Senior Interhouse Athletics – Results

๐—›๐—จ๐—š๐—˜ ๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ to Daly House for their spectacular victory at today’s Interhouse Athletics Day!

After a sun-soaked day of competition, they triumphantly seized the win with a final score of 584 to 561, breaking Arnott’s impressive winning streak of more than 10 years!

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ – ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถโ€™๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง!

Woodridge U/13 T20 Festival – Results

This past weekend, saw our u/13A cricketers deliver an outstanding performance at the ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ ๐—ง๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น, remaining unbeaten across their three matches.

* ๐˜ƒ๐˜€ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ธ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ:Union scored 131/5, with Cayden Thompson (32) and Josh Kingwill (26) leading the charge. They restricted Hangklip to 44/8, winning by 87 runs, with Josh taking an incredible 4/4 in 4 overs.

* ๐˜ƒ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐˜ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€: Union bowled out St Georgeโ€™s for 33, with Nathaneal Phillips claiming 4 wickets. Union chased the target effortlessly, winning by 10 wickets, with Ryan Collett smashing 22 off 9 balls.

* ๐˜ƒ๐˜€ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: Union posted 157, thanks to Cayden Thompsonโ€™s 40 off 23 balls and Josh Kingwillโ€™s 32. They restricted Westering to 80/7, winning by 77 runs. Sintayu Kaitro (3 wickets for 2 runs) and Nathaneal Phillips (2 wickets) starred with the ball.

๐˜ˆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ 3 ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜บ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ!

Annual Senior Cricket Festival – Results

T20 Format

The senior cricket festival began with Union High School playing a warm-up T20 match against Daniel Pienaar on Wednesday, 8th January 2025. Union High won the toss and decided to field first. Daniel Pienaar scored 184 runs. In reply, Union High School tried to chase down the score but fell short, with Daniel Pienaar winning by 116 runs.

50 Over Format

Union High School won the toss and chose to bat first. They were bowled out for 100 runs. Victoria Park High School successfully chased down the target, winning the 50-over game by seven wickets.

Declaration Game

Union High School lost the toss, and DF Malherbe decided to bat first, scoring 82 runs in 28 overs. The standout bowler was Yaaseen Kazi, who took 4 wickets for 30 runs in 11 overs, maintaining an economy of 2.73. Well done, Yaaseen!

Union High School then needed to pass the target and set a new one for DF Malherbe. The team managed to score 176 runs, taking a lead of 94 runs. Richard Murray was the top scorer, contributing 75 runsโ€”well done, Richard!

Union High School then required 5 wickets in two hours for an outright win. They succeeded, with Trystan Hulleman claiming the final wicket on the last ball of the day’s play.

45 Over Format

Union High School won the toss and chose to bat first. The 1st team demonstrated great character while batting against quality bowlers, accumulating 231 runs in 45 overs. The standout performer was Makukhanya De Beer, who scored 57 runsโ€”well deserved!

Richard Murray and Makukhanya De Beer put together a solid 100-run partnership-excellent teamwork.

In the second innings, Union High School put in an all-out effort while fielding. The best bowling figures came from Yaseen Kazi, who bowled 9 overs, with 3 maidens, 15 runs, and 2 wickets.

Well Done, Neelon

Towards the end of 2024, Union High School chess player ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ was selected by the Department of Education to represent the Eastern Cape u/18 team at a tournament from 16 to 20 December in Polokwane – an event that served as national trials.

๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด, ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ ๐˜Š๐˜”’๐˜ด (๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด).

Neelon has previously attended the South African Union Chess Championships twice in Johannesburg.

Through hard work and dedication he has improved his chess skills, to a level that is enabling him to compete with confidence against his opponents.

๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ.

๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป!

Tennis – Selection to represent Eastern Cape

It is with great pleasure that we ๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—˜ the following Union tennis players on their selection to represent the Eastern Cape, in their respective age groups, at the upcoming National Schools’ Week in January and Synergy Cup in February:

Cayla Newton, Amelia King, Tara Ferreira and Taylor Jacobs

๐—ฆ๐—” ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜:
Tara Ferreira (Eastern Cape Elephants u/19 Girls)
Cayla Newton (Eastern Cape Elephants u/15 Girls)

๐—ฆ๐˜†๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐˜† ๐—–๐˜‚๐—ฝ:
Taylor Jacobs (Eastern Cape Synergy Team u/13)
Amelia King (Eastern Cape Synergy Team u/13)

Cricketers Selected for EP Rural Inland Team

Congratulations to Union cricketers, ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐˜‚๐—ธ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜†๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ and ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐—ถ on being selected for the 2024 EP Rural Inlands u/17 Team.

We wish them the best of luck when they compete in the SA National u17 Rural Week (5 to 10 December 2024) at the Drostdy Technical High School in Worcester.

Congratulations to Yonela Wana, Shaakir Kazi & Makukhanye de Beer

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜”๐˜ณ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ธ๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ.

Junior Interschools Athletics – Results

The annual ๐—๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—–๐—›๐—ข๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ ๐—”๐—ง๐—›๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ง๐—œ๐—–๐—ฆ event between the Union Schools and Laer Volkskool was held during the month of October.

In perfect weather conditions, our beautiful school fields were a hive of activity where the athletes were involved in various track and field events, such as long jump, high jump, shot put, sprints, middle-distance running and relays.

๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ.

All participants need to be commended on their good sportsmanship throughout the day, which ensured that an enjoyable event could take place. ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด, ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ, ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต.

๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ to the athletes representing Union for clinching the overall victory with a score of 863, surpassing Volkskool’s score of 802.

During the meeting 14 ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—–๐—ข๐—ฅ๐——๐—ฆ were set, of which 7 were by Union athletes. The new records are as follows:

โ€ข Boys u/7 60m: Aiden van der Walt (UNION) – 10.00s (previous record: 10.10s)
โ€ข Boys u/13 1500m: Jarrod Gerber (LVS) – 5:03.65 (previous record: 5:24.56)
โ€ข Boys u/12 1200m: Lukhona Bulembu (UNION) – 4:11.78 (previous record: 4:20.68)
โ€ข Girls u/10 High Jump: Leah Abader (UNION) – 1.07m (previous record: 1.05m)
โ€ข Boys u/7 80m: Kainon Swartz (UNION) – 13.41s (previous record: 13.61s)
โ€ข Girls u/11 80m: Janike van Zyl (LVS) – 11.45s (previous record: 12.11s)
โ€ข Boys u/13 Long Jump: Jordan Maritz (UNION) – 4.89m (previous record: 4.57m)
โ€ข Girls u/11 100m: Janike van Zyl (LVS) – 14.28s (previous record: 14.44s)
โ€ข Boys u/13 800m: Jarrod Gerber (LVS) – 2:25.26 (previous record: 2:37.38)
โ€ข Boys u/10 Long Jump: Jacobus Wolfaardt (LVS) – 4.11m (previous record: 3.84m)
โ€ข Boys u/12 Shot Put: Dante Mills (UNION) – 9.78m (previous record: 9.51m)
โ€ข Boys u/11 High Jump: Kobus Lotter (LVS) – 1.27m (previous record: 1.25m)
โ€ข Boys u/12 Long Jump: JP Lombard (LVS) – 4.94m (previous record: 4.17m)
โ€ข Boys u/13 High Jump: Jordan Maritz (UNION) – 1.42m (previous record: 1.38m)

Junior Cricket vs Woodridge – Results

Union High School’s ๐—จ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ๐—” cricketers enjoyed their last fixture of the year this past weekend, taking on a visiting Woodridge College & Preparatory School

On Friday evening, after winning the toss, Union batted first in a T20 encounter at the Botanics Sports Grounds, scoring 119 runs with Joubert Vorster leading the way with 53 runs off 36 balls.

In response, Woodridge was bowled out for just 30 runs, with Khwezi Molonga taking 4 wickets – including a hat-trick – and Ryonn Naude adding 3 wickets.

๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐Ÿด๐Ÿต ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜€, ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต.

In a 40-over encounter the following day, Union set a total of 109 runs, led by Jordan Maritz with 33 runs.

In a dominant bowling display, Union bowled out Woodridge for just 42 runs. Joubert Vorster and Ryonn Naude both took 3 wickets, while Aiden Ferreira contributed with 2 wickets.

๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿณ ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜€.

In an exciting T20 match this past Friday afternoon, Union High School’s ๐—จ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐—” cricket team faced a Woodridge College & Preparatory School side, with Union’s captain winning the toss and choosing to bowl.

This strategy paid off as they restricted Woodridge to just 89 runs, with Grant Murray taking key wickets.

๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐˜†, ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐Ÿฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€.

The following day, the team took the field for a 35-over match. Woodridge batted first, setting a target of 147 runs.

๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ’๐˜ด ๐˜Œ๐˜ฅ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด (51) ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜’๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ (27) ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง 62 ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต, ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ 18 ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ’๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ.

Endurance Riding – Congratulations, Tristan

We are excited to share that Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s young equestrian ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ recently participated in the ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ in Graaff-Reinet.

This event took place over the weekend of 17 and 18 October, where Tristan not only demonstrated his passion for riding but also marked significant milestones in his equestrian journey.

On Friday, October 17, Tristan participated in an 80km Trapleer ride on his horse, SMP Bella May. This ride was particularly special as it marked Bella’s transition out of the Novice phase, allowing her to compete in future races. ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง 5 ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ 26 ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด.

The following day, Tristan took on an even greater challenge. He rode 120km on Henarstep Willow, standing out as the only Junior rider in this grueling race, which commenced bright and early at 04:30. ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด, ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ 120๐˜ฌ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง 7 ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ 38 ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด.

๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป!