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The Maroon Machine end 2023 with multiple USSA titles
Maties Sport ended a successful University Sport of South Africa (USSA) campaign, claiming titles in a number of sporting codes. The Maroon Machine took home gold in the A Section of women’s and men’s water polo, chess, women’s golf, as well as gold for men’s football in the B Section. While adding a bronze for…
Read MoreMaties Sport appoint new Senior Manager for High Performance
Maties Sport recently appointed Keagan van Aarde as the new Senior Manager: High Performance. The 27-year-old who studied a BSc Sport Science Honors: Sport Performance degree at Stellenbosch University, knows the ins and outs of Maties Sport. Having graduated from being a student-athlete and Primaria at Huis Neethling to one of the first high performance…
Read MoreMaties leave their mark at Commonwealth Games
By Maties Sport Media and Communications Unit A number of Maties athletes, both past and present, recently took part in the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. The Games took place from 28 July to 8 August and marked the first time a major international sports event was integrated – hosting the paralympic and non-paralympic…
Read MoreWomen in Sport: Is it just enough to talk about it?
Introduction South Africa is 28 years into its democracy, with a constitution that commits to the promotion of human rights and gender equality for all. We also have national sport prescripts that are aligned to gender reform within and across the South African sporting landscape. The National Sport and Recreation Amendment Act 18 of 2007,…
Read MoreMaties netball player Kabuya keeps shining on the netball court
In her maiden Varsity Netball season for the Maties Netball club, goalkeeper Syntiche Kabuya bagged player of the match awards on three occasions during the 2021 edition of the popular Varsity Sports tournament. If this was not memorable enough, her first of these awards came in her debut match for Maties Netball, when they beat…
Read MoreStellenbosch University water polo player excels in the water and classroom
Former Stellenbosch University (SU/Maties) water polo player Lwazi Madi, who is also currently the captain of the South African national water polo team obtained his Master in Sport Science degree cum laude during the April graduation ceremonies. Madi who is an exemplary student-athlete has been at Maties for seven years and topped off his qualification…
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