The third event of the Yellow Pages Series took place at Absa Tuks Stadium on 20 April, where former 800m World champion Caster Semenya qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games.

AmaTuks beat mid-table hopefuls Sivutsa Stars with a 4-0 victory at the Absa Tuks Stadium on Sunday 22 April to stay at the top of the National First Division (NFD) log.

Die Suid-Afrikaanse 400m hekkies- en Tuks-atleet, LJ van Zyl, het gekwalifiseer vir die Olimpiese Spele wat later vanjaar in Londen sal plaasvind.

News on the international sport front.

On Tuesday 17 April the Tuks ladies residences showed their competitive sides in the intra-mural first years’ netball league. Seventeen teams participated with 23 matches being played in total.

The first Inter-Club Athletics Championships were held at Absa Tuks Stadium on 5 April, where Tuks claimed the title of Athletics South Africa National Club Champions.

In an absorbing final between the top two teams from the round-robin stage, Tuks managed to edge out the men from Stellenbosch to become the first team from outside the Western Cape to win the FNB Varsity Cup tournament.

Tuks beat FNB Maties, their arch-rivals and three-time Varsity Cup champions, 29-21 in front of a crowd of about 15 000 people at the TuksRugby Stadium on 9 April.

On a day that saw Tuks lift the Varsity Cup trophy for the first time, the university also brought home another prestigious title. Cayla Esterhuysen, who won Miss Tuks Varsity Cup on 5 March, represented Tuks at the nationals of Miss Varsity Cup against seven other contenders for the title.

Tuks and Maties have both had an impressive Varsity Cup campaigns this season, but all the hard work will be hinged on one game when they clash in the Varsity Cup final on 9 April. Get down to the TuksRugby Stadium on Monday to watch the men live, or alternatively watch the game live on Supersport 1at 19:00.