#TuksAthletics: Paul Gorries predicts that Luxolo Adams can run sub-10s over 100 metres and sub-20s in the 200 metres

Posted on March 11, 2021

Luxolo Adams of TuksAthletics, could well be South Africa's next sprinter to dip under 10 seconds in the 100 metres event. Recently, in Potchefstroom, he won in a time of 10.07. It means unofficially, he is now one of the fastest local sprinters in the short sprint. Only 10 athletes had been...

#TuksRugby: FNB Varsity Cup is back with a bang! All games hosted in Tshwane

Posted on March 10, 2021

South Africa’s biggest varsity rugby tournament is back and will feature some exciting changes. The 2021 edition of the FNB Varsity Cup will be played in a secure bio-bubble at the University of Pretoria from 4 April to 24 May and for the first time include comprehensive broadcast...

#AssupolTuksCricket: Six Tuks cricketers to represent Northerns in the upcoming 2021 CSA Women’s Provincial League

Posted on March 09, 2021

Assupol Tuks cricketers will be applying their skills next week to help the Northerns women's team win the 2021 Cricket South Africa (CSA) Women's Provincial League title.

#TuksSport: TuksSport and Mamelodi Sundowns form a partnership to scientifically enhance the game of football

Posted on March 08, 2021

The University of Pretoria (UP) with its Department of Sport (TuksSport) and Mamelodi Sundowns Football Club today announced a ground-breaking partnership that seeks to vastly enhance the game of football and the development of it through science, technology and scientific research.

#TuksRugby: Sango Xamlashe is the newly appointed Tuks Varsity Cup team captain

Posted on March 08, 2021

The new TuksRugby Varsity Cup team captain, Sango Xamlashe, may be perceived to be loud on the rugby field as he is constantly talking. But take time off and listen. There is a reason why Xamlashe is doing what he is doing. He is encouraging his teammates, advising them, wants the team to win. It...

#TuksSwimming: Pieter Coetzé sets himself a goal to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics

Posted on March 06, 2021

The Tuks swimmer, Pieter Coetzé, has set himself the goal of trying to achieve what few South African male swimmers, if any, had been able to do, that is, qualify for the Olympic Games at the age of 16.

#TuksSwimming: Tatjana Schoenmaker sets a new African record of 1:05.89 in Stellenbosch

Posted on March 03, 2021

Tatjana Schoenmaker showed that qualifying for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will be a breeze when she set a new African record during Swim South Africa’s Evaluation Camp Gala in Stellenbosch. The Tuks based swimmer won the 100m-breaststroke in a record time of 1:05.89 two weeks ago in...

#TuksSport: Jani Bergh and Euné Odendaal hope to follow in their mother’s footsteps at TuksNetball

Posted on March 03, 2021

It will be a case of ‘LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHTER’ when the TuksNetball duo - Jani Bergh and Euné Odendaal – takes it to the court to play their first official match this season. More than two decades ago, Dr Wilma Bergh and René Odendaal played for Tuks. They both earned...