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Maties Esports Ready for 2025 USSA Esport National Championship
Maties Esports will proudly represent Stellenbosch University at the 2025 USSA National Championship, taking place in Johannesburg from 28 to 30 August. The club will travel with a squad of 24 student-athletes competing in three titles: FC25, Valorant, and Rocket League. After a remarkable performance in 2024, where Maties secured a silver medal thanks to…
Read MoreBeyond the Podium: Women Leading Their Next Chapters
Navigating mentally demanding studies and physical sport as a student-athlete is tough. Even tougher, though, is the transition into a life after graduation with or without sport, especially for women. A few of the complexities of this issue were unpacked at the Beyond the Podium webinar women’s month event, hosted by Maties Sport at Stellenbosch…
Read MoreA tally of world records – but she’s just getting started
Winning is the goal, but it is gratitude that drives Maties star para-athlete, Simoné Kruger. She may be just 20 years old and a first year Sports Science (Biokinetics) student, but she is already a seasoned veteran at breaking world records and collecting medals. In 2019, at just 14, she won silver at the World…
Read MoreWomen Rugby players can be tough – with painted nails
Just as male rugby players can be hooligans on the field and gentlemen afterwards, so can women players be aggressive for 80 minutes and then have their nails done, says Maties Rugby Women’s Head Coach, Aneesah Adams. “People need to get over the stereotyping of women’s rugby – and women in contact sport in general,”…
Read MoreNathaly is nurturing Maties Basketball’s ‘clever ladies’
“No regrets, just learnings” is Nathaly September’s motto for living her best life as the Maties Basketball Women’s Coach, as a wife and as a mother. “It can be tough juggling home and family life with professional sport but with the right support, it is both possible and rewarding,” says Nathaly, whose husband is also…
Read MoreSU-GAPS Programme focuses on “developing the athletes in our care”
There is no justification for African para-athletes to arrive at international multi-sports events to proudly represent their countries, only to perform poorly because there has been too little investment in their development. Sending athletes, whether abled or disabled, to these events without sufficient input into their development is an insult to the country, its leaders,…
Read MoreKim Coetzee – 35 000 steps for the love of it!
You may never actually notice her but if there is an event involving Maties Sport – large or small – you can bet that Kim Coetzee is here, there, and everywhere. Long before the guests arrive, she is working up a sweat with logistics, compliances, suppliers, quotations, approvals and spreadsheets. While the event rolls out,…
Read MoreAnche says: ‘move it, move it, move it …’
If Maties’ Senior Sports Manager, Anche Nortje, is given an opening, she would have all Stellenbosch University staff engaged in physical wellness – be it yoga, mediation, mindful walking or even massages. And all as part of their working day! “It makes good business sense,” says the manager of Matie’s Hockey and the Recreation and…
Read MoreMaties Make Their Mark at Varsity Esports Seeding Finals
Stellenbosch University shines with six teams qualifying for the inaugural finals held at the EFC Performance Institute in Johannesburg. Johannesburg, 25–27 July 2025 – The inaugural Varsity Esports Split One Seeding Finals saw Stellenbosch University (Maties) assert their dominance across three competitive titles, with six of the twelve qualifying teams coming from Stellenbosch alone. Held…
Read MoreMaties Esports Set to Compete in Varsity Esports Seeding Finals
25–27 July 2025 Stellenbosch University is gearing up for a thrilling weekend of competitive gaming as Maties Esports prepares to represent the maroon machine in the Varsity Esports Tournament from 25–27 July 2025. This marks the first split seeding finals, with top teams looking to secure their place in the grand finals scheduled for December.…
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