Sport

The world’s best indoor hockey teams gathered for the Indoor Hockey World Cup that took place in Croatia from 3-9 February 2025. This fast-paced and high-energy version of the game truly showcases the best talent from around… read more

Fencing is a dynamic and strategic sport that requires skill, agility, and quick thinking. It is often misunderstood as an elitist or dangerous sport, but it is both accessible and one of the safest sports due to… read more

by Ané Havenga Sailing Both the first and second team competed at Teewatersdam winning silver. Maties Sailors, Chiara Fruet and Hamilton Slater ranking among the Top 6 USSA sailors for 2024. Golf After a tough week in… read more

by Kezia Daniels Maties Women’s Rugby is set to enter an exciting new chapter under the leadership of its newly appointed head coach, Aneesah Adams. A passionate and experienced figure in the sport, Adams brings a wealth… read more

Rebecca Rossouw Januarie was ’n warrelwind van ’n maand vir Suid-Afrikaanse netbal. Die drie-toets Margaret Beckford-Sonskynreeks teen Jamaika het op 18, 22 en 25 Januarie 2025 plaasgevind. Met ’n opwindende nuwe ontwikkeling vir Netball South Africa het… read more

by Ané Havenga Women’s rugby has been increasing in popularity of late and South Africa is slowly but surely catching up to some of the bigger nations. There has been a definite mindset change in the players,… read more

by Emma Hamman The Rugby World Cup is well underway and the Bokke are currently second in their pool following Ireland. With the World Cup Final only a month away, Bok fever has taken over Stellenbosch and… read more

by Flavia Davids The rivalry between Helshoogte and Eendrag continues. The neighbouring residences’ annual Derby Week kicked off with a bang on Sunday 6 August. What followed was an exciting week of sparring between the Hoenders of… read more

Paul de Villiers, old Dagbreek resident, captained the Junior Springboks as they represented South Africa in the u/20 World Rugby Cup 24 June – 14 July 2023 . He explains that he is grateful for the leadership… read more

The University Sport South Africa (USSA) is South Africa’s national governing body for higher education sports. Every year universities across the country, including Stellenbosch University (SU) participate in a series of games across all sporting codes, which… read more

The Stellenbosch Women Alumnae Network (SWAN) and Maties Sport came together to celebrate the achievements of women in sport at Stellenbosch University (SU). The event was hosted at Die Stal, Coetzenburg on 11 July against a 17-day… read more

Maties rowing team had a memorable and successful weekend at the USSA-R Sprints 2023 regatta. It was a culmination of hard work, dedication, and passion for the sport. This year’s event was particularly special as the team… read more

Many students see the month of February as an end to their holiday and a return to the exhilarating, yet stress inducing, student life but to the rugby loving scholars and Maties supporters it is seen as… read more

Dagbreek Men’s Residence won the 2023 u/20 Campus rugby trophy in an epic clash against Helderberg. After an onslaught of near misses, they came back from being down 0 — 12 at the start of the second… read more

Veni, vidi, vici – Maties’ women’s rugby team came, saw, and conquered the very first Women’s Varsity Cup. On 13 April Maties met University of Johannesburg (UJ) in the finals at the University of the Western Cape… read more

Hierdie jaar is die fokus op vrouesport. Kaapstad het gasheer gespeel vir die eerste vrouekrieketwêreldbeker in Afrika in Februarie, en later dié jaar word die eerste netbalwêreldbeker in Afrika ook in Kaapstad gehou. Boonop sal die eerste… read more

On Friday 18 March a volleyball tournament was hosted on the grass of the engineering faculty. Although the day was dampened by a light drizzle, spirits remained high amongst the players. Although the annual event was previously… read more

Esports has unofficially been a part of the Stellenbosch student community since 2017, but only became an official society of Stellenbosch University (SU) at the start of 2022. After a long wait and years of talk, the… read more

20 February was a historical day for Maties Women’s Rugby, as the team played the first ever Women’s Varsity Cup game against University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN).  Despite the fact that most Varsity Cup (VC) supporters came to… read more

Klim en klouter was aan die orde van die dag toe die Maties-rotsklimklub op 3 Maart die nuwe klimjaar afgeskop het. Tydens die opwindende geleentheid kon ervare klimmers en heel beginners die klub se splinternuwe, handgemaakte houthouers… read more