# 2019 Varsity Sports (South Africa)

The 2019 Varsity Sport, the 10 season of a South African university.

## Basketball

4-6 and 10–12 October, Wits Multi-purpose Sports Hall, University of the Witwatersrand. Significantly, Varsity Women's Basketball will make its debut this time around.

### Women

VUT 58(1) - 58(0) NWU, first six shootout efforts, VUT is win

### Men

UJ 64 - Tuks 57

## Cricket

Tuks final against UJ at Senwes Park, Potchefstroom

### Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 6 September - Senwes Park | 6 September - Senwes Park |
| Tuks | 129/5 |
| Tuks | 129/5 | 7 September – Senwes Park | 7 September – Senwes Park |
| Maties | 125/7 | 7 September – Senwes Park | 7 September – Senwes Park |
| Maties | 125/7 | UJ | 55/7 |
| 6 September – Senwes Park | 6 September – Senwes Park | | UJ | 55/7 |
| 6 September – Senwes Park | 6 September – Senwes Park | Tuks | 60/2 |
| UJ | 204/4 | Tuks | 60/2 |
| NWU | 166/8 | | |

### 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
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Maties | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 6 | +21 | 16 | Semi-Final |
| 2 | NWU (H) | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 11 | +10 | 15 | Semi-Final |
| 3 | Kovsie | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 20 | +20 | 14 | Semi-Final |
| 4 | Tuks | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 16 | +11 | 12 | Semi-Final |
| 5 | UJ (E) | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 12 | |
| 6 | Ikeys | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 21 | −2 | 10 | |
| 7 | WITS | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 24 | −12 | 5 | |
| 8 | Madibaz | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 54 | −45 | 0 | |

### Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 13 May - NWU Astro | 13 May - NWU Astro |
| Maties | 7 |
| Maties | 7 | 20 May – NWU Astro | 20 May – NWU Astro |
| Tuks | 5 | 20 May – NWU Astro | 20 May – NWU Astro |
| Tuks | 5 | Maties | 0(1) |
| 13 May – NWU Astro | 13 May – NWU Astro | | Maties | 0(1) |
| 13 May – NWU Astro | 13 May – NWU Astro | NWU | 0(2) |
| Kovsie | 4 | NWU | 0(2) |
| NWU | 5 | | |

### Final standings

| Pos | Teamvte |
| 1 | NWU (H) |
| 2 | Maties |
| 3 | Kovsie |
| 4 | Tuks |
| 5 | Ikeys |
| 6 | UJ |
| 7 | WITS |
| 8 | Madibaz |

### Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
| Player of the tournament | Goalkeeper of the tournament | Top goalscorer |
| Onthatile 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 standings |
| 1 | UCT | Richard Simpson Michael Lambrecht | 02:49.38,0 | 02:54.54,7 | 02:53.11,6 | 08:37.45,0 |
| 2 | Tuks | Andries Nigrini Antonie Joubert | 02:49.03,0 | 03:01.00,0 | 02:55.17,6 | 08:45.21,0 |
| 3 | Maties | Michael Sutton Morné Hollander | 03:12.16,0 | 03:24.06,8 | 03:14.37,0 | 09:51.00,1 |
| 4 | Madibaz | Jan Venter Munro Munnik | 03:36.51,0 | 03:25.22,6 | 03:19.29,9 | 10:21.44,0 |
| 5 | NWU | Brendan van Eeden Christo Botes | 03:17.37,0 | 03:43.04,6 | 03:22.42,4 | 10:23.24,9 |
| 6 | 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 standings |
| 1 | UCT | Courteney Webb Amy Tait | 03:41.10 | 03:45.31,1 | 03:31.08,4 | 10:57.54,0 |
| 2 | Maties | Catherine Pellow-Jarmain Susan Kruger | 03:52.42 | 03:51.11,0 | 03:37.15,6 | 11:21.08,0 |
| 3 | Madibaz | Jean-Marie Roelofse Stacey Hyslop | 04:08.32 | 04:09.56,0 | 03:35.51,0 | 11:54.19,3 |
| 4 | Tuks | Tanya Kotze Michelle Benson | 04:03.26 | 04:04.14,5 | 03:50.26,1 | 11:58.07,4 |
| 5 | NWU | Nicolene Marais Ané Jacobs | 05:06.33 | 04:31.23,5 | 04:08.06,4 | 13:46.03,0 |

## 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

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 5 October 9:11 | 5 October 9:11 | | | |
| Kovsies | 14 | | | |
| Kovsies | 14 | 12:07 | 12:07 | | |
| Madibaz | 17 | 12:07 | 12:07 | |
| Madibaz | 17 | Madibaz | 12 | |
| 5 October 9:33 | 5 October 9:33 | | Madibaz | 12 | |
| 5 October 9:33 | 5 October 9:33 | UJ | 26 | |
| UJ | 37 | UJ | 26 | |
| UJ | 37 | | | | 16:09 | 16:09 |
| CPUT | 7 | | | | 16:09 | 16:09 |
| CPUT | 7 | | | | UJ | 20 |
| 5 October 9:55 | 5 October 9:55 | | | | | UJ | 20 |
| 5 October 9:55 | 5 October 9:55 | | | | Maties | 0 |
| UWC | 17 | | | | Maties | 0 |
| UWC | 17 | 12:29 | 12:29 | | | |
| UP-Tuks | 41 | 12:29 | 12:29 | | | |
| UP-Tuks | 41 | UP-Tuks | 5 | | | |
| 5 October 10:17 | 5 October 10:17 | | UP-Tuks | 5 | | | |
| 5 October 10:17 | 5 October 10:17 | Maties | 24 | | Third place | Third place |
| NWU | 14 | Maties | 24 | | Third place | Third place |
| NWU | 14 | | | | 15:03 | 15:03 |
| Maties | 31 | | | | 15:03 | 15:03 |
| Maties | 31 | | | | Madibaz | 5 |
| | | | | | UP-Tuks | 36 |

#### Bowl Semi-Finals Fixtures

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Bowl Final (5th/6th Place) | Bowl Final (5th/6th Place) |
| 5 October 12:51 | 5 October 12:51 |
| Kovsies | 21 |
| Kovsies | 21 | 14:41 | 14:41 |
| CPUT | 24 | 14:41 | 14:41 |
| CPUT | 24 | CPUT | 19 |
| 5 October 13:13 | 5 October 13:13 | | CPUT | 19 |
| 5 October 13:13 | 5 October 13:13 | MWU | 34 |
| UWC | 24 | MWU | 34 |
| NWU | 33 | | |
| NWU | 33 | 7th/8th Place | 7th/8th Place |
| | | 14:19 | 14:19 |
| | | Kovsies | 5 |
| | | UWC | 40 |