News Archive

University of Sydney swimmer Prue Watt stole the show on the final weekend of the London 2012 Paralympics, winning gold, as University of Sydney athletes finished their collective Paralympic campaigns with an impressive haul of seven medals – the same number as our Olympians.

Day 8 was a massive day of Paralympic action for University of Sydney athletes, with the Gliders winning through to the gold medal women’s wheelchair basketball game and Angela Ballard winning her second medal of the competition on the track.

Sydney University athletes Tom Jacobs, Alex Podgorski and Lara Rotrakarn all picked up medals on day 2 of the Australian University Snow Sports Championships at Mt Buller to push Sydney Uni’s medal tally for the week to eight.

Four returning 2012 Sydney Uni Olympians have travelled along with the rest of their senior eights rowing squads to Hamilton, New Zealand, to prepare for Sunday’s annual Gallagher Great Race and further fan the trans-Tasman rivalry on the mighty Waikato River.

All seven teams from Sydney University Football Club (SUFC) are in action this weekend, with the Colts playing in their three respective Grand Finals and the Club’s four Grade teams doing battle in Elimination Preliminary Finals to secure their place in the 2012 Grade Grand Finals to be played next weekend.

The Australian women’s wheelchair basketball team, who entered the 2012 London Paralympics as  far-less likely medal candidates than their male counterparts, will tonight take part in a mouth watering semi-final clash with the USA for a spot in the gold medal match.

The Southern Design Sydney Uni Flames have ensured that their squad will head into the 2012/13 WNBL season with plenty of form on the board after Flames players dominated the 2012 Waratah League Awards, including winning all six major female player awards.

Sydney University Wrestling Club (SUWC) member Jayden Lawrence has travelled to Pattaya, Thailand, where he will compete at the 2012 World Junior Wrestling Championships.

The Sydney Uni Kempo Karate Club will host a Short Stick Fighting Workshop run by Shaolin Master Serge Martich-Osterman on Sunday September 30.

The Sydney Uni Baseball Club (SUBC) third grade team have won three elimination games in as many weeks to take out the Sydney Winter Baseball League, after defeating Petersham-Leichardt 9-4 at Petersham Oval on Saturday.