#TuksNetball: Tuks face a tough challenge to qualify for the 2022 Varsity Netball semi-finals

Posted on September 30, 2022

120 minutes of near-perfect netball is what is required from Tuks to qualify for the semi-finals of the 2022 Varsity Netball edition. Things will come to a boil when the eight teams clash in the tournament's last pool games over the weekend in Bloemfontein. There is a lot at stake. So far,...

#TuksFootball: Teamwork is the reason why Tuks, under the headship of Maude Khumalo, are the 2022 Gauteng Sasol League champions

Posted on September 19, 2022

One thing that matters to the TuksFootball head coach, Maude Khumalo, is teamwork because it makes dream work. "You may have the most incredible number of individual stars, but the team won't amount to anything if they don't play as a team. It is often said that talent wins games, but teamwork...

#TuksJudo: Geronay Michaela Whitebooi has withdrawn from competing at the 2022 World Judo Championships next month

Posted on September 14, 2022

After winning gold at the recent Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games in England, Geronay Michaela Whitebooi of TuksJudo, set herself the challenge and that is to be at her best level every time she competes. She has opted not to compete at the upcoming 2022 World Judo Championships in Uzbekistan....

#TuksNetball: "Our goal will be to try and play at a high intensity in every game,” says Jenny Van Dyk ahead of the 2022 Varsity Netball tournament

Posted on September 12, 2022

TuksNetball hopes to get going when the going gets tough during the 2022 Varsity Netball tournament but it is not going to be easy. If there is one phrase the Tuks head coach, Jenny van Dyk, dislikes to use, it is that her team is in a rebuilding phase. Unfortunately, for now, it is what it is....

#TuksWomensRugby: Nolwazi Hlabangane is set to make her Rugby World Cup Sevens debut for the Springbok Women’s Sevens in Cape Town

Posted on September 08, 2022

It is funny how perceptions about sports can change. A few years back, Nolwazi Hlabangane thought rugby was a sport where the only goal was to kill your opponent to be in control of the ball. Nowadays, Hlabangane is the one "doing the killing". She is seemingly quite good at it. The Delta...

#TuksFootball: Scoring his first Varsity Football goal in Tuks colours is something special for Marco Giuricich

Posted on September 05, 2022

Marco Giuricich might be a novice in playing Varsity Football, but from a Tuks perspective, he is slowly getting his rhythm and knowing what the tournament was all about. He is the one who scored the winning goal in the dying seconds against TUT in Round 5. It was undoubtedly a significant...

#TuksSport: Marlize de Bruin quits netball to play sevens rugby for the Springbok Women’s Sevens

Posted on August 31, 2022

Marlize de Bruin has decided to quit netball to focus on playing sevens rugby. Doing so, she proved ‘change is as good as a holiday'. She will represent the Springbok Women’s Sevens at the 2022 Rugby World Cup in Cape Town. De Bruin got her first taste of international rugby in...

#TuksAthletics: Coaching jumpers to medal is truly a passion for Neil Cornelius

Posted on August 22, 2022

Since 2016, name a South African coach who has athletes medalling at the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, World Athletics Championships and the Commonwealth Games? There is a real chance that very few sports fans will know the answer to this. At the same time, it does not faze Neil Cornelius...