Maties Sport Director of Support Services, Jerry Laka will be leaving the department after seven years of being part of the Maroon Machine family.   Laka has been offered a lucrative position at University of Free State (UFS) and will be joining them at the start of 1st November in the position Director of Kovsies…

By Maties Sport Media and Communication Unit Maties faced up against the University of the Free State (Kovsies) at the University of Pretoria’s Rembrandt Hall in round two of Varsity Netball 2022. In a repeat of the 2021 Varsity Netball final, Maties edged Kovsies 57-53 in a very close encounter, sealing victory over the defending…

By Maties Sport Media and Communication Unit The disappointment of last year’s final loss looked a thing of the past, as Maties began their 2022 Varsity Netball campaign in dominant fashion. The Maroon Machine defeated the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) 86-21 at the University of Pretoria’s Rembrandt Hall, racking up one of the biggest…

The eldest of three brothers, hailing from a suburb in Cape Town called Kensington, with a rich history that spans more than 100 years.   Esteemed experienced and legendary Maties swimming and Team South Africa (Team SA) head coach Cedric Finch was born and raised in Kensington. Growing up, Finch, his brothers and even his…

Pro Events and Maties Football have formed a partnership that includes a donation for high performance bursaries as well as a sponsorship to advance the Maties Football programme delivery with a focus on Campus Football, league and University Sport South Africa (USSA) national university championships.   Pro Events decided to invest in Maties Football Club,…

Maties Sport’s Dr Nana Adom-Aboagye was recently awarded for her post-doctoral research in sport as being one of the Top 20 post-doctoral fellows at Stellenbosch University (SU) from the Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Postgraduate Studies, Professor Sibusiso Moyo.   When asked how she feels about being recognized by the DVC as one of…

I have had the privilege of spending many hours discussing cricket with Gustav, solving all of CSA’s problems, and have also had the opportunity of playing alongside him in our annual 2-day cricket match for many years, so I thought it would only be fitting to highlight his time at Maties Sport with some cricketing…

By Jamie Wyngaardt. Maties Sport has competed in the Western Cape Intervarsity Tournament along with sister universities, University of Western Cape (UWC), University of Cape Town (UCT), and Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) for the month of August 2022. The Intervarsity Tournament aims to promote sport tournaments within Western Cape and to give second…

By Cody Hansen Stellenbosch University’s (SU) Maties Esports club was founded in 2017. The club currently has 19 active players and competes in FIFA, Rocket League and Clash Royale – which are the titles played at the USSA Esports championship. “We play in various online tournaments via ACGL, as well as in person or LAN…

By Jamie Wyngaardt   A small town in the Western Cape meant Andrea de Waal didn’t have as many opportunities to play sports as other schools might have.   However, she joined the hockey team at her school as the goalkeeper and dedicated her time to the sport and training, naturally she was an asset…