News Archive

Two Sydney University students – Aimee Watson and Hamish McLean – have been selected to represent the Australian University Sport (AUS) team at the 2011 Winter Universiade (World University Games) from  January 26 to February 6 in Erzurum, Turkey.

Sydney University Athletics Club distance runner James Nipperess continued the club’s stand-out season when he ran a personal best to win the NSW 3000 State Championship at Olympic Park last night.

Sydney University Football Club halves pairing Luke Burgess and Berrick Barnes guided the Wallabies to an extremely hard fought victory over English Premiership team the Leicester Tigers on Wednesday morning.

Sydney University athletes have come away from the 2010 World Championships with four of the eleven medals won by the Australian University Sport (AUS) squad.

Sydney University’s Ben McCalman was once again solid at the back of the scrum, as the Wallabies had too much backline fire power, against a forwards-orientated Welsh team in Cardiff on Sunday morning, winning 25-16.

Sydney University’s first Twenty20 match of the season resulted in a loss to Northern District at Waitara Oval on Sunday.

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 rowers came home with silver and bronze medals from the 2010 World Rowing Championships held on Lake Karapiro, New Zealand, over the past week.

Sydney University Football Club will provide five of the Aussie Thunder squad to contest the Gold Coast and Noose Sevens tournaments later this month.