Posted on September 11, 2023
When it comes to hockey, Celia Seerane can genuinely claim to have done it all. The 33-year-old and Tuks hockey player has 173 caps playing for the women's national hockey team, scored 20 goals, was South Africa's female player of the year in 2017, and is an Olympian. The hunger to play on...
Posted on September 06, 2023
Tia Casswell will aim to set up goal-scoring opportunities when she plays for South Africa during the upcoming 2023 World Aquatics Women’s U20 Water Polo Championships in Portugal. According to the Tuks second-year medical student, water polo is the ultimate game. Esihle Zondo is also...
Posted on September 05, 2023
The TuksNetball team is on track to achieve something they have only managed to do once. That is, to remain unbeaten throughout the Varsity Netball Tournament. Last night in Stellenbosch, they notched up their seventh consecutive victory, beating NWU 67-52. In doing so, they ensured they...
Posted on September 01, 2023
Unbeaten and top of the 2023 Varsity Netball log standings. It would be a mistake to think that the "Tuks Girls" have reached their peak. Phophi Nematangari confidently predicts that the best is yet to come. She would know, being one of the team's star players. Nematangari was Player of the...
Posted on August 29, 2023
Perfection in sports is impossible, but it is said that if you chase perfection, you can catch excellence. The TuksNetball team proved it last night in Soweto when they outplayed Maties with a 6-38 win in Round 5 of the 2023 Varsity Netball edition. It is a result no one saw coming. Maties...
Posted on August 25, 2023
Two games and two victories are not too shabby, but Tuks's real battle to win the 2023 Varsity Netball edition still lies ahead. On Saturday in Soweto, Tuks will be playing Kovsies and, on Monday, Maties. If Tuks can win both games, they are nearly sure to contest the semi-finals. But it is...
Posted on August 25, 2023
Many might wonder why this is relevant to tomorrow's Carlton Cup semi-final clash between Tuks and Naka Bulls. If one goes according to the results, the Naka Bulls are the favorites to win. After all, they have done so twice already in the competition. But results and numbers in sports will...
Posted on August 23, 2023
Creating sporting opportunities for women with disabilities can help achieve the global goals of gender equality by empowering them to acquire skills, says Director of UP’s Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication Prof Juan Bornman.
Posted on August 21, 2023
The weekend of Saturday, 12 August 2023 saw the hosting of the first ever official Onderstepoort campus Parkrun at the Faculty of Veterinary Science. And what a successful, exciting and festive event it was with more than 500 participants that completed the Parkrun.
Posted on August 17, 2023
To most, being young in sports equates to inexperience, but Kamogelo Maseko is one for whom the "glass will always be half full and not half empty". "It is a given that we are a relatively inexperienced team. Quite a few of my teammates will play in varsity netball for the first time. I don't...
Posted on August 16, 2023
When Marione Fourie settles into her starting blocks to race the 100-metre hurdles at the World Championships in Budapest, she will aim to qualify for the final. If she does, she will be the first South African female athlete to do so in the short hurdles race. She finished fifth in the...
Posted on August 14, 2023
"The mark of a great captain is not just winning games but creating a winning culture," says the captain of the Tuks women's football team, Morongwa Manamela, as she takes the reins once again.
Posted on August 08, 2023
Marlie Viljoen has been racing the 400 metres for a while, getting faster, but few noticed that until last week when she won the gold at the FISU World University Games in Chengdu, China. It was the cherry on top of a brilliant season for the Tuks student-athlete. She has won 10 of the 20...
Posted on August 05, 2023
To make South Africa proud. That is the challenge Banyana Banyana are set for tomorrow when they clash against the Netherlands in the round of 16 of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. "What motivated us is to make history, remembering everyone back at home...
Posted on August 01, 2023
The Tuks law student, Christian de Klerk, won South Africa's first medal at the FISU World University Games in Chengdu, China, by not missing many bulls with his bow. He finished second in the compound archery competition. He might be the first South African archer to medal at the World Student...
Posted on July 30, 2023
Tatjana Schoenmaker concluded a unique hat trick this afternoon by winning gold in the 200-metre breaststroke at the Fukuoka 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Japan. It is the first time the 26-year-old Tuks swimmer has won a gold medal at the World Championships. The last time she competed,...
Posted on July 28, 2023
Ruan Lange sets his own goal for the FISU World University Games in China. There cannot be an argument about it. To be competitive, you must be fearless. It is all about mind over body. A millisecond of lost focus could cost points or lead to getting injured. So there is never any margin for...
Posted on July 26, 2023
Tatjana Schoenmaker and Rocco Meiring are the real deal when it comes to performing at their best when it matters most. It was proved yesterday when the Tuks swimmer won silver in the 100-meter breaststroke during the Swimming World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. Schoenmaker has now won 11...
Posted on July 24, 2023
The words no athlete ever wants to hear are, "Your career is over. You will never compete again," especially when you are in the prime of your career. Unfortunately, it does happen. In March, before the Gauteng North Athletics Championships, Jovan van Vuuren had to hear this "death sentence"...
Posted on July 18, 2023
The saying that when the going gets tough, the tough get going will undoubtedly apply to Courtney Westley in the next two weeks. The Tuks BSc Geography and Environmental Science student will compete in two rowing world championships. She is racing at the World Under-23 Championships tomorrow...
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