That forever quest for perfection is the reason why the players of TuksNetball is having a near-perfect season.
The Jaguars won the Brutal Fruit Netball Tournament and Gauteng the Provincial Championships. The core of both teams were Tuks-players.
What is even more impressive is that it was Jenny van Dyk (TuksNetball head coach) who was the mastermind behind the two team’s success. She did so by leaving absolutely nothing to chance.
“Our success can be ascribed to the fact that we were prepared to go back to the proverbial drawing board leaving absolutely nothing to chance. It was all about marginal gain in the build-up to both tournaments.”
“In not one game did we think about the outcome. The challenge we set ourselves was to make sure we improved our standard of play in each quarter by at least 1%,” explained Van Dyk.
Through this approach, Van Dyk and the players proved that success begets success. Ine-Mari Venter and Erin Burger (Tuks Jnr HP Coach) will represent the SPAR Proteas in the Quadrangle Tournament in Australia and New Zealand.
They were not the only Tuks players to impress the selectors. Chene Gissing (SA 19 squad); Akosua Mensah; Anique Grobler, Chante Louw, Jasmine Ziegelmeier, Juzelri Garbers and Shongile Hlungwana (were all selected for the Proteas under-21 squad); while Marlize de Bruin, Renske Stoltz, Shadine van der Merwe and Tshinakaho Mdau (all selected to be part of Protea senior squad).
Other notable achievements were TuksNetball finishing fourth at the USSA Tournament, during the same time which the Gauteng Jaguars competed in the SuperClub Championship in New Zealand ending 7th. The Tuks players also instrumental in helping the Gauteng Under-21 Team to win a silver medal at the provincial tournament and the Senior B-team to win a bronze medal at the same championships.
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