Posted on October 24, 2023
Taking a hard knock might make many rethink their decision, but not if you are Tracey Mthunzi, because she is no quitter. Earlier this year, the UP-Tuks honours student made a life-changing decision as to her choice of sport. She put her netball tekkies away and donned a pair of rugby boots....
Posted on October 17, 2023
Liam Vehbi starred for the Tuks team during the recent 2023 USSA Swimming Championships in Gqeberha. His heroics helped the Tuks win overall. Vehbi won the 200m and 400m individual medley events and the 200m butterfly, setting two USSA records. But there is no resting on his laurels. Vehbi has...
Posted on October 10, 2023
The TuksRugby U-20 team ended their season on a high by winning the inaugural UXi Cross-Border Competition by beating Hamiltons 61-14 in the final played in Pretoria. The heroics of the youngsters bode well for the future of TuksRugby. Next year, some of them could be in the vanguard in the...
Posted on October 03, 2023
The Tukswomen Rugby 7s team finished third, winning bronze at the recent 2023 World University Rugby Invitational Tournament in Bordeaux, France. Riaan van der Merwe (TuksWomens Rugby 7s head coach) sees it as one of his team's gutsiest performances especially as some of the biggest challenges...
Posted on October 01, 2023
One thing the Master’s student at UP-Tuks, Maxine Hannan, loves doing is making a difference. It does not matter whether she is fighting for the ball in the pool, duelling it out with sticks to gain possession on an Astroturf, or sitting down to talk; the outcome must be the same. Hannan...
Posted on September 30, 2023
2023 is the year in which UP-Tuks female athletes stepped up and beat the best. Their heroics led to the Tuks being able to boast of having a world champion, a World Student Games champion, an African Beach Games champion, and various other international medals. Records have also been set, and...
Posted on September 22, 2023
No Varsity Cricket tournament this year, no problem. TuksCricket has decided to host the IXU Intervarsity T20 Tournament starting on Saturday, September 23. "University cricket players must get an opportunity to play T20 Cricket. That is why we have decided to host the tournament. We are...
Posted on September 21, 2023
Faranah Burger knows only one way to play rugby: to put her body on the line, and with good reason, she wants the team to win. Saturday in Kimberley will be no exception. Burger is co-captaining the Delta Drone TuksWomensRugby Sevens team at the USSA Rugby 7s Championships. Earlier this year,...
Posted on September 20, 2023
Tuks swimmers continued to make a big splash over the weekend during the USSA Swimming Championships in Gqeberha, winning overall as well as the men's and women's team competitions. It is the sixth year that TuksSwimming has been victorious. Four of the seven swimmers, namely Cameron Casali, Arno...
Posted on September 19, 2023
Tuks, who were unbeaten in nine games, beat UJ 63-61 in the final.
Posted on September 17, 2023
The TuksNetball team is one game away from repeating a fantastic feat: remaining unbeaten throughout the 2023 Varsity Netball campaign. In the history of Varsity Netball, it only happened once that a Tuks team managed to go through their whole campaign without losing a match. It was in 2019....
Posted on September 14, 2023
The Proteas national team hockey player, Edith Molikoe, is an unashamedly daddy's girl. Her dad, John, is, after all, the one who has inspired her to never accept mediocrity when doing sports and encouraged her to be the best she can be.The TuksHockey women's co-captain still remembers the day...
Posted on September 12, 2023
60 minutes of faultless netball is what Tuks will have to come up with if they want to win the Varsity Tournament for the third time. On Monday, September 21, on their home turf at Rembrandt Hall, Tuks will face off against UJ in the final. Judging by the results, it is going to be a...
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...
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