Posted on October 14, 2021
#TuksAthletics: Come 2022, Werner Prinsloo wants Akani Simbine to be consistent when he races Next year, consistency and not medals will be the main focus when South Africa's fastest man, Akani Simbine, lines up to race the 100 metres. Some might ask why. The Tuks based sprinter has, after...
Posted on October 11, 2021
The Delta Drone TuksWomensRugby sevens team, under the captaincy of Sesihle Maguga, has qualified to compete at the 2022 FISU University World Cup Rugby 7s in Russia after winning the 2021 Kings of Africa University Rugby 7s tournament in Kampala, Uganda. Riaan van der Merwe, Tuks head coach,...
Posted on October 05, 2021
#TuksFootball: Tuks lost and gained status in the 2021 Women’s Varsity Football final and The statistics of the Varsity Women’s Football tournament will show that the Tuks women's football team lost to UWC in the 2021-final, but it is not always a true reflection of what happened...
Posted on October 05, 2021
#TuksJudo: Breytenbach twins all set for the 2021 World Junior Judo Championships in Italy No South African judoka has ever won a medal at the World Judo Championships. It is a statistic that Donné Breytenbach hopes to change from Wednesday when she competes in Italy. She is one of five...
Posted on September 26, 2021
#TuksRowing: The Tuks men’s crew wins the 12th title at the 2021 USSA Boat Race Championships After winning the men's race yesterday during the USSA Boat Regatta in Port Alfred, the Tuks men's A-rowing crew can claim to be "12 not out". Amazingly, the only thing that has kept on...
Posted on September 25, 2021
#TuksSwimming: The 17-year old, Pieter Coetzé, qualifies to compete in four events at the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) in UAE The youngest male swimmer in South Africa's Olympic team to Tokyo, Pieter Coetzé, has qualified to compete in four events at the World Short Course...
Posted on September 23, 2021
#TuksSport: “The culture at TuksRowing will always be to get ourselves prepared the best we can be.” — Mpumi Geza, Tuks head coach The number 12 will undoubtedly be significant to Tuks men's A-rowing crew when competing at the 2021 USSA Boat Race Championships in Port Alfred....
Posted on September 16, 2021
#TuksAthletics: "I feel like a 'newborn baby' who has got to relearn how to train," says Carina Horn The South African women's record holder over 100 metres, Carina Horn, is back on the athletics track after two years. She got suspended in September 2019 after testing positive for the...
Posted on September 15, 2021
#TuksSwimming: “I would not be a gold medallist and have earned a degree if it was not for UP and TuksSport,” says Tatjana Schoenmaker The University of Pretoria (UP) recently welcomed Tatjana Schoenmaker back to her alma mater when the country’s golden girl lunched with the...
Posted on September 09, 2021
#TuksFootball: Blessing Mabasa aims to lead Tuks by example in the 2021 Varsity Football competition A good captain leads by example, is confident but also humble, and knows how to motivate teammates. These were the TuksSport High School matriculant & TuksFootball Academy graduate,...
Posted on September 05, 2021
#TuksNetball: “Naturally, I want the teams I coach to win every time they play,” says Jenny van Dyk ahead of the 2021 Telkom Netball League Can the Jaguars be stopped? This will be the big question from Sunday when the first leg of the 2021 Telkom Netball League is played at the...
Posted on September 03, 2021
#TuksFootball: Tuks vs TUT is the Match of the Day for Round 1 of the 2021 Varsity Football in Pretoria TuksFootball will kick off their 2021 Varsity Football campaign playing against TUT at Tuks Stadium on Wednesday, 8 September. The clash is famously known as the ‘Tshwane...
Posted on September 03, 2021
#TuksAthletics: Ntando Mahlangu wins his second gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympic Games in Japan Ntando Mahlangu streaked to a second gold medal this afternoon, winning the men’s T61 200 metres in 23.59s at the Tokyo Paralympic Games. He timed his acceleration to perfection. With 50...
Posted on August 29, 2021
#TuksAthletics: Daniel Du Plessis hopes to inspire during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics in Japan Daniel du Plessis made a decision eight years ago to amputate his legs. It changed his life as he will be making his Paralympic debut when he lines up to race the men's 100m T64 in Tokyo.
Posted on August 28, 2021
#TuksAthletics: Ntando Mahlangu coached from Pretoria to set a world record at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in Japan When Ntando Mahlangu jumped 7.17 metres, setting a world record to win gold in the men’s T63 long jump at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Japan there, was a moment of...
Posted on August 26, 2021
#TuksSwimming: 17 years of perseverance is the reason why Hendrik van der Merwe is competing at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics in Japan Rumour has it that Hendrik van der Merwe used to pack quite a mean punch in his younger days at school, but he was not a fighter at heart, so he took up...
Posted on August 25, 2021
#TuksArchery: Shaun Anderson wants to honour dad’s memory at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in Japan When Shaun Anderson takes aim on Friday during the Paralympic archery competition, he will do so in honour of his dad, who passed away due to contracting the COVID-19 virus. "My dad...
Posted on August 24, 2021
#TuksTennis: Kgothatso Montjane will be playing to make South Africa proud at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics in Japan Being a trailblazer in women's wheelchair tennis has become second nature to Kgothatso Montjane of TuksTennis, who is part of the Tennis South Africa (TSA) high-performance...
Posted on August 24, 2021
#TuksAthletics: Ntando Mahlangu sights set on winning gold in the men’s 200m T61 at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in Japan Not that he ever would, but Ntando Mahlangu can claim he had achieved more in 19 years than most people would in a lifetime. When only 14, he won a silver medal...
Posted on August 16, 2021
The Tuks sprinter, Benjamin Richardson (who is a TuksSport High School learner-athlete part of the TuksAthletics Academy), will race to win from Wednesday when he competes in the 100 metres at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya. "The goal is always gold. It does not...
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