected to represent EP at the Highgate Interprovincial event to be held in Oudtshoorn on the 2nd of February.
Mia Botha
Drew Dobinson
Kendall krige
Hannah Bodenstein
Jade Shires
Jenna McNaughton
Megan Doyle
Reserves are:
Rebecca Copeman
Brigette Oelofsen
Bowen Langmead
Congratulations to all these athletes.
19 JANUARY 2019
Six Union biathletes travelled through to PE to represent the school in the 5th league meeting of the season. The Union team was delighted to welcome two newcomers to the team, namely, Rebecca Copeman in Grade 5, and Mia Botha in Grade 3. Rebecca, competing in her first biathlon event, delivered a confident performance and placed well in her age-group. Although Mia Botha is not new to the sport, she is new to U…nion and she did us extremely proud by producing a very comfortable first place in her age group. While both these young athletes did exceptionally well, it was however evident that the senior team-members had had a long and restful holiday and took a bit longer to enter into the competitive spirit of the event. We hope for a substantial improvement all round in the next outing.
The 4th EP league event was hosted by Volkskool this weekend (10 November) in true Karoo style. With music playing, temperatures soaring and the smell of kudo burgers and lamb sosaties wafting over the track and pool, it was a splendid event in all respects and was definitely enjoyed by spectators and competitors alike. Special mention must be made of the organisers and the awesome Union and Volkskool mums who got stuck in behind the scenes to contribute the ultimate success of the day.
Due to this event being hosted in our back yard, Union was fortunate to be able to field a larger than usual team, despite it being held in the middle of final exams. Well done especially to all the first-timers who overcame their nerves and participated with great enjoyment and produced some wonderful results. Congratulations must go to Mrs Hanli Rose-Innes (running) and her husband, Rowan (swimming) who took part in the fun relay event and held the Union name high! Well done to the relay team of Kendall Krige, Drew Dobinson and Bowen Langmead who came 2nd in the Senior relay event with an extremely competitive performance.
It is always particularly impressive to watch our regular athletes focusing to keep pushing themselves to better their times at every outing and this event was no different, with almost every single one of our athletes improving their personal bests in one or both of the disciplines. It was also wonderful to welcome seven newcomers to this exciting sport and we hope that these athletes have been bitten by the biathlon bug, and will continue to compete and represent Union on a regular basis.
| DATE: | NAME: | RUN TIME | SCORE | SWIM TIME | SCORE | TOTAL |
| 10 Nov | Tyra Binney | 4:52:47 | 693 | 1:33:50 | 929 | 1622 |
| Caytah Koeberg | 4:35:86 | 776 | 1:47:72 | 787 | 1563 | |
| Brent Hesselink | 6:36:81 | 656 | 1:52:87 | 675 | 1331 | |
| Ruzhe Hendricks | 6:33:40 | 673 | 2:17:63 | 428 | 1101 | |
| James Rose-Innes | 7:20:09 | 440 | 1:51:81 | 686 | 1125 | |
| Kendall Krige | 4:10:77 | 866 | 1:19:24 | 1042 | 1908 | |
| Drew Dobinson | 3:49:14 | 974 | 1:31:06 | 923 | 1898 | |
| Brigette Oelofsen | 4:13:04 | 855 | 1:28:06 | 953 | 1808 | |
| Bowen Langmead | 6:08:64 | 702 | 1:21:60 | 978 | 1680 | |
| James Potgieter | 6:50:15 | 494 | 1:23:72 | 957 | 1451 | |
| Megan Doyle | 4:16:24 | 844 | 1:17:72 | 1067 | 1911 | |
| Jenna McNaughton | 3:55:67 | 947 | 1:35:74 | 887 | 1833 |
Union High’s five biathletes, Jade Shires, Kendall Krige, Megan Doyle, Jenna McNaughton and Drew Robinson, who represented Eastern Province in the inter-provincial meeting this weekend, all did very well, improving on their times in most cases. Well done to Jenna McNaughton, who was placed 3rd in the under 19 section.
On the 10th of November EP Biathlon will be hosting a Biathlon event in Graaff Reinet. This is a great opportunity for any interested learners, teachers and parents to take part to see if they might enjoy the sport.
Biathlon is a multi-discipline sport comprising of running and swimming. The athletes complete the following distances depending on their age group.
Age Group – Run distance – Swim distance
u/8 boys and girls – 400m – 25m
u/9, u/11 boys and girls – 800m – 50m
u/13 and up Girls only – 1000m – 100m
u/13 boys – 1200m – 100m
u/15, u/17, u/19 boys – 1600m – 100m
All seniors – 1000m – 100m
There will be a tuck shop with delicious meals on sale, music and even a Chip ‘n Dip. It is going to be a fun-filled day for all and should be completed by 13:00.
A special, once-off entry fee of R30 will be charged for the day and we encourage parents to join in the fun by entering as individuals, or as mixed (relay) teams. Let’s see if Union can enter the most participants at this event!
We would like to have rough numbers finalised by the 1st of November in order to cater accordingly so please give your name in as soon as possible if you are interested in competing.
Please phone Mrs Karen Schoeman if you have any queries regarding this event: 082 644 0667
Congratulations to the following Union biathletes who have been selected to represent EP in the upcoming interprovincial event to be held in Port Elizabeth on the 20th of October: Jenna McNaughton, Megan Doyle and Jade Shires (EP) and Hannah Bodenstein, Drew Dobinson and Kendall Krige (EP Development).