Great return for Wits Sport at 2021 USSA’s Tournaments
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6 Wits teams participated in USSA events and returned with 4 medals. Two gold and two bronze.
Wits Basketball once again dominated a USSA tournament with the men winning gold and the women bronze. The men played neighbours UJ for the gold medal. After taking the lead in the third quarter, the Witsies made sure to hang on until the last whistle. Final Score: WITS 54-48 UJ.
Wits Hockey also walked away with two medals. The Men’s 1st team beat Maties 4-0 to win the bronze medal. The Witsies were without a shadow off a doubt one of the best team in the competition and extremely unlucky to not play in the final. In a feel-good story the Wits Men’s 2nd team played in the USSA B-Section and walked away with the gold medal after dominating all opposition in the week. The Women’s 1st team finished in 5th position which was also an improvement from the previous tournament in 2019.
Another highlight was the Wits Netball team that finished 7th in the annual USSA tournament, their highest finish in many-many years. More importantly however they qualified for Varsity Netball for the very first time. Considering they finished 19th at the 2018 event this is an amazing turn around story.