A day in the life at the University of Pretoria. 04 June 1966

On this "Day in the life of the University of Pretoria" the UP team participated in the North Transvaal Judo championship.

Perdeby, 10 June 1966 © UP Archives

The Tukkie Judo team won 7 of the 8 titles. In the 0/161 lb. section two Tukkie finalist Ciso de Pontes and Pearce Hartzenberg com. Another member of the Tukkie team Johan Strijdom and Eddie Dorey won the 0/133 lb. and the heavy weight titles respectively.

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