A day in the life at the University of Pretoria. 02 April 1975

On this "Day in the life of the University of Pretoria" the 1975 cross country season started with student athletics competition.

“Dagland” one of the student houses won the cross country competition with 14 points. Kollege came second and “Ingenieurs” came third. H van Zyl (from “Ingenieurs”) came first in this cros counry event with a time of 22 minutes 54 seconds. P de Vos (from “Dagland”) finished second in a time of 23 minutes and 58 seconds while E. Kuhn (from Dagland) finished third.

Perdeby, 11 April 1975

In 1918 the Transvaal University College (TUC) Athletic Club was established.  Residences and students in day houses participated annually in a range of athletic competitions since the early 1920s to gain points for their houses. One of the covenant athletics prizes during the inter house athletics events was the Suzman shield for cross country.  The cross country shield was named after Saul (Pete) Suzman, the captain of the T.U.C. and president of the S. A. Universities Athletic Federation. Suzman  organized the first annual Inter-Varsity Sports,  in 1921 between the then Transvaal (Pretoria), Johannesburg and Grey (Bloemfontein) University Colleges.

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