#TuksRugby: Tuks are set to prove something during the USSA Rugby 15s Championships in Durban.

Posted on July 06, 2023

"Operation Comeback" starts tomorrow when the Tuks team plays Maties during the 2023 USSA Rugby 15s Championships in Durban. Labeling it as a make-or-break match for Tuks might be a bit over the top. The reality, however, is that Tuks must save face after suffering seven consecutive defeats...

#TuksAthletics: Marione Fourie sets a new South African women's 100-meter hurdles record in Switzerland

Posted on July 03, 2023

The 21-year-old Marione Fourie recently set a new South African record in Switzerland when she won the women’s 100-meter hurdles in a time of 12.55 seconds. Her winning time is 0.21 seconds faster than Taylon Bieldt's record four weeks ago in Italy. The Tuks sports science student is now...

#TuksSport: Tuks athletes bags three medals at the African Beach Games in Tunisia

Posted on June 28, 2023

Catching a tan is not all Tuks athletes have been doing at the African Beach Games in Hammamet, Tunisia. They have also been winning medals. Amica de Jager won gold in the swimming event. Bea Meiring won silver in beach wrestling, while Alexandra Ennis teamed up with Ziyanda Gwamanda in rowing to...

#TuksNetball: Giving up is not part of Kamogelo Maseko’s vocabulary

Posted on June 25, 2023

The TuksNetball captain, Kamogelo Maseko, sees her best quality as that of being a grinder every time she steps onto the court. In sports, a grinder is defined as someone who may not have the most outstanding natural skills or physical attributes but is still a great player. It is usually...

#TuksAthletics: Charné Swart seems to get faster each time she races the 800 metres

Posted on June 23, 2023

Judging by her results over the last four years, the MBChB student at UP-Tuks is winning the "battle against time." In 2020, her best time in the two-lap race was 2:13.96. This season, in April, she clocked 2:03.28. It equates to being nearly 10 seconds faster than she was in 2020. Caster...

#TuksWrestling: Bea Meiring nearly medaled while competing for the first time at a World Series Wrestling event

Posted on June 19, 2023

Bea Meiring proved over the weekend in Singapore during a World Series Beach Wrestling event that with the right mindset, anything can happen. The Tuks wrestler so nearly medalled. It would indeed have been a turn-up for the books if she did. Meiring only took up wrestling towards the end of...

#TuksFootball: "After we won our first game, it was insisted that I stay on as the goalkeeper," says Asa Rabalao

Posted on June 16, 2023

Years ago, kids regularly kicked around a plastic bottle. It might have looked like they were only fooling around. But they were not. There was always a football game that needed to be won. One seven-year-old girl's skills caught the attention of a teacher. Asa Rabalao of TuksFootball Women is...

#TuksWaterpolo: Esihle Zondo is inspired by Serena Williams to be a trailblazer in poolball

Posted on June 14, 2023

If Esihle Zondo's name crops up in a conversation about sports, there is a real chance that someone won't know in which sport she is representing South Africa. A logical guess is that she is an athlete or participates in ball sports. But it is incorrect. The Tuks student plays water polo. In...