The Competition

The Maties team will be taking on the best surfers that Cape Peninsula University of Technology (C.P.U.T), Independent Institute of Education, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (N.M.M.U), Rhodes University, University Cape Town (U.C.T.) and KZN University have to offer.

The traditional powerhouses of South African university surfing are without a doubt, N.M.M.U. and U.C.T. who have shared the overall spoils between them for the past few years. Maties meanwhile have competed well in the ladies division but the men have begun to be regarded as a more socially orientated outfit. Since rejoining the fold in 2009, Rhodes University has given the Maties men a run for their money in that particular category though.

The inclusion of new boys the Independent Institute of Education, an umbrella institution which includes Cape Town’s Varsity College and Vega will defiantly shake things up. They along with C.P.U.T. can be counted as the dark horses of the event.

The competition itself takes place from Monday the 27th of June until Wednesday the 29th. The surfers competing in four person heats, with the top two waves counting and the best placed two surfers progressing to the following round.