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The Stellenbosch University
Sport Performance Institute (SUSPI) has a diverse client base that
comprises various members of the sporting community. These include national and international federations, high performance academies, professional
teams, and a number of individual athletes. Other
clients include the ABSA Cape Epic, as well as the various sports teams
from the University of Stellenbosch (Maties) – a world-renowned sport
university with a proud sporting heritage.
It is important to note that,
while SUSPI's client base includes numerous "high-profile"
clients, we also cater for schools, health conscious individuals, as well
as the average sportsman who simply wants to reach his sporting potential.
Some of our clients include
the following:
National
/ International Federations:
International Rugby Board (IRB)
 SUSPI has hosted exciting
talent identification programmes presented by the IRB. These programmes
aimed to establish a development pipeline for the next generation of high
performance rugby coaches and referees in Africa and other developing rugby
nations.
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South African Sports
Association for the Physically Disabled
 SUSPI currently provides a
wide range of services to a number of athletes with disabilities. A number
of these athletes formed part of South Africa's highly successful
Paralympic team that finished sixth on the medals table at the 2008 Beijing
Paralympic Games.
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South African Hockey
 Both the Senior and U/21 South
African National Women's Hockey sides have made regular use of SUSPI's
service offerings, visiting the Coetzenburg Sport Campus for training camps
as part of their preparation for international competitions. The National
Men's U/21 team has also trained in Stellenbosch.
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South African Rugby
 The highly successful
Springbok Sevens team currently uses SUSPI as a training base as part of
their preparation for the IRB's International Sevens circuit. The team
makes use of a full suite of services, including accommodation, fields, the
gymnasium, medical support and recovery. The South African national
ladies' rugby team has also visited SUSPI on various occasions for training
and sport science testing. We have also prepared the South African Schools,
-Academy, and –Student teams for their respective international encounters
by providing services in recovery and sports medicine.
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High Performance Academies:
Western Province Rugby Institute
 The Western Province Rugby
Institute is charged with finding and developing the top young rugby talent
in the Western Cape, thereby acting as a feeding pipeline for one of South Africa's most hallowed rugby franchises, namely Western Province. The Institute currently uses
SUSPI as a base for ten months of the year, while also utilising a
comprehensive suite of services in the fields of sport science and
medicine.
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Western Cape Sport Academy
 The Western Cape Sport Academy
(WECSA) strives to develop excellence in sport through the coordination and
facilitation of services to athletes, coaches, officials and
administrators. SUSPI has provided sports science services to WECSA in the
codes of badminton, netball and volleyball.
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Professional Teams:
The following professional teams have visited the sport campus
within the last two years for training and/or SUSPI services.
German National Women's Hockey Team
 The German National Women's
Hockey team recently trained in Stellenbosch as part of their preparation
to play against their South African counterparts – a contest that also took
place at the Coetzenburg Sport Campus.
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Kaizer Chiefs Football Club
 Over the past few years Kaizer
Chiefs have trained in Stellenbosch on three occasions – twice as
preparation for the Vodacom Challenge, a three-team pre-season exhibition
tournament, and once as part of their mid-season preparation during the
local league season.
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Other
Clients:
Absa Cape Epic
 The ABSA Cape Epic
is the largest mountain bike stage race in the world, with more than 1000
riders competing over a distance of 900 km in a 9-day period. For the past
three years SUSPI has been the official provider of physiotherapy and sport
massage services to the riders during the event.
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Stellenbosch University Sport
Teams (Maties)
 Stellenbosch University has a proud
sporting heritage, with many of its teams having achieved great success
over the years. SUSPI currently provides a wide variety of services to a
number of these teams, including the codes of rugby, hockey, netball,
swimming and football, among others.
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