Female Tuks athletes who are academically inclined but who also relish the challenge of being adventurous and love travelling should make sure they are on Saturday at the university’s B-rugby field.
The Delta Drone TuksWomensRugby7's team is hosting a clinic which will help players to get an idea of what the sport is all about. The real aim is to identify players who might have the potential to compete internationally. Some of the talented players might even be in line to get bursaries.
Libbie Janse van Rensburg (team captain) often claims, and rightfully so, that the TuksWomensRugby7’s team is the university’s most successful team when it comes to competing internationally.
Earlier this season the team indeed managed to make its presence felt in nine days of playing rugby in Europe by winning 16 of their 18 games. They finished third in the Benidorm Tournament in Spain. Four days before they had won the Centrales Sevens Tournament outside Paris and the previous weekend they lost in the final of the Stanislas Tournament in Nancy. So far they have also competed in Rome and at the Paris World Games.
In October they will be playing the Munchen October Festival Tournament and in November the Dubai Sevens.
Last year Tuks won the Stanislas Sevens Tournament as well as the Munchen Oktoberfest. What was special in Munchen is that they did not concede a single point for the duration of the tournament.
According to Janse van Rensburg Saturday’s Clinic is open to all who is interested. She is especially encouraging athletes who are in matric to consider coming and trying something new especially since women’s sevens rugby is an Olympic as well as Commonwealth Games sport. There is also an opportunity to compete at a World Cup.
Athletes older than 16 who want to join are also welcome. Last year Xandrea Breitenbach who was in matric at Hoërskool Tuine represented Tuks during international tournaments.
Registration for the clinic starts at 08:15. From 09:00 the players will get to find out for themselves what sevens rugby is about.
A few of the seasoned players will explain how their decision to take up the sport has changed their life for the better. For example, one player got the opportunity to do the practical part of her engineering studies with the help of Delta Drone. A player studying architecture will tell how she benefitted travelling Europe and getting to see some of the most historic landmarks. And that is just two of the testimonials.
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