Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet celebrated a momentous occasion earlier today, as it proudly unveiled its brand new mini AstroTurf facility.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐บ, 12 ๐๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ญ, ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ.
The event was nothing short of delightful, with a gathering of individuals closely connected to the project in attendance.
Principal Mr Ross Hulleman extended a warm welcome to all present, setting the tone for a memorable afternoon ahead. Following his opening remarks, ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ ๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ป, symbolising the official inauguration of the facility.
In a heartfelt gesture of gratitude, Mr Kingwill expressed appreciation to all those who contributed to the realization of this project. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฑ, ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
The highlight of the day was undoubtedly the spirited matches that ensued on the newly opened AstroTurf.
Union Prep’s hockey players showcased their skills as they took on coaching staff, teachers, members of the governing body and their fellow teams.
๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ข. ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ’๐ด ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ’๐ด ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ.