Posted on April 22, 2021
Benjamin Richardson is tall, genuinely fast but that is not all, the 18-year-old is also a double South African champion. In the past few days, the TuksSport High School learner-athlete won the under-20 men's 100m (10.41s) and 200m races (20.97s). He did so during the South African Track &...
Posted on April 22, 2021
#TuksSport: Bestmed Medical Scheme renews commitment to sport development through TuksSport sponsorship for 2021/2022 “Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence.” This famous quote by Vince Lombardi summarises what TuksSport is about....
Posted on April 20, 2021
The 17-year-old, Benjamin Richardson, who is a TuksSport High School learner-athlete impressed by finishing second in a time of 20.77s in the men’s 200m final. It is the first time, he competed in the South African Senior Championships. Nicholas Ferns was third in 20.83s. Wenda Nel...
Posted on April 20, 2021
The Tuks Varsity Cup vice-captain, Jaco Bezuidenhout, has a good reason why he loves playing rugby. For that 80 or so minutes, he is allowed to go for the "big hits". Tackling is his game. Last year's FNB Varsity Cup statistics prove it. His percentage for tackles made was 88%.
Posted on April 19, 2021
The BCom Honours (Marketing Management) Class of 2021 began the year with a sport-themed client challenge. As part of the apprentice-style approach adopted for the honours degree, students are presented with actual challenges faced by industry partners, and are required to present a solution to...
Posted on April 18, 2021
It has been quite a while, but Tuks athletes have taken up the oars again with the aim of taming South Africa's rivers. The recent three-day Dusi Canoe Marathon was their first conquest. Three Tuks canoeists competed in what is generally believed to be one of the toughest challenges on the...
Posted on April 17, 2021
21 years. That is how long it has been since a South African female swimmer medalled at an Olympic Games. But this statistic is about to change. Penny Heyns is banking on the Tuks swimmer, Tatjana Schoenmaker, to break the "jinx" in Tokyo. "I am impressed by Tatjana's recent performances....
Posted on April 17, 2021
How does one recognise Chantelle Swart on the netball court? The answer is simple. The Tuks netball player is the smiling one. She seemingly enjoys being in the midst of the action. Every time she scores, her smile lingers a little bit longer. Last month, Swart had a reason for doing so....
Posted on April 16, 2021
Akani Simbine is still South Africa's fastest man. He proved this afternoon when he won the 100 metres in 9.99s during the South African in 9.99s. "I am happy. I came here to be South Africa's number one," the Tuks sprinter said, smiling. Running sub ten seconds at Tuks seems to become a...
Posted on April 15, 2021
David Coetzer aims to take control during the 2021 FNB Varsity Cup tournament
Posted on April 14, 2021
If you don't succeed at first . . . try . . . try again - is what Pieter Coetzé was about during the 2021 South African National Aquatic Championships in Newton Park, Gqeberha.
Posted on April 13, 2021
Tatjana Schoenmaker can, for now at least, claim to be the world's fastest female 200m breaststroke swimmer after yet again setting a new African record winning in 2:20.17 at the South African National Aquatic Champs in Port Elizabeth. She also staged a new African and South African record time...
Posted on April 07, 2021
Strength and fitness made the difference on Sunday, 4 April during the 2021 FNB Varsity Cup encounter in which Tuks came out as winners against Wits with a scoreline of 48-25 at Tuks Stadium in Pretoria.
Posted on April 05, 2021
The Tuks athlete, Taylon Bieldt, has steadily been getting faster without anyone really taking note, but things changed when she won the 400m-hurdles in 56.17 seconds at the Bestmed TuksAthletics Stadium.
Posted on April 03, 2021
South African race walker, Wayne Snyman of TuksAthletics, will vouch that a mere second faster can make a big difference; it was what helped him qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Posted on April 03, 2021
When the TuksRugby team takes it to the field on Sunday evening to face Wits in their first 2021 FNB Varsity Cup tournament encounter, one thing for sure is that it will be a humdinger. Over the last four years, Tuks had won twice and Wits twice. The statistics favour Tuks to win this time...
Posted on March 29, 2021
Running sub-ten-second times is no big deal to Akani Simbine. He can do so nine of the ten times, he races over 100 metres, but winning in 9.99s on Saturday, 27 March during the Gauteng North Championships at the Bestmed TuksAthletics Stadium was special.
Posted on March 26, 2021
One thing that is certain when Wenda Nel and Zenéy van der Walt face-off in the 400m-hurdles is that it will be an exciting race. They can't help but push each other to the limit. Tomorrow during the Gauteng North Athletics Championships at the Bestmed TuksAthletics Stadium, they will resume...
Posted on March 25, 2021
2021 has been an eventful year for the 2018 African youth 100m-hurdles champion, Kayla van den Bergh, despite her not having raced yet. The Tuks athlete has definite goals. She wants to compete at the upcoming 2021 World Student Games in China as well as the 2020 World Athletics U20...
Posted on March 23, 2021
To be the first sprinter to dip under 10 seconds over 100 metres in 2021 is at stake when Akani Simbine settles in his starting blocks during tomorrow's Avanti International Invitational-meeting in Roodepoort.
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