Sport

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

Breyton Poole, 22 year old athlete, is making waves in the sporting scene after recently reaching the season’s best result at the Boland senior athletics championship on 3 and 4 March 2023. He obtained a gold medal… read more

The Monday night lights were shining down at the kick off Varsity Cup match between Stellenbosch University’s (SU) Maroon Machine and University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Ikeys Tigers. The Maroon Machine, headed by blindside flanker Gift Dlamini,… read more

By Anakin Curtis Matthew Proudfoot has entered the consultant head coach position at Maties Rugby following the departure of Norman Jordaan to the Western Province. The former Scotland prop led the Springboks alongside Rassie Erasmus on their… read more

By Hannah Theron Maties Water Polo is back for its second season of the year. The men’s first and women’s first and second teams participated in the inaugural Cape Town Invitational Tournament, which started Friday, 7 October… read more

By Dylan Schmidt  Every year, the Kowie river in Port Alfred offers a challenge full of exciting racing, enthusiastic support and demanding conditions to University rowers from all over South Africa. This year the resilient Maties rowing… read more

deur Jean-Miri Olivier vertaal deur Rentia Meyer Maties Netbal het teruggekeer ná hulle eerste oorwinning in 27 jaar by die University Sport South Africa (USSA)-netbaltoernooi en het sedertdien nie teleurgestel nie. Die standaarde is hooggestel en hulle… read more

Deur Ané Havenga Maties se vrouerugby-sewesspan het hierdie jaar ’n kaptein wat nie net haar stempel by Maties afdruk nie, maar ook op die internasionale verhoog vir haarself ’n naam maak. Bianca Augustyn, MEng (Siviel)-student, het op… read more