Varsity Netball

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Varsity Netball
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SportNetball
Founded2013; 13 years ago (2013)
No. of teams8
CountrySouth Africa
Most recent
champion		NWU Pukke (3rd title)
Most titlesUFS Kovsies (5 titles)
BroadcasterSuperSport[1]
SponsorsFirst National Bank
Suzuki[1]
Official websiteVarsity 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. 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.[2]

History

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UFS Kovsies

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In 2013, UFS Kovsies won the inaugural tournament. With a team captained by Maryka Holtzhausen, they defeated NWU-Pukke 44–40 in the final.[3][4] They won further titles in 2014, 2018, and 2021.[5] In 2024, UFS Kovsies won their fifth title, after defeating UJ Netball 58–55 in the final.[6][7][8]

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, were University of the Free State students. Crinums head coach, Burta de Kock, was also the head coach of Kovsies.[9][10][11]

NWU-Pukke

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In 2015 and 2016, with teams featuring Sigrid Burger, Renske Stoltz and Jeanté Strydom, NWU-Pukke won two successive titles. In 2015, after finishing the regular season in fourth place, they eliminated two-time defending champions, UFS Kovsies, in semi-final before going onto defeat Maties 50–37 in the final. In 2016 they retained the title following a narrow 56–55 win over UP-Tuks.[12][13][14]

UP-Tuks

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In 2017, after finishing as runners-up in 2014 and 2016, UP-Tuks and won their first title. Their winning team was coached by Jenny van Dyk, captained by Shadine van der Merwe and featured Marlize de Bruin and Ine-Marí Venter. In the final, they defeated NWU-Pukke 43–41.[15][16][17] In 2019, UP-Tuks won their second title, this time defeating Maties 48–43 in the final.[18][19] In 2023, UP-Tuks won their third title after defeating UJ Netball 63–61 in the final.[20][21][22]

UP-Tuks are closely associated with Gauteng Jaguars. Since 2017, Jaguars have been winning Premier Netball League titles. The core of their team is made up of UP-Tuks players. Jenny van Dyk, served as head coach of both UP-Tuks and Jaguars.[23][24]

Teams

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Team University Home venue TNL partner
UFS Kovsies Netball[5] University of the Free State Callie Human Hall Free State Crinums
UJ Netball[25] University of Johannesburg Gauteng Golden Fireballs[26][27]
Madibaz Netball[28] Nelson Mandela University Madibaz Sports Centre Eastern Cape Aloes[29]
NWU Netball Pukke[30] North-West University NWU Mafikeng Great Hall North West Flames
UP-Tuks Netball[31] University of Pretoria Rembrandt Hall Gauteng Jaguars
Maties Netball Stellenbosch University Coetzenburg Indoor Arena
TUT Netball Tshwane University of Technology
Wits Netball[32] University of the Witwatersrand Wits Sports Hall

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Finals

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Season Winners Score Runners up Venue
2013[3][4] UFS Kovsies 44–40 NWU-Pukke Potchefstroom
2014[34][35][36] UFS Kovsies 49–42 UP-Tuks Rembrandt Hall
2015[12][37][38] NWU-Pukke 50–37 Maties Coetzenburg Indoor Arena
2016[13][14] NWU-Pukke 56–55 UP-Tuks Rembrandt Hall
2017[15][16][17] UP-Tuks 43–41 NWU-Pukke Rembrandt Hall
2018[39][40] UFS Kovsies 63–59 UP-Tuks Bloemfontein
2019[18][19] UP-Tuks 48–43 Maties Rembrandt Hall
2020 (Note 1)
2021[41][42][43] UFS Kovsies 55–39 Maties Coetzenburg Indoor Arena
2022[44][45] Maties 68–55 NWU-Pukke Coetzenburg Indoor Arena
2023[20][21][22] UP-Tuks 63–61 UJ Netball Rembrandt Hall
2024[7][8] UFS Kovsies 58–55 UJ Netball Callie Human Hall
2025[46] NWU-Pukke 57–49 UFS Kovsies Callie Human Hall
Notes
  • ^1 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa.

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Notable players

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Winning captains

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Season Team Captains
2013[3][4] UFS Kovsies Maryka Holtzhausen
2014[35][47] UFS Kovsies Karla Mostert
2015
2016[13][14] NWU-Pukke Chante Bester
2017[15][16][17] UP-Tuks Shadine van der Merwe
2018[48][39] UFS Kovsies Alicia Puren
2019[18][19] UP-Tuks Tshina Mdau
2021[43] UFS Kovsies Sikholiwe Mdletshe
2022[44] Maties Sian Moore
2023[20][22] UP-Tuks Kamogelo Maseka
2024[8] UFS Kovsies Refiloe Nketsa
2025[46] NWU Pukke Martine Jordaan

Player of the Tournament

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Season Team Winners
2013[49] UFS Kovsies Ané Botha
2014[35][47] UFS Kovsies Karla Mostert
2015 UFS Kovsies Karla Mostert
2016[13][14][50] UP-Tuks Shadine van der Merwe
2017[51] UFS Kovsies Khomotso Mamburu
2018[39][40] UFS Kovsies Khanyisa Chawane
2019[52] UFS Kovsies Lefébre Rademan
2021[41][42] Maties Nicholé Taljaard
2022[44] NWU-Pukke Elmeré van den Berg
2023[20][22] NWU-Pukke Sanmarie Visser
2024[6][8] UFS Kovsies Rolene Streutker
2025[46] UFS Kovsies Reratilwe Letsoalo

Internationals

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 South Africa

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