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  • Ajax Edge AmaTuks

    Posted on March 17, 2016

    AmaTuks suffered their first ever home defeat to Ajax after going down 1-0 to the Urban Warriors at the Tuks Stadium on Wednesday night.

  • TuksGolf: TuksGolf’s head coach named PGA Teaching Pro of the Year

    Posted on March 15, 2016

    Llewellyn van Leeuwen, the head coach at the TuksSport Golf Academy, has scored another first for the University of Pretoria’s successful golf academy when he was voted the PGA of South Africa’s 2015 Teaching Professional of the Year.

  • TuksCricket: Assupol TuksCricket Win NCU Knock Out

    Posted on March 14, 2016

    For the seventh year running, Assupol TuksCricket won the NCU Super 8 Knock Out competition when they beat PHSOB by 24 runs in the final at SuperSport Park on Sunday 13 March. Tuks reached the final after they beat Sinoville in the group stages and Police in the semi-final.

  • TuksAthletics: Van Zyl Sort-Of Satisfied

    Posted on March 13, 2016

    LJ Van Zyl (Tuks/HPC) won the 400-hurdles at the Gauteng-North Championships in 50.09 seconds. He was the first to admit that his time was nothing to get excited about but he was satisfied for now. There is still a long season ahead and it is important for him to peak when it really matters.

  • TuksAthletics: SA Sprinters Spoiling Supporters – Simbine

    Posted on March 13, 2016

    After winning the 100 metres at the Gauteng North Championships in 10.01 seconds yesterday, Akani Simbine (Tuks/HPC) said jokingly that local athletics fans are being spoiled. He was referring to the fact that his performance was totally overshadowed by Wayde Van Niekerk’s awesome 9.98s...

  • TuksFootball: Match Report: Mpumalanga Black Aces vs University of Pretoria

    Posted on March 12, 2016

    A 97th-minute strike from Atusaye Nyondo salvaged a point for AmaTuks as they drew 1-1 with Mpumalanga Black Aces at the Mbombela Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

  • TuksRugby: FNB Varsity Cup presented by Steinhoff International resumes

    Posted on March 11, 2016

    The Board of FNB Varsity Cup presented by Steinhoff International today announced that Varsity Cup matches will resume on Monday, 14 March 2016.

  • TuksAthletics: Akani Simbine sets new Record

    Posted on March 08, 2016

    Akani Simbine (Tuks/HPC) rewrote history with his record-breaking 100m performance at the ASA Night Series Meeting at Pilditch. Simbine’s time was 0.01s faster than the South African record of 9.97s that he previously shared with Henricho Bruintjies.

  • TuksJudo: Zack Piontek wins Bronze

    Posted on March 07, 2016

    TuksJudo athlete Zack Piontek is well on his way to the 2016 Rio Olympic games. Zack competed in the Pan American Open Judo Championships which took place in Lima, Peru from the 4th-5th March 2016 and received a bronze medal. Marlon August also a TuksJudo player came in 5th place in the...

  • Varsity Cup: Postponement of all Varsity Cup fixtures

    Posted on March 02, 2016

    FNB Varsity Cup presented by Steinhoff International announces match postponement.

  • TuksWomensRugby: 3 players in SA Select Women's Squad

    Posted on February 29, 2016

    SA Select Women’s coach Renfred Dazel on Friday introduced fresh faces to his squad for the Las Vegas Invitational from 3 to 6 March as he looks to expand the depth in his squad this season. Three TuksWomensRugby players are included in the squad.

  • TuksGolf: Beckley banks Sanlam Cape Province Open title

    Posted on February 27, 2016

    GEORGE, 26 February 2016 – Big-hitting Aubrey Beckley from North West is itching to start the 2016 Sanlam SA Amateur Championship after closing out an emphatic five stroke victory in the Sanlam Cape Province Open on Thursday.

  • TuksGolf: Triple delight at Border Championship

    Posted on February 25, 2016

    EAST LONDON, 24 February 2016 - The recent Border Championship at East London Golf Club served up a feast of celebrations for Azelia Meichtry from Switzerland, local favourite Demi Flanagan and Gauteng junior Ivanna Samu.

  • Assupol TuksCricket Bid Farewell to Head Coach Pierre De Bruyn

    Posted on February 23, 2016

    During February 2016 Assupol TuksCricket bid farewell to their former Head Coach Pierre De Bruyn. De Bruyn has accepted the coaching position as the second team Head Coach and the elite skills coach with the English County, Leicestershire.

  • Assupol TuksCricket appoints former Tukkie as Head Coach

    Posted on February 23, 2016

    In February 2016, Assupol TuksCricket appointed a new Head Coach, Technical Director and Head of Cricket, Kruger van Wyk.

  • Assupol TuksCricket NCU T20 Competition Winners

    Posted on February 23, 2016

    Assupol TuksCricket won the NCU T20 Club Competition for the 4th year running after beating Pretoria High School Old Boys (PHSOB) in the competition’s final on Sunday 21 February 2016.

  • Varsity Cup: Table-topping FNB Maties extend their unbeaten run against FNB Tuks in Round Three

    Posted on February 22, 2016

    A hat-trick by FNB Maties winger, Duncan Saal, was enough for the Stellenbosch-based side to defeat FNB Tuks at the Danie Craven Stadium on Monday evening. FNB Maties walked away with a comfortable 29-16 win to remain on top of the log in this year’s FNB Varsity Cup presented by Steinhoff...

  • Varsity Cup: Shimlas' comeback stuns Tuks

    Posted on February 17, 2016

    Pretoria played host to an incredible FNB Varsity Cup match, presented by Steinhoff International, between FNB UP-Tuks and the defending champions, FNB UFS-Shimlas, on Monday.

  • Too early to predict Varsity Cup shortfall for UP-Tuks

    Posted on February 17, 2016

    'Those experts who are quick to predict a nightmarish 2016 Varsity Cup campaign for UP-Tuks 1 make little or no contribution to any meaningful debate on how to get UP's finest back on track.'

  • TuksAthletics: Herman determined to throw a big one so as to go to Rio

    Posted on February 09, 2016

    An additional five metres and 33 centimetres is what Chad Herman, South African under-23 javelin champion, needs in order to earn his passport to the Olympic Games in Rio.

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