Posted on July 01, 2024
Block, punch, strike and score is what the Tuks karatekas did to perfection during the USSA Karate Championships in Vanderbijlpark. It stood them in good stead as Tuks finished second overall and won 15 medals (three gold, 6 silver and 6 bronze). Every one of the 11 team members medalled....
Posted on June 30, 2024
The TuksBasketball women’s team proved that winning can become a habit when they won the USSA 3x3 Tournament, playing UJ in the final at the Rembrandt Hall, Hillcrest Sports Campus on June 30. It is the second time Tuks has won USSA's beating UJ. Over the weekend, Tuks won 13–11 and,...
Posted on June 28, 2024
Predicting a sports tournament's outcome is looking for trouble, as there is a real chance of getting it wrong. But there are exceptions. Especially if the prediction is made by someone guaranteed to be amid the action every minute of every game. UP-Tuks student-athlete and TuksNetball...
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 June 25, 2024
When Wian Roux lines up on 29 July at the Paris 2024 Olympics in France to shoot his first arrow at the bullseye, the numbers three, eight, and 12 will hold special significance. It will be the first time in 12 years that a South African archer competes at the Olympic Games. The Tuks archer is...
Posted on June 24, 2024
"Quest successful" was the WhatsApp message Edmund du Plessis sent out when he qualified in the 800 metres to compete at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in France. The UP-Tuks MBChB student finished third, running a time of 1:44.49 in Madrid. The Olympic qualifying standard is 1:44.70. Belgium's...
Posted on June 21, 2024
As a netball player, Erin Burger can genuinely claim to have been there and done that and got the t-shirt to prove it. She is the first to reach a milestone mark of 100 caps for the SPAR Proteas while having called it a day on her international career with 125 games for the national team. The...
Posted on June 19, 2024
A trailblazer in sports is defined as someone who does a particular thing before anyone else does. Lynette Whelpton, a Master's student in Advanced Data Analytics, is a trailblazer. Why, may you ask? Not many Tuks athletes can boast of being one of the first ever to medal in a new sport but...
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