Posted on February 13, 2023
En-garde, pret, allez" are three words guaranteed to get Jason Visser's adrenaline pumping. And with good reason. The first-year BSc Sport Science student at Tuks is an avid fencer. When a referee utters these words to start a fencing duel, it is as if he goes into the "zone". During an...
Posted on June 24, 2022
Next month in Cairo, Egypt, the Tuks fencer will represent South Africa at the 68th World Fencing Championships. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it will only be the second time in four years, that she gets to test her skills against international opponents. This past weekend, van den Berg...
Posted on July 24, 2021
A total of 25 athletes from the University of Pretoria (UP) and six alumni are participating in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics from Saturday. In addition to the competing athletes, eight TuksSport coaches will be in Tokyo to provide advice to the athletes, along with a Tuks referee to ensure the...
Posted on January 14, 2021
The world's best fencers tend to get focussed the moment. Andrei Kovrijnykh, TuksFencing head coach, says "en-garde" as no one wants to make a mistake when one of the most respected referees watches your every move. He is undoubtedly one of the best. At the end of last year, he was rated one...
Posted on July 20, 2020
"En-garde, pret, allez" are three words that are guaranteed to get Janali van den Berg's adrenaline pumping.
Posted on May 21, 2020
When a few Tuks fencers decided in 1950, it was high time to start their own club they would not have known the impact their initiative was going to have on the sport.
Posted on February 05, 2020
Many might believe you can't do much in a mere millisecond, but in fencing, it is all it takes to win or lose a contest.
Posted on July 08, 2019
Natania Bester's hunger to get people to take note of fencing as a sport at Tuks helped her to win no less than three medals during the USSA Tournament in Cape Town.
Posted on April 15, 2019
The 17-year old Tuks fencer, Christiaan Bester, impressed over the weekend with his 12th place finish during the World Junior and Cadet Championships in Torun, Poland.
Posted on April 02, 2019
Two Tuks fencers, Christiaan and Natania Bester, are on a quest to do what only one South African fencer has been able to achieve and that is to win a medal at a World Championship Tournament.
Posted on December 05, 2018
The infamous exploits of the “Three Musketeers” and other Hollywood sword-wielding heroes are the reason why Husna Moosa and Sharon Odegoke decided to take up fencing.
Posted on April 26, 2018
Not getting the results he was hoping for at the World Fencing Championships held in Verona, Italy has made Christiaan Bester hungrier than ever to succeed.
Posted on March 14, 2018
Natania and Christiaan Bester were the only TUKS Athletes to represent South Africa at the Junior African Fencing Championship held in Lagos Nigeria from 1 to 5 March.
Posted on February 28, 2018
Natania and Christiaan Bester to represent SA at the Junior African Champs in early March and at the Junior World Championships in April
Posted on February 28, 2018
TuksFencing achieved the 2nd place overall on the medal standings.
Posted on January 22, 2018
Janale van den Berg, a second-year dentistry student at Tuks recently won Fencing Marathon Tournament in Prague.
Posted on March 14, 2017
The Besters collected medals at 2017 Junior Africa Fencing Champs in Cote d’Ivoire
Posted on March 25, 2014
We are proud to announce that the following TuksFencers received medals at the Junior & Cadet Africa Fencing Championships that took place from 1 - 4 March 2014 in Cairo, Eqypt
Posted on February 19, 2014
The Cape Open, a National Ranking event, was held on 15 & 16 February 2014 at Christel House School in Ottery, Cape Town.
Posted on July 11, 2013
The All Africa Fencing Championships was attended by teams from 22 African countries. It is the largest fencing event ever hosted on the African continent, in terms of countries which participated.
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