Posted on January 22, 2024
Making a difference in people's lives through football is Boitumelo Lekalakala's passion. In December, she was awarded the Hollywoodbets Super League Administrator of the Season 2023. That simply sends a statement that she must be doing something right behind the scenes as the TuksFootball Club...
Posted on January 15, 2024
If ever there was a time for swimmers to make sports history, it is 2024, as, for the first time, it is possible to win a world championship and Olympic medal in the same year. The 2024 World Aquatics Championships are in February in Doha, while the Paris Olympic Games start in July. In the...
Posted on December 20, 2023
The Tuks long-distance runner, Collins Kgadima, will undoubtedly agree that behind every successful man, there stands a woman. In his case, there are two women. This past weekend, at the 2023 USSA Cross Country Championships in Bloemfontein, he won the men's 10km title and placed second in the...
Posted on December 15, 2023
The Tuks cricketers have achieved something unique this season: not losing once from January to December. A definite highlight was winning the 2023 USSA Cricket Championships in Cape Town this past weekend. Tuks beat NWU Pukke in the final. Tuks captain, Jack Lees, can be forgiven for thinking,...
Posted on December 13, 2023
UP-Tuks athletes ensured they ended 2023 with a bang by winning five USSA Championships titles in December. One of the feel-good stories is undoubtedly the performance of the TuksFootball Women. Since the 2021 Women’s Varsity Football final, UWC consistently got their best result against...
Posted on December 11, 2023
Early this month, TuksBasketball Women won the USSA Basketball 3x3 Championships, beating UJ 18-15 in the final played at Rhodes University. In 2021, Tuks played in the USSA 5x5 final. It was the first time in 11 years they did so. They did not win. VUT won 65-49, but the die was cast. The Tuks...
Posted on December 08, 2023
Third-time lucky is what the TuksWaterpolo women’s team will be hoping for when they dive in to play Maties' second stringers at the 2023 USSA Water polo Championships in Gqeberha. Tuks lost to Maties in the final in the previous two USSA tournament editions. The captain of Tuks, Maxine...
Posted on December 06, 2023
Making a difference through sport is the one thing Nhlanhla Mabaso is passionate about. But it is a case of first things first. From next week in Cape Town, he will play for Tuks at the 2023 USSA Football Championships edition. Mabaso makes no secret that he and his teammates are out to prove a...
Posted on December 05, 2023
The TuksCricket team made sure they were off to a good start, beating Wits by 59 runs and Maties by six wickets at the 2023 USSA Cricket Championships. Today in Durbanville, Cape Town, Maties batted first. From the third over, things started going wrong for Maties. Matthew Boast got the wicket of...
Posted on November 27, 2023
Statistics are a big part of cricket. There is bound to be a statistic about who is the fastest, quickest, most runs scored, and most wickets taken, to name a few. It is part of what makes cricket exciting. One statistic catches the eye when going through the recent 2023 IXU InterVarsity T20...
Posted on November 23, 2023
If there is one thing Kgahliso Shakira Mamphoke loves doing, it is sidestep and dummy with a rugby ball in hand, and she is pretty good at it. During the 2023 World University Invitational Tournament in September in France, Mamphoke was the top try scorer for the Air France TuksWomensRugby team....
Posted on November 20, 2023
‘Winning rugby’ is Dewey Swartbooi's honest answer when asked what kind of rugby he wants UP-Tuks to play next year in the Varsity Shield competition. The former Blue Bulls player is the newly appointed TuksRugby head coach. Swartbooi admits that saying he wants the team to win is a...
Posted on November 16, 2023
For Trevor De Lora, it is a chapter-closing in his student hockey career. He is completing his BEd Senior Phase studies this semester. The 2023 USSA Hockey Champs final was the last time he could play a part in helping Tuks win a student tournament. De Lora's onfield heroics are why he is the...
Posted on November 10, 2023
Libbie Janse van Rensburg has been named the TuksRugby Player of the Year 2023, becoming the first woman in the TuksRugby club’s history to be recognised for this award.
Posted on November 03, 2023
The University of Pretoria and TuksSport are pleased to announce the appointment of Dewey Swartbooi as the new head coach for TuksRugby.
Posted on November 03, 2023
The South African U-21 national field hockey team will have their work cut out on December 5 in Malaysia when they face off against Germany in Malaysia's 2023 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup. South Africa is in Pool B with their continental companion, Egypt, and the 2022 Men's EuroHockey Junior...
Posted on November 01, 2023
Congratulations to Tatjana Schoenmaker of TuksSwimming and Christian de Klerk of TuksArchery who have been named Bestmed Sportswoman of the Year and Bestmed Sportsman of the Year, respectively.
Posted on November 01, 2023
It may be too early to start thinking about New Year's resolutions and setting goals for 2024, but the long jumper Jovan van Vuuren already knows what he will do. The Tuks student-athlete plans to go big in 2024, or, more accurately, far. If he gets it right, there is a chance he could medal at...
Posted on October 24, 2023
Taking a hard knock might make many rethink their decision, but not if you are Tracey Mthunzi, because she is no quitter. Earlier this year, the UP-Tuks honours student made a life-changing decision as to her choice of sport. She put her netball tekkies away and donned a pair of rugby boots....
Posted on October 17, 2023
Liam Vehbi starred for the Tuks team during the recent 2023 USSA Swimming Championships in Gqeberha. His heroics helped the Tuks win overall. Vehbi won the 200m and 400m individual medley events and the 200m butterfly, setting two USSA records. But there is no resting on his laurels. Vehbi has...
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