Posted on April 13, 2022
Delta Drone TuksWomensRugby sevens team have returned unbeaten from Europe, having won a tournament in France and a game in Scotland. Impressive would be an excellent way to describe the team's heroics. In the seven games played, they scored 212 points and only conceded 12. It is why coach...
Posted on April 12, 2022
TuksRugby: Tuks, under Nico Luus, to contest in the 2022 FNB Varsity Cup semi-finals after a major victory against UJ On Monday, 11 April, Tuks proved that you can't keep a good team down by beating UJ 36-19 in Round 8 of the 2022 FNB Varsity Cup season.
Posted on April 03, 2022
TuksRugby: “I have found that having an X-factor is a way to ensure you are the player on the field,” says Francois Klopper It is easy to assume that big men can't run, but somehow Francois Klopper, who plays tighthead for the Tuks Varsity Cup team, has not heard the rumour.
Posted on April 01, 2022
TuksAthletics: Viwe Jingqi of TuksSport High School set a new South Africa U-18 record three times in one day South Africa has got a new sprinting sensation. She is 16, her name is Viwe Jingqi and she fast really fast. She proved it today at the 2022 South African Junior and Youth Athletics...
Posted on March 29, 2022
TuksAthletics: Taylon Bieldt sparks rivalry in South African women’s hurdles racing Real rivalries in South African female athletics are a rarity. One athlete has dominated each event for a few years now, but things are changing, judging by the World Athletics Rankings. Tuks's Zeney...
Posted on March 29, 2022
TuksRugby: Tuks completes a hat trick of FNB Varsity Cup home victories beating Wits On Monday, 28 March, Tuks registered their third consecutive home victory, beating Wits 39-24 in this 2022 FNB Varsity Cup season, but still, it is not guaranteed the team will contest the semi-finals.
Posted on March 25, 2022
TuksRugby: Tuks, under the headship of Kennedy Tsimba, are off to a blazing start in the 2022 FNB Young Guns tournament Played two, won two is, for the moment, how Tuks's Young Guns Varsity Cup report card reads. In their first game, the youngsters "out survived" Ikeys in Cape Town's windy...
Posted on March 22, 2022
On Human Rights Day, Nico Luus (head coach) had just reason to smile after Tuks secured a dominant 61-12 victory against CUT in Round 7 of the 2022 Varsity Cup season.
Posted on March 19, 2022
The Tuks athlete certainly is in good form at the moment. During the recent ASA Grand Prix Meeting in Bloemfontein, he won the men’s long jump with an 8.14m effort. A few days before that, during the 2022 Gauteng North Championships held at the Bestmed TuksAthletics Stadium, he won, jumping...
Posted on March 16, 2022
Tuks beating UWC 51-19 in Round 5 of the 2022 FNB Varsity Cup season proves the team is back to its winning ways, but the players can't afford to rest on their laurels.
Posted on March 15, 2022
TuksAthletics: Marione Fourie is now only the third South African female 100m-hurdler to dip under 13 seconds The South African 100m-hurdles champion, Marione Fourie, managed to do something no other local hurdler had been able to do. That is to run a sub 13 seconds race in South Africa....
Posted on March 13, 2022
TuksAthletics: Zeney van der Walt qualifies for the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Oregon, United States
Posted on March 07, 2022
TuksAthletics: Athletics Foundation Trust (AFT) sprinters at TuksSport High School set to keep on pushing boundaries
Posted on March 06, 2022
TuksRugby: Nico Luus describes the Tuks Varsity Cup captain, Lincoln Daniels as a quality person, player and captain It is said that the three "C's" on which a good captain is judged is caring, courageous and consistent. Tuks's Varsity Cup captain, Lincoln Daniels, ticks all three boxes.
Posted on March 05, 2022
TuksAtheltics: Marione Fourie confident about becoming the third South African female 100m hurdler to dip under-13s Exactly two. That is how many South African female hurdlers managed to dip under 13 seconds in the 100m-hurdles, but if Marione Fourie can have her way, this statistic will...
Posted on February 27, 2022
TuksRugby: John-Laffnie de Jager wants his players to “serve aces” in the 2022 Varsity Cup tournament Finding enough hours is a challenge the mental coach of the TuksRugby, John-Laffnie de Jager, faces daily, but he will never complain. What matters to him is making a difference in...
Posted on February 22, 2022
TuksRugby: Tuks notch up the first 2022 FNB Varsity Cup win beating Madibaz in Gqeberha It certainly was not one of Tuks's best performances, but it does not matter now. What mattered was beating the Madibaz in Round 2 of the 2022 FNB Varsity Cup tournament on Monday, 21 February and getting a...
Posted on February 21, 2022
TuksSwimming: Stephanie Houtman loves the challenge of long distance swimming There is a long-standing joke every diehard marathoner must have heard at least once, and that is why run when you can drive. In the same vein, the joke to open-water swimmers should be why swim when there are...
Posted on February 18, 2022
TuksWrestling: Tuks wrestler not one to shy away from a challenge Like a moth can't resist circling a burning candle, so can the 19-year-old and Tuks wrestler, Arno van Zijl, cannot resist a real challenge. His aim is to compete at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games and World Junior...
Posted on February 17, 2022
Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg is the South African road cycling champion after winning the 169km race on Sunday at Graskop. Willie Smit was the second rider to race across the finish line. Andries Nigrini, a current Tuks student, finished 12th and was the seventh-fastest in the 30km individual...
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