The 2019 Varsity Sport, the 10 season of a South African university.
Athletics
Basketball 4-6 and 10–12 October, Wits Multi-purpose Sports Hall, University of the Witwatersrand. Varsity Women's Basketball makes its debut.
Women VUT 58(1) - 58(0) NWU, first six shootout efforts, VUT is win VUT leave it late to clinch first ever Varsity Women's Basketball
Men UJ 64 - Tuks 57
Cricket Tuks final against UJ at Senwes Park, Potchefstroom
Knockout stage
Awards MTN Pulse Best Bowler of the Tournament: Sean Gilson (UP-Tuks) Best batsman of the tournament: Lourén Steenkamp (NWU) FNB Player of the tournament: Neil Brand (UP-Tuks)
Football Men NWU (beat TUT 1–0)
Women TUT (beat UWC 4–1 in shootout after 1-1 full-time)
Hockey
First legs: UCT Hockey, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch Two legs: NWU Astro, North-West University, Potchefstroom
Knockout stage
Final standings
Awards The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. Player of the tournamentGoalkeeper of the tournamentTop goalscorerOnthatile Zulu (Tuks)Simoné Gouws (Kovsie)
Mountain bike 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. Men + Men MTB Team Users Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Final standings1UCT Richard SimpsonMichael Lambrecht02:49.38,0 02:54.54,7 02:53.11,6 08:37.45,02 Tuks Andries NigriniAntonie Joubert 02:49.03,0 03:01.00,0 02:55.17,6 08:45.21,03Maties Michael Sutton Morné Hollander 03:12.16,0 03:24.06,8 03:14.37,0 09:51.00,14Madibaz Jan Venter Munro Munnik 03:36.51,0 03:25.22,6 03:19.29,9 10:21.44,05NWU Brendan van Eeden Christo Botes 03:17.37,0 03:43.04,6 03:22.42,4 10:23.24,96 TUT Vian Pretorius Shaun-Cameron Swanepoel 04:08.56,0 03:58.51,9 03:51.18,2 11:59.06,0
Women + Caption Team User Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Final standings1 UCT Courteney Webb Amy Tait 03:41.10 03:45.31,1 03:31.08,4 10:57.54,0 2 Maties Catherine Pellow-JarmainSusan Kruger 03:52.4203:51.11,003:37.15,6 11:21.08,03Madibaz Jean-Marie RoelofseStacey Hyslop04:08.3204:09.56,003:35.51,011:54.19,34Tuks Tanya KotzeMichelle Benson04:03.2604:04.14,503:50.26,111:58.07,45NWUNicolene MaraisAné Jacobs05:06.3304:31.23,504:08.06,413:46.03,0
Netball UP-Tuks are the Varsity Netball 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.
7s Rugby 4-5 October 2019, Pirates Rugby Club, Greenside, Johannesburg
Women The inaugural Varsity Women's 7s The teams competing are; UP-Tuks (University of Pretoria), UJ (University of Johannesburg), UKZN (University of KwaZulu-Natal) and UFH (University of Fort Hare). Tuks possibly played one of their best games of the season when they beat UFH in the final 46-0
Men Quarter-finals
Bowl Semi-Finals Fixtures
See also Varsity Sports (South Africa) 2019 Varsity Cup
References