May 23, 2025
#TuksJudo: Judoka is grateful for everyone who is helping him pursue his Olympic dream
Tuks Judoka is grateful for everyone who is helping him pursue his Olympic dream To say that Timothy Meuwsen loves judo is perhaps an understatement; he is...
November 04, 2024
#TuksSport: New head coach Charné Griesel leads TuksJudo in upholding its proud Olympian legacy
The one sure way to get Charné Griesel excited is to talk about judo. She believes wholeheartedly that judo changes lives by teaching a moral code rooted in...
April 24, 2023
#TuksJudo: “All I can do as a coach is to ensure our judokas are super fit and hone their technical skills,“ says Nikola Filipov
South Africa's judokas campaign to qualify for the Paris Olympic Games will start in earnest from next week when they compete at the World Championships in Doha...
September 14, 2022
#TuksJudo: Geronay Michaela Whitebooi has withdrawn from competing at the 2022 World Judo Championships next month
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...
July 01, 2022
#TuksJudo: Geronay Michaela Whitebooi wins her maiden Grand Slam fight and gears up for the 2022 Commonwealth Games
A lot can happen in seven days. Ask Geronay Michaela Whitebooi ( TuksSport High School matriculant & TuksJudo Academy graduate), and she will tell you she has...
June 13, 2022
#TuksJudo: Breytenbach twins are 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...
June 01, 2022
#TuksJudo: : Thomas Breytenbach is among the Tuks judokas who medalled at the 2022 African Senior Judo Champs
The 36-year-old, Abderrahmane Benamadi, is a former silver medallist at the World Champs and has won six gold and four silver and bronze medals at the African...
May 25, 2022
#TuksJudo: Charné Griesel wants to change Eersterust youngsters' lives through the sport of 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...
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...
July 24, 2021
#TuksSport: The Tuks athletes aim to make their mark in history during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics
A total of 25 athletes from the University of Pretoria (UP) and six alumni are participating in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics from Saturday. In addition to the...
July 24, 2021
#TuksJudo: Michaela Whitebooi is the sixth South African judoka to be coached by Nikola Filipov to qualify for the Olympic Games since 2008
Nikola Filipov is a hardcore no-nonsense judo coach; as far as he is concerned, an athlete is doing something right, or they are doing it wrong, there is no...
July 10, 2021
#TuksJudo: Michaela Whitebooi is only the third South Africa female judoka to compete at the Olympic Games
17 years. That is how long it has been since a South African female judoka competed at the Olympic Games but it is about to change when Michaela Whitebooi...
June 06, 2021
#TuksJudo: Charné Griesel, Donné Breytenbach and Michaela Whitebooi are competing at the World Judo Champs in Budapest
To win two fights will be Michaela Whitebooi's challenge from Sunday, 6 June when she competes at the 2021 World Judo Championships in Budapest, Hungary. If she...
January 22, 2021
#TuksJudo: Michaela Whitebooi on track to qualify for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
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...
November 16, 2020
#TuksJudo: Whitebooi on track to qualify for the Tokyo Games after winning 2nd gold
Winning can be addictive. Anyway, so it seems as over the weekend during the Dakar Open Judo Tournament Michaela Whitebooi won gold. It is the second time in...
November 04, 2020
#TuksJudo: Whitebooi in a hunt for rankings points to qualify for the Tokyo Games
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...
April 22, 2020
#TuksJudo: Tuks judoka faced with having to make a big decision about the Olympics
The Tuks judoka Unelle Snyman had been busy over the past few weeks. Apart from training, she tried to save the life of a young nyala while at times she also...
January 15, 2020
TuksSport: 'Introvert' UP law student finds freedom on the judo mat
University of Pretoria (UP) law student Khanya Thamae describes himself as introverted, but the moment he steps onto a judo mat, everything changes. Thamae’s...
November 17, 2019
#TuksJudo: Tuks judoka wins African Open Judo Championship
The Tuks judoka Unelle Snyman had a significant breakthrough over the weekend when she won a gold medal at the African Open Judo Championship in Dakar. It is...
November 12, 2019
TuksSport High School judo star (17) wins gold in Bosnia and Herzegovina
There’s no secret any more as to what TuksSport High School judo star Thomas Breytenbach’s favourite pastime is: He likes to win medals during international...