UDUBSUDUBS SPORTWRASPORT WRAP Debut issue • December 2016

HARD WORK PAYS OFF – Cassiem – UDUBS ARE CHAMPIONS!

1 THE YEAR THAT WAS Udubs Sports Wrap caught up with Mandla Gagayi, Director of Sports Administration,and asked him how UWC Sports has performed in 2016

Udubs Sports Wrap: Would you MG: At UWC Sports we pride ourselves describe 2016 as a successful year on working for student athletes. We for UWC Sport? And if yes, how so? don’t look at our student athletes as just Mandla Gagayi: Our teams played in athletes; we look at them as future leaders. nine finals between January and October As such, we always value their feedback in and won six. This is a huge achievement how we operate and their ideas on how considering the opposition we faced, and things can be done differently. All our with very limited resources. sports are affordable and accessible. We put academics before sport because we USW: What can you list as want our student athletes to be successful highlights of the year? in life after sport. MG: The big highlights were when the netball team won USSA and qualified High-performance sport seems to for the Varsity Netball competition; and be doing well on campus.Can we the women’s football winning the Sasol say the same about recreational League, Coca Cola Cup sport? and playing in the Varsity Football final MG: The recreation programme, unlike MG: We are still engaged in endeavours to for the second consecutive year. Also, the high performance, does not require full put structures in place, structures that will opening of the new UWC Sport Gym and commitment from participants. Hence it give us access to contacts in the corporate the positivity with which it was received is not easy to co-ordinate. Recreation is world. As such, we have re-launched the by students and staff, as well as UWC not results-driven; it is aimed at students Sport Board. This Board consists of staff, Sports hosting the inaugural Western who do not play sport regularly. As such, students, alumni and business people, and Cape Intervarsity games were some of the it competes with other social activities its mandate is to strategically position UWC high points. on campus. Sport in a way that will attract investments. So far we have been successful in securing USW: What would prospective USW: At the beginning of a couple of sponsors (Lion of Africa for students have to look forward to your tenure you mentioned football, BestMed for athletics, Peninsula about the sporting opportunities the importance of Sports Beverages for UWC Sport), and we are on campus when they make Udubs Administration sourcing its own also in negotiations with other potential their university of choice? funding. How are you doing in sponsors. Hopefully there will be big that regard? announcements in 2017.

COMMENT RODWELL NDLOVU, OUTGOING CHAIRPERSON OF UWC SPORTS COUNCIL t’s been a tough year for UWC Sports, brought home gold and silver medals, especially considering the honeymoon while the Banyana ladies fell out in the Iwe had over the past two years when we group stages. This, I believe, shows that enjoyed great success on the sports fields. even with little financial resources, UWC sport still manages to perform with the Some of the highlights that stood out this best in the world. year were the successes of ladies football, ladies volleyball and men’s cricket, rewarded From a Sports Council view, I would say we for the consistency these clubs have shown have come a long way, but we still have over the years. As hard as it is to stay up and a long way to go. Our athletes and staff, compete against the best that the country has however, are putting in lots of hard miles. to offer, these sporting codes have managed to maintain top-quality performances. Finally, I will be stepping down as Chairperson of UWC Sports Council, The biggest highlight has to be the although I will remain involved in UWC netball team’s qualification for the Varsity sport. The past two Sports Council Netball Competition, which reflects the Executives that I have been part of have hard work and investment that has been introduced a different style of leadership, put into the sport. It would be wrong if and have implemented some good I do not mention our Olympians and projects like the campus recreation Paralympian who represented us in Rio. programme, which has proven that sport Hilton Langenhoven from UWC Athletics is for everyone. 2 UDUBS ARE CHAMPIONS!!! Success in sport is largely measured by the number of trophies and medals athletes win,as well as by their selection to represent their countries on international duty. By that standard, the UWC Ladies Football Club has been a raging success in 2016.

n 2016 the Udubs women’s soccer the Western Cape Sasol League for the Udubs team one of the top football clubs team won four of the six competitions first time. They also won the SAFA Cape in the country, “if not the top institution Ithey have competed in, and six of Town Coca-Cola Cup and the District given this year’s outstanding achievements their members were selected for various Knockout Cup of the Northern Suburbs in all competitions”. national squads. Local Football Association. According to Peskin, who has been at The team out classed all other universities Then there’s the string of international the helm of the team for six years, the in South Africa to win the University Sport caps. UWC captain Amogelang Motau and achievements didn’t come by luck or South Africa club championships early teammates Thembi Kgatlana and Leandra chance. Instead, they are the rewards for in the year. After narrowly missing out Smeda were called up to represent the a consistent scouting programme, hard on the chance to add the Varsity Ladies senior national women’s team, Banyana work, a greater focus on over-performance, Football title to their collection – losing in Banyana, at the Women’s Africa Cup of and promoting belief in team effort and a the final for the second consecutive year Nations in Cameroon in November. Other winning culture. – the team bounced back to bring home UWC players Drishana Pillay, Thalea Smidt and Charmel Wiltshire were selected “Our achievements this year are the fruition It took for the SASCOC Team South Africa that of very long-term goals,” he says. “It took patience, participated in the 2016 Africa Union patience, focus and continuous hard work focus and continuous Sports Council Region 5 Games in Angola to achieve what we have as a team this in December. year. This has not been a success story of hard work to achieve one season. It has been a work in progress “what we have as a Team coach, Nathan Peskin, believes that and everyone who contributed over the team this year”. these accomplishments have made the past six years needs to be saluted.”

3 HARD WORK PAYS OFF FOR CASSIEM Meet Uzair Cassiem, UWC’s first Springbok cap.

ut he also describes himself as, a South African President’s XV team that first and foremost,“a father and a played in and won the 2013 World Rugby Bhusband”. In fact, he regularly credits Tbilisi Cup. With two tries over the team’s his young family for a rugby career that has three matches, Cassiem finished joint top already been successful but still promises try scorer in the tournament. so much more. Now signed with the until 2018, “The support I get from my wife, day in Cassiem is playing . and day out, has been exceptional,” he says.“Especially in the dark times when Among the lessons that he took home I would be upset, come home tired and from his time at UWC and other clubs, is upset. She is the one who fixes me and lifts my spirit.” For the young guys, the best advice I can give

For those who are not familiar with is to keep on believing, work hard and follow Cassiem, the loose forward announced his the process day in, day out, 24/7.” arrival in the Springbok team in the most noticeable fashion, touching down for the “I“ was surprised when the Lions wanted that hard work, team work, self-discipline Boks’ first try on his debut against Wales in me.” and aiming to be a complete sportsperson November. (Alas, the side still went down are essential. 13-27 in Cardiff that day.) Coincidentally, He spent two seasons with the team Cassiem also scored the first try on his before he joined the and, later, the “I didn’t have such a big rugby background UWC debut, that time in a Varsity Shield .There he played all ten games for at age group level to play for provincial match at UWC Sports Stadium in 2011. the Pumas in their triumphant Vodacom teams and all that stuff,” Cassiem says.“I Cup campaign of 2015. always had to work hard. For the young But for the 26-year-old father of one (a guys, the best advice I can give is to keep boy), scoring the first try of a match is not But before then there were other on believing, work hard and follow the that big a deal, as the match against Wales highlights. In 2013, he was included in process day in, day out, 24/7.” illustrated. “As a player you just want to contribute to the team for the whole 80 minutes,” he says. “It only kicked in after the game that I had scored a try. The first try on my Springbok debut! It was just delightful to contribute to the team.”

Cassiem was born and bred in Strand, as he puts it, matriculating from Strand High School. He joined the UWC Rugby Club in 2011 as part of the University’s Varsity Shield team.

He remembers that the Varsity Shield was still a new tournament at the time. “It was overwhelming to play in the competition and I really enjoyed it,” he recalls. “In fact, it was another stepping stone for me towards my end goal now.”

At the time, Cassiem says, he was just enjoying being part of the rugby set- up, and had no immediate or big goals in mind. But the big time soon came knocking when the (formerly the Lions) franchise beckoned him north.

4 THEMBI KGATLANA

JERMAINE SEOPOSENGWE

HILTON LANGENHOVEN

KAYLIN SWART CHESTER WILLIAMS LEANDRA SMEDA THE OLYMPIC STARS Whether you are an athlete, an administrator, a technical staff member or even a fan, going to the Olympic Games is every sportsperson’s dream. That dream was realised by six current and former members of the UWC community when they took part in the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic and Paraplegic Games. Here we look at these high-flying stars:

HILTON LANGENHOVEN: LEANDRA SMEDA: KAYLIN SWART: The Somerset West-born champion won Hailing from Velddrif in the West Coast, Originally from Port Elizabeth, Swart was gold in the long jump and silver in the the versatile Smeda was part of the doing a BA degree at UWC in 2013 when 200m, contributing to South Africa’s Banyana team that competed in the she won a four-year scholarship to the 17 medals in the Paralympics. Having Rio Games. She was registered for AIB College of Business in Des Moines, joined the UWC Athletics Club in 2014, the Postgraduate Diploma in Sport, US, starting a degree in sport and event he also took part in the 2004 Summer Development and Peace in 2014, and has management in 2014. Paralympics in Athens and at the 2008 been central to the successes of the UWC Summer Paralympics in Beijing. Ladies football club. THEMBI KGATLANA: The -born striker was doing CHESTER WILLIAMS: JERMAINE SEOPOSENGWE: a BA in tourism management in 2015, but During the countdown to the opening Born in Mitchell’s Plain, the striker was, took a break to focus on a demanding ceremony of the Summer Olympics, the shortly after completing the first year of football career as Banyana Banyana Paarl-born Williams, head coach of the her BCom Accounting degree at UWC, held long camps in preparation for the UWC Rugby Club, participated in the awarded a four-year scholarship to Olympic Games. She was initially on Olympic Torch Relay. Williams was one of Stamford University in Alabama, US, to standby but was included in the team as the torch bearers, selected for their heroic play for the Bulldogs while pursuing an a replacement for an injured teammate. and inspirational contributions to their undergraduate degree in business studies. communities.

5 NOSIPHO POSWA AVIWE MGIJIMA UWC SPORTS MAKING DREAMS COME TRUE How does UWC Sports Administration ensure the University has the top talent necessary to achieve nationally and internationally? Simple: innovative recruitment and training strategies that attract talented young people and help them to successfully develop their sporting and academic careers. n line with the University’s strategic goal In rugby, the Udubs recruitment strategy In line with of developing holistic students, and in has helped many deserving candidates Ipartnership with the Student Enrolment realise their dreams. Take Nosipho Poswa, UWC’s strategic Management Unit and other departments whose future looked bleak when she goal of developing and faculties, Sports Admin takes great could not pass matric – until she met athletes and helps them attain their full UWC recruiters while playing for her Port “holistic students, and potential. Elizabeth rugby team – as case in point. in partnership with She was put on a bridging course on The Sport Skills for Life Skills bursary and campus and played for the University’s other departments and mentoring programme, for instance, female rugby team, where her outstanding faculties, Sport Admin helps both men and women to become performance caught the eyes of the successful cricketers while excelling in national selectors – and soon she was part takes great athletes their studies. Since its inception about of the women’s Springbok team that took and helps them attain 15 years ago, the programme has part in the 2010 Rugby World Cup and in produced a number of players who have the Six Nations Cup. She played for the their full potential.” turned out for provincial, professional and senior national women’s rugby team until national teams. she sustained a career-threatening injury and was forced to quit. But thanks to the for both Banyana Banyana and SASCOC For instance, in men’s cricket the programme holistic support she’d received at UWC, teams towards the end of the year. has produced 29 first-class cricketers, of Poswa obtained her degree in education, whom nine played franchise cricket, two and she now works as an educator and is This has also been the case in volleyball represented the South African A Side, two also coaching young women rugby. and beach volleyball – a significant played for Zimbabwe and one has donned number of players who have helped the national cricket colours of Italy. The success of UWC’s Women’s football the University’s women team to excel in team has also been attributed to a national competitions have been scouted The female component of the programme consistent scouting programme from from the Western Cape Schools for Sport. has yielded three Proteas and 12 provincial the High Performance Centre in The Udubs team were selected to represent players – including Shandre Fritz, who and other communities throughout the South Africa in the Zone Five games in scored the first-ever international T20 country. This has made UWC a breeding Namibia in December. century in women’s cricket with an ground for national selectors in all Under unbeaten 116 runs against the Netherlands 17, Under 20 and senior teams, with at in 2010. least six UWC players selected to play

6 LIKE FATHER, LIKE SONS Keanu Silent hardly finishes a sentence without mentioning his big brother Josh as a key motivator behind his sporting and academic ambitions.“Josh has passed all his modules and is doing third year of a challenging course[law], works on Fridays and Saturdays, and still performs well in sport,” lauds Keanu, a second-year BSc Physics student.

any would remember Josh for model. He keeps me grounded, and I have scoring UWC’s winning goal in a good structure around me who keeps Mthe 2015 Varsity Football final. me in check.” Although Udubs couldn’t defend their title this year, his good showing earned him a And while younger brother Keanu may be spot in the Varsity Football XI team. the swimming star right now, Josh also did himself proud in the water while at high Although Keanu is no slouch at football school, and in other codes. He was an SA himself (he says he is better than Josh in youth swimmer, and earned provincial indoor soccer), his focus is on swimming. colours in a range of sports. But football He swims for the University, holds Western was always his first love, he says. “As good Province colours, and was part of the South as I was in other sports, football has always African Sports Confederation and Olympic been number one in my heart.” Committee (SASCOC) team that took part and early 80s. (He encouraged his sons to in the 2016 Africa Union Sports Council study at UWC). One advantage of having a sports sibling Region 5 Games in Angola in December. on campus is the encouragement they The football bug runs deeper in the family, offer each other, agree the brothers.“We But where did these Klerksdorp-born however. The brothers’ uncle, Brendon always support, motivate and push each brothers get their talents? It appears the Silent, was a popular professional footballer other to do well,” Keanu says. “When apples did not fall far from the tree. Josh for Orlando Pirates. Their grandfather also I go to his room I always check the food is following in the career and sporting played the sport. he eats, whether he sleeps properly, etc. I footsteps of their father, Selwyn Silent, a must say he is a good example and doesn’t UWC law alumnus who played as a striker But it is his father who, for him, sets the stray from his programme. For him life is for the University team in the late 1970s standard, says Josh. “My father is my role about God, family, studies and soccer.” IT’S A GOD-GIVEN TALENT he countless medals hanging wall to sport.“Not my father, my mother or even wall and the myriad trophies smartly our sister has this talent,” says Tamlyn. “I Tdecorating the lounge of twin sisters think it’s a talent God gave us.” Tamlyn and Tamzin Thomas’ Mitchell’s Plain home say it all. This is a house of The twins’ love for sport started in primary champions. school, although then it was just for fun. Like her sister, Tamlyn was also a sprinter. “Only three trophies are mine, most of them But UWC volleyball coach, Elmien Cloete, belong to Tamzin,” the soft-spoken Tamlyn convinced her to switch to volleyball. is quick to clarify when praise is offered. Tamzin remained in athletics but also joined the UWC team. At just 19 years of age, the Thomas sisters, who completed their certificates in As tough as it is to juggle sport and economic development at UWC this year, studies, it has helped the sisters be more have achieved a lot over their sporting disciplined about their routines and goals. careers. Not only have they flown the UWC “Through sport we are more focused”, flag high, but also that of South Africa. says Tamzin. “We watch what we eat and most of the time stay in-house and don’t Tamlyn’s stellar performances in both party. Our lives are structured. We go to volleyball and beach volleyball earned In turn, Tamzin is the South African and class, to training and go home.” her a spot in the University Sport South African junior 100m and 200m champion, Africa team early in 2016. She was and has represented South Africa at a It’s a demanding regimen, she then part of the UWC team that went number of international races, notably admits.“Sometimes I wish I had a normal to represent South Africa at the Zone the 8th IAAF World Youth Championships life just to have more time.” VI Volleyball Club Championships in in Ukraine and IAAF World U20 Namibia in December, following on Championships in Poland this year. The sisters thank God, their family and their an outstanding display in the national coach for their achievements. “They help us championships in Durban in September. The twins are the first in their family to to stay focused and get where we are.” – literally and figuratively – go this far in

7 SPORTS IN PICTURES UWC athletes took part and excelled in a number of competitions in 2016. For example:

The boxing club excelled at SANABO Championships in Durban The beach volleyball ladies defended their Varsity Beach Volleyball title again.

The rugby team narrowly miss promotion to the Varsity Cup when The dance club retained their University Sport South Africa they lost to UCT

The athletics club did well in the Varsity Athletics this season The cricket team women’s team won the Western Province T20 final

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The male beach volleyball team won the Flying Fish Beach Volley- The 7s Rugby team played in the final of the 7s ball trophy

The men’s cricket team played in the finals of three different Sport and Recreation events are more and more popular competitions

UWC athletes are involved in a number of community outreach The Fast ‘n Flat annual race is growing bigger and better initiates. The rugby team visited the Saartjie Baartman Centre for Women and Children.

9 UWC HOST FIRST WESTERN CAPE INTERVARSITY SPORT The University of the Western Cape (UWC) was abuzz when athletes from the neighbouring universities converged on campus for the inaugural Western Cape Inter Varsity Sport Games.

he two-day event in September 2016 sport code results saw CPUT coming regards to hosting multi-coded sports saw sports people from UWC, Cape on top in basketball, football and table events. TPeninsula University of Technology, tennis; Maties won swimming and beach University of Cape Town and Stellenbosch volleyball; and UCT took home hockey and The event also aimed to provide platform University competing in no less than 11 joined the hosts in winning cricket. for participants to learn best practice from different sport codes. each other, test each university’s sports Mandla Gagayi, director of UWC Sports strength against other universities, and After winning chess, cross country, netball, Administration, said the purpose of the maximize on sponsorships potential. sevens rugby and becoming joint winners event was to establish and strengthen in cricket, UWC accumulated the most relations among the four universities with With the United Nations Educational, combined points to emerge as overall regards to sport, provide opportunities Scientific and Cultural Organization winners followed by UCT in the second for students to interact through fun but declared 20 September as International place while Maties and CPUT finished third competitive activities, and to allow for University Sports Day, as such the Inter and fourth, respectively. The individual transfer of knowledge and skills with Varsity was also used to celebrate this day.

10 TALENTED ATHLETES RECOGNISED The stellar performances of UWC sportspersons in 2016 didn’t go unnoticed. For many, their hard work was recognised and rewarded with selections into regional, provincial and national teams. They include:

NATIONAL COLOURS PROVINCIAL COLOURS Beach Volleyball: Athletics: Women stars Bejancka Della, Basetsane Malubane, Manana Amy Abrahams, Dylon Atson, Nicole Dirk, Duran Faro, Chandre Mosia, Liesle Petersen and Tamlyn Thomas represented the South Fredericks, Kulthoom Gaidien, Marshall Hartzenberg,Yusuf African under-23 team. Elton Papoola and Ameer Satarien made Ishmail, Lauren Johnathan, Hanlie Jordaan, Geraldine King, the men’s side. Merlin Klaaste, Jason Koopman, Rodwell Ndlovu, Rowaldo Ratz, Clyde Ruiters, Samantha Ross and Anthony Timoteus. Athletics: Tamzin Thomas was in the South African team for the IAAF Beach Volleyball: World U20 Championships that was staged in Poland in July. A Tasneem Claasen, Christen Delcarme, Bejancka Della, Jandre month later, Petunia Obisi represented the country at the 18th Della, Prudence Layters, Basetsane Malubane, Elton Papoola, Confederation of Universities and Colleges Sports Association Liesle Petersen, Ameer Satarien, Keshay Sing, Clinton Stemmet, (CUCSA) Africa Region Five Games in Zimbabwe. Tamlyn Thomas and Ricardo Valentine.

Boxing: Cricket: Sinethemba Blom, Sandiso Kota, Phumlani Nkqetho and Zubayr Hamza, Aviwe Mgijima, Jason Smith and Lizaad Williams Asemahle Sentile, together with coach Ayanda Mapasa, donned are in the Cape Cobras squad. Dawood Christians, Aaqil national colours as part of the USSA team for the 7th World Ebrahim, Jean Heunis, Luke Philander, Emmanuel Sebrame, and University Boxing Championships in Thailand in October. Matthew Strauss have been included in the Western Province Academy. Chess: Michael James, Remondo Solomons, Lauren van Niekerk and Dance: Robyn van Niekerk represented SA at various levels. Shaeeqah Beck and Abdul Elliot.

Cricket: Netball: Ashley Cupido made the USSA team. Cindy Amsterdam, Chaney de Bruin, Keezia Dulvie, Akhona Faye, Caioly Gabriel, Tshiamo Moleele, Felicity Mthembu, Jamie-Lee Football: Thorne, Shirlene Titus, Keesha van Schalkwyk, Andrea van Zyl Women footballers Thembi Kgatlana and Leandra Smeda, with and Jaumbuaije Zauana. former teammates Jermaine Seoposengwe and Kaylin Swart, were in the Banyana Banyana team that travelled to the Olympic Rugby: Games in Brazil. With the exception of Swart, all were in the Aidyn Cupido, Clayton Daniels, Hadley Hendricks, Godlin same squad that also competed in the Africa Women’s Cup of Masimla, Shane Orderson and Damian Stevens Nations. Drishana Pillay, Thalea Smidt and Charmel Wiltshire were drafted into SASCOC’s Team South Africa for the 2016 WHO IS WHO AT SPORT ADMIN? Africa Union Sports Council Region 5 Games that took place Mandla Gagayi: Director Tel. 021 959 2207 in Angola in December. Pillay and Motau – together with Cedric Achilles: Manager, support services Tel. 021 959 2017 teammates Alicia Dlani, Nelly Mamabolo, Nlamulo Mathebula, Andrew Wrankmore: Gym Manager Tel. 021 959 3449 Puleng Moreni and Kimberly Smith – were also selected for Frederick Alexander: ground staff Tel. 021 959 2548 University Sport South Africa’s (USSA) Team South Africa for the Wynand Andreas: swimming pool staff Tel. 021 959 2318 summer version of the world student games, aka the Summer Hayward Barendse: project coordinator Tel. 021 959 2023 Universiade, that will be staged in China in 2017. They will join Glen Bantley: aquatics and boxing Tel. 021 959 2318 men counterparts Tapelo Sixishe and Thando Ziwele. Phiwokuhle Elmien Cloete: rugby and volleyball Tel. 021 959 2791 Mpalala, Kuhle Rayi, Shakeel Sadien and Eathonkyle Swarts were Margo Daniels: driver Tel. 021 959 2548 also named for the USSA Under-23 football team. Adrian Heyns: netball and dance Tel. 021 959 2980 Gio Hulley: Varsity Sport rep Tel. 021 959 3534 Rugby Sevens: Damoen Hyster: driver Tel. 021 959 3737 Njabulo Ndlovu (Zimbabwe), Damian Stevens (Namibia) and Peter Erenes January: driver Tel. 021 959 2548 Wanjiru (Kenya) represented their national teams in 2016. Colin Kensely: facility supervisor Tel. 021 959 3675 Avril Langeveld: administrative officer Tel. 021 959 9732 Swimming: Nadia Mgulwa: hockey and karate Tel. 021 959 2548 Keanu Silent was in the SASCOC Team South Africa for the 2016 Derick Orderson: Hiking and campus recreation Tel. 021 959 2018 Africa Union Sports Council Region 5 Games that took place in Johnathan Swarts: ground staff Tel. 021 959 2548 Angola in December. Hadley Volkwyn: athletics and basketball Tel. 021 959 2056 Edwin Wyngaard: football, chess and golf Tel. 021 959 3131

11 UWC GYM ON THE THE PLACE TO BE MOVE The revamped UWC Gym has become a big hit, attracting not only students and staff but also members of the neighbouring communities.

ince it was re-opened in mid-July “We strive by all means to ensure that following a two-year closure while the members get the best advice while at the SUWC Sports Stadium’s multi-million same time providing the students with rand upgrade was underway, the gym’s practical experience for their studies,” popularity has exceeded expectations. explains Andrew Wrankmore, UWC Membership numbers quickly hit 1 400, health and fitness co-ordinator. “I’m also nearly double the 800 the University had a firm believer that balance in life is very expected to sign up. important, and therefore being physically fit is non-negotiable.” WC’s sensational attacking There are good reasons why. The gym midfielder Tapelo Sixishe had boasts more than double the space The gym is also available to academic Uto put his studies on hold compared to the old gym and, now departments such as the Department of after he signed a one-year deal with based on the upper level of the revamped Sport, Recreation and Exercise Science, -based Bush Bucks in stadium, gives members a panoramic view the Interdisciplinary Centre of Excellence the National First Division. Sixishe was of the University and the neighbouring for Sports Science and Development, the pursuing his studies in sports science communities. It also has modern and Department of Physiotherapy and the and had to relocate to Mthatha. functional equipment to give members the Department of Dietetics and Nutrition. most enjoyable and best workout sessions. This allows their students to use the facility Although 99% of members are students, for academic research, practical work and the gym is also open to staff and, for other academic purposes. limited hours, to the general public. Sports clubs can also utilise it. UWC guests Wrankmore noted that although the gym visiting campus for conferences, sporting is an exercise facility, it has also turned out events and other activities are allowed to to be social gathering space that provides make use of the gym for the duration of a good atmosphere for members to mix their stay. On request, differently abled and mingle. “It is a nice alternative for life members are given individualised support on campus.” by gym instructors. The gym is one of the world-class facilities Among the services offered are cardio, into which the University has invested weights and functional training facilities, significantly as part of its strategy to give interval training/boot camp-type sessions, students a holistic experience on campus. aerobic/group classes and “we are planning “It is our aspiration to make sure that UWC Rising star goal-keeper Shakeel quarterly wellness days.” There are 11 floor become the home for high-performance Sadien’s stellar performance has instructors (mostly sports science final year community sport so that the communities been rewarded with a professional and honours students) who are available to around us participate in sport at a very football contract with the Cape- assist with operating equipment and to give high level,” Rector and Vice Chancellor, based Milano United who are training advice, and one personal trainer. Professor Tyrone Pretorius, has commented. also playing in the National First Division. Sadien is pursuing studies in economic development at Udubs.

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