Posted on September 16, 2016
Olympic rower, John Smith, has never been afraid to take on big challenges; therefore, it should come as no surprise that he has decided to move up a weight category as part of his preparation for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Posted on August 12, 2016
The four South African rowing crews who competed in the finals at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, will certainly agree that Friday was a day when nothing went according to plan.
Posted on August 11, 2016
Absolutely brilliant! There can be no better way to describe the fact that Lawrence Brittain and Shaun Keeling have won the silver medal in the rowing men's pair at the Olympic Games in Rio.
Posted on August 06, 2016
When Kirsten McCann and Ursula Grobler compete in the heats of the women's lightweight double sculls at the Olympic Games in Rio on Sunday afternoon, their mission will be to defend the honour of South African female athletes.
Posted on August 05, 2016
No matter what happens in the heats of the men’s pair rowing at the Olympic Games in Rio tomorrow, Lawrence Brittain will be a winner.
Posted on August 05, 2016
At the Olympic Games in Rio on Sunday, 7 August, rowers James Thompson and John Smith will be on a quest to accomplish what very few other South African athletes have been able to do. They will try to win gold medals in two consecutive Olympic events.
Posted on May 24, 2016
With only two Olympic spots up for grabs, South Africa's men's four crew shrugged off the pressure to qualify the country's fifth boat for the Rio Games.
Posted on April 17, 2016
South Africa's top rowers certainly made their presence felt today in the finals of the World Cup Rowing Regatta in Varese, Italy, by winning two gold and two bronze medals.
Posted on September 13, 2015
The annual Universities Boat Race was hosted on the Kowie River in Port Alfred from 10-12 September 2015. The Tuks Women’s B crew came third after racing Maties in the B-final for third and fourth place placement.
Posted on July 08, 2015
PLAYOFFS The national university football team put their hands up and delivered on Tuesday, as Dennis Kaibe spearheaded a spectacular performance to book their place in the men's quarter-finals at the World Student Games in Gwangju, South Korea.
Posted on July 07, 2015
Three South African crews will be in action at the historic Henley Regatta in Britain this week. Shaun Keeling and David Hunt team up in the men’s pairs, Olympian James Thompson and John Smith go off in their lightweight combo (against heavyweight opposition) and two more Olympians,...
Posted on July 07, 2015
When he teams up with David Hunt on Thursday to compete at the Henley Regatta in Britain, Shaun Keeling is determined to make amends for last year when, according to him, his performance was a ‘classic scenario of snatching defeat from the proverbial jaws of victory’.
Posted on July 06, 2015
Leo Davis and Jake Green led the charge for Team SA on day five of the World Student Games in Gwangju, South Korea, on Monday.
Posted on May 04, 2015
The TuksRowing Club competed at the South African National Rowing Championships from the 25 – 26 April 2015.
Posted on March 27, 2015
TuksRowing participated in the University Sports South Africa (USSA) Rowing Sprints regatta in Misverstand, Cape Town this past weekend, 20- 22 March 2015.
Posted on April 14, 2014
TuksRowing enjoyed a successful weekend at the South African National Rowing Championships held at Roodeplaat over the 12th and 13th April. A good initiative was put in place by inviting some prospective Tuks Students to race with us over the weekend, thu
Posted on March 25, 2014
The TuksRowing team travelled down to Cape Town on the 19th of March for the annual USSA-R Sprints, which was held at Misverstand Dam this year, a new venue for the event and a much appreciated change for everyone.
Posted on February 17, 2014
The Tuks Rowing Club traveled down to East London in the Eastern Cape this past weekend, 14 – 16 February 2014, to take part in the annual Buffalo Regatta.
Posted on February 05, 2014
TuksRowing has begun the 2014 season full steam ahead.
Posted on September 12, 2013
The Tuks Rowing Club competed at the Mutual & Federal USSA-R Boat Race held in Port Alfred from the 5th to 7th September 2013.
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