Posted on January 30, 2023
The 47-year-old and 2016 women’s Comrades Marathon champion, Charne Bosman, is one of the first well-known athletes to indicate that she will be running the 21.1km event of the Bestmed TuksRace on Saturday, 18 February 2023. It is no surprise. Like a bee can't resist the nectar of...
Posted on January 28, 2023
The UP-Tuks Sportsman of the Year 2022, Jovan van Vuuren, says he has kept things simple regarding his new year's resolutions as a long jumper. "Every time I line up, it will be like it is the last time I compete. I am not going to take anything for granted. A lot is at stake with the World...
Posted on January 25, 2023
While preparing for last year's IESF World Esports Championship, Armand van der Colf went to the gym three times a week and practised for nearly six hours daily. The thing is that most people will guess wrong when asked what sport the Tuks athlete is so passionate about. The most obvious...
Posted on January 23, 2023
TuksSport High School's matrics of 2022 managed to achieve a 100% pass rate, with Chris-Dian Haasbroek and fellow learner Rivers Williams passing with six distinctions each.
Posted on January 16, 2023
Running enthusiasts of all experience levels are welcome to join this fun-filled family event. Athletes can enter the 21.1km half-marathon, the 10km or 5km races, or the 1km fun run/walk.
Posted on December 12, 2022
Linda Sikweza joined the Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute - SEMLI at the University of Pretoria in 2020 as a Sport Science Intern. She holds a BA Honours in Sport Science qualification obtained at the University of Johannesburg. Having worked her way up, to date, she is a Junior...
Posted on November 19, 2022
UP-Tuks Sportswoman of the Year 2013, Nobuhle Dlamini, became the first female professional player from her country, Eswatini when she turned pro in 2014. Having graduated from the University of Pretoria, Dlamini went to the LET’s Q School and secured status then played on Tour for the...
Posted on October 10, 2022
The TuksWomensRugby player, Nadine Roos, is a Springbok Women and Sevens international player. Currently, she is part of the South African national women’s rugby team for the 2021 Rugby World Cup – women’s tournament in New Zealand. Beat France and play in the playoffs. That...
Posted on October 08, 2022
On Thursday, 6 October 2022, TuksHockey made history when their men's and women’s teams clinched their respective Varsity Hockey titles during the Varsity Sports Festival hosted at the University of Pretoria. In the history of Varsity Sports, it has not happened. The chances that men's...
Posted on October 07, 2022
Points on the "board" are guaranteed when Libbie Janse van Rensburg steps onto the field to play for the Springbok Women. On the field, she is the TuksWomensRugby Administrative Assistant & Programme Coordinator at TuksRugby. In the recent Test Series against Spain, she scored 32 points....
Posted on October 05, 2022
No second chance is the motivator for the 2022 Varsity Hockey edition at the TuksHockey Astro. The team that loses its first match will play out for third/fourth place. That is why the TuksHockey men’s head coach, Sihle ‘Sigz’ Ntuli, considers the match against Maties as a...
Posted on October 02, 2022
The TuksCricket team, under the captaincy of Jiveshan Pillay, aims to keep a unique tradition going from Monday when they contest in the 2022 Varsity Cricket edition at their home oval. To do so, means Tuks need to play in the final. Pillay considers himself privileged to have captained the...
Posted on September 30, 2022
120 minutes of near-perfect netball is what is required from Tuks to qualify for the semi-finals of the 2022 Varsity Netball edition. Things will come to a boil when the eight teams clash in the tournament's last pool games over the weekend in Bloemfontein. There is a lot at stake. So far,...
Posted on September 19, 2022
One thing that matters to the TuksFootball head coach, Maude Khumalo, is teamwork because it makes dream work. "You may have the most incredible number of individual stars, but the team won't amount to anything if they don't play as a team. It is often said that talent wins games, but teamwork...
Posted on September 14, 2022
After winning gold at the recent Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games in England, Geronay Michaela Whitebooi of TuksJudo, set herself the challenge and that is to be at her best level every time she competes. She has opted not to compete at the upcoming 2022 World Judo Championships in Uzbekistan....
Posted on September 12, 2022
TuksNetball hopes to get going when the going gets tough during the 2022 Varsity Netball tournament but it is not going to be easy. If there is one phrase the Tuks head coach, Jenny van Dyk, dislikes to use, it is that her team is in a rebuilding phase. Unfortunately, for now, it is what it is....
Posted on September 08, 2022
It is funny how perceptions about sports can change. A few years back, Nolwazi Hlabangane thought rugby was a sport where the only goal was to kill your opponent to be in control of the ball. Nowadays, Hlabangane is the one "doing the killing". She is seemingly quite good at it. The Delta...
Posted on September 05, 2022
Marco Giuricich might be a novice in playing Varsity Football, but from a Tuks perspective, he is slowly getting his rhythm and knowing what the tournament was all about. He is the one who scored the winning goal in the dying seconds against TUT in Round 5. It was undoubtedly a significant...
Posted on August 31, 2022
Marlize de Bruin has decided to quit netball to focus on playing sevens rugby. Doing so, she proved ‘change is as good as a holiday'. She will represent the Springbok Women’s Sevens at the 2022 Rugby World Cup in Cape Town. De Bruin got her first taste of international rugby in...
Posted on August 22, 2022
Since 2016, name a South African coach who has athletes medalling at the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, World Athletics Championships and the Commonwealth Games? There is a real chance that very few sports fans will know the answer to this. At the same time, it does not faze Neil Cornelius...
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