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2020-12-28	Kovsie sports stars rewarded
2020-12-28	Kovsie sports stars rewarded
2020-12-28	Simple Stories enlightening audiences through their music
2020-12-28	Simple Stories enlightening audiences through their music
2020-12-28	Developing models to predict patient outcomes in children with severe illness
2020-12-28	Developing models to predict patient outcomes in children with severe illness
2020-12-28	Dr Lizanne Pieterse makes name as team doctor
2020-12-28	Dr Lizanne Pieterse makes name as team doctor
2020-12-28	Overcoming failure: Dr James Fortein’s inspirational story
2020-12-28	Overcoming failure: Dr James Fortein’s inspirational story
2020-12-21	UFS to award four honorary degrees in 2021
2020-12-21	UFS to award four honorary degrees in 2021
2020-12-21	Creating awareness about the plight of giraffes
2020-12-21	Creating awareness about the plight of giraffes
2020-12-21	A ‘vertical theological perspective’ on Old Testament books
2020-12-21	A ‘vertical theological perspective’ on Old Testament books
2020-12-21	Virtual reality technology addresses cybersickness in nursing students
2020-12-21	Virtual reality technology addresses cybersickness in nursing students
2020-12-21	‘Hopefully COVID-19 will force us to really care for people again’
2020-12-21	‘Hopefully COVID-19 will force us to really care for people again’
2020-12-21	OSM music teaching progamme in Heidedal grows from strength to strength
2020-12-21	OSM music teaching progamme in Heidedal grows from strength to strength
2020-12-07	Team UFS ensures that no student is left behind
2020-12-07	Team UFS ensures that no student is left behind
2020-12-17	MB ChB class of 2020 completes medical programme with a 98,3% pass rate
2020-12-17	MB ChB class of 2020 completes medical programme with a 98,3% pass rate
2020-12-14	Prof Abdon Atangana receives World Academy of Sciences award
2020-12-14	Prof Abdon Atangana receives World Academy of Sciences award
2020-12-14	Reviving the essence of education
2020-12-14	Reviving the essence of education
2020-12-14	Understanding the red meat export markets
2020-12-14	Understanding the red meat export markets
2020-12-14	Dr WA Lombard wins international award for his stock-theft research
2020-12-14	Dr WA Lombard wins international award for his stock-theft research
2020-12-13	Online and distance-learning campus makes the most of a pandemic
2020-12-13	Online and distance-learning campus makes the most of a pandemic
2020-12-13	Natural and Agricultural Sciences celebrates best of the best
2020-12-13	Natural and Agricultural Sciences celebrates best of the best
2020-12-20	Q-Lit Radio celebrates first anniversary
2020-12-20	Q-Lit Radio celebrates first anniversary
2020-12-12	A ‘yes’ to study medicine after eight years and 32 rejections
2020-12-12	A ‘yes’ to study medicine after eight years and 32 rejections
2020-12-12	Health Sciences awards first Bongani Mayosi Medical Students Academic Prize
2020-12-12	Health Sciences awards first Bongani Mayosi Medical Students Academic Prize
2020-12-10	The Economic Vulnerability of Women and Links to Gender-Based Violence
2020-12-10	The Economic Vulnerability of Women and Links to Gender-Based Violence
2020-12-10	Gender-based violence: IT IS TIME to join the fight
2020-12-10	Gender-based violence: IT IS TIME to join the fight
2020-12-10	Library sets trend with accredited research
2020-12-10	Library sets trend with accredited research
2020-12-09	SARS, MERS vaccine research paved way for rapid development of COVID-19 vaccines
2020-12-09	SARS, MERS vaccine research paved way for rapid development of COVID-19 vaccines
2020-12-09	How I survived and was able to thrive in 2020
2020-12-09	How I survived and was able to thrive in 2020
2020-12-09	#UFSLearn: Make it happen!
2020-12-09	#UFSLearn: Make it happen!
2020-12-08	UFS partners with local radio stations to address community issues
2020-12-08	UFS partners with local radio stations to address community issues
2020-12-08	Kovsies brewing up a storm
2020-12-08	Kovsies brewing up a storm
2020-12-08	Positives of a pandemic — Time for introspection and healing
2020-12-08	Positives of a pandemic — Time for introspection and healing
2020-12-08	The UFS launches E-Engaged Scholarship Strategy
2020-12-08	The UFS launches E-Engaged Scholarship Strategy
2020-12-07	UFS Communication and Marketing excel again in IABC Quill Awards programme
2020-12-07	UFS Communication and Marketing excel again in IABC Quill Awards programme
2020-12-07	GBV: the new terror, the new normal
2020-12-07	GBV: the new terror, the new normal
2020-12-06	2021 UFS Academic Calendar
2020-12-06	2021 UFS Academic Calendar
2020-12-03	#UFSThoughtLeader: progress with vaccine makes panellist optimistic about SA post-COVID-19
2020-12-03	#UFSThoughtLeader: progress with vaccine makes panellist optimistic about SA post-COVID-19
2020-12-03	Gender-based violence: ‘we can make a difference if we work together’
2020-12-03	Gender-based violence: ‘we can make a difference if we work together’
2020-12-03	Be safe: road rage results in roadkill
2020-12-03	Be safe: road rage results in roadkill
2020-12-02	UFS agriculture students crowned world champions
2020-12-02	UFS agriculture students crowned world champions
2020-12-01	World AIDS Day: HIV remains a significant public health concern
2020-12-01	World AIDS Day: HIV remains a significant public health concern
2020-12-01	The problem with mourning COVID-19 and GBV concurrently
2020-12-01	The problem with mourning COVID-19 and GBV concurrently

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Kovsies wins the National Cricket Club Championships

2010-10-07

Kovsies who represented Free State at the National Club Championships were, from the left: Obus Pienaar, Patrick Botha, Wiann van Zyl and Juanre van Wyk.

The first cricket team of the University of the Free State (UFS) recently represented the Free State at the National Club Championships. Under the leadership of Rudi Steyn, Free State Provincial Coach, the team came out victoriously and brought back the trophy to the Free State for the first time in eleven years. The games were as follow:

Day 1: UV vs. Pretoria High School Old Boys (Northerns) – won by 17 runs
Day 2: UV vs. Burma Lads (Griqualand West) – won by 122 runs
Day 3: UV vs. Impala (North-West) – won by 3 wickets
Day 4: UV vs. Brackenfell (Boland) – won by 5 runs
Day 5: UV vs. Old Edwardians (Gauteng) – won by 5 wickets
Day 6: UV vs. Crusaders (KwaZulu-Natal) – won by 5 wickets

Three players, Juanre van Wyk, Obus Pienaar, and Patrick Botha, received Man of the Match Awards for games played during the week and Wiann van Zyl, Captain, received the award for the bowler of the tournament. Kovsies was the only team to end the week undefeated.

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