Posted on May 29, 2024
If someone had asked Tracey Mthunzi at the start of last year whether she thinks she would ever captain a national rugby team, her answer would have been no. But things changed. The former TuksNetball player is off to France to captain the South African women's student team at the 2024 FISU Rugby...
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 May 23, 2024
It is said cometh the hour, cometh the man, but at TuksCricket, it is more a case of cometh the hour, cometh the captain. TuksCricket Men had a brilliant season in which winning has been finetuned to an art form. Definite highlights were winning the USSA Cricket Tournament in December and the CSA...
Posted on May 20, 2024
As a rule, the long jumper, Jovan van Vuuren, does not like to make a promise he can't keep, but after his inclusion in the South African team for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, he stated that he is not going to Paris to take "selfies". "It has always been my dream to compete at the...
Posted on May 16, 2024
Tuks athletes have been carrying the flag for South Africa since 2012 at the Olympic Games, winning nine medals (4 gold, 4 silver and 1 bronze) out of 19. Playing around with numbers equates to Tuks winning 47.36% of South Africa's Olympic medals at the last three Olympic Games. This trend is...
Posted on May 06, 2024
TuksHockey players were instrumental in getting Northerns to win the 2024 Under-21 Interprovincial tournament in Cape Town. This past weekend, Northerns beat Western Province 3-2 in the final to win the title. UP-Tuks student-athlete, Calvin Davis captained the team and was also named Player...
Posted on May 01, 2024
Early this week, Charné Swart established herself as one of South Africa's best female 800-metre athletes by running 2:00.71, during the Cape Milers Club/Endurocad WA Challenge Meeting in Cape Town. The Tuks student-athlete is now one of the six fastest South African female athletes in the 800...
Posted on April 26, 2024
In the 2024 FNB Varsity Shield final, the TuksRugby rugby team defeated Varsity College 95-21 on Friday, April 26, setting new records. The Varsity Shield final saw the most tries in history, with the Tuks scoring 15 on their home pitch. The 95 points are also in this category. Additionally, Tuks...
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