5.6.2 TEAM SPORTS BURSARIES
Bursaries are available to students who are interested in becoming a member of one of
The IIE’s Varsity College competitive sports clubs – e.g. rugby (KZN), hockey (KZN), football
(Sandton), netball (Cape Town) and water polo (KZN) and have achieved a high level of
sporting performance (e.g. provincial or national representation).
5.6.3 HOW TO APPLY
Complete the sports bursary application form online in the link below or find it at the
back of The IIE’s Varsity College Sports Club brochure and compile a CV of your sporting
achievements and a short motivation as to why you would be suitable for one of the above
sports bursaries.
We are an active member of University Sport South Africa (USSA) and we participate in a number of their
different sporting codes such as rugby, water polo, surfing, swimming, netball, canoeing, golf, hockey and
football. This ensures the opportunity for you to meet and compete against other universities at various
tournaments and events.
Sports Life focuses on outdoor activities that are fun, healthy and geared towards the individual. These
include sports such as mountain biking, running, canoeing, surfsking, surfing, golf and Obstacle Course
Racing– the sorts of activities that once you start, you’ll likely keep doing for the rest of your life. Sports
Life provides great opportunities for you to get outdoors and get active while meeting new people. We
encourage you to participate at both social and competitive level.
6. VC Voice
The VC Voice main forum consists of several chairpersons / representatives from all the different
student committees / forums on campus. Members of this forum meet on a monthly basis to
discuss pertinent topics within their School and the wider campus body.
The below 6.1 The elections for the various positions within the VC Voice Committee below:
6.1. VC Academic Forum:
5.4 ESPORTS
VC Sports Club will launch eSports as a club in 2019. eSports is a competition played using video games.
The games vary in difficulty which links well into our VC Sports Club ethos where our campus eSports
Clubs will provide opportunities for both beginners and the more serious gamers to compete. There are
free & licensed games. Both provide options to play as an individual or in a team. There will be no extra
charge involved in playing free games with an additional fee for licenced games.
There are two election processes required for the VC Academic Forum and that would entail
the election of the Class Representatives per class (or group) and the election of the School
Representatives that will represent each School on campus and these School Representatives will
form part of the VC Voice Main Forum.
6.1.1.
5.5 SPORTS CLUBS OFFERED PER CAMPUS
Each campus offers a unique list of sports depending on the campus location and access to leagues and
facilities. The VC Sports Club registration form will list the sports offered per campus which will help
you make an informed choice. Download the VC_App to have access to all the information on what’s
happening with each Sports Club on the different campuses.
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5.3 SPORTS LIFE
You can submit all these documents to: https://www.varsitycollege.co.za/PDFs/sports/
Sports%20Section-%20Application%20Form.pdf.
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6.1.2
6.1.3
The Programme Managers (or any other designated senior member of staff) are
responsible for managing the VC Academic Forum election process on campus and these
are their roles and responsibilities.
Ensuring students are aware of the roles and responsibilities of the VC Academic Forum
Class Representative, before the election process begins.
Ensuring that the election processes is moderated, in keeping with the constitution and is
free from influence of staff or management.
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If you are more team oriented, we offer a wide variety of social and competitive team sports such as
rugby, water polo, football, netball and hockey, as well as action sports including netball, cricket and
football. An important part of our sports vision is to identify major team sports at designated campuses
and create centres of excellence for these sports.
5.2 TEAM SPORTS
Critical to the success of the Sports Clubs on campus are the dedicated, committed and
experienced Sports Club Captains. If you’re passionate about any of the sports on campus
and you have the administration skills and energy to see it grow in a student environment,
please apply on campus to become a Sports Club Captain. This bursary is applicable to
cycling including mountain biking, canoeing, surf skiing, surfing, golf, running, touch rugby,
internal VC leagues, water polo, rugby, hockey, netball, football, eSports and all action sports.
5.1 HOW THE VC SPORTS CLUB WORKS
The Varsity College Sports Club is at the heart of all things sport on campus, and if you wish to participate
in any sport you need to be registered. The VC Sports Club is managed by the campus Sports Coordinator
(SC) who works closely with the various Club Captains to make it all happen. Each of our sports are run as
an individual club and are overseen by a Club Captain who is experienced, talented and passionate about
their sport disciplines. Registration for the VC Sports Club is done at the beginning of the year when you
complete your main registration form and the applicable sports club fee needs to be paid. Each sports
club member will receive their limited edition t-shirt.
SPORTS CLUB CAPTAIN BURSARY
5.6.1
At The IIE’s Varsity College we believe that your experience extends beyond the lecture room. As
mentioned before we focus on your holistic development and we encourage a healthy balance between
studies, part-time work and participation in a variety of sport, social, cultural and community engagement
initiatives.
There are a number of sport bursaries available to students who have excelled in their respective
sport disciplines according to the different categories included in this brochure, in addition to
students who are interested in becoming a The IIE’s Varsity College Sports Club Captain.
THE CULTURE OF THE VC SPORTS CLUB 5.6 SPORT BURSARY CATEGORIES
5. THE VC SPORTS CLUB
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