The international athletics community might not really know who Jovan van Vuuren is, but as said, watch this space. One big long jump in the next few weeks can change everything. The Tuks athlete certainly is in good form at the moment. During yesterday’s Grand Prix meeting in Bloemfontein, he won the long jump with…
The South African 100m-hurdles champion, Marione Fourie, managed to do something no other local hurdler had been able to do. That is to run a sub 13 seconds race in South Africa. The Tuks Sports Science student won the 100m-hurdles in 12.86s yesterday during the Gauteng North Championships at Tuks. Unfortunately, the wind from behind…
Tuks’s swimmers certainly made their presence felt during the South African Open Water Championships in Jeffreys Bay, winning the men’s and women’s 10 and 5km events. Through his heroics, the 19-year-old Ruan Breytenbach proved that when the going gets tough, the tough get going by winning the men’s 10km and 5km events. It should be…
Exactly two. That is how many South African female hurdlers managed to dip under 13 seconds in the 100m-hurdles, but if Marione Fourie can have her way, this statistic will change in 2022. During a recent league meeting at Tuks, she ran 13.29s. It is one of the 11 fastest times in the history of…
Finding enough hours is a challenge the sports mental mental coach of the Tuks rugby team John-Laffnie de Jager faces daily, but he will never complain. What matters to him is making a difference in young people’s lives. Apart from motivating rugby players to be the best they can be, De Jager is coaching three…
Like a moth can’t resist circling a burning candle, so can the 19-year-old Tuks wrestler Arno van Zijl not resist a real challenge. His aim is to compete at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games and World Junior Championships. To him, it is not only about “ticking boxes”. Every time he steps onto the mats, he wants…
The biggest challenge SA rowing face daily is not to get boats to be faster on the water-it is overcoming Roodeplaatdam’s water hyacinths. The plants might just be why South Africa will not win medals at the World Championships. The head coach of the RMB National Squad based at Tuks, Tiago Loureiro, said they are…
Katlego Ntsabeleng has become the latest South African football player to sign for a major international football club. Major League Soccer (MLS) side FC Dallas announced on Wednesday, 12 January 2022 that the club has secured the services of Ntsabeleng after his impressive showing in the 2021 campaign at Oregon State University. In a MLS web report, it…
The FNB Varsity Cup will be staged at universities around the country for the first time since 2020 when the 15th instalment of South Africa’s ground-breaking tournament kicks off on 14 February. After a challenging 2021 season, the tournament will return to campuses around the country, with a limited number of fans allowed into the…
The Wits cricket Team have got off to an electric start to the CGL Enza Premier League season with two wins on the trot over the first two weekends. This team has certainly showed good form coming into the season with good preseason wins over CUT, Pukke and UJ. The league 50 over opener saw…
