Biathlon, Sport Results

Biathlon

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

 

Sport Results, Tennis

Junior Tennis

Our top four girls and boys represented Union in the annual Jocelyn Marais Invitational Tennis Tournament organised by MatchPoint Tennis on Friday and Saturday.

Although we played against very strong teams, our players rose to the challenge and played very good tennis. It was a great experience and the players certainly benefitted from exposure to tennis of such a high standard.

Well done to all the players on an excellent tournament. Our girls ended in fifth place and the boys seventh.

Sport Results, Swimming

C Age Group Gala

Union went to the C Age Group Gala in Port Elizabeth on Saturday. Our six swimmers bravely took on the cold water. There were 190 swimmers in total.

Zara Deysel-Douman came 8th in Backstroke and 9th in Freestyle. Anna-May Hayes came 6th in Backstroke, 8th in Breaststroke and 10th in Freestyle. Angus McLaggen came 3rd in Backstroke, 4th in Breaststroke and 3rd in Freestyle.

Well done to all the swimmers.

Cricket, Sport Results

Junior Cricket vs Westering

This weekend our u13 cricket boys played their last two matches of the season against Westering Primary from Port Elizabeth.

Friday (T20)

After winning the toss we selected to bat first against a strong bowling attack. Our batsmen did well under pressure, but struggled to get runs on the board ending our innings on 63/7. Unfortunately our bowlers could not restrict Westering and they chased down out score with 8 wickets in hand.

Saturday (50 overs)

On Saturday we were asked to bowl first and even though this was one of our best bowling and fielding displays all year, Westering managed to score 327 in their 50 overs. Our batsmen did their best in unfavourable conditions, but could only reach 67 all out, losing with 260 runs.

Cricket, Sport Results

Jnr Cricket vs Gill Primary

On Tuesday our u13 cricket team played a T20 match against Gill Primary in Somerset East. We were asked to bowl first and struggled to hit our target, allowing Gill to reach 129 runs in 20 overs. Our batsmen replied with a disciplined run chase constantly rotating the strike and putting away the bad deliveries, helping us to reach our target with 4 overs to spare.
Union won by 7 wickets.

Athletics, Sport Results

Interschools Athletics vs HVS

The 16th Interschools Athletics Meeting against Hoёr Volkskool, was held on Wednesday, 17 October at Hoёr Volkskool. It was a cool, windy afternoon, but that did not stop the Union team of taking part in big numbers and breaking quite a few records.

Union received 17 first places, 24 second places and 26 third places. First places were awarded to the following learners:

O Ngwenya 100 m Boys u15 11,51 s
E Mitchell High Jump Girls u15 1,4 m
M Green High Jump Girls u16 1,4 m
L Theron 200 m Girls u16 29,74 s
J Duba 200 m Boys u16 24,08 s
B Amsterdam Long Jump Boys u16 5,84 m
J McNaughton 800 m Girls u17 2:57,2 s
M Carelse 400 m Boys u17 56,17 s
L McNaughton Shotput Boys u17 11,14 m
R Sparks Discus Girls u19 19,18 m
I Ndamane 400 m Boys u19 54,77 s

Sisipho Arnolds came first in three events:
S Arnolds 100 m Boys u14 12, 2 s
S Arnolds 200 m Boys u14 25,42 s
S Arnolds Long Jump Boys u14 5,24 m

The following learners broke records:
L Finca 400 m Boys u14 1:02,57 minutes
N Ngongama 200 m Boys u15 23,39 s
I Ndamane 800 m Boys u19 2:08,35 minutes

The u19 boys, 100 m race was a nerve wrecking race with Soyama Mbobi in a very close second place.

The Union Team, however, stole the lime light, with winning the final event of the day, the u19 boys 4x 100 m relay. It is a race that will be remembered in the years to come!

All the athletes must be congratulated on their good performance, participation and sportsmanship. There is still just “One team, one Union”….

Sport Results, Swimming

B-Age Group Gala – 27 October 2018

Union attended the first B-Age gala of the swimming season on Saturday
27 October, with 15 swimmers competing. Even though the gala occurred
much sooner in the term than usual, our swimmers did very well by …
recording good times for the start of the season. It was great to see so
many entries and we’re hoping even more senior swimmers will compete as
the season progresses, so that we can be well represented at the Top 8
Gala next year.

Cricket, Sport Results

U/13A Cricket vs Summerwood

U13A Cricket vs Summerwood

This weekend our u13 cricket team played two matches against Summerwood from Port Elizabeth. On both occations our boys played well, but struggled to show disspline when bowling and fielding. This allowed our opponents to score freely and ultimately kept us out of the game. A total of 97 extras were bowled and 7 catches dropped in two days.

Friday: Union lost by 44 runs.…
Saturday: Union lost by 71 runs.


Congratulations to Brent Hesselink for scoring 51 in this matches against Summerwood today.

Cricket, Sport Results

Junior Cricket vs LVS

On Wednesday our U/13 boys played an intense cricket match against Laer Volkskool. In blistering heat the Union boys were sent in to bowl and through some laziness in the field allowed Volkskool to reach 129 after 20 overs. The Union team regathered after the break and hit back by putting Volkskool’s bowlers under pressure. Union managed to score freely and reached their target in the 16th over. Winning by 6 wickets.