𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝗧𝗢 Union High School, Graaff-Reinet‘s 2025 u/13A rugby captain 𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗮 𝗕𝘂𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗯𝘂 and vice-captain 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 as well as 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗠𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘆 on being selected for the Karoo Sub Union u/13 Rugby Team.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘺𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘒𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘣 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘒𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘨𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 24 𝘵𝘰 25 𝘈𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘭

This past weekend saw Union High School learner 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝗛𝗼𝗽𝗲 participating in the Graaff-Reinet Camdeboo SANParks Endurance ride.

On Friday, 21 March, he took on the challenging 𝟭𝟮𝟬𝗸𝗺 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 aboard SMP Bella May, marking her first attempt at this distance. 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 7 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 44 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩.

The following day, he continued to excel, riding Henarstep Willow for an 𝟴𝟬𝗸𝗺 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗸, where he not only finished in a stellar time of 4 hours and 30 minutes but also earned the title of first junior rider and placed 4th overall.

𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲, 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻!

Our 1st senior hockey girls participated in the annual 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗚 𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗛𝗢𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗬 𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗔𝗟 in East London over the long weekend.

The team started their campaign off strong against Cambridge High School on Thursday evening, claiming an 8-1 victory.

The team’s second match of the festival was against GHS, drawing 3-3. The girls followed it up with a solid 2-0 win against Jim Fouché on Friday evening.

Our 1st senior hockey girls concluded their 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗚 𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗔𝗟 campaign with a challenging match against Hoërskool Sasolburg that ended in a 3-1 loss, and a hard-fought 1-all draw against Hoërskool Duineveld.

Well done on a stellar effort, girls!

On Saturday, 22 March, the Union High School rugby boys faced a challenging day at the Graeme College Rugby Fesitval in Makhanda.

Union High School’s U/13 A rugby team delivered an exceptional performance, triumphing 52 – 5 against St Andrew’s Preparatory School. The standout player of the match was 𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗮 𝗕𝘂𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗯𝘂, who scored an impressive five tries.

The U/11A  team also faced off against St Andrew’s Prep, demonstrating grit and perseverance in a challenging match that ended 27 – 10 in favour of their opponents.

The u/14A team fought valiantly against Port Rex but ultimately ended up on the wrong side of a tough match, with a score of 0 – 48.

The u/15A team put up a spirited effort against Port Rex, yet fell just short with a final score of 3 – 19.

The u/16A squad faced a fiercely competitive Port Rex as well, narrowly missing victory with a close score of 0 – 5.

Finally, the 1st XV team battled hard against Daniël Pienaar, but were edged out with a score of 14 -24.

The first half of the game proved to be quite a struggle as our opposition managed to put 24 points on board by half- time by scoring three tries, converting them and a penalty conversion. The Union team however did get their opportunities to get points on the board but could not do so up until the end of the first half where we managed to score a try through Peter- Daniel Clegg and convert it, taking the score to 7-24 in favour of Daniel Pienaar.

The second half proved to be much like the first half as we put the Daniel Pienaar defense under great pressure, the times that we did break their defense our boys struggled to finish off, we were eventually rewarded right at the end of the game where we got a penalty try.

𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘺𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺.