Several Unisans attended and participated in the annual Southern African Staff Sports Association (SAUSSA) games in 2017, where they were crowned as overall winners after accomplishing gold in soccer, silver in netball and 8-ball pool, and bronze in ladies volleyball.
The games take place every year for one week of sporting glory. For 2017, the SAUSSA games were hosted by the University of Fort Hare in the Eastern Cape from 11 to 15 December 2017.
Soccer
In this category, the Unisa soccer team outplayed everyone and took gold under the watchful eye of coach Gavin Mlambo and his assistant Anna Monate. Praise should also be given to Wesley Sihlongonyane (for his captaincy), Fhumulani Ramasunga (goalkeeping abilities), Blessing Mkhatswa (reading of the game and defence abilities), Debson Chauke (goal scoring abilities), Themba Mjoli (trickery and goal scoring), Zizamele Mtungwa (marshalling the middle field), Sefoka Dikobo (hard work and dedication in the field), and all other player who worked their socks off to ensure that Unisa triumphed.
The final results of this category are as follows:
Netball
The Unisa netball team, under the watchful eye of Coach Ndomelele Sotshononda and his assistant Kgaugelo Lekota, fought very hard during the group and knockout stages to proceed to the finals where they lost to the resilient North West University. Captain Lebo Mokone and her teammates were very impressive during the games.
The final results of this category are as follows:
Volleyball
The Unisa Volleyball team for males was unfortunately knocked out during the semi-final stage of the games. The boys were, however, very impressive.
The final results of this category are as follows:
The Unisa volleyball team for women joined forces with the University of Limpopo because of a shortage of players and they secured a third position out of the female teams that participated.
Indoor games
The Unisa team secured second place in the pool category, but was knocked out in the group stages for darts category.
Pool category winners:
Darts category winners:
Athletics
Some universities came well prepared for this category. Thatayaone Keloilwe managed to secure one gold medal in the 400 metres (for age category 36-45) for Unisa.
Winners of this category are as follows:
See gallery below for more images from the SAUSSA games.
SAUSSA was formed in 1999 with the purpose of enabling university staff members within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region to interact with each other through sports and recreation. The association comprises 19 universities in the SADC region from Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
Publish date: 2018-01-09 00:00:00.0