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Sydney University opener Scott Henry kicked off the Sydney Grade cricket season with an unbeaten 200 when the Students met Eastern Suburbs in a two-day fixture at Waverley Oval on Saturday.

Sydney University athletes got off to a great start on the first day of competition at the Australian University Games (AUG) on the Gold Coast, with some outstanding results showing plenty of promise for the week ahead.

Sydney University Athletic Club distance runner Alex Matthews was crowned Australian and NSW marathon champion for 2013 after competing in the Blackmores Sydney Running Festival on Sunday.

Olympian Fergus Pragnell will stroke the Sydney University men’s eight when they contest the annual Great Boat Race against Melbourne University, on the Yarra River on October 27.

Sydney University Sports Scholarship holder Emma Jeffcoat has enjoyed a successful stint at the ITU World Triathlon Championships in London, coming away with silver and bronze medals in Under 19 events.

The playing careers of Tim Davidson and Tom Carter might have finished at the end of the recent 51-6 grand final win over Eastwood, but the fairytale continued at the Sydney University Football Club’s awards held at The Grandstand on Friday night.

Sydney Uni Flames hit the road at the weekend to contest the Women’s National Basketball League Spring Shield, hosted by Dandenong Rangers at Dandenong Stadium.

Scoreboard is a wrap-up of the efforts of Sydney University athletes and teams through the past week, compiled by Graham Croker. Stories on some of the performances also appear in the News section.

Sydney University women’s Reserve Grade soccer team came agonisingly close to the 2013 Premier League title when they pushed Manly United to a penalty shoot-out in the season decider at Blacktown Football Park on Sunday.

Premierships come in six-year cycles for Sydney University’s women’s Division One AFL team, and that proved to be the case again this year.