Posted on July 21, 2022
Revenge is a strong word, but it can be argued that it will be in the back of the minds of the Tuks players when they face Kovsies in their first encounter of the 2022 Varsity Football edition. There is a reason for it. Last year, Kovsies got the better of Tuks twice. The worst for Tuks was...
Posted on July 20, 2022
Bestmed has announced the renewal of their sponsorship of TuksSport, which will see athletes being assisted with tuition and sports and medical services. TuksSport Director and Acting CEO of the High Performance Centre, Steven Ball, always emphasises that no breakthrough in a sport just happens.
Posted on July 13, 2022
For a while, the South African men’s long jump champion, Jovan van Vuuren, has predicted that he is ready to go "big". Maybe it will happen over the weekend during the 2022 World Athletics Champs in Oregon. It certainly has been the Tuks athlete's best season to date. He set a new...
Posted on July 11, 2022
TuksWomensRugby: Riaan van der Merwe impressed with Kemisetso Baloyi at the 2022 Brussel's International Rugby 7's in Belgium It was close but no cigar for the Delta Drone TuksWomensRugby 7’s team as they lost against Rugban in the final of the 2022 Brussel's International Rugby 7's in...
Posted on July 05, 2022
The quality of a person's life is directly proportional to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavour. The 2022 TuksCricket Women's Player of the Year, Gandhi Jafta, has taken the words of the renowned Vince Lombardi to heart in everything she does. To her,...
Posted on July 04, 2022
Stephan ‘Karools’ Smit of TuksRugby, looks up to the All Blacks legend, Richie McCaw. Karools is the captain of Tuks in the 2022 USSA Rugby Championships - Men's 15s
Posted on July 01, 2022
A lot can happen in seven days. Ask Geronay Michaela Whitebooi (TuksSport High School matriculant & TuksJudo graduate), and she will tell you she has won her first fight at the recent Ulaanbaatar Grand Slam 2022, which helped improve her international ranking by five positions. The Tuks...
Posted on June 29, 2022
A good "push, hit and never quit" hockey game on any Astroturf is guaranteed to get Tegan Fourie's blood rushing. When the TuksHockey captain dribbles the ball past opponents, most will not realise what a remarkable story she has to tell. It is one in which the words never quit is spelt in...
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 June 20, 2022
TuksSwimming: Rocco Meiring confirms that Tatjana Schoenmaker is competing at the 2022 FINA World Championships in Budapest The 200m breaststroke world record holder and Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion, Tatjana Schoenmaker, has decided not to compete at the 19th FINA World Championships in...
Posted on June 16, 2022
Losing a 20km walk race by a hundredth of a second at the recent 2022 African Athletics Championships in Mauritius could be considered a setback, but the result does not faze, Wayne Snyman, as he has a definite goal. The 37-year-old and two-time South African race walking champion plans to...
Posted on June 15, 2022
TuksFootball: “Playing as a goalkeeper means you got the best position on the field,” says Thakasani Mbanjwa, AmaTuks goalkeeper. 90 minutes of faultless football, or to be more exact, a draw, is what AmaTuks need if they want to secure the DStv Premiership promotion.
Posted on June 14, 2022
TuksWomensRugby: "Big hits and sidesteps" get Kemisetso Baloyi's adrenaline pumping When Kemisetso Baloyi of Delta Drone TuksWomensRugby 7s, walks down a street, few would guess that rugby is her game and that she will represent South Africa at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games at the end...
Posted on June 13, 2022
TuksJudo: Breytenbach twins set to make sports history at Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games in England Brothers or sisters representing South Africa at the Commonwealth Games in the same sports teams are nothing new. Still, when Thomas and Donné Breytenbach (now TuksSport High School...
Posted on June 04, 2022
TuksSwimming: The 18-year-old, Pieter Coetzé, sights are set on medalling at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. The results of the recent 2022 Mare Nostrum Swim Series in Europe prove it. The Tuks swimmer won five gold, two silver, and three bronze medals in the backstroke events. His...
Posted on June 03, 2022
TuksAthletics: Prudence Sekgodiso will make her Diamond League debut in Rabat The 20-year-old, current TuksAthletics club member, Prudence Sekgodiso (TuksSport High School matriculant & TuksAthletics Academy graduate), has done what no other South African athlete could do this season. That...
Posted on June 01, 2022
Thomas Breytenbach of TuksJudo, is among the Tuks judokas who medalled medals at the recent 2022 African Senior Judo Champs in Algeria
Posted on May 25, 2022
TuksHockey: Pure passion is why Jean-Leigh du Toit will represent South Africa at her second FIH Women’s World Cup tournament this year The one thing that becomes abundantly clear when talking with Jean-Leigh du Toit is that hockey is genuinely her first love. In July, she will represent...
Posted on May 25, 2022
TuksJudo: Charné Griesel wants to change Eersterust youngsters' lives through judo Charné Griesel has her sights set on winning a medal at the 2022 African Senior Judo Championships in Algeria. She aims to use her victory to fight against drug abuse in Eersterust. The 21-year-old, Tuks...
Posted on May 23, 2022
One of the earliest things Donovan Ferreira learned when playing for Tuks was to make every opportunity count and it stood him in good stead. Last month, he was crowned as the Titans Men’s T20 Player of the Year and recently he was awarded the TuksCricket Puma Player of the Year award for...
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