Annual Tri-varsity and moments of madness...

Being part of the vibe, celebrating, partying, wearing overalls, feeling patriotic, enjoying drinks, oh, and watching a bit of sport, is what the annual Tri-varsity event is all about. The University of Fort Hare, Rhodes University and of course the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University get together every year in August to hold this fun event. This year Tri-varsity took place on the 17th and 18th of August. Tri-Varsity is a marathon of sporting events where teams from all sorts of sport codes battle it out over a two day period. One of the funny things about tri-varsity is that not many of the spectators actually attend because of the sport. Tri-varsity is more about having the party of a lifetime and creating a memorable student experience with your friends. This ‘party of a lifetime’ mentality is often taken to the extreme as you see students behaving like people that have been let out of a cage! Thank goodness this period of absolute craziness only lasts for a weekend (well for NMMU and Fort Hare at least, I personally think that the Rhodes University students are more used to this kind of madness) otherwise a lot more people would end up with criminal records that range from drinking in public to indecent exposure.
With that said, I still think that tri-varsity is a lot of fun and it is always memorable. I play club hockey for NMMU, so our team went to the event in Grahamstown last year and it was a weekend that I will never forget. This year the event was held at the NMMU campus and it was just as much fun! I know that I will never experience anything quite like tri-varsity and I hope that all the students that attended made just as many memories as I did.

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