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The Sydney Uni Tennis has received the ultimate compliment after being invited by Tennis Australia to showcase their coached kids in an on-court demonstration at the upcoming Davis Cup tie at Royal Sydney against Switzerland.

Sydney University Volleyball Club’s women’s honours team have made it through to their fifth consecutive NSW State Volleyball League grand final after disposing of Manly last weekend in three sets.

Three Sydney University Cricket Club 1^st grade players, who are all also Sydney University Elite Athlete Program scholarship holders, have been selected to represent NSW in 2^nd XI fixtures over the next couple of weeks.

Sydney University’s push for a Sydney Premier Division grand final berth ended an agonising three points short when Balmain prevailed in an epic preliminary final at Blacktown Olympic Park on Sunday.

Sydney University’s women’s and men’s handball teams eased into Grand Final matches after comfortable victories over Hills on the weekend.

Sydney University Hockey Club suffered mixed results over the weekend as the women’s 2^nd grade team ground out an exciting extra time win, while the women’s 1^st grade team were gallant in suffering a agonisingly close loss.

Sydney University Elite Athlete Program (EAP) scholarship holder and canoe slalom athlete Rosalyn Lawrence has teamed up with Jessica Fox and Leanne Guinea to win women’s C1 team gold at the 2011 ICF Canoe Slalom Championships in Slovakia.

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 began the 2011-12 cricket season where they left off the past season – with another title – when they defeated Newcastle in the State Challenge played at Ron Hill Oval, Toronto, on Sunday.

After another hard fought regular season in the State Volleyball League, the Sydney University Women’s Honours team have been named minor premiers, losing only one match in their rounds.