The 2024 Varsity Netball competition got off to an exhilarating start when reigning champions UP-Tuks beat TUT in a landslide 95-9 victory to own the Tshwane derby in the prime time televised slot at the Wits Sports Hall in Johannesburg, Gauteng, on Sunday, 1 September 2024.
Tuks were already running away with the game by the end of Q1, and their dominance continued towards the 55-7 halftime score. Going on to starve TUT of any opportunity to get into the match, the champions ran away with sensational victory that will be a bitter pill for their Pretoria compatriots to swallow.
The 2024 season’s action started earlier in the day when the hotly-contested Wits Netball versus UFS Kovsies Netball fixture saw the ambitious hosts conceded a 78-33 defeat to the visitors, the Free State team dominating the match while their opponents struggled to settle their nerves in the opening encounter.
At the halftime mark, Kovsies had a healthy 43-14 lead before Wits put a brake on their progress, putting on a valiant defensive and attacking effort in the third quarter but the damage was done, and the well-oiled Free State outfit finished the tie with a well-deserved victory.
The second match of the day saw UJ Netball take on Maties Netball and this match was a much tighter affair than the first game of the day. It was the UJ who took the win 46-38, which was a very close contest between the two sides.
At the end of the first quarter, it was only one goal that separated UJ and Maties with things ending 10-11, and by half-time, the match was still a close one as the home team managed to hold to a slender 24-21 lead. It was in the fourth quarter that UJ really started to take hold of the game and eventually sealed an important first win.
The final match of the saw NWU Netball take on Madibaz Netball and the team from the North West ran away with the 85-49 victory on Sunday night.
NWU were able to command the match from the get-go which saw them take a 43-23 lead into halftime and they didn’t take their foot off the gas as they stayed in front heading in Q4 as the score was 66-33, going on to ensure a winning start in the competition.
Results and Fixtures for the 2024 Varsity Netball Tournament
Sunday, 1 September at the Wits Sports Hall
Wits Netball 33-78 UFS Kovsies Netball
UJ Netball 46-38 Maties Netball
UP-Tuks Netball 96-9 TUT Netball
NWU Netball 85-49 Madibaz Netball
Monday, 2 September at the Wits Sports Hall
13:00 UFS Kovsies Netball vs NWU Netball
15:00 TUT Netball vs Maties Netball
17:00 UJ Netball vs Madibaz Netball
19:00 Wits Netball vs UP-Tuks Netball
Sunday, 8 September at the Madibaz Sports Centre
13:00 Madibaz Netball vs UP-Tuks Netball
15:00 Wits Netball vs Maties Netball
17:00 UJ Netball vs UFS Kovsies Netball
19:00 TUT Netball vs NWU Netball
Monday, 9 September at the Madibaz Sports Centre
13:00 UJ Netball vs Wits Netball
15:00 NWU Netball vs UP-Tuks Netball
17:00 Maties Netball v UFS Kovsies Netball
19:00 Madibaz Netball vs TUT Netball
Monday, 16 September
15:00 Madibaz Netball vs UFS Kovsies Netball (Rembrandt Hall)
17:00 UP-Tuks Netball vs Maties Netball (Rembrandt Hall)
17:00 Wits Netball vs TUT Netball (NWU Mafikeng Great Hall)
19:00 NWU Netball vs UJ Netball (NWU Mafikeng Great Hall)
Sunday, 22 September at the Callie Human Hall
13:00 UFS Kovsies Netball vs UP-Tuks Netball
15:00 Maties Netball vs Madibaz Netball
17:00 TUT Netball vs UJ Netball
19:00 Wits Netball vs NWU Netball
Monday, 23 September at the Callie Human Hall
13:00 NWU Netball vs Maties Netball
17:00 Madibaz Netball vs Wits Netball
19:00 UFS Kovsies Netball vs TUT Netball
Monday, 30 September at Venue TBC
17:00 Semi-Final 1 TBC vs TBC
19:00 Semi-Final 2 TBC vs TBC
Monday, 7 October at Venue TBC
19:00 Varsity Netball Final TBC vs TBC
Teams Contesting the 2024 Varsity Netball Tournament
NWU Netball – North West University
UP-Tuks Netball – University of Pretoria
Maties Netball – University of Stellenbosch
Madibaz Netball – Nelson Mandela University
UJ Netball – University of Johannesburg
UFS Kovsies Netball – University of the Free State
Wits Netball – University of Witwatersrand
TUT Netball – Tshwane University of Technology
Main Photo Caption: Reigning champs the University of Pretoria’s Tuks were sensational in their opening match of the 2024 Varsity Netball tournament for a massive Tshwane derby win over TUT, as UJ, Kovsies and NWU also earned season-opening weekend wins at the Wits Sports Hall in Johannesburg in Gauteng, on Sunday, 1 September, 2024. Photo: Varsity Netball
Photo 2 Caption: The reigning champs displayed a ruthless netball supremacy as they secured a landslide victory over TUT in Johannesburg on Sunday. Photo: Varsity Netball
Photo 3 Caption: The 2024 tournament’s opening fixtures host Wits went down to the University of the Free State’s Kovsies Netball in the opening tie. Photo: Varsity Netball
Photo 4 Caption: The University of Johannesburg earned a hard-earned win over the University of Stellenbosch’s Maties for the day’s closest result. Photo: Varsity Netball
Photo 5 Caption: The North West University earned a comfortable opening night win over Nelson Mandela University Madibaz to end the evening’s fixtures. Photo: Varsity Netball
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