Congratulations to Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet’s u/10 hockey team on bringing home the trophy as overall winners of the u/10 age group at the Elsie Coetzer Hockey School coaching tournament held in Bloemfontein this past weekend! 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬, 𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵.
📷𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲: Emma Burger, Emily Marais, Mackenzie Preston, Layla Ott, Klara van Jaarsveld, Lisa McEwan, Tiyanah Abader, Allison Gilfillan, Taylor Jacobs (absent on photo) and Carlie George.
A special shout out goes to 𝗞𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗝𝗮𝗮𝗿𝘀𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗱 on being crowned the best u/10 midfielder at the tournament. 𝘒𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘒𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘢, 𝘸𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩.
We would also like to acknowledge u/9 player 𝗚𝗲𝗺𝗺𝗮 𝗠𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘆, who played a vital role in the team that secured second place. Her exceptional talent and determination made a significant impact on her team’s success!