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EWN Sport's Pitchside Podcast brings you all the latest updates from the world of Varsity Sports. In its inaugural season, Ahmed Kajee and Michael Pedro present you with all the results, fixtures and talking points throughout the 2018 Varsity Football season. If you're looking for the stars of tomor…

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    Wits crowned inaugural Varsity Basketball Champions.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2018 12:35


    The first ever Varsity Basketball took place over the first 2 weekends in October. The tournament featured universities from all over the country and provided non stop action. Ahmed Kajee and Michael Pedro take a look at the tournament as a whole and broke down the final between Wits and UCT.

    Previewing the inaugural Varsity Basketball season

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2018 7:16


    In its inaugural year, the 2018 Varsity Basketball tournament is expecteded to have all the flavour and culture that the sport brings. Wits and VUT both go in as favourites and will be fighting hard for top honors. Ahmed and Mike chatted to Varsity Basketball’s.... and Badketabll SA’s Victor Bergman about the importance of Varsity Basketball.

    Previewing Varsity Sevens Fest at Pirates Rugby Club

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2018 7:26


    EWN's Ahmed Kajee and mike Pedro preview the Varsity Sevens festival that will be taking place this weekend. It promises to be an exciting weekend of sports with a changes for more exciting rugby. The guys chatted to a few captains yovfind out their views on the upcoming tournament

    TUT dominate Varsity Football finals

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2018 14:14


    TUT made it a clean sweep in the finals of Varsity Football as both the womens and mens teams claimed come from behind victories. The women were 2-1 winners over UWC to claim a 5th title, while there male counterparts put the disappointed of last years final behind them, beating Wits 2-1. EWN's Ahmed Kajee and Michael Pedro bring you all the action from both games and caught up with the winning captains and coaches.

    TUT & UWC to battle it out for Women’s Varsity Football title

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2018 11:37


    In a weekend special of Pitchside Podcast, Ahmed and Mike were in Potchefstroom for the weekend tournament of the Women’s Varsity Football. Teams from across the country were represented with the Gauteng teams making the biggest impact; UJ, TUT & TUKS three of the four teams in the semis. Ahmed and Mike review a weekend characterized by brilliant football. 

    Varsity Sports Women’s Football kicks off in Potch

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2018 10:28


    The women’s rounds of the 2018 Varsity Football season kick off in Potchefstroom, at the North West University today. This is the first season the games will be televised as TUT will hope to defend their crown in another exciting weekend of football.  Ahmed Kajee and Michael pedro caught up with the captains to get their thoughts heading into the weekend.  Follow @ewnsport throughout the weekend for rolling up dates. 

    Derby-day in both semi-finals of the 2018 Varsity Football season

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2018 13:37


    Tuks hosted TUT in a repeat of the 2017 final whilst UJ hosted Wits in Soweto. Ahmed Kajee and Michael Pedro look at how those games went down in the north and south of Gauteng. Bidvest Wits Head Coach Gavin Hunt is the feature this week as the guys take a look at the talk he delivered to the Wits and UJ players about their careers on and off the field.  Follow Ahmed and Michael on twitter @ahmedkajee and @mikepedro23 

    TUT & TUKS win to set up derby day semi-finals

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2018 15:31


    In the final round of Varsity Football 2018, NWU needed to win and hope other results went their way to secure a spot in the semis. UKZN & UL battled it out for, what would be, their first and only wins of the season. Ahmed and Mike caught up with Wits goalkeeper Matthew Carelse, who is in his first year of Varsity Football and Clinton Mphahlele who has recently joined the team after playing at Tuks for the last 2 seasons.  

    Wits confirm last 4 spot with win over UL, Battle for top heats up

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2018 12:20


    In this episode of Pitchside Podcast, Ahmed and Michael take a look at round 6 of Varsity Football 2018. Big results for Wits who now sit in second with one group game to go. They have confirmed their semi final berth. Michael and Ahmed speak to first year student from NWU - Banele Hlophe - about the transition from high school to varsity and balancing football in the process. The feature match in the next episode is the race for the top 4 with Tuks, TUT & NWU all in with a shout.

    UJ beat TUT to solidify top spot. Wits move up to second.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2018 16:47


    In this episode of Pitchside Podcast, EWN's Michael Pedro and Ahmed Kajee take a look at round 5 of Varsity Football 2018. Big results for UJ and Wits who now sit in first and second respectively. The podcast features two guests this week: TUT utility player, Siphamandla Zanakihle who made his move from University of Fort Hare. They also chat to UJ goalkeeper Damiane van der Walt who gives us some insight into the mindset needed to recover from injury.  Feel free to tweet Ahmed and Mike on @ahmedkajee @mikepedro23

    TUT beat NWU to help UJ go joint-top

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2018 13:25


    Round 4 of Varsity Football  saw a Gauteng Derby - Wits hosting Tuks in the feature game with a drawn result. NWU went down to TUT while UJ managed to edge UKZN as they lead the table on Goal Difference. UWC got their first win of the campaign when they thrashed UL 7-0. Ahmed Kajee & Michael pedro caught up with Tuks winger, Richard Moremi about being in the Varsity Football session since inception in 2013.  

    UJ claim Joburg bragging rights while UKZN and UWC remain winless

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2018 11:59


    With the halfway mark of the tournament approaching, Ahmed Kajee and Michael Pedro  report on Round 3 of Varsity Football with Thursday night's results starting to shape leaderboard. All teams are vying for the top 4 spots to qualify for the semi-finals.  The feature game was in Soweto at UJ's soweto campus. They hosted Wits in the Johannesburg derby - claiming a 2-1 victory over their Johannesburg rivals and taking bragging rights for the second year in a row. 

    UL Recover to hold TUT; Wits & NWU go joint-top

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2018 13:09


    Round 2 of Varsity Football took place on Thursday evening. The surprise result of the evening saw, 2017 finalists, held by UL to a 1-1 draw. NWU and Wits continued built on their round one results with victories. Meanwhile, UJ and Tuks failed to find a winner in their 1-all draw in Soweto. Ahmed Kajee and Michael Pedro spoke to Phiwukuhle Mpalala from UWC, who is in his fifth year of Varsity Football.

    Tough Varsity Football starts for UKZN, UL and TUKS

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2018 11:30


    The Pitchside Podcast brings you a review of the first round of the 2018 Varsity Football season. It was a tough start for first-timers UKZN who went down to Wits. Defending champions, TUKS, went down to TUT.  Presenters Ahmed Kajee and Michael Pedro chat to the captain of University of Limpopo, Tshepo Motloutse.   

    Previewing the 2018 Varsity Football Season

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2018 10:25


    EWN Sport's Ahmed Kajee and Michael Pedro preview the 2018 Varsity Football season. They also caught up with the men's captains at the Varsity Football launch about their expectations for the season.

    Introducing Varsity Sport

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2018 9:59


    EWN Sport's Pitchside Podcast, hosted by Ahmed Kajee and Michael Pedro, gives you news, updates and insight into the world of Varsity Sport. In this first episode, they chat to Chief Marketing Officer of Varsity Sports Michael Varney about the brand of Varsity Sports which was founded in 2012. We also preview the first round of fixtures taking place on 26 July 2018.

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