2019 Varsity Sports (South Africa)

The 2019 Varsity Sport, the 10 season of a South African university.

2019 Varsity Sport
Tournament information
SportAthletics
Association football
Basketball
Cricket
Field Hockey
Mountain bike
Netball
Rugby sevens
Date2019
AdministratorVarsity Sports
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Athletics

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Basketball

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4-6 and 10–12 October, Wits Multi-purpose Sports Hall, University of the Witwatersrand. Significantly, Varsity Women's Basketball will make its debut this time around.[1]

Women

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VUT 58(1) - 58(0) NWU, first six shootout efforts, VUT is win [2][3][4]

UJ 64 - Tuks 57[5]

Cricket

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Tuks final against UJ at Senwes Park, Potchefstroom[6][7][8]

Knockout stage

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
6 September - Senwes Park[9]
 
 
Tuks 129/5
 
7 September – Senwes Park
 
Maties 125/7
 
UJ 55/7
 
6 September – Senwes Park
 
Tuks 60/2
 
UJ204/4
 
 
NWU166/8
 

Awards

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Football

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NWU (beat TUT 1–0)[11][12]

Women

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TUT (beat UWC 4–1 in shootout after 1-1 full-time)[13]

Hockey

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First legs: UCT Hockey, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch[14]
Two legs: NWU Astro, North-West University, Potchefstroom


Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Maties 7 5 0 1 1 27 6 +21 16 Semi-Final
2 NWU (H) 7 5 0 0 2 21 11 +10 15
3 Kovsie 7 4 1 0 2 40 20 +20 14
4 Tuks 7 4 0 0 3 27 16 +11 12
5 UJ (E) 7 3 1 1 2 12 16 −4 12
6 Ikeys 7 3 0 1 3 19 21 −2 10
7 WITS 7 1 1 0 5 12 24 −12 5
8 Madibaz 7 0 0 0 7 9 54 −45 0
Source: SA Hockey
(E) Eliminated; (H) Host


Knockout stage

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
13 May - NWU Astro
 
 
Maties7
 
20 May – NWU Astro
 
Tuks 5
 
Maties0(1)
 
13 May – NWU Astro
 
NWU 0(2)
 
Kovsie4
 
 
NWU5
 


Final standings

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Pos Team
1 NWU (H)
2 Maties
3 Kovsie
4 Tuks
5 Ikeys
6 UJ
7 WITS
8 Madibaz
Source: SA Hockey
(H) Host

Awards

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The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

Player of the tournament Goalkeeper of the tournament Top goalscorer
Onthatile Zulu (Tuks)[15] Simoné Gouws (Kovsie)[16]

Mountain bike

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FNB Wines2Whales Pinotage, Oak Valley Estate in Elgin, 28–30 October 2019, the three-day stage race. Teams from Stellenbosch University (Maties), the University of Cape Town (UCT), North-West University (NWU), University of Pretoria (Tuks), Nelson Mandela University (Madibaz) and the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), will be invited to compete. Each of the six universities will be invited to send two teams; either men's, women's or one of each.[17][18]

Men MTB
Team Users Stage 1[19] Stage 2 [20] Stage 3 [21] Final standings[22]
1 UCT Richard Simpson
Michael Lambrecht
02:49.38,0 02:54.54,7 02:53.11,6 08:37.45,0
2 Tuks Andries Nigrini
Antonie Joubert
02:49.03,0 03:01.00,0 02:55.17,6 08:45.21,0
3 Maties Michael Sutton
Morné Hollander
03:12.16,0 03:24.06,8 03:14.37,0 09:51.00,1
4 Madibaz Jan Venter
Munro Munnik
03:36.51,0 03:25.22,6 03:19.29,9 10:21.44,0
5 NWU Brendan van Eeden
Christo Botes
03:17.37,0 03:43.04,6 03:22.42,4 10:23.24,9
6 TUT Vian Pretorius
Shaun-Cameron Swanepoel
04:08.56,0 03:58.51,9 03:51.18,2 11:59.06,0

Women

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Caption
Team User Stage 1 [23] Stage 2[24] Stage 3 [25] Final standings[22]
1 UCT Courteney Webb
Amy Tait
03:41.10 03:45.31,1 03:31.08,4 10:57.54,0
2 Maties Catherine Pellow-Jarmain
Susan Kruger
03:52.42 03:51.11,0 03:37.15,6 11:21.08,0
3 Madibaz Jean-Marie Roelofse
Stacey Hyslop
04:08.32 04:09.56,0 03:35.51,0 11:54.19,3
4 Tuks Tanya Kotze
Michelle Benson
04:03.26 04:04.14,5 03:50.26,1 11:58.07,4
5 NWU Nicolene Marais
Ané Jacobs
05:06.33 04:31.23,5 04:08.06,4 13:46.03,0

Netball

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Tuks are the champions, and became the first team to do so unbeaten throughout, after beating Maties 48–43 on 7 October 2019, Rembrandt Hall, University of Pretoria.[26]

7s Rugby

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4-5 October 2019, Pirates Rugby Club, Greenside, Johannesburg

Women

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The inaugural Varsity Women's 7s [27] The teams competing are; UP-Tuks (University of Pretoria), UJ (University of Johannesburg), UKZN (University of KwaZulu-Natal) and UFH (University of Fort Hare).[28] Tuks possibly played one of their best games of the season when they beat UFH in the final 46-0[29]

Quarter-finals

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
5 October 9:11[30]
 
 
Kovsies 14
 
12:07[31]
 
Madibaz 17
 
Madibaz 12
 
5 October 9:33
 
UJ 26
 
UJ37
 
16:09[32]
 
CPUT7
 
UJ20
 
5 October 9:55
 
Maties 0
 
UWC 17
 
12:29
 
UP-Tuks 41
 
UP-Tuks 5
 
5 October 10:17
 
Maties 24 Third place
 
NWU 14
 
15:03[33]
 
Maties 31
 
Madibaz 5
 
 
UP-Tuks 36
 

Bowl Semi-Finals Fixtures

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Semi-finalsBowl Final (5th/6th Place)
 
      
 
5 October 12:51[31]
 
 
Kovsies 21
 
14:41[33]
 
CPUT 24
 
CPUT 19
 
5 October 13:13
 
MWU 34
 
UWC 24
 
 
NWU 33
 
7th/8th Place
 
 
14:19[33]
 
 
Kovsies 5
 
 
UWC 40

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Varsity Basketball an important platform for SA Basketball - Wits captains". varsitysportssa.com. 26 September 2019.
  2. ^ VUT leave it late to clinch first ever Varsity Women's Basketball
  3. ^ "Varsity Women's Basketball Fixtures & Log •". varsitysportssa.com.
  4. ^ "Debut Varsity Sports win for VUT – Vaal University of Technology".
  5. ^ "UJ late revival sees them deny Tuks to scoop Varsity Basketball honours". varsitysportssa.com. 13 October 2019.
  6. ^ "UJ puts NWU out of the 2019 Varsity Cricket tournament". 7 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Tuks outclass UJ to win 2019 Varsity Cup". 11 September 2019.
  8. ^ "Varsity Cricket runners-up UJ left to rue 'so near, but so far'". varsitysportssa.com. 11 September 2019.
  9. ^ "Tuks win Varsity Cricket title". Sport.
  10. ^ "Varsity Cricket - daily wraps | SuperSport – Africa's source of sports video, fixtures, results and news". supersport.com. Archived from the original on 5 January 2022.
  11. ^ "Varsity Sports history •". varsitysportssa.com.
  12. ^ "NWU seize their moment as they beat TUT to claim maiden title". varsitysportssa.com. 26 September 2019.
  13. ^ "UWC suffer shootout heartbreak as TUT win sixth straight women's title •". varsitysportssa.com. 26 September 2019.
  14. ^ "Hockey hosted at UCT". News24.
  15. ^ "Proteas next for Varsity Hockey star". Varsity Sport. 22 May 2019.
  16. ^ "South African Hockey Association: Varsity Hockey 2019 Statistics". saha.altiusrt.com.
  17. ^ "Varsity MTB geared up to join FNB Wines2Whales Pinotage fare". varsitysportssa.com. 11 September 2019.
  18. ^ "Wines2Whales Pinotage results & GC: UCT's Simpson, Lambrecht win Varsity MTB title – In the Bunch". inthebunch.co.za.
  19. ^ "Broken chain and all, Tuks men set the pace in Varsity MTB". varsitysportssa.com. 28 October 2019.
  20. ^ "UCT men use local knowledge to turn Varsity MTB tables on Tuks". varsitysportssa.com. 29 October 2019.
  21. ^ "Unfortunate break puts paid to Tuks hopes of denying UCT at Varsity MTB". varsitysportssa.com. 30 October 2019.
  22. ^ a b "Results Archive – Wines2Whales".
  23. ^ "UCT women weather storm to reinforce Varsity MTB favourites tag". varsitysportssa.com. 28 October 2019.
  24. ^ "Webb, Tait make it a double for UCT on Varsity MTB Stage 2". varsitysportssa.com. 29 October 2019.
  25. ^ "Madibaz shake up podium as UCT seal women's Varsity MTB title". varsitysportssa.com. 30 October 2019.
  26. ^ "Tuks make history by winning nail-biting final against Maties". Varsity Sporl. 7 October 2019.
  27. ^ "UP-Tuks claim inaugural Varsity Women's 7s title". varsitysportssa.com. 5 October 2019.
  28. ^ "Varsity Sports welcomes Varsity Women's 7s to the fold". varsitysportssa.com. 9 August 2019.
  29. ^ "Tuks women proud to make history at #Varsity7sFest". varsitysportssa.com. 6 October 2019.
  30. ^ a b "Varsity 7s Cup quarter-finals start with a shock..." varsitysportssa.com. 5 October 2019.
  31. ^ a b "UJ, Maties set up Varsity 7s Final clash with comfortable wins". varsitysportssa.com. 5 October 2019.
  32. ^ "UJ put 2018 hurt behind them to claim 2019 Varsity 7s title". varsitysportssa.com. 5 October 2019.
  33. ^ a b c "UP-Tuks finish best-of-the-rest during playoffs for places". varsitysportssa.com. 5 October 2019.