As we enter the second half of the year, we would like to commemorate our Maties Staff on their new staff movements and promotions. We are proud to announce our new Head of Sport Management, Reginald Smith. “I am excited about the challenge. I look forward to working with our various Sport Managers and supporting…
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Although table tennis may seem like a social sport, Anja Lamont takes the sport seriously and has had a passion from a young age. Naturally, she began playing tennis throughout her schooling career because it was a common sport offered at schools where she could get exposure and training from a coach. “It was the…
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At the start of 2022 I was approached by my former PhD supervisor with information pertaining to a pilot project that was being initiated by the International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE), with funding from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). I was encouraged to apply and was chosen…
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A lifetime sport fanatic, Alouise Campher explains her journey through sport and how important it is to follow your dreams. She began playing sport at the young age of nine years old. But when she was introduced to squash, she immediately fell in love. In her earlier days of life, she began playing netball, squash,…
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Maties Sport High Performance Unit (HPU) this year have started out a Coaches Forum in order to empower our coaches in different areas of sporting expertise. The first Coaches Forum session for 2022 was held in April, with the next three being presented by Desiree Ellis (Banyana Banyana Head Coach), Kimara Singh (Maties Sport Manager:…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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The Maroon Machine kicked off their 2022 in style by being crowned Boland Champions and receiving several accolades at the annual Boland awards evening. Hear from the Maties Cricket staff and what this meant to the team behind the scenes: Keagan van Aarde – Sport Manager: Cricket What is our history in the Boland league…
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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…
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