Posted on July 30, 2023
Tatjana Schoenmaker concluded a unique hat trick this afternoon by winning gold in the 200-metre breaststroke at the Fukuoka 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Japan. It is the first time the 26-year-old Tuks swimmer has won a gold medal at the World Championships. The last time she competed,...
Posted on July 28, 2023
Ruan Lange sets his own goal for the FISU World University Games in China. There cannot be an argument about it. To be competitive, you must be fearless. It is all about mind over body. A millisecond of lost focus could cost points or lead to getting injured. So there is never any margin for...
Posted on July 26, 2023
Tatjana Schoenmaker and Rocco Meiring are the real deal when it comes to performing at their best when it matters most. It was proved yesterday when the Tuks swimmer won silver in the 100-meter breaststroke during the Swimming World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. Schoenmaker has now won 11...
Posted on July 24, 2023
The words no athlete ever wants to hear are, "Your career is over. You will never compete again," especially when you are in the prime of your career. Unfortunately, it does happen. In March, before the Gauteng North Athletics Championships, Jovan van Vuuren had to hear this "death sentence"...
Posted on July 18, 2023
The saying that when the going gets tough, the tough get going will undoubtedly apply to Courtney Westley in the next two weeks. The Tuks BSc Geography and Environmental Science student will compete in two rowing world championships. She is racing at the World Under-23 Championships tomorrow...
Posted on July 14, 2023
It will be a case of fools rushing in where angels fear to tread tomorrow when the 20-year-old Tory Earle runs into the sea to compete at the World Open Water Championships' 10km race in Fukuoka, Japan. The Tuks swimmer is certainly no fool. She is studying chemical engineering, after all. It...
Posted on July 12, 2023
Are you a social butterfly with a love for sports? Then maybe volleyball is the sport for you. It is undoubtedly why fifth-year Tuks medical student Danilo von Ludwiger took up the sport. He has never regretted it. "Volleyball is a sport where social interaction and physical competitiveness...
Posted on July 11, 2023
One title in the bag; now the fight to win a second title is the challenge that quite a few Tuks players will face this week during the USSA Netball Championships in Stellenbosch. On Saturday night, the Jaguars emerged victorious in the Telkom National League against the Crinums, scoring 59 to...
Posted on July 11, 2023
The Tuks men's hockey team proved by winning the USSA Tournament that long and hard hours of training do pay off.Tuks clinched the title in Durban by beating Maties 4-1 in the final. In five games, the champions scored 22 goals and only conceded six. Coach Sigz Ntuli can be forgiven for...
Posted on July 06, 2023
"Operation Comeback" starts tomorrow when the Tuks team plays Maties during the 2023 USSA Rugby 15s Championships in Durban. Labeling it as a make-or-break match for Tuks might be a bit over the top. The reality, however, is that Tuks must save face after suffering seven consecutive defeats...
Posted on July 03, 2023
The 21-year-old Marione Fourie recently set a new South African record in Switzerland when she won the women’s 100-meter hurdles in a time of 12.55 seconds. Her winning time is 0.21 seconds faster than Taylon Bieldt's record four weeks ago in Italy. The Tuks sports science student is now...
Posted on June 28, 2023
Catching a tan is not all Tuks athletes have been doing at the African Beach Games in Hammamet, Tunisia. They have also been winning medals. Amica de Jager won gold in the swimming event. Bea Meiring won silver in beach wrestling, while Alexandra Ennis teamed up with Ziyanda Gwamanda in rowing to...
Posted on June 23, 2023
Judging by her results over the last four years, the MBChB student at UP-Tuks is winning the "battle against time." In 2020, her best time in the two-lap race was 2:13.96. This season, in April, she clocked 2:03.28. It equates to being nearly 10 seconds faster than she was in 2020. Caster...
Posted on June 19, 2023
Bea Meiring proved over the weekend in Singapore during a World Series Beach Wrestling event that with the right mindset, anything can happen. The Tuks wrestler so nearly medalled. It would indeed have been a turn-up for the books if she did. Meiring only took up wrestling towards the end of...
Posted on June 16, 2023
Years ago, kids regularly kicked around a plastic bottle. It might have looked like they were only fooling around. But they were not. There was always a football game that needed to be won. One seven-year-old girl's skills caught the attention of a teacher. Asa Rabalao of TuksFootball Women is...
Posted on June 14, 2023
If Esihle Zondo's name crops up in a conversation about sports, there is a real chance that someone won't know in which sport she is representing South Africa. A logical guess is that she is an athlete or participates in ball sports. But it is incorrect. The Tuks student plays water polo. In...
Posted on June 12, 2023
If there is one thing Amica de Jager loves, it is to test her physical skills against the challenges of swimming in oceans. Off the pool, she is pursuing her MSc in Computer Science at UP-Tuks. Judging by the sports results, the Tuks student-athlete has fine-tuned the art of getting the better...
Posted on June 09, 2023
When Bea Meiring took up wrestling at the end of last year, the idea was to have fun, but things played out differently. This weekend, she will compete at the Singapore Beach Wrestling World Series. The Tuks wrestler has also been named as part of Team South Africa for the 2023 African Beach...
Posted on June 07, 2023
Taylon Bieldt recently set a new South African record when she won the women’s 100-meter hurdles with a time of 12.76 seconds at the 2° Meeting Citta' Di Lucca in Italy. The Tuks alumna’s winning time is 0.05 seconds faster than the South African record set by TuksAthletics alumna...
Posted on June 05, 2023
Eight years ago, Shakira January would have battled to keep her head above water in a swimming pool, but not anymore. A lot has changed. She is now a seasoned international water polo player. In July, the 20-year-old January and Esihle Zondo will represent South Africa in women's water polo at...
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