News Archive

Sydney University Football Club (SUFC), Australia’s oldest and most successful rugby club will be dedicating its round 18 Sydney Premiership rugby home game on Saturday 6^th August against Southern Districts to honour the NSW Emergency Service personnel.

Sydney University player Michael Hartley has received the Rising Star Nomination for Round 16.

Sydney University Sports Scholarship holder Matt Abood swam the race of his life to help Australia win gold in the 4x100m freestyle relay at the World Championships in Shanghai on Sunday.

Sydney University’s defence of the Sydney premier rugby Shute Shield is taking on a similar pattern to 2010 when they strung together 13 consecutive wins to collect a sixth successive premiership.

SUFC players fared well at the recent NSW Waratahs awards night, with flanker Dave Dennis finishing third in the polling for the Matthew Burke Cup for the Waratahs Players’ Player of the 2011 Super Rugby season.

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.

The Sydney Uni Handball Club swept aside all competition in equally dominant male and female displays over the weekend.

Three members of the Sydney University Archery Club have been awarded for their impressive results with top 50 national target ranking positions.

Three Sydney Uni Squash Club teams won their respective NSW Squash 2011 Autumn Pennant grand finals last weekend.

Two current, and one former, Sydney University Elite Athlete Program (EAP) scholarship holders will be in action at the World U23 Rowing Championships starting Friday in Amsterdam.