Hockey u/10A

Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet’s u/10A hockey team recently embarked on a memorable tour to the Western Cape, leaving Graaff-Reinet on Sunday morning and staying in Paarl for the duration.
๐—ข๐—ป ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐˜„๐—ผ ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—”๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‚๐—บ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป before their first game in the afternoon against Paarl Girls Primary, where despite struggling initially, they secured a 3-1 victory.
๐—ง๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€. They began with a strong 4-0 win over Panorama Primary School, followed by a challenging game against a well-coached Durbanville Primary team, resulting in a 3-1 loss.
The girls bounced back with an impressive 8-1 victory against Durbanville Curro, showcasing their dominance from the start.
๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜„ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜†, ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐Ÿณ-๐Ÿฎ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป, despite it being their fourth match of the day. On Wednesday morning, the team faced Laerskool Stellenbosch on a small indoor field. Despite conceding three quick goals, the girls displayed tremendous determination and sportsmanship, fighting back to draw the game 4-4.
Throughout the tour, the girls demonstrated outstanding resilience, teamwork and sportsmanship, making the experience both on and off the field invaluable for their development.
๐™๐™๐™š ๐™๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ก๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ก๐™ช๐™™๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™›๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ข๐™–๐™ง๐™–๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™š๐™ญ๐™๐™ž๐™—๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™, ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ž๐™˜๐™ ๐™œ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™œ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™—๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฎ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™– ๐™˜๐™ก๐™ค๐™จ๐™š ๐™ ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™–๐™ข.