Njabulo Mbatha capped a brilliant season over the weekend when he helped South Africa’s 4x400m relay team win a silver medal at the Under-20 World Championships in Peru. What made the 17-year-old TuksSport High School’s performance special is the fact that two hours before the relay final, he competed in the 400m-hurdles final. He missed…
Tatjana Schoenmaker and Rocco Meiring are the real deal in performing at their best when it matters most. It was proved yesterday when the Tuks swimmer won silver in the 100m breaststroke during Swimming World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. Schoenmaker has now won 11 medals (six gold and five silver) at major international events. There…
Junior Cameron Tripney opened Team South Africa’s account at the ICF Stand Up Paddling world championships in the Polish city of Gdynia in spectacular fashion, winning gold in the junior boys sprint race on Thursday. The schoolboy from Melkbosstrand in Cape Town shocked the SUP worlds with a stunning sprint final to secure South Africa’s…
Pieter Coetzé proved to be the star of the South African team at the World Junior Swimming Championships which came to an end in Lima, Peru on Sunday 05 September 2022. Fresh from his gold, silver and bronze at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, the 18-year-old from Pretoria left the Peruvian capital with a haul…
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…
