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Sport
27 January 2026
Sport
Join one of the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) sporting codes, stay fit and healthy and have loads of fun in the process.
UCT has a catalogue of over 30 sport clubs, with a total membership of around 9 000 students and staff. This provides a great opportunity to continue participating in the sport you loved at school or to experience something completely new.
These clubs range from the traditional sporting codes such as rugby, hockey, soccer, archery and rowing to the non-traditional codes such as Ultimate Frisbee, underwater, para sport and eSport.
Sports and recreation provide for all levels of competition from purely social programmes through to high-performance sport.
Get involved with UCT ParaSports – even if you do not have a disability.
Sport facilities
Our facilities are spread across our campus, from lower campus all the way up to upper campus and as far afield as a mountain hut near Ceres.
Sport facilities include:
- astro turf hockey and football pitches
- indoor sports complex
- tennis and netball courts
- rugby and cricket fields and facilities.
UCT sport also has direct access to:
- L26 keel boat and sailing dinghies
- ocean-going dive boats
- Sports Science Institute of South Africa.
We also have a fitness centre which consists of a gym that is comprised of a weights training area, CrossFit and high-intensity interval training (HIIT), cardio and circuit training areas, and a studio for aerobics classes.
This centre also has access to a swimming pool as well as a sand volleyball court.
Join the club
Access the comprehensive list of what is on offer at UCT.
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