Sullwald wins African under-23 title for the third time

Posted on March 21, 2016

Henri Schoeman proved to be a real class act when he won the African Triathlon title in East London for the second successive year on the 20th March 2016. Schoeman led from start to finish, winning the 1.5km swim, 40km cycle and 10km run in 2 hours and 48 seconds.

Should tackles be banned in schools rugby?

Posted on March 17, 2016

Health experts recently submitted an open letter to the UK government, calling for tackling in schools rugby to be outlawed. UP's Prof Steve Cornelius has entered this controversial debate with a recently published article.

Star-studded tuks team ready to defend their title

Posted on March 17, 2016

A star-studded Tuks team will confidently make their way to Johannesburg for the first leg of the Varsity Athletics meeting on Friday 18 March. Led by the new 100m national record holder, Akani Simbine, it’s possible that the Tuks team is out to set more records tumbling in both field and...

Ajax Edge AmaTuks

Posted on March 17, 2016

AmaTuks suffered their first ever home defeat to Ajax after going down 1-0 to the Urban Warriors at the Tuks Stadium on Wednesday night.

TuksGolf: TuksGolf’s head coach named PGA Teaching Pro of the Year

Posted on March 15, 2016

Llewellyn van Leeuwen, the head coach at the TuksSport Golf Academy, has scored another first for the University of Pretoria’s successful golf academy when he was voted the PGA of South Africa’s 2015 Teaching Professional of the Year.

TuksCricket: Assupol TuksCricket Win NCU Knock Out

Posted on March 14, 2016

For the seventh year running, Assupol TuksCricket won the NCU Super 8 Knock Out competition when they beat PHSOB by 24 runs in the final at SuperSport Park on Sunday 13 March. Tuks reached the final after they beat Sinoville in the group stages and Police in the semi-final.

TuksAthletics: Van Zyl Sort-Of Satisfied

Posted on March 13, 2016

LJ Van Zyl (Tuks/HPC) won the 400-hurdles at the Gauteng-North Championships in 50.09 seconds. He was the first to admit that his time was nothing to get excited about but he was satisfied for now. There is still a long season ahead and it is important for him to peak when it really matters.

TuksAthletics: SA Sprinters Spoiling Supporters – Simbine

Posted on March 13, 2016

After winning the 100 metres at the Gauteng North Championships in 10.01 seconds yesterday, Akani Simbine (Tuks/HPC) said jokingly that local athletics fans are being spoiled. He was referring to the fact that his performance was totally overshadowed by Wayde Van Niekerk’s awesome 9.98s...