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The Australian University Games (AUGs) is a multi-sport competition held annually in September / October between teams fielded from a large number of Australian universities and tertiary institutions. The Games were first held in Melbourne at the inaugural Australian Universities Winter Games in 1992 and jointly hosted by the University of Melbourne, Monash University, La Trobe University and Deakin University. Owned by Australian University Sport (AUS), the peak governing body of university sport in Australia, the Games is the flagship event on the university sporting calendar and attracts over 6,000 competitors each year.
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. It is the largest country in Oceania and the world's sixth-largest country by total area. The neighbouring countries are Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, and East Timor to the north; the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the north-east; and New Zealand to the south-east. The population of 26 million is highly urbanised and heavily concentrated on the eastern seaboard. Australia's capital is Canberra, and its largest city is Sydney. The country's other major metropolitan areas are Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide.
A university is an institution of higher education and research which awards academic degrees in various academic disciplines. Universities typically provide undergraduate education and postgraduate education.
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia and Oceania. Its name refers to an urban agglomeration of 2,080 km2 (800 sq mi), comprising a metropolitan area with 31 municipalities, and is also the common name for its city centre. The city occupies much of the coastline of Port Phillip bay and spreads into the hinterlands towards the Dandenong and Macedon ranges, Mornington Peninsula and Yarra Valley. It has a population of 5 million, and its inhabitants are referred to as "Melburnians".
The Australian University Games replaced events hosted by individual sports and brought together university sports (intervarsities) and the then tertiary college sports (intercollegiates) into the one competitive arena, aiming to bring more athletes together in a larger event.
Teams qualify through regional university games. The Northern University Games are for universities from Queensland, Northern Territory and Northern New South Wales. The Eastern University Games are for universities from most of New South Wales and the ACT. The Southern University Games are for teams from Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. The Western University Games Series covers teams from Western Australia.
The Northern University Games (NUG) is an Australian inter-varsity multi-sport competition held annually in mid-year break between universities and tertiary institutions from Queensland, Northern Territory and northern New South Wales. The games attract on average 600 competitors every year across seven different sports. It was first held in 2005.
Queensland is the second-largest and third-most populous state in the Commonwealth of Australia. Situated in the north-east of the country, it is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean. To its north is the Torres Strait, with Papua New Guinea located less than 200 km across it from the mainland. The state is the world's sixth-largest sub-national entity, with an area of 1,852,642 square kilometres (715,309 sq mi).
The Northern Territory is an Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. It shares borders with Western Australia to the west, South Australia to the south, and Queensland to the east. To the north, the territory looks out to the Timor Sea, the Arafura Sea and the Gulf of Carpentaria, including Western New Guinea and other Indonesian islands. The NT covers 1,349,129 square kilometres (520,902 sq mi), making it the third-largest Australian federal division, and the 11th-largest country subdivision in the world. It is sparsely populated, with a population of only 245,800, fewer than half as many people as Tasmania.
Thus far, the University of Sydney has been the most successful amongst competing universities in the Games, having achieved Overall Winner a total of nine times (1995–1996, 1999–2003, 2007, 2014).
The University of Sydney is an Australian public research university in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is Australia's first university and is regarded as one of the world's leading universities. The university is known as one of Australia's 6 sandstone universities. Its campus is ranked in the top 10 of the world's most beautiful universities by the British Daily Telegraph and The Huffington Post, spreading across the inner-city suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington. The university comprises nine faculties and university schools, through which it offers bachelor, master and doctoral degrees.
The University of Western Australia became the first University outside the big 3 (the University of Sydney, the University of Melbourne, and Monash University) to win the Overall Title since 1994, when it clinched the 2010 title.
The University of Western Australia (UWA) is a public research university in the Australian state of Western Australia. The university's main campus is in Perth, the state capital, with a secondary campus in Albany and various other facilities elsewhere.
The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Parkville, Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Melbourne's main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb north of the Melbourne central business district, with several other campuses located across Victoria.
Monash University is a public research university based in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1958, it is the second oldest university in the State of Victoria. The university has a number of campuses, four of which are in Victoria, and one in Malaysia. Monash also has a research and teaching centre in Prato, Italy, a graduate research school in Mumbai, India and a graduate school in Suzhou, China. Monash University courses are also delivered at other locations, including South Africa.
The current Overall Winner is the University of Technology Sydney, having won the title in 2017.
The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is a public research university located in Sydney, Australia. Although its origins are said to trace back to the 1870s, the university was founded in its current form in 1988. As of 2018, UTS enrolls 45,930 students, including 33,070 undergraduate and 12,860 postgraduate students through its 9 faculties and schools.
The Unisport Nationals will replace the Australian University Games from 2018.
Overall Winner
Overall Winner.
Doug Ellis Trophy
Population-based Champion University.
Spirit of the Games Shield
In memory of its President, John White, who died early in 2006, AUS renamed its Spirit of the Games Shield to the John White Memorial Spirit of the Games Shield in honour of a man who embodied the spirit of university sport.
QLD Licensed Vietuallers Asc. IV Athletics Trophy
The G.R. Hulbert Trophy
The E.J Hartung Cup Intervarsity is Awarded to the Winning Men's Football Team
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | 4th |
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2008 | Victoria University | Swinburne University of Technology | Australian Catholic University | University of Ballarat |
2009 | Australian Catholic University | Edith Cowan University | Griffith University | Bond University |
2010 | No Competition |
Australian Universities Championship Series
AUSA Men's Basketball Shield
The 2013 AUGs were essentially dominated by the strong team from Sydney University (SUVelo), who took out the men's, women's, and overall champion trophies.
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | 4th |
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2005 | The University of Melbourne | The University of Western Australia | University of South Australia | Deakin University |
Hugh McCredie Trophy " The Intervarsity Cup" is Awarded for Women's Winning Team
The Syme Cup is Awarded to the Winning Men's Hockey Team.
Inter University Women's Hockey Cup is Awarded to the Winning Women's Hockey Team.
Rowing was one of the first events competed for between Australian universities. Men's Eights have been raced since 1888, lightweight fours since 1963, and women's eights since 1978. The NSW Centenary Cup [7] is awarded for the university that scores the most points overall in all events; however, the most prestigious events remain the Men's and Women's Eights.
The Oxford and Cambridge Cup is awarded to the winning Men's Eight. [8]
The Godfrey Tanner Cup is awarded to the winning Women's Eight. [9]
The Nick Farr-Jones Cup is Awarded to the Winning Men's Rugby Union Team.
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | 4th |
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2005 | University of Newcastle | University of Wollongong | Queensland University of Technology | Australian National University |
A demonstration sport in 2010 and a full sport in 2011, having been revived after a long period of decline. See Australian University Sailing.
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | 4th |
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2010 | The University of Western Australia | The University of Sydney | University of Notre Dame | The University of New South Wales |
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2015 | Australian Maritime College UTAS | The University of New South Wales | Australian National University |
Berge Phillips Trophy is Awarded for Winning Team Overall
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | 4th |
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2010 |
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | 4th |
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2018 | Monash University | The University of Melbourne |
Institution | Region | Location |
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Australian Catholic University (ACU) | South, East, North | Ballarat, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney |
Australian College of Physical Education (ACPE) | East | Sydney New South Wales |
Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) | East | Canberra Australian Capital Territory |
Australian National University (ANU) | East | Canberra Australian Capital Territory |
Bond University (BOND) | North | Gold Coast Queensland |
Central Queensland University (CQU) | North | Bundaberg, Gladstone, Mackay, Rockhampton, Brisbane Queensland |
Charles Darwin University (CDU) | North | Darwin Northern Territory |
Charles Sturt University (CSU) | East | Albury-Wodonga, Bathurst, Dubbo, Orange, Manly, Wagga Wagga New South Wales |
Curtin University of Technology (CURT) | West | Perth Western Australia |
Deakin University (DEAK) | South | Geelong, Toorak, Warnambool Victoria |
Edith Cowan University (ECU) | West | Perth Western Australia |
Flinders University (FU) | South | Adelaide South Australia |
Griffith University (GU) | North | Brisbane, Gold Coast Queensland |
James Cook University (JCU) | North | Cairns, Townsville Queensland |
La Trobe University (LTU) | South | Albury-Wodonga, Bendigo, Melbourne Victoria |
Macquarie University (MQU) | East | Sydney New South Wales |
Monash University (MON) | South | Melbourne Victoria |
Murdoch University (MDU) | West | Perth Western Australia |
Queensland University of Technology (QUT) | North | Brisbane Queensland |
RMIT University (RMIT) | South | Melbourne Victoria |
Southern Cross University (SCU) | East | Lismore New South Wales |
Swinburne University of Technology (SUT) | South | Melbourne Victoria |
The University of Adelaide (AU) | South | Adelaide South Australia |
The University of Melbourne (MELB) | South | Melbourne Victoria |
The University of New England (UNE) | North | Armidale New South Wales |
University of Newcastle (NCLE) | East | Newcastle New South Wales |
The University of Notre Dame Australia (UNDA) | West | Perth Western Australia |
The University of Queensland (UQ) | North | Brisbane Queensland |
The University of Sydney (USYD) | East | Sydney New South Wales |
The University of Western Australia (UWA) | West | Perth Western Australia |
University of Ballarat (UBAL) | South | Ballarat Victoria |
University of Canberra (UC) | East | Canberra Australian Capital Territory |
University of New South Wales (UNSW) | East | Sydney New South Wales |
University of South Australia (USA) | South | Adelaide South Australia |
North | Toowoomba Queensland | |
University of Tasmania (TU) | South | Hobart, Launceston Tasmania |
University of Technology Sydney (UTS) | East | Sydney New South Wales |
University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) | North | Sunshine Coast Queensland |
University of Western Sydney (UWS) | East | Sydney New South Wales |
University of Wollongong (UOW) | East | Wollongong New South Wales |
Victoria University, Australia (VU) | South | Melbourne Victoria |
The Adelaide University Boat Club is a rowing club affiliated with the University of Adelaide. The club was founded in 1881, and in 1896 helped to form the Adelaide University Sports Association. The main clubrooms, donated by Robert Barr Smith in 1909, are located on the north bank of the River Torrens on War Memorial Drive, adjacent to the Adelaide University Sports Grounds. The shed has two boat bays, a gym and weights room and a small bar. The club also leases a secondary boatshed at the South Australian Rowing Association complex on Military Road at West Lakes, and also trains regularly at Port Adelaide's North Arm Creek and Murray Bridge. Members have included rowers of all levels, from total beginners to Olympic Gold Medallists. The club shares the nickname "The Blacks" with the Adelaide University Football Club.
Nicholas Richard Garratt was an Australian rowing coach. He was the head coach of Rowing ACT, coaching the ACT High Performance Program along with the ACT Academy of Sport Rowing Program, in Canberra, Australia.
Sydney Albert 'Syd' Middleton DSO, OBE was an Australian Army officer and national representative rugby union player and rower. He won a gold medal in rugby at the 1908 Summer Olympics and competed in rowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He had a distinguished career in World War I being awarded the DSO and later an OBE. He captained the Wallabies in a Test series in 1910. As a rower he was twice an Australian national champion and won the Grand Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta in 1912. He was a member of the AIF crew which won at the 1919 Peace Regatta and brought the King's Cup to Australia.
Kate Elizabeth Slatter OAM is an Australian former rower, a sixteen time national champion, world champion and Olympic champion from Adelaide, South Australia. She is a three-time Olympian who in 1996 won Australia's first Olympic gold in women's rowing.
Sydney Uni Sport and Fitness (SUSF) is the University of Sydney's sporting body. SUSF currently manages and administers more than 40 sport and recreation clubs, also organising sporting and recreation events, and offering student and non-student members a comprehensive range of sporting facilities. SUSF also provides sport scholarships and other support to student athletes.
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The Australian Rowing Championships is an annual rowing event that determines Australia's national rowing champions and facilitates selection of Australian representative crews for World Championships and the Olympic Games. It is Australia's premier regatta, with states, clubs and schools sending their best crews. The Championships commence with the National Regatta - men's, women's and lightweight events in open, under 23, under 19, under 17 and school age categories. Rowers at the National Regatta race in their local club colours with composite crews permitted. The Championships conclude with the Interstate Regatta - currently eight events competed by state representative crews or scullers selected by the state rowing associations. The states compete for an overall points tally which decides the Zurich Cup.
InterVarsity Hockey refers to Field Hockey competitions in Australia between rival universities, dating back to 1908. The Men's and Women's competitions were organised and run separately until 1978, when they became a 'combined InterVarsity', before becoming part of the Australian University Games in 1993.
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