The UFS's sport stars are, from the left: Robert Ebersohn, junior mens sport star, Boy Soke, Sportsman of the Year, and Mari-Lise Linde, junior women sport star. Adéle Niemand, Sportswoman of the Year, was absent.
The University of the Free State (UFS) this week honoured its sport stars during the annual Kovsie Sports Dinner, held in Bloemfontein. Boy Soke, long distance runner who has obtained national colours in all three disciplines of athletics was named Sportsman of the Year. Protea netball player Adéle Niemand was named Sportswoman of the Year for the second consecutive year. The Cheetah and Springbok sevens rugby player, Robert Ebersohn and netball player Mari-Lise Linde were named junior sport stars. “The inclusion of five of our students in the South African team that took part in the Beijing Olympic Games is an indication of the standard of sport at the university. We are proud of all our sportsmen and women and salute them for the effort they put in to achieving their goals,” said Mr James Letuka, Director of KovsieSport. The UFS this year had several other achievements, namely: The inclusion of eight Free State cricket players in the amateur team, the hockey team winning the University Sport South Africa (USSA) B section, the inclusion of three soccer players in the USSA team, rugby winning the USSA competition for the second time, netball winning gold on the USSA tournament for the fourth consecutive year, and the ladies tennis winning the USSA tournament. The following awards were also made in the university’s different sporting codes during the Kovsie Sports Dinner: Roné Reyneke: Athletics Boy Soke: Athletics Murray Capon: Hockey Cherie Smith: Hockey Doretha Joubert: Netball Riaan Jordaan: Cricket Wayne Stevens: Rugby Karin Coetzee: Tennis Willem Steenkamp: Tennis Gabisele Hlumbane: Soccer Lehlohonolo Mofokeng: Soccer Prof. Martin Dednam: Devoted service to badminton Sarah Shannon: Special merit award for participating in the Paralympics Games in Beijing The guest speaker was Dr Derik Coetzee who was the head of Springbok Rugby Team’s conditioning during last year’s Rugby World Cup. Media Release Issued by: Lacea Loader Assistant Director: Media Liaison Tel: 051 401 2584 Cell: 083 645 2454 E-mail: loaderl.stg@ufs.ac.za 23 October 2008
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