If there’s anything that could coax you out of bed at the crack of dawn on a Saturday morning, it would be to cheer for your favourite pint-sized Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet cricketer during the u/9 and u/11 ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ matches on Founders’ Weekend.
๐๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช-๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ป๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฅ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฅ๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ข๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ!
What truly shines in these matches, however, is the spirit of camaraderie that envelops the entire event as dads and their sons engage in a light-hearted rivalry that goes beyond the scoreboard.
๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ!