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Making Performance Testing Competitive amongst your Team Sport Student Athletes – The Maties Cricket Approach
Performance Testing – for many student-athletes, these words are as stressful as “end of year exams”. It’s a time when you compete against not only yourself, but against your teammates to see where your athletic strengths and weaknesses are. Have all the early morning and late afternoon gym and conditioning sessions paid off? Am I…
Read MoreThe 2022 Sasol League Kicks Off Next Weekend!
The delayed 2022 Sasol League is finally taking place next week, rivals, Maties Women’s Football Club, and Spurs Women’s Football Club will kick off at Spurs home ground in Wynberg. The league is played in all nine provinces in the country and games will be played every weekend, with each province competing for their respective…
Read MoreUSSA Chess Champ ready to take on FISU Games later this year
German-born but raised in the Southern suburbs of Cape Town, top Maties Chess Club player, Nico Martin has been one of the clubs’ rising stars who is set to represent country and university at the upcoming FISU Games in Belgium later this year. Martin the elder of three brothers was born in Munich and when…
Read MoreA day in the life of Sean Surmon
As deputy director of High Performance at Maties Sport, Sean Surmon is passionate about helping student-athletes achieve their sporting goals. As we kicked off May commemorating Workers’ Day, we dedicate this series of articles to our staff and their important contribution to the University. We’ve asked Sean, who has been with Stellenbosch University (SU) for…
Read MoreFormula 1 Racing in South Africa – What Can We Learn from the Past?
The global growth and popularity of Formula 1 racing was clear to see at the most recent Grand Prix event in Miami, Florida, held during the weekend of 6–8 May 2022. The biggest names in sport and entertainment, including the likes of Michael Jordan, Tom Brady, Serena Williams, Matt Damon and David Beckham (to name…
Read MoreFormer WP captain shares wisdom at the first Captains Corner
Maties Sport had the honour of hosting the first Captain’s Corner with guest speaker Chris van Zyl, the objective of the forum is to provide Maties Sport captains and vice-captains from various sporting codes with a new understanding of leadership and how to implement this within their respective teams. Having guest speakers who have led…
Read MoreVarsity Cup – A Leadership Experience – The Maties Sport, Stellenbosch University, Chief Director’s Story
When I drove to work just after 07:00 this morning, it hit me, that the 2022 Varsity Cup, #RugbyThatRocks, is over and for the #MaroonMachine it didn’t end well! I truly felt the sadness only this morning, because last night, after losing the cup, I had all sorts of emotions building up, but needed to…
Read MoreMaties Rugby road so far in the 2022 Varsity Cup
The mighty Maties faced off with defending champions Tuks on the 25th April for the Varsity Cup trophy. This will be the Maroon Machine’s 10th appearance in a Varsity Cup final and they hope to secure their sixth title on Monday night. Here is how our road so far in the tournament has fared: FNB…
Read MoreMaties Sport Director of Support Services obtains his Master’s degree after two decades in sport management
Jerry Laka is not only one of our senior managers at Maties Sport he is also the resident head of Huis Neethling who homes over 100 student-athletes who represent Maties Sport at provincial and national level. He spends countless hours supporting the Maties Sport staff in areas such as finance, branding, partnerships, facilities, and management to…
Read MoreMaties 2008 matchday squad – Where are they now
The 2008 FNB Varsity Cup final will always be remembered by those at a packed and sold out Danie Craven Stadium as well as those glued to their television screens. A match that will be known for a very long time as the one where FNB Maties etched their name in the record book by…
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