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Collingwood Football Club today confirmed through their website that Sydney University Australian National Football Club (SUANFC) representative Jarrod Witts will be selected with pick 67 in the upcoming National Draft and placed straight on the senior list.

Sydney University coxswain Will Raven will long remember the 2011 Australian Boat Race, held on the Yarra River in Melbourne on Sunday, when Sydney University triumphed over Melbourne University by the narrowest of margins after a 4.2km epic.

A host of Australian and NSW representatives will be playing against each other when Universities Women’s Cricket Club take on Sydney CC on the new wicket at Sydney University No.1 Oval on Sunday.

The canoe slalom duo of Sydney University Elite Athlete Program (EAP) scholarship holder Rosalyn Lawrence and her sister Kate Lawrence are vying for spots on the Australian Olympic team. With only one spot available for London, these athletes, and sisters, are battling it out ahead of their February 2012 qualifier.

The Southern Design Sydney Uni Flames kept their unbeaten run in the National Women’s Basketball League alive on Saturday night, but not before Bendigo Spirit took them to the wire at the Sydney Uni Sports & Aquatic Centre.

A Greg Mail century backed up by a tight bowling performance helped defending premiers Sydney University open their account for the 2011-12 season with a first innings win over Blacktown at Joe McAleer Oval on Saturday.

Perfect conditions on the Manning grass courts over the weekend saw two Sydney University teams make it into the finals of the X-Point Tennis Sydney Spring Badge competition on Saturday.

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.

Three Sydney University Elite Athlete Program (EAP) scholarship holders have been nominated for their 2011 sporting achievements and are set to be recognised at next month’s annual New South Wales Institute of Sport (NSWIS) Awards.

Due to unplayable lawn courts the 2011 Sydney Uni Tennis Charity Challenge that was supposed to take place this Sunday has been cancelled.