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#TuksAthletics: UP Vice-Chancellor encourages students to adopt active lifestyle

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15 February 2019

Sport and living an active lifestyle are two things that Professor Tawana Kupe, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria, feels quite strongly about.

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TuksSport coach sets out to help revive rugby in Eersterust and change players’ lives

Posted by: University of Pretoria

30 January 2019

Rugby in Eersterust, east of Pretoria, has been in decline for a few years – including rugby at school level. Willy Eckard, rugby organiser at Nantes Primêre Skool, explains that often the pupils need to resort to playing touch rugby, as they don’t have the proper equipment. “I can honestly say that our players are just as talented as that of any other school, but due to a lack of opportunities they never get to fulfil their real talent. To see this happening as a coach is really disheartening.”

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TuksAthletics turns 100: UP-Tuks female sprinters celebrate a century of excellence

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31 October 2018

Few local female track athletes can claim to have truly challenged the stopwatch, but these UP-Tuks athletes can: Carina Horn, Geraldine Pillay and Marcel Winkler are the fastest, third-fastest and fourth-fastest South African female sprinters respectively.

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UP-Tuks men's and women's sevens rugby teams soar

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12 October 2018

The UP-Tuks men’s sevens rugby team shone by winning the Varsity Tournament for the first time, beating the University of Johannesburg (UJ), 19-14; while the Delta Drone TuksWomensRugby7’s team won the Munchen Oktoberfest Tournament for the second consecutive year.

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Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute launched

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11 October 2018

A Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute (SEMLI) was launched at the University of Pretoria on Thursday, with the Institute aiming to be a world leader in the promotion of safer exercise. The Institute prioritises the use of existing and new technologies, such as wearable devices, smart phones, online technology and cloud-based applications to conduct research, educate and provide specialist services in the fields of sport, exercise medicine and lifestyle interventions for chronic disease.

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Assupol TuksCricket gets up close and personal with rhinos

Posted by: University of Pretoria

23 August 2018

This year, Assupol TuksCricket widened its community outreach spectrum and started a conservation project to help raise funds for the Black Rhino Reserve Wildlife Trust.

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UP researchers predict injuries in super rugby teams

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31 July 2018

A study recently published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine by University of Pretoria (UP) researchers found that there is a considerably higher match injury incidence in South African Super Rugby teams, where each team can expect to have two injuries occur per match. The study was led by Prof Martin Schwellnus, Professor of Sport and Exercise Medicine and Director of UP’s Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute (SEMLI). It followed 482 players over five Super Rugby seasons (2012 – 2016) during training and match time, recording the injuries that occurred during a total of 93 641 player hours. This is the largest study conducted to date in this tournament.

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#TuksHockey: Tuks beat Maties to lift Varsity Hockey trophy

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22 May 2018

The University of Pretoria stunned Stellenbosch University when they beat them 5-0 in the Varsity Hockey final at the Maties Astro on Monday evening.

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