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NEWSLETTER June/July 2018

UJ topped their group and clinched the title when they defeated Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) on penalties in the final. All the matches were played at Nelson Mandela University.

Coach Jabulile Baloyi said afterwards that UJ had set themselves a goal – to improve on the fourth position they had achieved last year.

“We went into the week with a strong desire to do better than 2017 when we were the hosts,” she said. “We wanted to finish higher this time.”

A number of elements had contributed to their success, she added. “The first thing is that we were extremely disciplined on and off the field. “In addition, we had a different

approach for every match and adopted the approach of taking it one game at a time.”

Baloyi said their work ethic extended beyond just the players, with the management team playing a critical role behind the scenes to ensure the squad remained focused.

Striker Amanda Mthandi played a big part, scoring nine goals during the tournament.

“She was the top goal-scorer and was named player of the tournament,” said the coach.

Dineo Magagula was also outstanding and was named goalkeeper of the tournament.

“Not counting penalty shootouts, she conceded only three goals during the week.”

Playing in group C, the team drew their first match but won the remaining three pool games before entering a tense play-off situation.

“In the semifinals we came up against University of Western Cape and won on penalties after the score was 1-1 at the end of regulation time,” Baloyi said.

“It was the same in the final against TUT when we drew 1-1 but took the penalty shoot-out.”

Coach Baloyi has become the first female coach to win the national championship title and through this victory, the UJ women’s football team has secured a spot in national women’s football league set to launch in 2019.

Football women win gold at national champsThe University of Johannesburg women’s team maintained an unbeaten record to emerge as champions at the end of the University Sport South Africa football tournament in Port Elizabeth in July 2018.

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UJ squash team that won the USSA squash title for the seventh year in a row.

Competing at Nelson Mandela University in Port Elizabeth, the defending champions overcame a spirited challenge from the hosts, Madibaz, to win the final 4-2.

Earlier, UJ eased past Stellenbosch University 5-1 in the semifinals, while Madibaz earned their place in the final by defeating University of Pretoria for the first time at the USSA week.

UJ coach Mike Bester said the final against Madibaz had been “pretty close up to a stage”.

“But our females, who proved to be strong all week, managed to do the business by winning all their matches,” he said.

“We lost a very close match at No 3 in the men’s line-up and also at No 1, but won the No 2 to take the win.”

Although the Johannesburg outfit have dominated for a lengthy period, Bester said the competition at the USSA tournament remained tough.

Seventh consecutive USSA squash title for UJThe University of Johannesburg continued their remarkable domination of the University Sport South Africa squash tournament when they won the title for the seventh year in a row in July 2018.

“In recent years there has been very strong competition from Tuks, Stellenbosch and Madibaz.

“But our strength is the depth that we have in our squad. For instance, last year we were strong in the men’s team, and this year our women’s team was very good, so the one backs up the other.

“I said to my players ahead of the tournament this was going to be a collective effort and that’s the way it turned out.”

While emphasising the teamwork in the squad, Bester said women’s number 1 Alexa Pienaar was a major asset for the team.

“She is top of the tree as far as student squash is concerned and she is a banker for us at No 1.”

Besides spearheading the team event win, Pienaar confirmed her potential by retaining her individual title, a competition played on the first three days of the week.

Bester said the team remained motivated to do well despite their long run of success.

“They were ecstatic after the final and are always focused on trying to maintain the record and to set themselves further goals.”

He added that the key element in their success was the consistency and dedication they showed in training.

“They basically train for 11 months of the year and have December off. Winning USSA for the seventh time in a row is the reward for those efforts.”

At the conclusion of the week, Pienaar was named in the USSA team to compete in the World University Championships in Birmingham in September.

UJ’s Kacey-Leigh Dodd will play Hayley Ward, of Madibaz, to decide the second place in the USSA women’s team.

10-athlete squad dominate in EthopiaThe Federation of African University Sport (FASU) Games were hosted by Mekelle University in Ethopia from 2 to 6 July 2018. UJ Athletics was the only code that took part in the games due to the fact that the other sporting codes were competing in the South African university national championships week. The 10-athlete squad impressed all the African delegates by winning a total of 12 medals and finishing in the overall second place position.

RESULTSMarilise Higgins: Gold medal in the high jump with a height of 1.65m

Boer Duwayne: Gold medals in Long Jump with a leap 8,16m and in the triple jump with a distance of 15.84m

Werner Visser: Gold medals in Shot Put with a throw of 16,35m of and in Discus with a distance of 57.23m

Zinzi Chabangu: Gold medals in Long Jump with a jump of 6,36m and in the triple jump with a leap of 13.87m

Sebele Tsoane: Gold medals in 100m with a blistering time of 11.39 seconds and in 200m with a speed of 23.60 seconds.

Samkelo Sabelo: Silver Medal in 100m with a time of 10.05 seconds.

Obakeng Maoka: Bronze medal in 100m with a time of 10.30 seconds.

4x100m men relay team: Bronze medal with a time of 40.63 seconds.

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UJ Athletics flying the flag on their way back home from a successful performance at the CUCSA Games

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UJ Athletics at the CUCSA Games Ceremony

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Team South Africa basketball men who won gold at CUCSA Games.

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FASU Medal TableNr Name of University Gold Silver Bronze Total

1 Ndejje University 10 4 2 16

2 University of Johannesburg 9 1 2 12

3 University of Development Studies Ghana 5 1 1 7

4 Universite Cheikh Anta Diop De Dakar 4 3 2 9

5 Addis Ababa University 3 5 10 18

6 University of Development Studies Ghana 2 2 1 5

7 Tshwane Univ of Technology 1 3 2 6

8 University of Botswana 1 1 2 4

9 Mekelle University 1 1 0 2

10 Mekerere University 1 1 0 2

11 Makerere University Business School 0 2 1 3

12 Kampala University 0 2 0 2

Uganda Christian University 0 2 0 2

14 University of Zambia 0 1 2 3

15 Universite AC Benin 0 1 1 2

16 Institute National De La Jeunesse 0 1 0 1

Botswana University of Agriculture and

Natural Resources0 1 0 1

Institut National De La Jeunesse Et Des S 0 1 0 1

Kotebe Metropolitan University 0 1 0 1

20 Sierra Leone University 0 0 1 1

Wollo University 0 0 1 1

Universite D Abomey-Calavi 0 0 1 1

Adigrat University 0 0 1 1

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UJ athletes and staff contribute to Team South Africa’s supremacy at the regional CUCSA GamesTeam South Africa is still beaming with pride following their dominant performance at the Confederation of University and College Sports Association (CUCSA) Games that took place in Gabarone, Botswana from 18-22 June 2018.

Both South African women and men’s football teams won gold at the CUCSA Games.

The biennial five-day event, which involves ten nations from southern African taking part in a variety of sporting codes, concluded its 19th edition, with defending champions South Africa once again reigning supreme in both the men’s and women’s events.

Despite partaking in only five of the ten sports on offer, Team South Africa asserted its dominance on the event once more, with the 127-strong delegation bringing home 59 medals in total, including 25 golds, 16 silvers and seven bronzes – an improvement of 28 medals from their championship-winning tally of 31 in Zimbabwe two years ago.

Besides the general management delegation, UJ was represented by students and staff members in athletics, basketball and football:

AthleticsZinzi Chabangu Rachel Leistra Tsaone Sebele (Botswana)Henry Makane Johannes RaphotlePeter Makgota

BasketballLufuno MtungutunguTsholofelo Setswadi

Skhumbuzo Mthembu

FootballThato LetsosoDineo MagagulaAmanda Mthandi Katlego NtsabelengReese Conradie Karabo Mogodi (Men’s Head Coach)Jabulile Baloyi (Women’s Assistant Coach)Team SA’s brilliance shone on the University of Botswana Stadium’s track and field, as 35 medals were won, with every athlete selected ending on the podium, contributing to the 17 golds, 14 silvers and four bronze medals in total.

On the basketball court, South Africa’s women’s team failed to defend their title, as they went down 67-60 to Zimbabwe in the final, despite having beaten the very same side 70-54 in the group stages earning the silver medal. The men’s team made amends however, emerging victorious as they beat hosts Botswana 75-61 in the gold medal play-off.

Finally in the football event, South Africa were victorious in both the women’s and men’s event, the former beating Zimbabwe 4-0 in the final while the men’s team downed Zambia 2-0 to claim the gold.

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UJ student, Tsaone Sebele (centre) wins gold medal for Botswana in both the 100m and 200m events at the CUCSA Games.

UJ’s Skhumbuzo Mthembu pulls up for the shot against North West University (Potch)

UJ women’s football player, Thato Letsoso who captained Team South Africa to a gold medal at the CUCSA Games.

BASKETBALLUSSA Basketball was hosted at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits).

UJ Men were placed in Pool C where results were as follows:¡UJ v NWU (Potch), won 66-34¡UJ v UWC, won 66-32¡UJ v NMU, won 66-40UJ Men finished 1st in Pool C.

Women were placed in Pool D and the performance was as follows: ¡UJ v UL, won 70-23¡UJ v UFH, won, no game UFH withdrew.¡UJ v UP, won 63-41UJ Women Finished 1st in Pool D.

Both UJ teams proceeded to the Quarter finals:¡Men: UJ v NW Vaal, won 63-41¡Women: UJ v UCT, lost 37-40¡Women 5-8 places: UJ v UKZN, won 38-31¡Women 5/6: UJ v US, lost 34-37¡Finished 6th overall

University Sport South Africa (USSA) National Championship Week (2-6 July 2018):

Men qualified for the Semi-finals¡UJ v Wits, lost 45-52¡3/4 Play off: UJ v UKZN, won 50-21¡UJ Men won the bronze medal

Basketball Individual awards: All Star: Men – Nathan BarutiAll Star: Women – Pretty Murali

Players selected University national squad: Men: Skumbuzo MthembuWomen: Lufuno Mutungutungu Tsholofelo Setswadi Pretty Murali

FOOTBALLUSSA Football tournament was hosted by the Nelson Mandela University in Port Elizabeth. UJ was represented by a women and men teams in the tournament.

Results for both teams were as follows:

Women ¡UJ 0-0 NWU Potch¡UJ 1-0 UFS¡UJ 6-0 DUT¡UJ 2-0 Wit

Quarter Finals ¡UJ 4-0 CUT

Semi Final ¡UJ 1 (6) - 1 (5) UWC

Final ¡UJ 1 (5) - 1 (4) TUT

Men ¡UJ 0-0 NWU (Mahikeng)¡UJ 0-0 CUT¡UJ 2-0 UCT¡UJ 1-0 NWU Potch

Quarter Finals ¡UJ 0(3)-0(4) UKZN

Play-0ff ¡ UJ 2(6)-2(7) TUTPlay-Off ¡UJ 2-1 TUKS

Men ended in 7th position and qualify for the Varsity Football tournament.

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HOCKEYUSSA Hockey was hosted by the University of Free State in Bloemfontein. Both the men and women teams competed in the tournament.

Results for hockey were as follows:

USSA Men hockey¡UJ vs Wits win 2-1¡UJ vs Maties win 1-0¡UJ vs NWU win 2-1

Semi final ¡UJ vs UCT. UJ Lost on shoot out sudden death 1-0

3rd place play off ¡UJ vs UP-Tuks Lost 2-1

Final placing 4th place overall

USSA Women hockey¡UJ vs NWU lost 2-0¡UJ vs UFS-Kovsies lost 3-2¡UJ vs NMU lost 2-1Play off for 5-8 place

¡UJ vs Wits won 2-1 on shoot outs5/6 play off

¡UJ vs NMU lost 2-1Finished in 6th position overall and qualify for Varsity hockey 2019.

NETBALLUSSA Netball was also hosted by the University of Free State in Bloemfontein. Two teams from UJ competed in the tournament.

Results of matches played:

UJ 1: ¡UJ vs Tuks 18-65 lost¡UFS-Kovsies vs UJ 56-21 lost¡UJ vs NMU 23-33 lost¡UJ vs NWU-Pukke 35-51 lost¡UJ vs UWC 40-61 lost¡UJ vs TUT 2-25 win

Section A final placement: UJ 1 – 7th place, qualify for Varsity Sports Netball however are relegated from the Super league to the Premier league.

UJ 2: ¡UJ vs Wits 1 57-18 win¡UJ vs NWU-Vaal 45-43 win¡UJ vs University of Venda 67-23 win ¡UJ vs UKZN 34-36 lost¡UJ vs NWU-Mafikeng 50-37 lost¡UJ vs UCT 47-38 win ¡UJ vs CUT 28-37 win¡UJ vs SMU 35-51 lost

Section B placement: UJ2 was participating in the C Section in 2017, they were promoted to the B section in 2018 where UJ bagged the bronze medal in the B section.

Two players Marilee van der Walt and Angel Nkosi (UJ2) were chosen to be part of the Dream Team from Section B.

RUGBY USSA Rugby was hosted by the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) and the UJ Rugby results were as follows: ¡UJ 21-26 Wits lost¡UJ 50-5 CUT win¡UJ 17-22 NMU lost

UJ Rugby ended in the 6th position of the competition, however they still qualify for Varsity Cup.

GOLFUSSA Golf took place in Port Shepstone in Kwa-Zulu Natal and the results were as follows:

Individual Stroke Play (88 Players in the Field)¡3rd Wian de Wet 72

¡4th David Koekemoer 74¡5th Arno Esterhuysen 75

Individual Stroke Final Results¡9th Wian de Wet¡11th David Koekemoer

Both Team qualified for B Division¡UJ A Seeded 1st in division¡UJ A vs UCT A won¡UJ B vs CUT lost¡UJ A vs CUT A lost in second play off¡UJ B vs UCT won¡UJ A vs Pukke won¡UJ B vs Maties lost

Overall Result¡UJ A Bronze ¡UJ B 6th place

Most Valuable Player of the tournament (all divisions) – UJ took 3 of the 5 spots for MVP: ¡Wian de Wet¡David Koekemoer¡Dechlan Bennette

SQUASHUSSA Squash tournament was hosted in Nelson Mandela University in Port Elizabeth.

Results from different categories were as follows:

Ladies Individual Tournament ¡Alexa Pienaar (UJ) beat Danielle Shone (NMU) 3-0¡Kasey-Leigh Dodd (UJ) beat Cassandra Erasmus (MATIES) 3-0¡Jennifer Preece (UJ) beat Kimberley McDonald (TUKS) 3-0

Quarter Finals¡Alexa Pienaar (UJ) beat Jenniffer Preece(UJ) 3-0¡Kasey-Leigh Dodd (UJ) beat Bianca Brown (NMU) 3-1

UJ golfer during the USSA Golf tournament which took place in Port Shepstone, Kwa-Zulu Natal.

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Semi-Finals¡Alexa Pienaar (UJ) beat Kasey-Leigh Dodd (UJ) 3-0

Final ¡Alexa Pienaar (UJ) beat Lauren Siddall (TUT) 3-2

Alexa Pienaar defended her title successfuly.

UJ Final Individual Ladies PlacingsAlexa Pienaar – 1st Kasey-Leigh Dodd – 4th Jennifer Preece – 7th

Men’s A-Section Individual Tournament

Round of 16¡Blessing Muhwati (UJ) beat Murray Schepers (TUKS) 3-0¡Kyle Maree (UJ) beat Aubrey Lawrence (MATIES) 3-1

Quarter Finals ¡Kundanji Kalengo (TUT) beat Blessing Muhwati (UJ) 3-0¡John Kuhn (NMU) beat Kyle Maree (UJ) 3-0

Final Individual Placings7th – Kyle Maree8th – Blessing Muhwati

Men’s B-Section Individual Tournament

Round of 16¡Tyrone Dial (UJ) beat Michael Greig (UCT) 3-0

Quarter Finals ¡Tyrone Dial (UJ) beat Cuan Verhage (TUKS) 3-1

Semi-Finals¡Tyrone Dial (UJ) beat Blaine Verhage (TUKS) 3-1

Final ¡Tyrone Dial (UJ) beat Johan Thiel (NMU) 3-2

A-Section Team Tournament Round Robin Results UJ beat TUT 17-7UJ beat UCT 20-3UJ beat TUKS 24-1

Semi-Finals UJ beat MATIES 21-5

Final UJ beat NMU 18-7

UJ won USSA for the 7th consecutive time.

B-Section Team Tournament Round Robin Results UJ beat UCT 15-3MATIES beat UJ 16-8TUKS beat UJ 24-4NWU beat UJ 14-9NMU beat UJ 16-8

UJ finished in the 6th position.

Alexa Pienaar, Kasey-Leigh Dodd, Kyle Maree and Blessing Muhwati were chosen for the USSA top 6 Men’s and Ladies Teams.

Alexa Pienaar and Kasey-Leigh Dodd were chosen to represent South Africa at the World University Championships in Birmingham England later in the year. Kasey-Leigh Dodd still have to win the playoff match to make the team.

Mike Bester the UJ coach was chosen to coach the SA University Team.

VOLLEYBALLUSSA Volleyball was hosted by the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) and the results for the volleyball were as follows:

Men played in Pool D¡UJ v SMU, won 2-0¡UJ v UMP, won 2-0

Quarter final¡UJ v VUT, lost 3-0¡5/8: UJ v NMU, lost 1-2, ¡UJ v TUT, lost 1-2

Finished 8th overall.

Women ¡UJ v UFS, won 2-0¡UJ v TUT, lost 0-2¡UJ v Unizul, lost 0-2¡UJ v Sol plat, won 2-0

Plate section: UJ v University of Venda, lost 0-2

Finished 10 overall.

Student flies UJ flag high at the World Para-Athletics Grand PrixUJ Journalism student, Christiaan Schultz attended the World Para-Athletics Grand Prix in Paris in June 2018. He has made us proud on this world stage by competing in the 200m T44 and T66 class where he was placed 2nd in his class and 3rd in the combined class. He also came 2nd in the Long Jump event. Well done Christiaan Schultz!

Left: Christiaan Schultz attended the World Para-Athletics Grand Prix in Paris in June 2018.

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The UJ Sport Performance Excellence has managed to collect and donate 18 pairs of running shoes to the Tembisa Running club. The unit was aiming for 50 pairs at the end of 2017 but are confident that they will get an additional 32 pairs and MORE by the end of 2018.The running club does a great deal for the community and are appealing to the entire UJ Community to donate running shoes that are in a good condition and any size is welcome. For enquiries, please contact Minky Tshabalala: 011 559 7788 / minkyt@uj.ac.za

UJ staff member, Jacqueline du Toit (left, Manager: Sport Psychology and Academic Support) and Minky Tshabalala (right, Manager: Sport Science) donating running shoes to a representative at the Tembisa Running Club

The Orange Army kicks-off its Varsity Football campaign with a home game against new-comers, the University of Limpopo. Supporters will be excited to know that all homes games make a popular return to the ‘original slaughter house’, the UJ Soweto Campus Sport Complex. Tickets to the games cost R10 at the gate, or free off the Varsity Sports mobile app. You don’t want to miss out on all the football action and exciting giveaways! See you there. UJ Varsity Football Fixtures: 26 Jul l UJ v UL l 18:30 l UJ SWC Sport Complex 2 Aug l UJ v TUKS l 18:15 l UJ SWC Sport Complex9 Aug l UJ v WITS l 18:15 l UJ SWC Sport Complex l TV 16 Aug l UKZN v UJ l 18:15 l TV 23 Aug l UJ v TUT l 16:00 l UJ SWC Sport Complex l TV 30 Aug l UWC v UJ l 18:30 6 Sep l NWU-Mahikeng v UJ l 18:15 l TV 13 Sep l Semi-finals

27 Sep l Final

The Sport Performance Excellence Unit are running a shoe campaign

It’s “IYACHESA” time! The much anticipated Varsity Diski tournament starts on Thursday, 26 July 2018 and will run up to Thursday, 27 September 2018 and UJ football has their eyes firmly set on the trophy!

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Congratulations to UJ Sevens Rugby players, Ronald Brown and Voice Ndou, and physiotherapist, Robyn Phillips who recently represented South Africa at the World University Sevens Rugby Championship which took place in Namibia Swakopmund in July 2018. The women’s national team was unfortunately knocked out of the semi-finals by Australia, while the men’s team were crowned World University Champions after settling the score with Australia.

UJ Golf Club and Sport for Students with Disability (SDD) Club Manager, Lezanne Brwuer has been elected in the USSA Golf National University Sport Association (NUSA) as secretary. We wish her well in her new term.

Congratulations!

UJ Sevens Rugby players, Ronald Brown (left) and Voice Ndou (right), and physiotherapist, Robyn Phillips

(centre) who recently represented South Africa at the World University Sevens Rugby Championship.

UJ Sport club manager, Lezanne Bruwer has been elected into the USSA Golf executive committee as secretary.

South African University team that won gold at the World University Sevens Rugby Champions in in Namibia.