Special Assembly – Athletics & Swimming

๐—ฆ๐—ช๐—œ๐— ๐— ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š and ๐—”๐—ง๐—›๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ง๐—œ๐—–๐—ฆ play an integral part in the educational experience at Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet during the summer months.

It was therefore fitting that the 2nd term commenced with a ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—น๐˜† recognising the athletic talent and aquatic skills of our learners.

The assembly was held in the school dome on Friday morning, 10 April, and saw all those who achieved a 1st, 2nd and/or 3rd place during the schoolโ€™s recent athletics day and/or interhouse swimming gala, receiving an award.

The event also saw the winners of our recent ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† event being recognised ๐Ÿ‘

๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐Ÿ†

๐—”๐—ง๐—›๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ง๐—œ๐—–๐—ฆ:

๐—š๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ ๐—จ๐Ÿณ

โ€ข Asandiswa Botman (1st 60m, 1st 80m)

โ€ข Anazo Mdodana (2nd 60m, 2nd 80m)

โ€ข Juliet Strydom (3rd 60m)

โ€ข Devisha Flemmer (3rd 80m)

๐—•๐—ข๐—ฌ๐—ฆ ๐—จ๐Ÿณ

โ€ข Hagun Moos (1st 60m, 2nd 80m)

โ€ข Zinabile Goliath (3rd 60m, 1st 80m)

โ€ข Leighran Adams (2nd 60m)

โ€ข Nicolas Naudรฉ (3rd 80m)

๐—š๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ ๐—จ๐Ÿด

โ€ข Milah Sparrius (1st 60m, 2nd 80m)

โ€ข Shiloh Phillips (2nd 60m, 1st 80m)

โ€ข Kevinishia Booysen (3rd 60m, 3rd 80m)

๐—•๐—ข๐—ฌ๐—ฆ ๐—จ๐Ÿด

โ€ข Lubabalo Silimeni (1st 60m, 1st 80m)

โ€ข Inganathi Ndamane (2nd 60m)

โ€ข Nรถhl Thomas (2nd 80m)

โ€ข Kungawo Camngca (3rd 60m)

โ€ข Zaydan Daniels (3rd 80m)

๐—š๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ ๐—จ๐Ÿต

โ€ข Amy van Rensburg (1st 60m, 1st 80m)

โ€ข Lusikelelo Mdlalana (2nd 60m, 2nd 80m)

โ€ข Georgia Preston (3rd 60m)

โ€ข Julia Walker (3rd 80m)

๐—•๐—ข๐—ฌ๐—ฆ ๐—จ๐Ÿต

โ€ข Kainon Swartz (1st 60m, 1st 80m – New Record)

โ€ข Aiden van der Walt (2nd 60m, 2nd 80m)

โ€ข Blake Bezuidenhout (3rd 60m, 3rd 80m)

๐—š๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ ๐—จ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ

โ€ข Gabriella Lekas (New Record: 1st 80m, 1st 100m, 3rd Long Jump)

โ€ข Taygan George (2nd 80m, 3rd 100m)

โ€ข Roxanne Stevens (3rd 80m, 3rd 100m, 1st High Jump, 2nd Long Jump)

โ€ข Karli Minnie (3rd 1200m, 1st Long Jump, 2nd Shot Put)

โ€ข Amy Gerber (2nd 1200m, 3rd Shot Put)

โ€ข Paballo Mabapa (1st 1200m)

โ€ข Skylar Goliath (2nd High Jump)

โ€ข Keishia Booysen (3rd High Jump)

โ€ข Kamogelo Oliphant (1st Shot Put)

๐—•๐—ข๐—ฌ๐—ฆ ๐—จ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ

โ€ข Qazo Booi (New Record: 1st 80m, 2nd 100m, 2nd Long Jump, 2nd Shot Put)

โ€ข William Preston (2nd 80m, 1st 100m)

โ€ข Maximus Strydom (3rd 100m, 1st 1200m)

โ€ข Juan de Klerk (3rd 1200m, 1st High Jump)

โ€ข CJ Marlow (2nd High Jump)

โ€ข Liam Wormald (3rd High Jump, 1st Long Jump)

โ€ข Riko Steynberg (3rd Long Jump, 3rd Shot Put)

โ€ข Callan Strydom (1st Shot Put)

๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ก๐—ก๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ:

Barclays Insurance Brokers Trophy for Athletics – collected for ๐——๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ ๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—˜ by Taygan George and Andrรฉ Putter.

๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—–๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ซ & ๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—–๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—Ÿ๐—จ๐——๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—จ๐— :

Skietkuil Floating Trophy – Victrix Ludorum: Gabriella Lekas and Roxanne Stevens

Neville Willows Floating Trophy – Victor Ludorum: Qazo Booi

๐—ฆ๐—ช๐—œ๐— ๐— ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š:

๐—š๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ ๐—จ๐Ÿณ

โ€ข Bethany Maya (1st Kickboard 25m)

โ€ข Harper Krige (2nd Kickboard 25m)

โ€ข Mila Dos Santos (3rd Kickboard 25m)

๐—•๐—ข๐—ฌ๐—ฆ ๐—จ๐Ÿณ

โ€ข Nicolas Naudรฉ (1st Kickboard 25m)

โ€ข Oliver Herold (2nd Kickboard 25m)

โ€ข Jack Biggs (3rd Kickboard 25m)

๐—š๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ ๐—จ๐Ÿด

โ€ข Shiloh Phillips (1st Kickboard 25m, 3rd Freestyle 25m)

โ€ข Alexa Ott (2nd Kickboard 25m, 1st Freestyle 25m)

โ€ข Kara van der Walt (3rd Kickboard 25m)

โ€ข Olivia Rand (2nd Freestyle 25m)

๐—•๐—ข๐—ฌ๐—ฆ ๐—จ๐Ÿด

โ€ข Jordan Marais (1st Kickboard 25m, 1st Freestyle 25m, 1st Backstroke 25m)

โ€ข John Moolman (2nd Kickboard 25m, 2nd Freestyle 25m, 3rd Backstroke 25m)

โ€ข Logan Adams (3rd Kickboard 25m, 3rd Freestyle 25m)

โ€ข Richard Holloway (2nd Backstroke 25m)

๐—š๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ ๐—จ๐Ÿต

โ€ข Julia Walker (1st Freestyle 25m, 1st Butterfly 25m, 1st Backstroke 25m, 2nd Backstroke 50m, 2nd Breaststroke 25m, 2nd Breaststroke 50m, 1st Freestyle 50m, 1st Individual Medley)

โ€ข Alivia Palmer (2nd Freestyle 25m, 2nd Butterfly 25m, 2nd Backstroke 25m, 1st Backstroke 50m, 1st Breaststroke 25m, 1st Breaststroke 50m, 2nd Freestyle 50m, 2nd Individual Medley)

โ€ข Becca Hunter (3rd Breaststroke 25m)

โ€ข Kate Krige (3rd Freestyle 25m)

๐—•๐—ข๐—ฌ๐—ฆ ๐—จ๐Ÿต

โ€ข Ruben Bester (1st Freestyle 25m, 1st Butterfly 25m, 2nd Backstroke 25m, 1st Breaststroke 25m, 1st Breaststroke 50m, 1st Freestyle 50m, 1st Individual Medley)

โ€ข Blake Bezuidenhout (2nd Freestyle 25m, 3rd Backstroke 25m, 2nd Breaststroke 25m, 2nd Freestyle 50m)

โ€ข Hunter Krige (3rd Freestyle 25m, 1st Backstroke 25m)

โ€ข John Kingwill (3rd Breaststroke 25m, 2nd Breaststroke 50m)

โ€ข Ajay le Roux (3rd Freestyle 50m)

๐—š๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ ๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ก ๐—จ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ

โ€ข Gabriella Lekas (1st Freestyle 25m, 1st Backstroke 25m, 1st Backstroke 50m, 1st Breaststroke 25m, 1st Breaststroke 50m, 1st Freestyle 50m)

โ€ข Layla Rand (2nd Freestyle 25m, 2nd Breaststroke 25m, 2nd Breaststroke 50m, 2nd Freestyle 50m)

โ€ข Taygan George (3rd Freestyle 25m)

โ€ข Mya Dos Santos (1st Butterfly 25m, 3rd Backstroke 25m, 2nd Backstroke 50m, 1st Butterfly 50m, 1st Individual Medley)

โ€ข Mia Le Roux (2nd Butterfly 25m)

โ€ข Karli Minnie (2nd Backstroke 25m, 3rd Backstroke 50m)

โ€ข Riley Johaar (3rd Breaststroke 25m)

โ€ข Amy-Lee Gerber (3rd Breaststroke 50m)

โ€ข Mienke Sparrius (3rd Freestyle 50m)

๐—•๐—ข๐—ฌ๐—ฆ ๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ก ๐—จ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ

โ€ข Callan Strydom (1st Freestyle 25m, 1st Butterfly 25m, 1st Backstroke 25m, 1st Backstroke 50m, 1st Breaststroke 25m, 1st Breaststroke 50m, 1st Freestyle 50m, 1st Individual Medley)

โ€ข Anton Venter (3rd Freestyle 25m, 2nd Backstroke 25m, 2nd Backstroke 50m)

โ€ข William Preston (2nd Freestyle 25m, 2nd Freestyle 50m)

โ€ข Juan de Klerk (3rd Backstroke 25m, 3rd Backstroke 50m)

โ€ข Jamon Booysen (2nd Breaststroke 25m, 2nd Breaststroke 50m)

โ€ข Andrรฉ Putter (3rd Breaststroke 25m, 3rd Freestyle 50m)

๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—–๐—œ๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—ฆ๐—ช๐—œ๐— ๐— ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—”๐—ช๐—”๐—ฅ๐——๐—ฆ:

Perseverance in Swimming: William Preston and Anton Venter

Most Improved Swimmer: Alivia Palmer

๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ-๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—˜:

Daly House – collected by Callan Strydom and Mya Dos Santos

๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—–๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ซ & ๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—–๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—Ÿ๐—จ๐——๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—จ๐— :

Pearson Floating Trophy – Victor Ludorum: Callan Strydom

Pohl Brothers Floating Trophy – Victrix Ludorum: Julia Walker

๐—–๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ฆ ๐—–๐—ข๐—จ๐—ก๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—ฌ:

๐—๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—š๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ

โ€ข 3rd Place: Anazo Mdodana

โ€ข 2nd Place: Juliet Strydom

โ€ข 1st Place and the Andrew Bates Floating Trophy – Junior Girls: Kevinishia Booysen

๐—๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—•๐—ข๐—ฌ๐—ฆ

โ€ข 3rd Place: Jordan Marais

โ€ข 2nd Place: Luke Fitzhenry

โ€ข 1st Place and the Andrรฉ Naudรฉ Floating Trophy – Junior Boys: Finn Minnaar

๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—š๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ

โ€ข 3rd Place: Paballo Mabapa

โ€ข 2nd Place: Taygan George

โ€ข 1st Place and the Lizle Smit Floating Trophy – Senior Cross Country Girls: Roxanne Stevens

๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—•๐—ข๐—ฌ๐—ฆ

โ€ข 3rd Place: Maximus Strydom

โ€ข 2nd Place: Aiden van der Walt

โ€ข 1st Place and the George Mundell Floating Trophy – Senior Cross Country Boys: Kainon Swartz