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Engineering and sport make great teammates
Not since John Langford (BE Civil, Honours, 1991) has there been a University of Sydney engineer representing the Wallabies, but Tom Kingston might soon change that.
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Grenfell seals move to competitive cyclist racing team
Sydney University Elite Athlete Program (EAP) scholarship holder Phil Grenfell will join American continental team Competitive Cyclist Racing Team in 2012, with the 22-year-old doing enough to impress team manager Gordon Fraser in this year’s Australian National Road Series to seal the move to the professional ranks.
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Dalton WNBL Coach of the Month
Karen Dalton of the Southern Design Sydney Uni Flames and Chris Lucas of the Townsville Fire have been named joint WNBL Coach of the Month Award winners for October, with voters unable to split the head coaches of the league’s only two undefeated sides of the first four rounds.
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Denson WNBL Player of the Month
After starring in her side’s undefeated opening month of the season, Southern Design Sydney Uni Flames import Amy Denson has been awarded the WNBL Player of the Month for October.
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Men’s Handball Team wins Oceania Club Championships
The Sydney Uni Men’s handball team has qualified to be the Oceania representatives at the 2012 Superglobe tournament after winning the Region’s Club Championships in Tahiti last week.
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Stewart sends Gliders to Olympics
Sydney Uni Wheelchair Flames star and Sydney University Elite Athlete Program (EAP) scholarship holder Sarah Stewart has helped the Australian women’s wheelchair team, the Gliders, to be crowned 2011 Asia Oceania champions, after winning their gold medal match in Goyang, South Korea last week.
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In-form Olympians key to Flames v Lightning clash
The form of Australian stars and dual Olympians Belinda Snell and Suzy Batkovic will be the key elements when the Southern Design Sydney Uni Flames clash with the Adelaide Lightning at Sydney Uni Sports & Aquatic Centre on Friday night.
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Flames ready for the Thunder
The undefeated Southern Design Sydney Uni Flames welcome the Logan Thunder to their home court this Friday night for what will be the continuation of one of the WNBL’s best rivalries.
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Scoreboard
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.
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Flames take outright lead
The clash of the Women’s National Basketball League heavyweights lived up to its billing in Townsville on Saturday night when the Southern Design Sydney Uni Flames came from behind to defeat Townsville Fire 84-77 at the local RSL Stadium.