Posted on September 04, 2024
TuksFootball has secured a spot in the 2024 Men’s Varsity Football semi-finals, but the battle is only halfway won. The path to the final becomes much smoother if Tuks can overcome TUT on Thursday. A victory would keep them at the top of the log, ensuring a home semi-final. If they win...
Posted on September 03, 2024
Another year brings another Varsity Netball tournament, and one thing remains consistent—Tuks’ winning streak. The team has clinched the title three times, in 2017, 2019, and 2023. The 2024 edition kicked off on Sunday, and Tuks continues its unbeaten run. They secured a dominant...
Posted on September 01, 2024
TuksSport High School learner-athlete, Njabulo Mbatha of TuksAthletics Academy, capped a brilliant season when he formed part of South Africa's 4x400m men’s relay team and won a silver medal at the World Athletics U-20 Championships in Lima, Peru. South Africa ran a season-best in the...
Posted on August 31, 2024
Starting Sunday, Tuks, the defending champions of Varsity Netball, will aim to achieve what no previous Tuks team has managed: to successfully defend their title. Tuks boasts an impressive Varsity Netball record, having won the tournament three times (2017, 2019, and 2023). Only Kovsies, with...
Posted on August 30, 2024
Behind every success is unseen hard work, sacrifice, and persistence, which is how Sollie Barnard's 20-year tenure as chairman of Tuks Cricket Club can be best summarised. TuksCricket Club is arguably one of the best club sides in the world. Over the last 20 years, the Tuks have dominated local...
Posted on August 28, 2024
On Thursday, when the Tuks players take it to the field to face DUT in Round 6 of the 2024 Varsity Football edition, they should take the words "Don't judge a book by its cover" to heart." Taking into account the log standings, Tuks' winning seems a mere formality. Tuks is, after all, second...
Posted on August 21, 2024
To stump a sports fan, ask them to explain what Aikido is about. Most likely, they won't have a clue. The clever ones might say it’s a martial art, but don’t ask them to elaborate—they probably can’t. The UP-Tuks community might be surprised to learn that Tuks has had an...
Posted on August 19, 2024
"Proud and happy" are the words Dewey Swartbooi used to describe his feelings as his first season as head coach of Tuks' rugby team came to a close. He is justified to feel this way. With his appointment, Swartbooi was tasked to get Tuks to play Varsity Cup Rugby again. The mission was...
Posted on August 16, 2024
One thing that will be guaranteed when Jenna Tarr competes at the 2024 Lifesaving World Championships in Gold Coast, Australia is that grains of sand will fly in the air. It can't be helped. The Tuks Veterinary student specialises in Beach Flag and sprints on loose sand. At the 2022 World...
Posted on August 15, 2024
TuksSport fans can be forgiven for being excited about the results of the 2024 Men’s Varsity Football edition. After the fourth round, Tuks is the only unbeaten team and leading the log standings. Interestingly, Tuks has the second-best goal difference, having scored seven goals and only...
Posted on August 14, 2024
Atlegang Masemola is part of the current Varsity Football squad. He came through the TuksFootball Academy which forms part of the TuksSport High School programme. As one of the Tuks 'elder statesmen', he shares his thoughts ahead of their clash against UFS Kovsies on Thursday, 15 August....
Posted on August 08, 2024
Tuks still tops the 2024 Men’s Varsity Football log standings after playing to a goalless draw against North-West University on Thursday, 8 August. The 94 minutes of football can be best summarised as a chess match between the Tuks strikers and the NWU goalkeeper, Kamogelo Matane. There...
Posted on August 07, 2024
TuksFootball will aim for three wins out of three when they face North-West University on home turf in Round 3 of the 2024 Men’s Varsity Football campaign. After the first two rounds, Tuks tops the log with six points, remaining unbeaten. They also boast the best goal difference, scoring...
Posted on August 05, 2024
Edmund du Plessis will face his biggest challenge as an 800-metre athlete when he lines up to race in the men’s heats at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in France on Wednesday, 7 August. The UP-Tuks medical student is under no illusions as to what awaits him. But there is no getting away...
Posted on August 03, 2024
A question that might "bowl" most sports fans might be when asked which South African coach got athletes to medal at the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, Commonwealth Games and World Athletics Championships. Not many might know that the answer to this is Neil Cornelius. Under the Tuks coach's...
Posted on August 01, 2024
Tatjana Smith upped her Olympic medal tally to four, finishing second in the women’s 200m-breaststroke at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in France. The result means she is South Africa's "GOAT" – greatest of all time – in women's sport at the Olympics. Earlier this week, the...
Posted on July 31, 2024
Chapter two of Restoring Tuks' Pride in the Men’s Varsity Football Tournament continues. Tuks take on CUT in Round 2 in Bloemfontein. "We are going to come out 'guns blazing'. Be at your best. We owe it to our fans, actually everyone at the University of Pretoria, for doing so. To...
Posted on July 31, 2024
By qualifying for the 200m-breaststroke final at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in France, Tatjana Smith and Kaylene Corbett have improved on one of the most unique records in South African sports. On Thursday, 1 August, it will be the sixth time the Tuks female swimmers will compete in the same...
Posted on July 30, 2024
On Monday, 29 July, Tatjana Smith of TuksSwimming, won gold in the women's 100m breaststroke final with an impressive time of 1:05.28 at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in France. The Tuks swimmer's heroics led South Africa to win their first Olympic gold medal at the Paris Games. It was...
Posted on July 28, 2024
If everything goes according to plan, Tatjana Smith will have a real chance on Monday evening to win South Africa's first medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics, competing in the 100m breaststroke final. The statistics certainly favour Smith as a medal contender. This season, she set the third-fastest...
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