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SPORTShaping African University Sport through Excellence, Honour & Victory

NEWSLETTER May 2018

UJ students and staff selected for 19th CUCSA Games Team South Africa for the 19th Confederation of University and College Sports Association (CUCSA) Games has been announced and we are proud to celebrate our very own students and staff members who have selected to represent the South African University team.

Rachel Leistra Skhumbuzo Mthembu Amanda Mthandi

The Games are scheduled to take place 18-22 June 2018 in Gaborone, Botswana. Team SA will be competing in the following sporting codes: Athletics, Basketball, Football, Table Tennis and Volleyball. The official hashtag for the Games is: #OneNessThroughSport. Congratulations to the following UJ students and staff members:

AthleticsZinzi Chabangu Rachel LeistraTsaone Sebele Henry Makane Johannes RaphotlePeter Makgota

BasketballLufuno MtungutunguTsholofelo Setswadi Skhumbuzo Mthembu

FootballThato LetsosoDineo MagagulaAmanda MthandiKatlego NtsabelengReese Conradie Karabo Mogodi (Men’s Head Coach)Jabulile Baloyi (Women’s Assistant Coach)

General Management Team Mathatho Manaka (Team Administrator)

Medical Team Robyn Phillips (Physiotherapist)

Sports for Students with Disabilities Club host Mass Participation DayThe UJ SSD club hosted a Mass Participation Day at UJ Stadium on Saturday, 26 May 2018. 158 physically challenged learners form 18 schools around Gauteng were invited to participate in this fun-filled day, and was powered by UJfm and McDonalds. The event will be televised on SABC 2 on Beyond Boundaries on Saturday, 24 June 2018.

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The Champions of University 7s Rugby are truly proving to be a force to be reckoned with on the local, continental and international field! In 2016, the University’s men’s 7s Rugby team took part for the first time in the Kings of 7s Rugby Africa which place in Nairobi, Kenya and came out victorious. The team was invited again in 2017, and were crowned Kings of 7s Rugby for the second consecutive year. The team further ended the year off with a bang after winning the national Varsity Sports 7s Rugby tournament which took place in December 2017, in Durban.

Earlier in May 2017, the UJ 7s Rugby team travelled to France to compete in the Centrale 7 tournament. The first time UJ competed in the tournament was in 2014 and came out on top, four years later, UJ won the plate trophy!

RESULTSUJ 42-12 Ocean 7s

UJ 14-17 Seventies

UJ 36-5 Euskadi

UJ 26-28 La Rochelle

UJ 40-7 Germany

UJ 48-5 Finland

RESULTSUJ 58-5 La Vila

UJ 48-14 Viator

UJ 28-14 Belgium

UJ 7s Rugby prove to be a global force

UJ 7s team at Centrale 7 tournament in France UJ 7s wins Costa Blanca 7s in Spain

Winners of Varsity Sports 7s in 2017

The team completed their second-leg of the tour with another victory at the Costa Blanca 7s tournament which took place in Spain after ousting United Kingdom-based Marauders 33-5 out of the final.

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Kayle Blignaut

Picture: Dian, Standing, second from left, Cohen, standing, first from right, Coach Bafana, sitting, fourth from left.

UJ Rugby players selected for the Junior Boks Team Two UJ players and one technical staff member have been called up to the Under-20 National Rugby Team that will compete in the Under-20 World Championships in France, 30 May-17 June 2018. Dian Schoonees (Looseforward), Cohen Kiewit (Prop) and Coach Bafana Nhleko (Team Manager and Defense Coach) were part of the UJ Varsity Cup team that finished third in the tournament.

Exciting times ahead for UJ athletes

Following a successful domestic athletics season, the following UJ student-athletes have represented South Africa on the international stage:

2018 IAAF World Under-20 Championships Finland (19-24 July 2018)StudentsLiza Kellerman – 800m (Women)Kayle Blignaut – Shot Put (men)

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Thato Letsoso playing during Varsity Sports Football in 2017

Zinzi Chabangu

Exciting times ahead for UJ athletes (cont.) Congratulations!

FOOTBALL

UJ student and football player, Thato Letsoso has been called up to the Women’s National Football Team. Banyana Banyana will be competing in the 2018 Africa Women’s Cup of Nations qualifiers. Former UJ student and football goalkeeper, Mduduzi Khumalo, has become the second Nedbank Ke Yona Team Graduate to be part of a Nedbank Cup winning side after many years. His team, Free State Stars, sealed the 2018 Cup victory against Maritzburg United on 19 May 2018 in Cape Town.

Mduduzi Khumalo is celebrated during Varsity Sports Football in 2015 / Nedbank captioned picture from the Nedbank Cup 2018

Jason van Rooyen

African Championships in Athletics (Senior) Nigeria (1-5 August 2018)Students

Tamzin Thomas – 100m, 200m, 4 x 100m Relay (Women)Julia du Plessis – High Jump (Women)Ruswahl Samaai – Long Jump (Men)Zarck Visser – Long Jump (Men)Zinzi Chabangu – Long Jump, Triple Jump (Women)Patience Ntshingila – Long Jump, Triple Jump (Women)Menzi Mthembu – Triple Jump (Men)Monique Wagner – Shot Put (Women)Jason van Rooyen – Shot Put (Men)Kayle Blignaut – Shot Put (Men)Werner Visser – Discus Throw (Men)Tsaone Selebe – 100m, 200m (Women, Botswana)

AlumniAlyssa Conley – 100m, 4 x 100m Relay (Women) Anel Oosthuizen – 20 000m Race Walk (Women)Roger Haitengi – Triple Jump (Men, Namibia / Staff)

Club MemberKhotso Mokoena – Triple Jump (Men)Orazio Cremona – Shot Put (Men)

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RUGBYTwo-time UJ graduate and former UJ rugby player, Aphiwe Dyantyi has received his first Springboks call-up following his outstanding season with the Emirates Lions. Aphiwe, whose rugby career started in the internal residence rugby league, will represent the nation in the June Rugby Internationals.

Aphiwe Dyantyi during the 2017 Varsity Cup Rugby Season

Aphiwe Dyantyi with his family at his graduation in 2017

Aphiwe Dyantyi during a game in his Emirates Lions colours Palesa Manaleng (centre, the lady in the wheel chair)

NETBALLUJ students and netball players, Jodie Brown (Wing Defence, Goal Defence and Goal Keeper) and Kim-Roche Holmes (Wing attack and Goal Attack) have been selected for the Golden Fireballs Netball Team currently taking part in the Brutal Fruit Netball Premier League which kicked off earlier in May 2018.

Kim-Roche HolmesJodie Brown

SPORTS FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIESIn May 2018, Palesa Manaleng cycled a journey of 2 200km from Pretoria and Cape Town in ten days to raise funds for children with special education needs. The saying is true, “not all heroes wear capes!”

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Patience Ntshingila

NEWSLETTER May 2018

ATHLETICSThe UJ Athletics Club recently took part in the Botswana National Athletics Champions:Tsaone Sebele: 100m – Gold, 200m – Silver (Women)

Zinzi Chabangu: Long Jump and Triple Jump – Gold (Women)

Patience Ntshingila: Triple Jump – Silver (Women)

Menzi Mthembu: Triple Jump – Silver (Men)

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Upcoming Varsity Sports TournamentsVarsity Football (Men): 26 July – 27 September 2018

Varsity Netball: 26 August – 8 October 2018

Varsity Football (Women): 20 – 27 September 2018