{"id":64643,"date":"2024-03-13T16:00:08","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T14:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/introducing-prof-odireleng-m-ntwaeaborwa-dean-of-the-faculty-of-natural-and-applied-sciences-at-spu-copy\/"},"modified":"2024-03-15T13:36:48","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T11:36:48","slug":"a-boost-for-spu-rugby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/a-boost-for-spu-rugby\/","title":{"rendered":"A boost for SPU Rugby"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"64643\" class=\"elementor elementor-64643\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4c891cce elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4c891cce\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a345ff7\" data-id=\"6a345ff7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71cfc1c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71cfc1c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\">Sol Plaatje University<\/a><\/span> Rugby are having an amazing, winning season in every respect.\u00a0 They have landed three local sponsors, have had 4 incredible wins from their first 4 games and just received their new kit.\u00a0 At an event on Tuesday, 12 March 2024 they introduced their new sponsors and revealed their new kit. The Dean of Student Affairs, Ms Nicole Morris, in her keynote address, lent her full support to the SPU Rugby Team as they pursue qualification for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.varsitycup.co.za\/varsity-shield-fixtures-logs\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">2025 Varsity Shield<\/span><\/a>. She thanked the sponsors, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/theheightsrestaurantandbistro\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Heights<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ntlo.co.za\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">NTLO Enterprises<\/span><\/a> and Braveheart Distillery, for putting their brands behind a developing brand like SPU and helping us to create a winning culture, one that is distinct in its camaraderie, resilience and shared sense of purpose.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Dirk Potgieter, Chairperson of SPU Rugby, expressed deep appreciation for the sponsors&#8217; generous support which would advance SPU Rugby\u2019s ambitions.\u00a0 He praised the team for their remarkable performance this season and attributed it to them \u201cdoing little things better.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Christo Snyman of NLTO Enterprises graciously thanked SPU for the opportunity to partner with the University and encouraged the rugby team to wear their colours with honour and pride.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Head of SPU Rugby, Mr Ollie Mew, appealed to the SPU community to support the team in their quest to qualify for the 2025 Varsity Shield.\u00a0 He said that SPU Rugby was heading to a special place through their Gemmie Fire.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sol Plaatje University Rugby are having an amazing, winning season in every respect.\u00a0 They have landed three local sponsors, have had 4 incredible wins from their first 4 games and just received their new kit.\u00a0 At an event on Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/a-boost-for-spu-rugby\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":64659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4,67,57],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"coauthors":[192],"class_list":["post-64643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-news","category-sport","category-spu-student-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A boost for SPU Rugby - Sol Plaatje University<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SPU Rugby are having an amazing, winning season in every respect. 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