Women’s Varsity Football is set to kick off today and the clash of the day will be UWC up against NWU at Fanie du Toit Stadium, 6.15pm. All eyes will be on UWC as 2016 runners-up of the tournament despite their heartbreaking 1-0 defeat against TUT in the final.
Importantly UWC Ladies coach Peskin will be ready to clinch the Varsity Football title with a young squad full of confident players familiar with the competitiveness of the Varsity Football structure.
In July this year, Thembi Kgatlana said “UWC is one of the hard-working teams when they want to win things but we need to be realistic – women’s football is growing and teams bring their game A game when they play UWC. We cross the bridge when we get there.”
With such words, it sets a tone that the team is on a mission to win big via an influential takeover. UWC Ladies had always been up and running, displaying good football and one of the top performances could have been a 4-1 win against their neighbours, CUT, last year in September in the Varsity Women’s Football tournament. Thanks to goal scorers: Miche Oosthuizen, Janice Smith (2) & Amogelang Motau for setting the bar to another level.
Former Basetsana skipper Amogelang Motau will be a big miss in this year’s tournament due to her move to Oral Roberts University in the United States of America. However Amogelang has been a key factor on and off the pitch, it is not a doubt that she left a big gap in the team.
“In the UWC camp, it is all about hunger and the will to win, we need to keep it up,” said Thalea Smidt on what drives UWC Ladies to keep the team organised and competitive at all times.
Players to watch:
– Thalea Smidt will be the main player to watch out for in this tournament. She is a marvel to watch.
– Abongile Dlani for UWC is another player to watch, she played a key role in the USSA championship this year and being named in the main squad to play in Taipei.
UWC are unbeaten in 24 games played in the Sasol League this season and going into this tournament it will be the cherry on top to set their eyes on the main prize.
By Bhekani Bright
