Posted on March 12, 2024
The Tuks wrestler is no stranger to competing internationally. Last year, she won silver at the African Beach Games in Tunisia. She was also in action in the semifinals of the Singapore World Series Beach Wrestling Tournament. She has yet to compete internationally on the mats in freestyle...
Posted on February 23, 2024
Kian du Toit might only be 18, but the biggest mistake older wrestlers could make at next month's African Senior Wrestling Championships in Egypt is to underestimate him. When the youngster steps onto the mats, only one thing matters. That is to get his opponent pinned down for the count. Age...
Posted on June 19, 2023
Bea Meiring proved over the weekend in Singapore during a World Series Beach Wrestling event that with the right mindset, anything can happen. The Tuks wrestler so nearly medalled. It would indeed have been a turn-up for the books if she did. Meiring only took up wrestling towards the end of...
Posted on June 09, 2023
When Bea Meiring took up wrestling at the end of last year, the idea was to have fun, but things played out differently. This weekend, she will compete at the Singapore Beach Wrestling World Series. The Tuks wrestler has also been named as part of Team South Africa for the 2023 African Beach...
Posted on February 27, 2023
The Tuks wrestler, Arno van Zijl, is prepared to go to "war" if that is what it will take to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in France. The 21-year-old knows he is in for a tough challenge. It is only the second year that he will compete against senior wrestlers. To the 2020 African...
Posted on July 22, 2022
It is said that "the only way to eat an elephant is one bite at a time", which is precisely what Arno van Zijl of TuksWrestling, plans on doing at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games in England. But don't get him wrong. The Tuks wrestler is not planning to go on an eating marathon. It is...
Posted on February 18, 2022
TuksWrestling: Tuks wrestler not one to shy away from a challenge Like a moth can't resist circling a burning candle, so can the 19-year-old and Tuks wrestler, Arno van Zijl, cannot resist a real challenge. His aim is to compete at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games and World Junior...
Posted on September 30, 2020
Wrestling is what gets Rozani Honiball's adrenaline pumping.
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