Posted on October 09, 2024
By now, most Tuks sports fans are well aware that the Tuks women's A-crew clinched their seventh consecutive USSA Boat Race title. But what may come as a surprise is that the Cox who pushed the crew to their limits, Simphiwe Tshabalala, won't be guiding them next year. Tshabalala is now in...
Posted on June 26, 2024
Twelve years ago, when John Smith, a member of the "Oarsome Foursome," won a gold medal at the London 2012 Olympic Games, Chris Baxter hardly noticed the historic achievement in South African sports. Rowing was not his thing when at primary school, but as it is said, things do change. For...
Posted on May 27, 2024
The South African hopeful Olympian combination John Smith and Chris Baxter missed out by 0.11 seconds on medalling during the 2024 World Cup Rowing II in Lucerne, Switzerland. The men's pair combination based at Tuks finished fourth. With 500 metres to go, they were still in third place. The...
Posted on February 14, 2024
South Africa's national rowing coach, Tiago Loureiro, aims to get four crews to compete at the Paris Olympic Games. As things stand, it is two done and two to go. John Smith and Chris Baxter ensured that a South African crew would compete in the men's pair race at the Games by finishing sixth at...
Posted on July 18, 2023
The saying that when the going gets tough, the tough get going will undoubtedly apply to Courtney Westley in the next two weeks. The Tuks BSc Geography and Environmental Science student will compete in two rowing world championships. She is racing at the World Under-23 Championships tomorrow...
Posted on May 20, 2023
It said that in rowing, you always strive for that perfect stroke, that repetition, each being as good as the last. It is precisely why Paige Badenhorst fell in love with the sport. "Rowing is such a complex sport. There is never a moment you can ever claim to be the complete rower. The quest...
Posted on February 04, 2022
#TuksRowing: Hyacinths pose a significant challenge to South African rowers The biggest challenge South African rowers face daily is not to get boats to be faster on the water - it is overcoming Roodeplaatdam's water hyacinths. The plants might just be why South Africa will not win medals...
Posted on September 26, 2021
#TuksRowing: The Tuks men’s crew wins the 12th title at the 2021 USSA Boat Race Championships After winning the men's race yesterday during the USSA Boat Regatta in Port Alfred, the Tuks men's A-rowing crew can claim to be "12 not out". Amazingly, the only thing that has kept on...
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