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  • TuksSport: Support Casual Day 2015

    Posted on September 02, 2015

    Casual Day is on the 4th of September and TuksSport is doing their bit to support this initiative.

  • 11th African Games

    Posted on September 02, 2015

    The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) has named the South African team that will compete at the 11th African Games in Brazzaville, Congo from 4–19 September 2015. The team will be competing in 15 of the 22 sporting codes contested at the games.

  • Varsity Netball shows its colours

    Posted on August 31, 2015

    Season III of Varsity Netball kicks off this spring and it is going to be colourful! Eight universities are set to battle it out for the top prize in university netball, that of Varsity Netball Champions.

  • Varsity football: UP-Tuks beat VUT 2–0

    Posted on August 31, 2015

    Tebogo Galane rounded off the scoring as the University Of Pretoria beat the Vaal University of Technology (VUT) 2–0 at the Tuks Stadium on Monday, 31 August.

  • Varsity Football: UP-Tuks seeks revenge against VUT

    Posted on August 30, 2015

    UP-Tuks will welcome the Vaal University of Technology (VUT) to the Tuks Stadium on Monday, 31 August 2015, for the penultimate round robin fixture in the Varsity Football tournament.

  • AmaTuks: Still no luck on the road

    Posted on August 27, 2015

    AmaTuks had a bad day at the office, losing 4-0 to Chippa United at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Tuesday, 25 August 2015.

  • Mr Hugo Olivier - Remembered

    Posted on August 27, 2015

    Mr Hugo Olivier (9 April 1935 - 23 Aug 2015) the first Director of Sport at the University of Pretoria passed away on Sunday 23 August 2015.

  • TuksTennis's Young Star Mehluli Don Ayanda Sibanda

    Posted on August 26, 2015

    15 year old Mehluli Don Ayanda Sibanda, a learner at the TuksSport High School and member of the TuksTennis Club, has made his mark in the Internantional Tennis Federation (ITF) u/18 Junior Circuit, that recently took place in Zimbabwe Harare. Over the last few months Mehluli has climbed the...

  • UP-Tuks secure their 25th Carlton Cup title

    Posted on August 24, 2015

    For those who have not heard the story yet: In about 1904, on a shelf, amongst the liquor bottles in a bar in Pretoria, stood a trophy as decoration. The bar was frequented by rugby players. This trophy baffled them. One day the players started asking questions.

  • TuksWomensRugby continue with their unbeaten season

    Posted on August 24, 2015

    The TuksWomensRugby 7s team took part in a Bulls Development Initiavtive on Saturday 22 August 2015. The matches were played at Silverton High School.

  • TuksSquash Celebrates Women's Month

    Posted on August 24, 2015

    TuksSquash held a Women's Month Celebration on Saturday 22 August 2015. All women within the squash, TuksSport and UP community were welcome to attend.

  • UP-Tuks claim third consecutive Carlton Cup title

    Posted on August 24, 2015

    A clinical display of winning rugby enabled UP-Tuks to finally break the hat-trick curse after overpowering Police 42-15 (25-10 at half-time) in the 2015 Carlton Cup final played at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday 22 August 2015.

  • Varsity Football: Do or Die for UP-Tuks

    Posted on August 24, 2015

    UP-Tuks head into round 6 of the 2015 Varsity football competition knowing that anything less than a win against NWU PUKKE will dash their hopes of defending the trophy for a record third time.

  • Wenda Nel through to the 400 H final in Beijing

    Posted on August 24, 2015

    The following TuksAthletics athletes are currently competing at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Beijing: LJ van Zyl, Henricho Bruintjies, Akani Simbine, Cornel Fredericks, Orazio Cremona, Marc Mundell, Wenda Nel and Carina Horn.

  • Varsity football: Convincing win from UP-Tuks

    Posted on August 24, 2015

    Jeremiah Nkwana rounded off the scoring for UP-Tuks when they beat the North-West University (NWU) Pukke 3–0 at the Tuks Stadium on 24 August 2015.

  • Dream home start for AmaTuks

    Posted on August 22, 2015

    In their first match at home, played at the Tuks Stadium on Saturday, 22 August, a brace from Khethukuthula Zwane helped a 10-man AmaTuks team to a 3-0 win against Polokwane City earning them their first points.

  • Varsity Football: WITS Upstage UP-Tuks in Pretoria

    Posted on August 21, 2015

    UP-Tuks succumbed to a 2-1 defeat at the hands of WITS at the Tuks Stadium on Thursday 20 August 2015. The visitors upstaged the tournament favourites to snatch a late winner through substitute Wonderboy Frank.

  • IAAF World Athletics Championships

    Posted on August 21, 2015

    The IAAf World Athletics Championships starts tomorrow morning, 22 August 2015, (SA time) in Beijing and we have several athletes from TuksAthletics who will be in action over the weekend.

  • Varsity football: UP-Tuks well rested for WITS

    Posted on August 20, 2015

    UP-Tuks will receive a major boost as head coach Evangelos Vellios is back from his coaching course in Ireland.

  • TuksSport: An opportunity to give back

    Posted on August 20, 2015

    Assupol TuksCricket and some of the other TuksSport Clubs will be visiting the Bramley Children’s Home for the third time this year on Friday the 28th of August at 14:00. We will have a braai for the children as well as play some games and interact with them for a few hours.

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