Posted on April 21, 2022
#TuksAthletics: Bradley Nkoana is the youngest to medal in the men’s senior 100m at the ASA Senior Track & Field National Champs On Thursday, 21 April, the 17-year old, Bradley Nkoana, became the youngest sprinter to win a medal in the men’s senior 100m at the ASA Senior Track...
Posted on April 19, 2022
Watching South Africa's youngest female sprint champion crowned and possibly a new record in the 100m-hurdles are two highlights that fans could look forward to during the 2022 ASA Senior Track & Field National Champs in Cape Town.
Posted on April 04, 2022
"The one thing that can't be coached is big match temperament. Jingqi has got it,” says athletics statistician Danie Cornelius of 17-year-old TuksSport High School learner Viwe Jingqi’s record-breaking performance.
Posted on April 01, 2022
TuksAthletics: Viwe Jingqi of TuksSport High School set a new South Africa U-18 record three times in one day South Africa has got a new sprinting sensation. She is 16, her name is Viwe Jingqi and she fast really fast. She proved it today at the 2022 South African Junior and Youth Athletics...
Posted on March 07, 2022
TuksAthletics: Athletics Foundation Trust (AFT) sprinters at TuksSport High School set to keep on pushing boundaries
Posted on November 16, 2021
The 2020 Olympic gold medallist and World Record holder, Tatjana Schoenmaker (now a TuksSport High School matriculant), is the University of Pretoria Sportswoman of the Year. On Monday, 15 November, at the Future Africa Campus, it was also announced that she is the TuksSport Newsmaker of the...
Posted on November 08, 2021
What she started doing in anger became a passion. Abueng Sekgwelea is now the Secretary-General of the South African Taekwondo Federation. If she can have her way, every young girl should consider taking up the sport. Sekgwelea takes up her story herself.
Posted on October 05, 2021
#TuksFootball: Tuks lost and gained status in the 2021 Women’s Varsity Football final and The statistics of the Varsity Women’s Football tournament will show that the Tuks women's football team lost to UWC in the 2021-final, but it is not always a true reflection of what happened...
Posted on 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 competes in Italy. She is one of five...
Posted on September 15, 2021
#TuksSwimming: “I would not be a gold medallist and have earned a degree if it was not for UP and TuksSport,” says Tatjana Schoenmaker The University of Pretoria (UP) recently welcomed Tatjana Schoenmaker back to her alma mater when the country’s golden girl lunched with the...
Posted on September 09, 2021
#TuksFootball: Blessing Mabasa aims to lead Tuks by example in the 2021 Varsity Football competition A good captain leads by example, is confident but also humble, and knows how to motivate teammates. These were the TuksSport High School matriculant & TuksFootball Academy graduate,...
Posted on August 26, 2021
#TuksSwimming: 17 years of perseverance is the reason why Hendrik van der Merwe is competing at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics in Japan Rumour has it that Hendrik van der Merwe used to pack quite a mean punch in his younger days at school, but he was not a fighter at heart, so he took up...
Posted on August 16, 2021
The Tuks sprinter, Benjamin Richardson (who is a TuksSport High School learner-athlete part of the TuksAthletics Academy), will race to win from Wednesday when he competes in the 100 metres at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya. "The goal is always gold. It does not...
Posted on August 03, 2021
South Africa's Olympic champion and world record holder, Tatjana Schoenmaker, can swim faster in the 200m-breaststroke. Rocco Meiring is the man who is making the prediction, and he should know as he is the coach. The Tuks based swimmer amazed everyone when she won the 200m-breaststroke...
Posted on August 01, 2021
#TuksSwimming: Penny Heyns ‘blown’ away by Tatjana Schoenmaker’s world record performance in Tokyo 2020 Olympics The South African swimming legend, Penny Heyns, admits to being blown away by Tatjana Schoenmaker's world record performance at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. "The...
Posted on July 30, 2021
Tatjana Schoenmaker (now a TuksSport High School matriculant & TuksSwimming Academy graduate), saved her best by winning the women’s 200m-breaststroke in a world record time of 2.18.95 at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Friday, 30 July. The Tuks based swimmer's winning time is 0.17s...
Posted on July 30, 2021
Tatjana Schoenmaker saved her best for on Friday, 30 July by winning the women’s 200m-breaststroke in a world record time of 2.18.95 at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The Tuks based swimmer's winning time is 0.17s faster than the record set by Rikke Pedersen (Denmark) in 2013. The moment...
Posted on July 29, 2021
Another day, another race, but that is about all that changes as Tatjana Schoenmaker is still dominating the breaststroke events at the Tokyo Olympic Games. This morning she won her 200m-breaststroke semifinal in a time of 2:19.33. But, unfortunately, the Tuks based swimmer again just missed...
Posted on July 28, 2021
#TuksSwimming: Tatjana Schoenmaker sets a women’s 200m breaststroke Olympic record in Tokyo 2020 Olympics There seems to be no slowing down for Tatjana Schoenmaker at the Tokyo Olympics. This afternoon she just missed out on setting a new world record in the 200m-breaststroke. She won...
Posted on July 25, 2021
South Africa's Tatjana Schoenmaker set a new Olympic and Africa record today in Tokyo when she won her 100m-breaststroke heat in a time of 1:04.82. It means Schoenmaker is now ranked in the top ten of FINA's all-time list in the 100m-breaststroke and the 200m-breaststroke. Only four female...
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