Sport
Maties Sport Appoint Kamaal Sait as New Head Coach of Maties Women’s Football
Maties Sport is excited to announce the appointment of Kamaal Sait as the new head coach of the Maties Women’s Football team. This marks a significant step...
Sport
Maties Host USSA Rugby 7’s in Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch University was buzzing this past weekend as Maties played host to the University Sport South Africa (USSA) Rugby 7’s Tournament at home. The...
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Maties Hosts 2025 USSA Swimming Championships
Maties proudly hosted the University Sport South Africa (USSA) Swimming Championships in Stellenbosch, bringing together top student swimmers from across the...
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Maties Climber ranks fourth in South Africa.
Maties Climbing’s Jeremy van der Riet has bagged the hardest route in the annual Black Diamond Tradathon – a traditional rock-climbing festival that pits...
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Time to check in with Maties Sport Alumnus: Gemma Haywood
As a student-athlete at Stellenbosch University, you learn how to be independent and take responsibility for your actions.
“As a Matie, I learned very...
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Women Rugby players can be tough – with painted nails
Just as male rugby players can be hooligans on the field and gentlemen afterwards, so can women players be aggressive for 80 minutes and then have their...
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Nathaly is nurturing Maties Basketball’s ‘clever ladies’
“No regrets, just learnings” is Nathaly September’s motto for living her best life as the Maties Basketball Women’s Coach, as a wife and as a mother.
“It can...
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SU-GAPS Programme focuses on “developing the athletes in our care”
There is no justification for African para-athletes to arrive at international multi-sports events to proudly represent their countries, only to perform...
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Kim Coetzee – 35 000 steps for the love of it!
You may never actually notice her but if there is an event involving Maties Sport – large or small – you can bet that Kim Coetzee is here, there, and...
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Anche says: ‘move it, move it, move it …’
If Maties’ Senior Sports Manager, Anche Nortje, is given an opening, she would have all Stellenbosch University staff engaged in physical wellness – be it...