Posted on May 09, 2016
The University of Pretoria (Tuks) went to the top of the standings at the start of the final day of the Johannesburg leg of this year’s Varsity Hockey tournament on Monday, 9 May 2016, when they beat Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (Madibaz) 3–1.
Posted on May 08, 2016
The North-West University Pukke were being their normal tenacious, hard-to-break-down selves but the University of Pretoria Tuks did eventually manage to beat them 5-2 in their Varsity Hockey match at the University of Johannesburg on Sunday. To do so, Tuks had to dig deep and come back from...
Posted on May 07, 2016
The University of Pretoria are unbeaten after their opening two games of Varsity Hockey, having beaten the University of Cape Town 2-0 on Saturday at the University of Johannesburg, but Tuks will be slightly disappointed with the way they laboured to victory in a game they dominated.
Posted on May 07, 2016
Tuks faced Centurion in this week’s Carlton Cup encounter. On the 5th May 2016 Tuks U/20 and U/21 team both sealed victory in their respective matches against Centurion.
Posted on May 06, 2016
The University of Pretoria Tuks made great progress in the first and third quarters as they beat the University of Free State Kovsies 5-2 on the opening day of Varsity Hockey at the University of Johannesburg on Friday.
Posted on May 05, 2016
The next 12 days will boil down to the simple slogan: ‘Go big or stay home’ for the South African under-23 triathlon champion, Wian Sullwald.
Posted on May 05, 2016
The University of Cape Town were agonisingly close to causing a semi-final upset against a dominant Tuks, who trailed in the opening exchanges before Margrit Springer and Thumo Neluvhalani pulled it back to 7–7 after four minutes.
Posted on May 05, 2016
It was a close battle in the Varsity Beach Volleyball final when the University of the Western Cape (UWC) took on Tuks, but the hosts' experience showed as they beat Tuks 33–29 to retain the title.
Posted on May 03, 2016
South African 400 m hurdles champion, Wenda Nel (Tuks/hpc), will be in for a tough challenge when she settles into her starting blocks for the first Diamond League meeting in Doha on Friday, 6 May.
Posted on May 03, 2016
It took approximately four years for Dale Whitaker to become a champion. This past weekend, the Tuks/hpc judoka won the gold medal in the under-80 kg category at the Commonwealth Championships, which took place in Port Elizabeth. Four years ago he won the junior title at the same championships.
Posted on May 02, 2016
Maties overcame Tuks in the second Cup semi-final after they beat the men from Pretoria 12-5 in an extremely tight encounter.
Posted on April 29, 2016
The UP-Tuks Beach Volleyball team will be looking to perform better at this year's Varsity Beach Volleyball tournament, which will take place at the University of the Western Cape's sports stadium between 4 and 5 May.
Posted on April 27, 2016
On Wednesday, 27 April 2016, Assupol TuksCricket played against Pukke in the Momentum National Club Championships final. Both teams were unbeaten in their respective pools.
Posted on April 26, 2016
It would be easy to write Orazio Cremona of after he won the South African shot put title with only a distance of 19.85m and also won the ASA Night Series-meet which was held in Port Elizabeth with a distance of 20.05m.
Posted on April 21, 2016
Advent Sport Entertainment and Media (ASEM) and Sports4U today launch an exciting new mountain bike series, the Varsity MTB Challenge, comprising of two multi-day stage races.
Posted on April 18, 2016
'Perseverance overcomes failure and turns the extraordinary achievement into great success.' These words certainly apply to Carley Lomax, a visually impaired student at the University of Pretoria (UP), who graduated with an MA degree in Recreation and Sport Management at the University's Autumn...
Posted on April 17, 2016
Eighteen-year-old Clarence Munyai (TuksSport High School) became one of the youngest male sprinters to win a title at the South African Senior Championships when he won the 200 m sprint in a time of 20,74 s at the South African Senior Championships in Stellenbosch on Saturday, 16 April 2016.
Posted on April 17, 2016
Lebogang Shange could have set a new South African 20km race walk record at the South African Senior Athletics Championship in Stellenbosch yesterday if he was a bit more focused during the early stages of the race.
Posted on April 17, 2016
South Africa's top rowers certainly made their presence felt today in the finals of the World Cup Rowing Regatta in Varese, Italy, by winning two gold and two bronze medals.
Posted on April 15, 2016
Over the weekend of the 9th and 10th of April the annual Binnelanders tournament was held by Wits on the beautiful Milton Cricket oval. Soft green grass welcomed 8 teams to the tournament, hailing from places as far as Bloemfontein and Pietermaritzburg.
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