This past weekend, Union Preparatory School hosted a 𝗛𝗢𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗬 𝗦𝗞𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗦 𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗖 facilitated by former Protea player, Olympian and Old Unionite, Sulette Kotzee (née Damons). The clinic saw Sulette working with dozens of excited youngsters on their field and stick work skills, along with speed and conditioning to assist with the players’ pre-season training.

Although the mercury rose especially on Saturday, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙞𝙙𝙨 𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙜𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 on the Union High School AstroTurf. This was a wonderful opportunity for Union’s players to interact with a Union legend, who gave the young hockey players sound advice which they can take to the fields ahead of the school hockey season coming this winter.

𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥. 𝘈 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦.