Posted on September 01, 2020
01 September 1978: UP’s female table tennis champion. On this "Day in the life of the University of Pretoria" the student newspaper, Die Perdeby (featured below), featured Tukkies’ BCom table tennis star, Miss Betsie Botha.
Posted on August 28, 2020
28 August 1981: Engineering peddle car team wins. On this “Day in the life at the University of Pretoria”, the student newspaper, Die Perdeby, reported that UP’s team, team UFO, won all the intervarsity races, including the final race in Durban.
Posted on August 17, 2020
17 August 1973: UP’s female first hockey team beat Old Girls team 2-0. This "Day in the life of the University of Pretoria" ended in a spectacular win.
Posted on August 13, 2020
13 August 1948: Rhodes sports venue set the scene for mixed double clashes between Tukkies and Wits tennis teams. This "Day in the life of the University of Pretoria" ended in a spectacular draw between the two sides.
Posted on November 14, 2014
Soccer was one of the first sports to be practiced at the TUC (Transvaal University College), the forerunner of UP. When the rugby club was established in 1909, the soccer club already existed.
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