UP-Tuks finish best-of-the-rest during Varsity 7s 2019 place playoffs
While Maties and UJ secured their Varsity 7s final places, the remaining 10 teams played out for pride in intriguing clashes. UP-TUKS LEAVE PIRATES WITH PODIUM PLACE It wasn’t the match defending...
View ArticleVarsity Basketball Round 2 delivers drama and upsets
Round 2 of Varsity Basketball had spectators on the edge of their seats at the Wits Sports Hall with unexpected results the name of the game. UWC MAKE VUT WORKUWC and VUT got the day’s proceedings...
View ArticleCape teams struggle as UJ, VUT take winning streaks to three in Varsity...
Round 3 of the Varsity Basketball 2019 delivered an intriguing afternoon and evening of ‘ballin’ at Wits Sports Hall with UJ and VUT maintaining their 100% record and Tuks brought back to ground. VUT...
View ArticleVarsity Netball final in facts favours Tuks, but Maties have upset in them…
It all comes to this, the Varsity Netball grand final between unbeaten hosts Tuks and Maties – who ended the back-to-back hopes of Kovsies a week ago. Will Tuks become the first team in Varsity...
View ArticleUJ emerge as Varsity Basketball team-to-beat with unbeaten opening weekend
UJ are now the only team with a perfect record in Varsity Basketball after VUT suffered defeat in the fourth round on Sunday. The final day of the first weekend of the Varsity Basketball 2019...
View ArticleCaptain’s Q&A: Tuks’ Tshina Mdau
Lifting the Varsity Netball trophy on Monday would be the perfect fit for Tshina Mdau to finish her stellar career with Tuks. Mdau will play in her very last match for Tuks, having represented them...
View ArticleTuks make history by winning nail-biting final against Maties
Tuks are the 2019 Varsity Netball champions, and became the first team to do so unbeaten throughout, after beating Maties 48-43 in a tense affair at their Rembrandt Hall. With Tshina Mdau, playing her...
View ArticleLefébre Rademan named Varsity Netball 2019’s best player
Kovsies captain Lefébre Rademan has been confirmed as the FNB Player of the Tournament for the 2019 Varsity Netball season. While the 23-year-old couldn’t lead her team to back-to-back titles she was...
View ArticleVarsity Netball 2019 – The Final Verdict
Varsity Netball 2019 is something of the past, but not with without a couple of milestones that were recorded during the tournament. The seventh edition of the tournament ended on Monday night with...
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VUT, NWU get women’s #VarsityBallin underway with wins
The women’s section of the Varsity Basketball tournament got underway at Wits Sports Hall with four teams participating in the competitions first year. VUT GET THE FIRST-EVER ‘W’VUT were first up...
View ArticleTuks continue giant-killing act in Varsity Basketball Round 5
The finals weekend of Varsity Basketball 2019 commenced with four sizzling encounters, and the battle for the top two hotting up at Wits Sports Hall. TUKS KEEPING THE FAVOURITES ‘HONEST’ IN...
View ArticleWits seek balance to complete #VarsityBallin bounce-back
Varsity Basketball’s sophomore season has delivered some intriguing results, not least an underwhelming title defence by Wits. After securing the inaugural title undefeated, Wits were brought to...
View ArticleUJ coach laments complacency as Orange Army receive Varsity Basketball...
UJ have been impressive in Varsity Basketball 2019 after falling short in 2018, but were reminded on Thursday that concentration is key in all matches. UJ began their campaign by winning all four of...
View ArticleA day of comebacks and setbacks as #VarsityBallin finals loom
Round 6 of Varsity Basketball continued with its surprises to leave the final permutations up for debate. NWU LEAVE UCT SHORT OF ANSWERSThe first game of the penultimate round saw UCT start the better...
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VUT coach asks players to take responsibility against Wits
VUT would be a Varsity Basketball semi-final shoe-in, but the 2019 tournament goes from Round 7 straight to a final so their Wits clash is a be-all or end-all. The 2019 campaign began very well for...
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VUT, NWU seal Varsity Women’s Basketball favourites tag
Round 2 of Varsity Women’s Basketball saw VUT and NWU continue their great run of form, to emerge as clear favourites to claim the inaugural title. NWU DOMINATE, BUT UCT EARN CREDITNWU and UCT took to...
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NWU get better of VUT in women’s final dress rehearsal
Apart from NWU and VUT playing a de facto Varsity Women’s Basketball final dress rehearsal in Round 3, there was more to play for at Wits Sports Hall on Saturday. At the same time, hosts Wits and UCT...
View ArticleVUT prepared to make things right in Varsity Women’s Basketball final
Following the completion of the Varsity Women’s Basketball round robin phase, Sunday’s final between NWU and VUT at Wits Sports Hall already has ‘revenge’ as its theme. Both finalists had an...
View ArticleNew Varsity Basketball champions to be crowned as UJ, Tuks seal final places
The Varsity Basketball tournament reached the last round of action on Saturday at Wits Sports Hall with places in the final coming down to the final match. TUKS CLAIM FIRST FINAL PLACETuks, who were...
View ArticleVUT leave it late to clinch first ever Varsity Women’s Basketball
History was made on Sunday afternoon at the Wits Multi Sports Hall, when the first Varsity Women’s Basketball final was played between VUT and NWU. With VUT and NWU having played each other the day...
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