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Varsity Netball
Varsity Netball is a netball league featuring teams representing universities in South Africa. It was formed in 2013. UFS Kovsies were the inaugural winners and they remain the league's most successful team, having won five titles. It is one of several similar sports competitions that form the Varsity Sports series. Others include leagues for men's football, women's football, field hockey, men's rugby union, and women's rugby union. History UFS Kovsies In 2013, UFS Kovsies won the inaugural tournament. With a team captained by Maryka Holtzhausen, they defeated NWU-Pukke 44–40 in the final. They won further titles in 2014, 2018, and 2021. In 2024, UFS Kovsies won their fifth title, after defeating UJ Netball 58–55 in the final. UFS Kovsies are closely associated with Free State Crinums of the Telkom Netball League. In 2018, 2019 and 2020, Crinums were a ''de facto'' Kovsie team. The vast majority of their squad members, including Lefébre Rademan and Khanyisa Chawane, we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lefébre Rademan
Lefébre Rademan (born 22 August 1996) is a South African netball player, who has represented the national team. At club level, she plays for Severn Stars in the British Netball Superleague (NSL), and has previously played for Celtic Dragons and London Pulse in the NSL, as well as Free State Crinums in the South African Netball League. Personal life Rademan is from Riversdale, Western Cape, South Africa. She attended Langenhoven High School, and later studied education at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein. Club career Rademan started her career as a defender, but now plays as either a goal attack or a wing attack. Whilst at the University of the Free State, Rademan played Varsity netball for their team, the Kovsies. She later captained the side. She was part of the 2018 Kovsies team that won the Varsity Cup, and in 2019, she was named the season's best player and player's player of the year. In the same year, Rademan played for Free State Crinums in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varsity Sports (South Africa)
Varsity Sports SA, is a group university sports leagues in South Africa. Its members all belong to the University Sport Company, and may each enter only one campus per competition, though they may enter different campuses for different competitions. History The Varsity Cup tournament was founded in 2008, featuring the rugby teams of eight universities. Varsity Sports was created as an offshoot in 2012. In the first season rugby sevens and beach volleyball were played. In 2013, athletics, field hockey, association football and netball were added. In 2016, mountain biking was added. Member universities Sports Varsity Sports currently runs competitions in six sporting codes. These are athletics, beach volleyball, association football, field hockey, netball and rugby sevens. Athletics and football have events for both men and women. Rugby, has only a men's event. Volleyball, netball and hockey have only female events, though men's hockey will be added in 2014. List of Varsity ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Free State Crinums
Free State Crinums are a South African netball team based in Bloemfontein. Since 2014, they have represented the Free State in the Telkom Netball League. They were the inaugural league champions. Between 2014 and 2016, Crinums won three successive titles. In 2024, they won a fourth title. History Brutal Fruit Netball Cup In 2014, Free State Crinums, together with Eastern Cape Aloes, Gauteng Golden Fireballs, Gauteng Jaguars and North West Flames, became founder members of Division One of the Brutal Fruit Netball Cup. They were subsequently the inaugural league champions. Between 2014 and 2016, with teams coached by Burta de Kock, captained by Maryka Holtzhausen and featuring Karla Pretorius, Crinums won three successive titles. On each occasion they defeated Gauteng Jaguars in the final. Telkom Netball League Crinums are closely associated with the University of the Free State and their Varsity Netball team, UFS-Kovsies. In 2018, 2019 and 2020, Crinums were a ''de facto'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gauteng Jaguars
Gauteng Jaguars are a netball in South Africa, South African netball team based at the University of Pretoria. Since 2014 in South Africa, 2014, together with Gauteng Golden Fireballs, they have represented Gauteng in the Telkom Netball League. They are the league's most successful team and, as of 2024, have featured in every final. Between 2017 and 2021, Jaguars won five successive titles. In 2023, they won a sixth title. In 2017 Netball New Zealand Super Club, 2017 and 2018 Netball New Zealand Super Club, 2018, they also represented Netball South Africa in the Netball New Zealand Super Club. History Brutal Fruit Netball Cup In 2014, Gauteng Jaguars, together with Free State Crinums, Eastern Cape Aloes, Gauteng Golden Fireballs and North West Flames, became founder members of Division One of the Brutal Fruit Netball Cup. Between 2014 and 2016, they played in three successive finals. However, on each occasion they lost to Free State Crinums. Netball New Zealand Super Club In 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ine-Marí Venter
Ine-Marí Venter (born 21 April 1995) is a South African netball player in the Suncorp Super Netball league, playing for the Queensland Firebirds. Career Venter began her netball career playing for the Gauteng Jaguars in the South African Brutal Fruit Netball Cup. She was quickly selected for the South African senior national team, having previously represented the under-19 national team as early as 2014. Venter was spotted by Melbourne Vixens head coach Simone McKinnis whilst representing South Africa at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and later that year she was signed by the Vixens for the 2019 season. Venter made three appearances for the Vixens before being signed to the Queensland Firebirds Queensland Firebirds are an Australian professional netball team based in Brisbane, Queensland. Since 2017 they have played in Suncorp Super Netball. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Championship and between 1997 and 2007, they pl ... ahead of the 2020 season. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marlize De Bruin
Marlize de Bruin (born 11 November 1994) is a South African sportswomen. As a netball player, she played for UP-Tuks in Varsity Netball and for Gauteng Jaguars in the Premier Netball League. She also represented the South Africa national netball team at the 2016 Fast5 Netball World Series. As a rugby sevens player, she represented the South Africa women's national rugby sevens team at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens and at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Early life, family and education De Bruin was born and raised in Pretoria and attended Afrikaanse Hoër Meisieskool. Between 2015 and 2020, she attended the University of Pretoria where she gained degrees in education and sports management and trained to be a teacher. During her training she worked as a teacher at Afrikaans Hoër Meisieskool and as a netball coach at Pretoria High School for Girls. Her older brother, Luan de Bruin, is a professional rugby union player. Netball UP Tuks Between 2014 and 2019, de Bruin played for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shadine Van Der Merwe
Shadine van der Merwe (born 25 November 1992) is a South Africa netball international. She has represented South Africa at the 2018 and 2022 Commonwealth Games and at the 2019 and 2023 Netball World Cups. In South Africa, she played for UP-Tuks in Varsity Netball and for Gauteng Jaguars in the Brutal Fruit Netball Cup. In 2017 she captained both teams to national titles. She has since played for Surrey Storm, Manchester Thunder and Loughborough Lightning in the Netball Superleague and for Adelaide Thunderbirds in Suncorp Super Netball. Early life and education Shadine van der Merwe was born and raised in Pretoria. As well as playing netball, in her youth, she played for the junior South Africa women's national softball team. She also won a bronze medal in the javelin at the 2010 Junior SA Track and Field Championship. After being spotted by netball head coach, Jenny van Dyk, she was offered a scholarship at the University of Pretoria and subsequently earned a Masters in Edu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny Van Dyk
Jenny van Dyk is the current head coach of the South Africa national netball team. Between 2011 and 2023, van Dyk served as head coach of UP-Tuks, guiding the team to three Varsity Netball titles. Between 2014 and 2021, she also served as head coach of Gauteng Jaguars in the Premier Netball League, guiding the team to five titles. Early life and education Van Dyk was born in Pretoria and, between 1996 and 2000, she attended Hoërskool Oos-Moot. In 2001 she began attending the University of Pretoria, where she would eventually gain a Bachelor of Social Science with Specialization in Sports Psychology. Playing career UP-Tuks In the early 2000s, van Dyk played for UP-Tuks as a wing attack. She played for South Africa at under-21 level and was twice selected for the senior squad. Coaching career UP Tuks In 2006, van Dyk started coaching at UP-Tuks Netball, initially with the under-19s. Between 2008 and 2011, van Dyk effectively served as an assistant coach to Elize Kotze. When ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UP-Tuks Netball
UP-Tuks Netball are a South African netball team based at the University of Pretoria. Their senior team represents the university in Varsity Netball. They also enter teams in University Sports South Africa, Netball South Africa and local Gauteng and Tshwane competitions. In addition they organise a university internal league. History South Africa UP-Tuks has a history of providing players for the South Africa national netball team. At the 2011 World Netball Championships, the South Africa squad featured five UP-Tuks players – Erin Burger, Chrisna Bootha, Amanda Mynhardt, Vanes-Mari du Toit and Leigh Ann Zackey. Mynhardt was also captain and the team was coached by Elize Kotze, a former UP-Tuks head coach. Burger was subsequently named player of the tournament. Varsity Netball In 2017, after finishing as runners-up in 2014 and 2016, UP-Tuks won their first Varsity Netball title. Their winning team was coached by Jenny van Dyk, captained by Shadine van der Merwe and featu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University (SU) (, ) is a public research university situated in Stellenbosch, a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Stellenbosch is the oldest university in South Africa and the oldest extant university in Sub-Saharan Africa, which received full university status in 1918. Stellenbosch University designed and manufactured Africa's first microsatellite, SUNSAT, launched in 1999. Stellenbosch is organised in 139 departments across 10 faculties offering bachelor's (Education in South Africa#Higher education and training system, NQF 7) to doctoral degrees (NQF 10) in the English and Afrikaans language. Across five campuses in the Western Cape, the university is home to 32,000 students. The students of Stellenbosch University are nicknamed "Maties". The term probably arises from the Afrikaans word "tamatie" (meaning tomato, and referring to the maroon sports uniforms and blazer colour). An alternative theory is that the term comes from the Afrikaans colloq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanté Strydom
Jeanté Strydom (born 30 September 1996) is a South Africa netball international. She represented South Africa at the 2023 Netball World Cup. In South Africa, she played for NWU-Pukke and UP Tuks in Varsity Netball and for several teams, most notably Gauteng Jaguars, in the Premier Netball League. Ahead of the 2024 ANZ Premiership season, Strydom signed for Southern Steel. Playing career Varsity Netball In 2016, Strydom, together with Sigrid Burger and Renske Stoltz, was a member of the NWU-Pukke team that won the Varsity Netball title. In 2018 she was a member of the UP-Tuks team that reached the final. Premier Netball League Between 2015 and 2023, Strydom played for several teams in the Premier Netball League. She began her PNL career with North West Flames before switching to Gauteng Jaguars. In 2017 and 2018 she also played for Jaguars in the Netball New Zealand Super Club tournaments. In 2018 she was a member of the Jaguars team that defeated Southern Steel. Aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
