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Record-breaking Sydney University Football Club winger Peter Playford has signed to play for the NSW Waratahs for the 2009 Super 14 season.

Despite losing a close encounter of the third kind to Logan Thunder in Brisbane on Sunday, the ACUVUE Sydney University Flames are still a chance of making the semi-finals with five rounds of the 2008-09 Women’s National Basketball League to be played.

A gallant, unbeaten 144 from opener Will Hay helped Sydney University to first innings points over UNSW in their two-day, round 10 fixture at Sydney University No.1 Oval.

Sydney University opener Greg Mail hit centuries in each innings as NSW Second XI pulled off a remarkable outright win over South Australia in their four-day match at Adelaide Oval, finishing on Friday.

Former Sydney University Sports Scholarship holder Julia Boland created history at Belmont Golf Club on Sunday when she became the first player to successfully defend the Lake Macquarie Women’s Amateur Championship.

The NSW Age Championships saw the largest contingent of swimmers from Sydney University for many years over the weekend. Led by Nicole Libardo, Taylor Aiken and Sam McConnell, the trio competed in the 13 to 18 year old age group.

The University of Sydney remains as the last university with a surviving club in NSW and one of only a few active university clubs in Australia. The Sydney Uni Sailing Club almost collapsed in 2007 but since 2008 has slowly been rebuilt, establishing a strong membership base and holding a number of successful events.

Perth captain Deanna Smith led from the front with a 32-point haul as the Lynx outlasted the ACUVUE Sydney University Flames to post a 91-85 win in their round 13 Women’s National Basketball League clash at Perry Lakes Stadium, Perth on Saturday night.

Sydney University openers Will Hay and Ben Larkin have the job ahead of them next Saturday in the chase to overhaul the imposing 286 posted by UNSW on the first day of the two-day Sydney Grade Cricket fixture at Sydney University No.1 Oval.

Universities Cricket Club captain Lisa Sthalekar and team-mates Alex and Kate Blackwell have been named in a 30-player preliminary Australian squad for the 2009 Women’s World Cup.