Upe sport bureau

Sport Bureau

P O Box 77000 Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Port Elizabeth 6031 South Africa

Annual Report - 2011
The past year has proved to be one in which the Sport Bureau has strived to cater for the needs of the NMMU students and community through the provision of social, recreational and competitive sport. From the achievements below it is evident that 2011 has proved to be successful in achieving this and growing sport on campus with about a quarter of the student population involved in some formal sport programme on campus making a contributing to the holistic development of students, contributing positively to the ‘living and learning’ experience on campus, and assisting to create a healthy vibe of activities on campus.
In order to facilitate sound administration and management the following committees form an integral part of the management of the NMMU Sport Bureau:

* Sport Committee (4 meetings per year)

* Student Sport Council (8 meetings per year)

* Chairpersons Meeting (2 meetings per year)

* Sport specific Club Meetings and AGM’s for all the Clubs

* Sport Bureau Executive and Finance Committee (at least 1 per month)

* Managers Meeting (every second week)
Further, the Sport Bureau has representation on a number of other NMMU committees, as well as a variety of micro and macro local, provincial and national sporting body committees, including University Sport South Africa (USSA).
The Sport Bureau is committed to market the NMMU as a university of choice for prospective students to further their academic and sporting career through media, television and radio. This is achieved through performances on the playing fields, the hosting of regional, national and international sporting and non-sporting events, outreach programmes, etc. More than 1 000 articles and 510 photographs featuring NMMU teams or sportspeople appeared in the local and national written media with a value of nearly R10 million. In addition a number of sporting events and match were broadcast on national radio and television programmes with a value of about R million.
In order to achieve success on the sports field the Sport Bureau needs to supplement the grant received from the NMMU. Thus third-stream income is generated in the form of sport sponsorship, self-generated funding for programmes and events, etc. The value of the sponsorship raised for sport clubs, events, etc. amounted to more than R3.0 million in the year under review. In addition to this funding of R3 000 000 was received from the NLDTF (Lotto) for the re-surfacing of the tartan track at the NMMU Stadium. This follows the successful completion of the building of the Missionvale Sport Pavilion and other programmes with a previous Lotto grant of R4 100 000. In addition further Lotto funding (nearly R2 000 000) will be used to re-surface the NMMU Astro-turf.
In order to attract and retain academically sound students who are achievers on the sports fields the provision of bursaries is essential, with the NMMU and various sponsors making significant contributions in this regard. The success rates of these bursary holders over the past five years has show that the recipients of the Sport bursaries show a 3 to 7% better success rate in courses passed than the rest of the student population.  These students make a major contribution to the sporting achievements, creating brand awareness and raising the profile of the NMMU, as well as achieving academically showing that the NMMU Trust bursaries for Sport are playing a significant role in assisting the NMMU to produce well-rounded graduates. The past rates are as follows (2011 results are not available yet):

2006    2007    2008    2009    2010

Sport Bureau Bursary recipients         74%     80%     78%    74%     75%

All NMMU students                           72%     73%     72%    72%     74%
The Sport Bureau contributed to the research of the NMMU with one NRF rated researcher. The research focussed on the enhancement of performance and injury prevention in cricket players which resulted in a presentation and two keynote addresses at the 4^th World Congress on Science and Medicine in Cricket in India.
Staff special achievements

* Kolie Brandt serves on the USSA Golf Selection Committee and the USSA Golf Disciplinary Committee

* Mark Tommy is the Coaching Director for Port Elizabeth Football Association and a SAFA NMB Coaches Committee member, Chairperson of USSA EC Football and Strategic Advisor to professional football club, Bay Stars FC.

* Melinda Goosen (Sport Manager) was elected Chairperson of the USSA netball Committee as well as Chairperson of the LOC organising the Inaugural World University Championships in Cape Town in 2012.   She currently serves on the USSA Aquatics executive committee as the Water Polo convener and was elected as manager of the swimming team for Team South Africa that participated at the World Student Summer Games held in Shenzhen, China in August 2011.

* Theresa le Roux were elected to the USSA Cycling executive committee

* Riaan Osman (Sport Manager) was re-elected as the Chairperson for University Cricket USSA Cricket (2011-2013)

He further obtained his FIH grade as an International hockey umpire following his performance at the Africa Olympic Qualifier in Zimbabwe in September 2011.

* Cheslyn Gie (Sport Manager) serves on convener of the SA U21 Hockey team and is a South African Hockey Association (SAHA) Executive member heading up the High Performance Sub-Committee. He was also elected as the EP Men’s Coach for 2012 and he will also head up the High Performance training in the province.

* Zanele Mdodana (Sport Manager) was vice caption of the SA Senior National Netball team that took part in the World Cup in Singapore

* Richard Stretch (Director: Sport) serves as a committee member of the World Congress of Science and Sports and was chairperson of organizing committee of the 4^th World Congress of Science and Medicine in Cricket held in India.

* Hugo Loubser (George Campus Sport Manager) is the current chairperson of USSA Surfing and USSA Surfing Tournaments during June 2011. He is the convenor of the USSA Rugby Sevens tournament hosted by NMMU George Campus that was held in December 2011
The NMMU took part in Annual Inter-varsity hosted by the University of Fort Hare and which included Rhodes University, University of Fort Hare and Walter Sisulu University, and once again won the trophy.
Some achievements that need to be highlighted in the various leagues and tournaments are as follows:

* The Mecer NMMU Cricket Club had a number of fine achievements which include:

* The Mecer NMMU first cricket team won the Nelson Mandela Bay Cricket Board (NMBCB) Super League for the third successive year whilst the NMMU Madibaz 2 team won the T20 league

* Simon Harmer represented the Warriors, EP Amateur and the National University (USSA) team and returned excellent performances in all forms of the game.

* Simon Harmer, NMMU first team captain at USSA, was named the South African Student Cricketer of the Year whilst David White was named the National Club Championship player of the tournament. This is the second successive year that NMMU players have walked away with these awards at the CSA Awards breakfast.

* Simon Harmer was named the EP Amateur bowler of the season at the EP Cricket Awards Dinner, Aldre Nel received the Super League Batsman of the Year Award and the NMMU Cricket Club was presented with an award for winning the Super League

* Baakier Abrahams, NMMU cricket coach, was awarded his Cricket South Africa Level III coaching certificate

* The NMMU Cricket team was named the NMMU Team of the Year for the fourth successive year at the annual NMMU Achievers Awards and Baakier Abrahams received the NMMU Coach of the Year award.

* The Mecer NMMU first cricket team became the National Club cricket champions after beating the University of Johannesburg in the final in Pretoria –their second title in three years.

* The FNB NMMU Rugby Club had some good achievements including:

* After a much improved Varsity Cup campaign team members received professional contracts to play for Griqualand West, SWD Eagles, Western Province and Eastern Province

* After qualifying for the Grand Challenge semi-final the NMMU team withdraw from the completion after these matches were postpones for more than 6 weeks due to a legal dispute between other teams in the league

* 24 managers and coaches qualified after attending the Boksmart course

* Very successful Steinhoff Koshuis league with 10 teams participating and a total of 49 matches being played. Oppidani, the winners, will represent NMMU in the Varsity Cup Koshuis Competition 2012

* Shannon Rick represented the SA Students 7’s team in Morocco

* The ABSA NMMU Athletics Club had the following achievements:

* 1^st in the EP Track & Field league team competition, as well as the men and women leagues

* Relay team won the gold medal at National SA Senior Athletics Championships

* Won 1 Gold, 2 Silver and 1 Bronze medal at the SA Senior Championships

* EP Athletics club of the Year

* NMMU Sport Club of the Year.

* The club and its members either have organized or have been involved in the organizing of the following events:

* EP Track and Field Championships

* Yellow Pages Track and Field meeting

* USSA Cross Country championships

* The NMMU Hockey Club had some fine achievements which include:

* Nathan Kops obtained his Level 2 coaching certificate (the highest level in SA).

* The NMMU Hockey Club now has 4 coaches, Nathan Kops, Leroy Johnston, Satchinan Reddy and Cheslyn Gie with Level 2 qualifications.

* The NMMU Hockey Club won the Most Promising Men’s Player of the Year Awards at the annual EP Hockey awards.

* The NMMU Hockey Club hosted a 6-a-side tournament in September 2011 an attracted 20 teams and this will now become an annual tournament on the EPHF calendar.

* The NMMU Hockey Men’s team won the league title by finishing the season unbeaten in all 14 matches. This was last achieved by the UPE hockey team in the 1990’s.

* The NMMU Ladies Hockey Team came 2^nd in the League.

* The NMMU Ladies Hockey Team won the KC March Easter Tournament title with the men’s team finishing 2^nd.

* The NMMU Ladies team made a semi-final at USSA week. This is the first time in their short history as NMMU

* The NMMU Basketball Men and Ladies lost in the finals of their Eastern Cape Leagues

* The NMMU Volleyball Club Ladies ended 2^nd in the Eastern Cape league

* Two NMMU Judo officials officiated at the World Junior Champs

* The SPAR NMMU Netball team won the league for the 7^th consecutive year as well winning the SPAR NMMU Tournament, Framesby Tournament, Malherbe Tournament and the Knock Out Tournament.

* The MECER NMMU Cycling team was the overall winner of the EP Team Competition

* The ABSA NMMU Soccer Club has a number of good achievements which included the following:

* The ABSA NMMU Madibaz Premier team (ladies) won the PEFA League and Knock-Out Trophy - a first in PEFA Ladies League

* The ABSA NMMU Madibaz Premier Team (Men) won the PEFA Top 4 Challenge and Runner-Up in the PEFA League

* The ABSA NMMU Madibaz Premier Reserve team (men) won the PEFA Reserve Knock-Out Cup

* The ABSA NMMU Madibaz team (men) won the USSA National Club Championships in Polokwane - a first in the history on NMMU, including the merged institutions

* Luyanda Ncwadi was voted USSA National Club Champs COACH OF THE TOURNAMENT 2011

* Cawekazi Daca was voted USSA National Club Champs MANAGER OF THE TOURNAMENT 2011

* Lindsay Jennings was voted USSA National Club Champs GOALKEEPER OF THE TOURNAMENT 2011

* Achuma Klaas was voted USSA National Club Champs PLAYER OF THE TOURNAMENT 2011

* Lindsay Stowman was selected to the USSA Under 21 National Team, as well as the USSA National team

* Lindsay Stowman was named in the Training Squad for the SAFA Under 23 National team preparing for the Olympic Qualifiers

* Abongile Ngcanga was selected to the USSA National Under 21 team

* Ntombifuthi Mncwango was selected to the USSA National Ladies team and participated in the World Student Games in Shenjen China

* ABSA NMMU Soccer Club forged a strategic partnership with local professional football club Bay Stars

*ABSA NMMU Soccer Club has seven students signed to the local professional soccer club, BAY STARS FC

* NMMU Soccer Club was the organiser of the Diversity Week Soccer Tournament

* Mawethu Mtshalala qualified as a SAFA registered referee by passing the Level 1 Referee Course

* The NMMU Tennis had a number of good achievements:

* The NMMU A and B men’s teams came 1^st and 2^nd in the EP Premier Tennis League

* Marshall Marsh was selected for the SA Wheelchair Tennis team to take part in the World Cup

* NMMU Chess Club member Calvin Klaasen won the EP Chess open Championship

* NMMU George:

* Cricket: Two students were members of the SWD Senior cricket team

* Hockey (Men): One student was a member of the Southern Cape team who won the 2011 SA Country Districts Hockey Tournament and 4 students were members of the Southern Cape IPT team.

* Rugby: NMMU George reached the semi-final of the President’s League.

SWD U/19 included 9 club members.

SWD U 21 included 12 club members.

SWD Eagles Senior team included 4 club members.

Participated for the first time in the USSA Rugby tournament and finished 3^rd from 8 teams in section C.

NMMU won the Bowl competition of the USSA Rugby 7’s tournament.

* Tennis: Won the SWD Tennis Men’s Premier League competition.

* Soccer: Participated for the first time in the GEOFA League and finished 4^th

* Athletics: Armond Nel won a silver medal at the 2011 USSA Track and Field Championship for 20km walk.

The annual University Sport South Africa (USSA) tournaments provide opportunities to measure the strength of the NMMU teams against other university student teams. The NMMU teams participated in 15 USSA tournaments with the top achievements as follows:

* The FNB NMMU Rugby 1^st XV was unbeaten at the USSA tournament winning the gold medal for the first time in NMMU history

* NMMU Karate Club came 1^st at USSA for the third year in a row

* Mecer NMMU Cricket Club finished 3^rd at the USSA cricket tournament. Simon Harmer, Colin Ackermann and Lionel Vaaltyn were included in the USSA Tournament team

* NMMU Chess finished 3^rd at the USSA Chess Championships, Noxolo Qanqa and Calvin Klaasen represented South Africa at the World Student Games in China with Tinus Goosen (NMMU Chess coach) the coach of the SA Chess Team at these Games. Noxolo Qanqa came 2^nd at the USSA Championships with NMMU ending 3^rd overall

* NMMU Surfing won the USSA Surfing competition for men

* NMMU Judo finished 3^rd at USSA

* NMMU Swimming team came 3^rd at the USSA Aquatics Gala

* NMMU Hockey (Ladies) came 4^th in the A Section – their best results for many years

* The SPAR NMMU Netball team ended 5^th in the A section at the USS Championships

* The MECER NMMU Cycling team ended 5^th at the USSA Championships

* ABSA NMMU Athletics team finished in 7 ^th position winning 1 Gold, 1 Silver and 4 Bronze medals.

* ABSA NMMU Soccer team (men) and ladies finished 3^rd and 4^th in their respective USSA-EC Football Regional league competition and the NMMU (men) won the coveted USSA tournament

* NMMU Golf won the gold medal for the B-section

* NMMU George teams:

* NMMU Rugby won the Bowl competition at the USSA Rugby 7’s

* NMMU Cricket participated for the first time in the USSA Cricket tournament and won the D-section and has been promoted to the C-section for the 2012 tournament

The NMMU continues to have a large representation in national junior, senior and age group teams, national student teams (USSA), provincial teams and outstanding individual performances at national championship events (Appendix 1). The NMMU contributed 84 sportspersons to the senior provincial federations and a large number to the provincial junior and age-group teams, with 11 of these representing South Africa at the highest level, 8 at Junior level, 3 at Age-group level, 4 representing South African Disabled teams and 41 selected to represent the University Sport South Africa (USSA) team.
The Campus League Programmes aim to cater for players who enjoy playing sport for social and recreational purposed, but who do not want to take part in the provincial league competitions for the NMMU teams, while offering the various clubs the opportunity to identify any club members with the necessary potential and promise to perform at a higher level. The activities and the number of students and teams participating in the Campus league continue to grow from year to year.

Athletics 3 Student Road running events on campus

Cricket 6 teams participated in the inaugural Campus League Program that was held in three Sundays in April

Netball 9 Teams

Rugby 10 teams with the winning teams participating in the Steinhoff Varsity Cup Koshuise Competition

Soccer 16 teams participated in the Campus Football League (CFL) and eight teams competed in the NMMU CFL Top 8 Tournament

Golf NMMU Order of Merit for all students

Cycling Hosted two Buddy Bunch Fun rides

Swimming Learn to Swim Program

Surfing Learn to Surf Program

Rowing Open Days held for students
The Outreach Programme, which aims to identify, develop, increase and sustain growth in certain sport codes, has again proved to be successful and continues to grow (Appendix 2). These programmes involve identified more than 4 200 community members and high and primary schools teams that are assisted in various ways and a summary of some of these programmes include:

* The ABSA NMMU Soccer Club was involved in a number of outreach programmes and these included the following:

* The SAFA-NMMU and Fairview Rovers Introductory Coaching Course with 20 Coaches and 6 NMMU Soccer Club Coaches as well as 40 junior players from Fairview Rovers

* KNVB-SOS Village World Coaches Programme: ABSA NMMU Soccer Club facilitates this international Coaching Course. 30 Coaches from Port Elizabeth, Cape Town and Bloemfontein including 2 ABSA NMMU Soccer Club students and Sport Manager, Mark Tommy as well as 40 junior players participated in this course.

* Northern Areas Schools Soccer Association (NASSA) Knock-Out Challenge (480 learners from 8 Schools playing in 3 age groups (Under 15 / 17 & 19) and 10 student coaches.

* The Mecer NMMU Cricket Club outreach includes:

* NMMU Cricket Club has an on-going partnership with the Northville Cricket Club

* Six schools from the Northern areas participate in a PRO 20 tournament on campus. * NMMU Cricket Club hosted a group of 26 kids at Sunny Park in Arcadia. The club approached Cricket South Africa to sponsor/donate mini cricket equipment that was presented to the school at the presentation

* Members of the first team attended a blind cricket workshop in November presented by the NMMU Disability Unit and EP Cricket at the 2^nd Avenue campus

* The SPAR NMMU Netball Club hosted 11 clinics throughout the Eastern Cape

* The MECER NMMU Cycling Club hosted 5 Buddy/Muffin Rides

* The FNB NMMU Rugby Club outreach programme includes coaching support to Nzondelele High School and a Junior School Rugby Tournament with Summerwood Primary School.

* The ABSA NMMU Athletics Club offers student and community coaching clinics and organize the following events for students and the Eastern Cape community:

* Road running clinic for peer helpers

* Sprinting Talent Identification Clinics

* Peer Helpers Run

* Athletics workshop with international coaches

* NMMU Judo Club has conducting self-defense classes to our students and the community

* NMMU Volleyball hosted the Annual Women’s Day tournament

* The NMMU Swimming Club again presented a Learn-to-Swim programme

* The NMMU Surfing Club again presented a NMMU Learn-to-Surf programme

* The NMMU Rowing Club hosted two Open Days for community members

The Sport Bureau staff and students are involved in various academic programmes in the following ways:

* Athletics assist the Department of HMS with student practical lessons in coaching and administration.

* Cheslyn Gie does the Level Zero & One Hockey coaching Courses for the Department of HMS and Sport Management students

* Cheslyn Gie does a single annual lecture for the Department of HMS and Sport Management students on the management of the Astroturf Facility.

Other achievements or events of note include the following:

* The Eastern Province Cricket Academy, in its 16^th year, was again hosted at the NMMU and proved to be a great success. This programme has produced a number of players who have played for South Africa at the highest level.

* NMMU Cricket Club played host to various EP provincial first class cricket matches and EP school trials

* Netball Club School of Excellence caters for all the elite and potentially elite netball players who are on sport bursaries. 

* NMMU Basketball Club hosts the EP Basketball league matches at the Missionvale Sport Centre

* NMMU Volleyball hosts the EP Volleyball Union matches at the Missionvale and South Campus Indoor Sport Centres.

The Fitness and Aquatics Centre was once again a hive of activity throughout 2011 contributing to overall Living and Learning and Wellness experience that NMMU wants its students to achieve. To further enhance the total wellness experience, 3 flat screen monitors were installed, streaming world sport throughout the day. The Fitness and Aquatics Centre consolidated the effect of the huge membership increase which reached in excess of 2 500 members, culminating in a bold plan to extend the facility in 2012. Negotiations with management and business plan proposals were tabled which resulted in interest-bearing loan of R5 million to the Sport Bureau to facilitate the extension. Towards the end of 2011 tenders were appointed and initial plans and costs were drawn up. This process will run its course throughout 2012 with the hope of breaking ground in 2013. Once again two Learn-to-Swim programmes were held during the year and prove to be very popular. The swimming pool was also used by the Human Movement Science and Sport Management students for Swimming and Life-saving and the Education students for swimming lessons. The Fitness and Aquatics Centre was also used by various international sport teams including the New Zealand All Blacks 15 and 7 teams.
The Events Unit has once again proved to be a vital role-player in ensuring that the Sport Bureau achieves its mission and was responsible for the management, organization and/or assistance with a large number of events and programmes. The relevant facilities include the following on the different PE Campuses: Indoor Sport Centres (South and Missionvale), 9 Sport Club Houses, 5 Multi Purpose Halls and 97 sport facilities. The list of events and activities are shown in Appendix 3 and range from 1 day to multiply day events and activities. The Events Unit is responsible for the booking and event logistics. In addition to these, the events Unit is also responsible for the booking and logistical matters relating for 350 meetings, 140 lectures, 33 days of tests, 60 Post graduate exams and lecture, 380 small functions and workshops and about 320 sport league matches.
The various sport clubs, activities and events on the George Campus continued to develop through the support of a committed group of students and staff. This has resulted in good achievements in the local leagues, as well as a number of students gaining selection for provincial teams, as indicated above.
The support from the NMMU, sponsors and the extra effort and the many extra hours of dedicated work and training of the staff and students of the Sport Bureau have made this all possible – your support is greatly appreciated and has helped the Sport Bureau to make a significant impact in many students lives.