Athletics

The ACE Trust funded the building of TuksSport High School and partnered with the University of Pretoria to manage the athletics programme. In 2014, the ACE Trust funded the first intake of 24 athletes to join the programme.

Young athletes join the Tuks Athletics Academy and become members of the Tuks Athletics Club, which is situated on the University of Pretoria’s sports campus.  This high-altitude facility comprises 76 hectares of dedicated sports grounds with state-of-the-art technology and expertise, including athletics tracks, gym, sports science medical, psychology and nutrition.

Academy athletes train daily alongside Olympic and internationally recognised athletes and live out their passion in this unique environment which stimulates academic, emotional and physical development. Athletics Academy coaches are specialists in various athletic disciplines including sprints, middle distance, race walking, hurdles, jumps and throw.

TuksSport High School is registered with the Gauteng Education Department and tuition is in English.

The ACE Trust and the School work together to address language and numeracy difficulties through a structured bridging programme.  The School offers a quality education with a flexible time-table structure which allows for optimal training without compromising academic development.

TuksSport High School is open to elite athletes from all sporting codes offered at HPC including swimming, boys and girls’ football, triathlon, golf, cricket, gymnastics, soccer and judo offering a unique  sporting and learning environment for its learners. Athletics Track is the dominant sport code.

In 2024 , the ACE Trust funded the development of a solar energy solution for the school and also built a cycling pump track on the University of Pretoria sports grounds. A new dining hall will be built in 2025.

In 2023, the ACE Trust partnered with Hoërskool Stellenbosch and ACE Stellenbosch  to manage the athletics programme in Stellenbosch. ACE Trust funded the first intake of 16 athletes to join the programme. Young athletes become club members of the Athletes Academy.

Hoërskool Stellenbosch is an Afrikaans-medium school registered with the Western Cape Education Department.

The athletes benefit from a high-performance sport training environment that nurtures academic, emotional and physical development. Specialist tutors offer focused and tailored academic bridging programmes to support the academic progress of each student. 

The athletes train daily under the guidance of internationally recognised coaches and specialists across multiple disciplines, including sprints, middle distance, race walking, jumps and throws.

The training environment is supported by sports scientists, medical expertise, psychology and nutrition to ensure the holistic development of each athlete.

In 2024, The ACE Trust funded the building of the World Athletics certified Class 2 Category 5 Rekortan M smart athletics tartan track (the ACE Track), a state-of-the art gymnasium, a fully equipped learning hub, a new boarding house and a renovated school hall at the Hoërskool Stellenbosch.