TuksFootball Ladies Team - University of Pretoria Archived Website

Transcript TuksFootball Ladies Team - University of Pretoria Archived Website

TuksFootball Ladies Team “Second to none and leading the way” TuksFootball Ladies AmaTuks

TuksFootball – In Brief…

Vision

To be a pioneering and leading programme that ensures a holistic development of footballers with aspirations to be excellent performers and worthy role models for youth, club and country.

Mission

To facilitate the development of footballers by providing programmes and services that lead to performances at various levels of competition for students, juniors and professional players so they excel at all levels of football during their participation years, and in life after sport.

TuksFootball – In Brief…

Values Excellence

-Technical aspects of coaching and support. Academic excellence and life skills. Role modelling on and off the field of play

Integrity

- Conscientious participants and support staff and volunteers

Leadership

- Creating a culture of learning, caring, support, discipline and unity

Team work

- (relating to culture) - Relationships, involvement, camaraderie, understanding collective goals and unity

Enjoyment

- Friendliness, openness and pride

Equity and fairness

- Creating equal opportunities and non discrimination

Sport Management

Organisation Administration

OUR PHILOSOPHY

Performance Management

Technical & Tactical Scientific support

Support Services

Departmental logistics Cross cutting issues

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Key areas: Sport clothing – most visible (“war cry”) Advertising boards Directional signage Naming boards Marketing material Corporate clothing Presentations OUR BRAND

CLUB STRUCTURE

6 programs make up the football club. Our focus is on the student program

WOMEN’S PROGRAM

PARTICIPATION

Highest SAFA (South African Football Association) women’s league in the country Senior Team in the programme Open to students and non-students of UP Top players in the programme (Junior & Senior internationals)

Second division for women in the country Development team Open to student & non-students of UP (Tuks students and high school learners) Regional League (SAFA Tshwane) Exceptional players promoted to senior team

PARTICIPATION

USSA Gauteng Football League (March – September )

• 12 institutions (each institution has 2 teams, a men’s team and a women’s team) • 11 provincial league matches, then semi final and final • 3 provincial slots in the national tournament • Qualification for National University Club Championships

USSA Football National Club Championships

32 teams

(December each year)

– 16 men’s team & 16 women’s teams from around the country 4 groups of four teams – round robin then knock-out stages Winner declared national champion

PARTICIPATION

1. Annual Women’s Day Tournament in Mamelodi (August) 2. Engen Knockout Challenge at Wits University, Johannesburg (September) 3. Stix Morewa Challenge in Soweto (October)

STRUCTURE SAFA

u19 SAFA Academy

TuksFootball Women’s program

Provincial League (Gauteng) Regional League (Tshwane) Campus league (Students) Schools/Junior Program OutReach Programs

USSA Competitions

• CUCSA Games = Zone 6 Games • FASU Games = All Africa Games • FISU Games = Olympics

ACADEMICS

The system is set up in a manner that helps players through the tertiary education system. Players are required to maintain a minimum 60% average to continue playing in the programme.

We also offer partial bursaries to our top performers • • • • • Some Graduates include Nomathemba “Lanka” Ntsibande, Simphiwe Dludlu, – B Sport Sci Kgaugelo “Jemba Jemba” Mokhwazo – BSc Chemical Engineering Zilungile Mzizi – Social Work Pearl Mosoane & Mampho Molekane – Microbiology Tshegofatso Taukobong & Marcia Dludlu – Education

MARKETING & MEDIA EXPOSURE

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Print Media Perdeby

(campus newspaper) ,

The Star

(every Saturday after AmaTuesdayz),

Sowetan

• Club Website. (

www.up.ac.za/football )

• Key people in the programme such as Simphiwe Dludlu make TV & Radio appearances • USSA Gauteng Football League (AmaTuesday) website:

www.gfl.leaguerepublic.com

fixtures and result also on SuperSport Website in the schools section • Women’s Programme brochure • Programme Facebook page,

TuksFootball Ladies Team

, ( over 1300 followers to date) • Significant Branding Exposure: • 40 000 Full time students + 4000 staff members • 10 000 athletes on the sports grounds weekly • 500 000+ visitors to the Sports Campus per annum • Video Clips of matches and training sessions on

YouTube

www.youtube.com/user/Tuks Football ladies

“JUNIOR PROGRAM”

Different for girls – league system will work better • platform for more girls to participate • participants play against peers • feeder system/structure for the women’s programme • coaching & administration also a priority • 7-a-side league format

LEAGUE STRUCTURE

• The league will play over 5 weeks • A minimum of 8 teams, play round robin. If the league has more than 8 teams they will be divided into groups •On match day teams converge on one playing venue • On match day a team will play 2 matches (or 3 depending on number of teams) • At the end of the league the league winners converge at to play the

“Champions Cup

” – 1 day tournament played by the league winners • Overall league winner

League Champion

Champions Cup