UJ Sport Awards 2022 – From left- UJ Men’s Football Team Coach Karabo Mogudi, UJ Player Thulani Zandamela, and Team Manager Thapelo Pule. Photo- UJ Sport
UJ Sports Awards 2022- Ryan Mphahlele was crowned the Sportsman of the Year. Photo- Supplied
winning mind-set” for athletes. “I am excited, although I have done well in my sport field, this win came as a surprise. I did not anticipate winning the award so soon. It is an amazing feeling. I’m more fired up to do even greater,” says Moganedi. Mphahlele was also excitedly in awe of winning the top sport accolade at UJ. “I did not see it coming, but God did. As I sat there, I listened on while the bronze and silver medal winners were announced – I told the person next to me that someone else is going to win the Sportsman of the Year Award, not me. I had tough competition. Congratulations to all the nominees and the winners. That winning moment has not sunk in yet,” says Mphahlele. Caitlin Rooskrantz was crowned the Age group Sportswoman of the Year and received the Student-Athlete of the Year Award. Athlete Lythe Pillay won the Age Group Sportsman of the Year with fellow Athletics Club member, Cheswill Johnson, winning the Club Sportsperson of the Year. This year, Team of the Year was added as a new category to the six long-existing categories for the UJ Sport Awards. Five teams were nominated, namely; Athletics Cross- Country, Netball, Women’s Rugby 7s, Women’s Football and the Men’s Basketball teams. The senior women’s football team was named the 2022 Team of the Year for winning the 2022 FNB Varsity Football Women’s tournament, the Engen Knockout Challenge, and the Engen Champ of Champs. The team also had players and technical staff members who were selected to represent national teams like Banyana Banyana and the Under-17 and 19 teams. UJ Sport club managers and team coaches were also honoured for their participation in various tournaments
where they represented UJ, the Gauteng Province and South Africa locally and abroad. They included Lucky Shiburi, Nthabeleng Modiko, Siyabonga Sibiya, Patience Ntshingila, Roger Haitengi, Michael Seme, Liphiwe Nxasana, Thabang Temo, Tsoanelo Pholo, Nomsa Zungu and Bongiwe Msomi. Their Individual Commendations: • Lucky Shiburi: UJ women’s football goalkeeper coach selection as the SA women’s National team goalkeeper coach. • Coach Nthabeleng Modiko: UJ women’s football coach selection as the Under-17 national women’s coach. • Siyabonga Sibiya: UJ men’s cricket head coach selection as the SA men’s emerging assistant coach and batting coach. • Patience Ntshingila: UJ athletics coach and triple jumper selection as team manager for the University Sports South Africa (USSA) team that participated in the CUCSA games in Lilongwe, Malawi. • Roger Haitengi: UJ Athletics Club Manager selection for Namibian team that competed in the 2022 CAA Senior African Athletics Championships in Mauritius • Michael Seme: Selected as the long-distance running coach for team South Africa in the World Championships in Eugene, Oregon in the USA. • Thabang Temo: UJ Physiotherapist represented South Africa in the CAF men’s championship league and the SASCOC region 5 games. • Liphiwe Nxasana: UJ Sport Scientist appointed as the Under-20 national women’s rugby strength and conditioning coach. • Tsoanelo Pholo: UJ women’s hockey coach appointment as the SA women’s hockey five-a-side coach • Nomsa Zungu: UJ women’s netball
assistant coach appointment as the assistant coach for the Golden Fireballs and statistician for the CUCSA Games. • Bongiwe Msomi: UJ women’s netball head coach selection as the Gauteng Golden Fireball captain in the Telkom Netball League, as well as her selection as the captain of the national women’s netball team Age group sportswoman of the year: • 1 st place: Caitlin Rooskrantz (Gymnastics) • 2 nd place: Tarle Mathe (Netball) • 3 rd place: Sphumelele Shamase (Football) Age group sportsman of the year: • 1 st place: Lythe Pillay (Athletics) • 2 nd place: Ronan Herman (Cricket) • 3 rd place: Thulani Zandamela (Football) Club sportsperson of the year: • 1 st place: Cheswill Johnson (Athletics) • 2 nd place: Liam Alder (Cricket) • 3 rd place: Mpho Links (Athletics) Team of the year: • Womens football team Student-Athlete of the Year: • 1 st place: Caitlin Rooskrantz (Gymnastics) • 2 nd place: Kristen Paton (Hockey) • 3 rd place: Masingita Simango (Women’s Rugby) Sportswoman of the year: • 1 st place: Michelle Moganedi (UJ SSD) • 2 nd place: Yane van der Merwe (UJ SSD) • 3 rd place: Nomfundo Mngomezulu (Netball) Sportsman of the year: • 1 st place: Ryan Mphahlele (Athletics) • 2 nd place: Werner Visser (Athletics) • 3 rd place: Andrew Peter Simunye (Rugby)
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