News Archive

Three Sydney University Elite Athlete Program (EAP) scholarship holders and one further Sydney University Football Club (SUFC) representative have been named in the 28-man squad to represent Australia at the IRB Junior World Championship being held in South Africa in June.

Sydney University Elite Athlete Program (EAP) scholarship holder Alice Keighley has been selected in the Australian Women’s Beach Handball team that will compete at the Beach Handball World Championships in July.

The Sydney University women’s rugby team kick started their season on Saturday defeating their hometown rivals, the Warringah Rats, 21-17.

Sydney University Athletics Club (SUAC) member Lara Tamsett has narrowly missed the Olympic qualifying standard of 31.45 at the Payton Jordon Invitational Meet 10000m held at Stanford University over the weekend.

Winger Angus Roberts bagged three of Sydney University’s seven tries as the Students towelled Randwick 47-7 in their Round 3 clash at University’s No.1 Oval on Saturday.

Canoeist Ros Lawrence and middle-distance runner Lachlan Renshaw were named Sydney University Sportswoman and Sportsman of the Year for 2011 at the recent annual awards dinner held in the Great Hall.

Sydney University Boat Club (SUBC’s) will be represented by three oarsmen and a coach at the 2012 Under 23 World Championships in Trakai, Lithuania from July 11-15.

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 Boat Club (SUBC) representative Sarah Cook has been selected in the Australian women’s eight crew that will compete at the final Olympic qualifying regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland from May 20-23.

It is rivalry round this Saturday, when Sydney University Football Club (SUFC) take on Randwick at home and it promises to be a huge contest across all the grades.