#TuksRowing: SA's McCann wins World Champs gold

Posted on October 02, 2017

Tuks/hpc rower Kirsten McCann won the lightweight women's single sculls race in Sarasota, Florida by out-rowing Marieke Keijser (Netherlands) to win by a boat length, or to be more precise by more than two seconds.

#TuksFootball: UP-Tuks beat TUT 2–0 to claim 2017 Varsity Football title

Posted on September 29, 2017

UP-Tuks were relentless in their pursuit of the Varsity Football title at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) on Thursday night, resulting in a 2–0 victory over defending champions TUT.

UP track champion graduates with Information Science degree

Posted on September 11, 2017

Akani Simbine, 2016 Rio Olympics finalist in the 100 metres, South African record holder in the 100 metres sprint, and Diamond League gold medallist, graduated at the University of Pretoria (UP) with a Bachelor of Information Science on Friday, 8 September.

Marcel Vorster, 2017 world university powerlifting champion

Posted on August 02, 2017

The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that it counts among its number an international powerlifting champion.

McCann wins gold at Lucerne Rowing World Cup

Posted on July 10, 2017

Kirsten McCann completed her collection of rowing World Cup medals over the weekend when she won a gold medal in Lucerne, Switzerland.

TuksGolf: Tuks blasts to USSA Golf Champs win

Posted on July 10, 2017

David Nortje, Ian Jacobs, Jacques Britz and Calvin Ferreira from the University of Pretoria smoked Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University to seal their 11th victory in the University Sports South Africa (USSA) Golf Championship in spectacular style at Centurion Country Club on Friday.

Delron Buckley's visit to UP

Posted on June 05, 2017

The University of Pretoria (UP) recently hosted former Bafana Bafana and German Bundesliga legend, Delron Buckley. He spoke to coaches and youngsters from the Tuks Football Academy at the Merensky 2 Library as part of the Youth Day celebrations on Tuesday, 30 May.

Varsity Hockey steals the show in national team announcements

Posted on May 29, 2017

The national squads for both the South African men’s and women’s national teams were announced on Thursday, 18 May. An impressive 76% of the women selected have participated in Varsity Hockey, while seven of the 21 men have done so. The new squads include no less than six players from...