Posted on January 31, 2021
The South African men's 4x100m relay team will medal at the World Relay Championships in Poland in May and at the Tokyo Olympic Games. Given South Africa's 4x100m-relay team's performance history, it is a bold statement to make. To Danie Cornelius, the national relay team's manager, it is a near...
Posted on January 29, 2021
Many years ago, a young boy in Ladysmith loved nothing more than to do all kinds of sports and dive into swimming pools. Like many youngsters, he had hoped to become one of the best. When he realised early on it would not happen, he did not get discouraged. Through his participation, he had...
Posted on January 22, 2021
Perfect judo is not going to cut it. It is the conclusion Michaela Whitebooi came to in her quest to qualify for the Tokyo Olympic Games. The Tuks judoka seemingly could do no wrong towards the end of last year. She won three tournaments in Africa on the trot. What excited her was winning gold...
Posted on January 16, 2021
The South African 100m-hurdles record-holder, Rikenette Steenkamp's plans of maybe competing indoors in Europe got derailed when she tested positive for COVID-19. The Puma-Tuks athlete has been confined to bed for the past week due to severe headaches and other flu-like symptoms. Her energy...
Posted on January 14, 2021
Emile Erasmus of Tuks, could be described as the South African sprinter who got lost in action, but it will be a mistake to forget about the "big man". COVID-19 pandemic allowing 2021 could be the year in which he resumes his battle with the stopwatch in earnest. If he "wins" it is guaranteed...
Posted on January 12, 2021
Nicholas Stothard is a UP-Tuks alumni, holding two qualifications - BCom Recreation & Sports Management and BCom Honours Marketing Management. In 2013 and 2014, playing as a goalkeeper, he was part of the Tuks team that won the Varsity Football tournament. Having been more passionate about...
Posted on November 19, 2020
Fundiswa Hlobo is a TuksAthletics Academy Manager at TuksSport. Last year, she served as a Team Leader of the USSA Athletics team at the World University Games in Napoli, Italy.
Posted on November 19, 2020
The Safa Girls Soccer Academy based at Tuks is where talented players become match winners, or so it seems, judging by Banyana Banyana's heroics.
Posted on November 16, 2020
Winning can be addictive. Anyway, so it seems as over the weekend during the Dakar Open Judo Tournament Michaela Whitebooi won gold.
Posted on November 04, 2020
Michaela Whitebooi's quest to become an Olympian starts in earnest over the weekend when she steps onto the mats to compete in the Yaounde African Open Judo Tournament in Cameroon.
Posted on October 27, 2020
Tuks teammates produce two standout swims at SA short-course championships.
Posted on October 27, 2020
Tatjana Schoenmaker's hobby seems to be setting new breaststroke records.
Posted on October 08, 2020
Making sure the "numbers add up" is something the 19-year-old TuksNetball player Tracey Mthunzi is passionate about.
Posted on October 05, 2020
Marteleze van Graan is a Sport Psychologist at SEMLI, and registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as a Counselling Psychologist in independent practice. She holds a BSocSci in Sport Psychology, BSocSci Honours, and MA Counselling Psychology with a specialization in...
Posted on October 01, 2020
The former Comrades champion Charne Bosman (Murray&Roberts) can be forgiven if she has started her own personal countdown to 18 October.
Posted on September 26, 2020
Tatjana Schoenmaker (TuksSwimming) surprised herself yesterday during the trials for the South African Shortcourse Championships by setting an Africa as well as a new national record in the 200m breaststroke.
Posted on September 23, 2020
On 10 October the Bulls will take on Griquas in a Currie Cup encounter at Loftus. It is, however, not going to stop Jake White and Dr Henning Gericke from running the Optimum Meiringspoort Virtual Race.
Posted on September 18, 2020
Akani Simbine (Adidas-Tuks) assured another career first last night in Rome when he won the 100 metres during a Diamond League Meeting.
Posted on September 18, 2020
The Covid-19 virus could not stop TuksGolf's head coach, Llewellyn van Leeuwen, from helping to guide George Coetzee to win the Portuguese Masters Tournament last weekend.
Posted on September 17, 2020
Every so often, the media would go big on a story about a well-known athlete or player who is in a race against time to be fit for a vital encounter.
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