Maties Esports clinched gold, silver and two bronze medals at the USSA Esports Championships in August 2025, excelling in Valorant, EA FC and Rocket League, and cementing our status as true champions in a virtual sporting arena. For those few who are not gamers: Valorant is a shooter game, in which our teams Odin and…
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…
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…
It is with deep sorrow that Maties Sport and Maties Rugby Club mourns the passing of one of our own, Dawie Snyman, on 14 August 2025—a former Maties stalwart, Springbok legend, and revered coach. Dawie’s rugby journey began at Stellenbosch University, where he proudly represented Maties from 1970 to 1977. His performances in the maroon…
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…
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,”…
“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…
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,…
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,…
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…