Athi Mayinje

• Developed high-performing teams by providing mentorship, guidance, and opportunities for professional growth. For The Mens and Women’s programs
• Cultivated a positive team environment that fostered increased play engagement, increased retention rates and quality of rugby.
• Improved programme efficiency with setting out of sub-committee teams driving different aspect of the club.
• Enhanced team collaboration through regular communication, goal setting, team evaluation.
• Head coach/player of the Men’s 1st XV

• To coach and build a strong environment that yields growth and Professionalism.
• To monitor and track athlete development, working hand in hand with HPC team of sports scientists.
• Co-ordinate and drive recruitment and scouting processes and pathways.

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• Directed Execution of the Siyaphakama Zwide Schools Project for the Kolisi Foundation.
• Developed a community sports program post-COVID from the ground up in Zwide (Eastern Cape).
• Coordinated youth coaches delivering physical education and after-school sports in 6 different sports across 6 Siyaphakama schools.
• Upskilled coaches, established leagues, and created pathways for youth to access provincial teams and scholarships.
• Benefited over 4,000 children since the program's start in 2022.
• Led the Women in Sport Initiative in partnership with Nelson Mandela University:
• Provided high-performance testing and capacity building to 3 local clubs via the university’s sports science department.
• Part of the procurement team that developed the first full-sized artificial rugby field in the Eastern Cape (Zwide).
• Managed storytelling and promotion of the program through social media and the content team.

Founded an organisation that uses sport as a vehicle to bring about social change in the community of motherwell. A under-resourced community in Port Elizabeth South Africa.

• Established the Rugby4WomenEmpowerment program catering for schools and being a feeder for the community club women’s team, The Motherwell Jaguars.

•Use rugby as a vehicle to holistically develop and support the the girl child.

• Track monitor, athletic, academic, and psycho-social development of beneficiaries.

• Collaboration with various stakeholders to ensure program growth and operations.

• Developed and direct European volunteer exchange program.

•Develop elite level rugby females. In 2 years we have produced 8 National Junior players and have taken close to 90 provincial spots across all age groups.

• Establish social initiatives like LSA Christmas Drive that serves over 3000 beneficiaries on Christmas Day with toys, food and clothing.

I have not only served EPRU as a player but transitioned into a coach in a number of coaching and management roles over the years.

• EPRU u17 7ns Manager - 2018

• EPRU u17 7ns Manager - 2019

• EPRU Girls Rugby u16/u18 Coach - 2024 (unbeaten)

• EPRU Women’s Rugby u20 Head Coach - 2024

• EPRU Queens Senior Women’s Assistant Coach - 2025

• Work with clients on improving their position specific rugby skills.

• Link them with training programs.

• Have worked with professional athletes such as Curwin Bosch and Junior Pokomela

• Currently work with school boys from across the city.

• Ages ranging from 9- adulthood.

• Represented Eastern Province from the age of 12 years old till 27 years old. Playing through all the ranks.

• Won the u19 Currie Cup Premier division for the first time in history.

• 2019 I was Currie Cup 1st division top try scorer

• 2019 I was also nominated as the Currie Cup 1st division player of the, in a tournament the featured the jaguars from Argentina.

• Developed the Siyaphakama sporting program.

• Recruitment of 21 coaches and co-ordinating that process

• Establishing sporting structures in the community and schools in these sports: Rugby boys and girls, soccer, netball, athletics, cricket.

• Co-ordinating leagues and fixtures for representative teams

• Administration of Co-ordinations of leagues, fixture, teams, equipment.