uts sport magazine october 2015

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Welcome to the second issue for the Sports News for Semester Two. We’re well into the swing of things this semester and sport and recreation kicked off events in week 2 with the Sport Championships testing teams in strength, endurance and agility. Later in the same week close to 400 keen Team UTS runners made the 14km journey on from the City to Bondi Beach for the 2015 City2Surf.

The last week of August saw a team of 38 students head to Thredbo for the Snow University Games. Athletes battled some very rainy conditions in Snowboarding and skiing events over 5 days coming away with 5th place overall. Read more about their week away and check out photos on page 14.

Did you know that UTS had four students represent Australia at the World University Games in Korea? Our ActivateUTS CEO Liz Brett was also there giving the Australian Uniroos a helping hand as Chef de Mision. Inside this issue you can read all about how they went, what sport they played at the games and what they’re studying at UTS. Maybe you’ll see them in your next class!

After taking out Eastern University Games, Team UTS is shaping up well with most teams training hard hoping to win a medal at Australian University Games on the Gold Coast in early October. UTS hopes to maintain or better its previous 4th place overall out of all the competing Universities from all over Australia.

Now that winter is well and truly over, it’s time to get active and dust off those old bikes and helmets so you can join in Ride 2 UTS Day! Put the 14th of October in your diaries and get riding! If your trip from home is too long try and combine it with a train trip! ActivateFit’s Manager Ben has provided some great insight into an everyday action that can help you get ready for the ride!

Enjoy this and more in our final issue for the year and we will see you again next year! We will be back bigger and better with four issues to keep you well up to date with what’s happening with Sport and Recreation in 2016! All the best for your exams and have a wonderful, safe and active break.

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WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES The World University Games, held every two years in a different city is an international and cultural festival, second in importance only to the Olympic Games. In 2015 the Games were held in Gwangju, Korea from the 3rd – 14th of July. Four UTS students Sam Cocokios, Adrian Plummer, Isobel Bishop and Luke Mansfield represented the Australian Uniroos in their sport, all doing UTS and Australia proud. In addition, Activate UTS CEO, Liz Brett, was Chef de Mission of the Uniroos.

Sam Cocokios was a member of the men’s water polo team in his regular position as goal keeper. He is no stranger to wearing the Green and Gold, as a junior he has been an Australian representative from 2010 and also a NSWIS athlete from 2012. Sam plays National League and is balancing his Water Polo commitments with a Bachelor of Business and is currently in his

3rd year of study at UTS. Sam has twice been named Most Valuable Goalkeeper of the tournament at the U20s Nationals in 2014 and 2015. Sam was joined by

a number of his under 20s teammates in Korea and the boys were able to make

it to the quarter finals.

Long distance runner Adrian Plummer represented the

Uniroos in the 1500m. He is a member of the UTS Norths Athletics Club and is studying a Bachelor of Biotechnology, after transferring to UTS from

Queensland. Adrian has been a middle distance

runner from the age of 12 and first represented

Australia in 2010 at the World Junior Championships in the 800m

making it to the semi-finals. Since then, Adrian has continued to train hard and in

2014 he was 3rd in the state for the 1500m and later on in the year placed 7th in the Commonwealth Games Selection Trials. Competing in Gwangju had long been


a goal of his and he, along with teammate and former UTS student James Hansen, finished in the top 15.

Another water polo team member, this time for the women’s team, Isobel Bishop made the trip to Gwangju to represent Australia. Isobel is currently in her first year at UTS studying a Bachelor in Visual Communications. Her Water Polo talents have seen her as a member of the Australian Stingers National Water Polo Squad and the NSWIS Elite Water Polo Squad as well as playing National League. Isobel has represented Australia on many occasions including the 2013 World Championships and 2014 World Cup, both times the team came away with the silver medal. Isobel’s National League Coach, says she is arguably the top left hander in Australia and is vying for a place in the 2016 Australian Olympic Team. Her journey to Olympic selection is going well after captaining the women’s side in Gwangju to a gold medal, winning the match after a penalty shootout.

Postgraduate student Luke Mansfield, joined the Uniroos as part of the Fencing team competing in the Epee discipline. He began fencing in 2003 in high school where he went on to represent his school at a state and national level, winning one and coming

second in the other. He moved to the Epee discipline after school, and began competing in open and national tournaments. By 2009 Luke was fencing in his first World Cup and won the Junior Australian Epee Championship. Since then he has competed at a further four individual and two team World Cups. As well as competing, Luke is heavily involved in the administration side of several clubs and in 2013 was elected to the national athlete’s commission to serve as its representative to the Australian Fencing Federation. In Korea Luke missed out by a mere 5 points to progress from the pool rounds and was disappointed, but is extremely happy with how he fenced.

As well as these athletes, Liz Brett, CEO of Activate UTS and Sydney 2000 Olympian for volleyball, brought great passion and experience to her role as the Australian Uniroos Chef de Mission. Liz managed a team of 200 inspiring young athletes who took a record 19 medals in Korea with 4 Gold, 3 Silver and 12 Bronze across 21 sports. This is a testament not only to the athletes but also to the support teams they have around them.

We know we speak for the entire UTS community in saying we are extremely proud of our student athletes and ActivateUTS CEO and offer them our congratulations.

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SPORT: NETBALL FACULTY: HEALTH DEGREE: BACHELOR OF SPORT AND EXERCISE SCIENCE

CLAIRE O’BRIEN

How are you enjoying UTS so far?

It was a big change from school you have to become a lot more independent and at times that can be challenging, but I’ve enjoyed meeting some great people and the overall experience. UTS is really flexible also and have been really supportive of me.

Tell us a little bit about your sport/what you do:

Basically, anyone who can catch and throw can play netball. I started playing it when I was younger because I looked at it as a great way to have fun with your friends. As I’ve gotten older it’s become a little more serious, but still the best thing I’ve ever done. Currently, I’m with the NSWIS netball squad, we train regularly and have a great team and training environment.

How often do you train?

4-5 times a week.

What do you consider your greatest sporting achievement?

National champions 2015 U19’s New South Wales.

What do you consider your greatest non-sporting achievement?

Graduating year 12 and completing HSC.

What are your goals for 2015 and beyond?

Next year I hope to get back into the state team, and Australian side. Hopefully some day in the future I will be lucky enough to play in the ANZ championship.

SPORT: WATER POLO FACULTY: BUSINESS DEGREE: BACHELOR OF BUSINESS, MAJORING IN FINANCE & MARKETING

SAM COCOKIOS

How are you enjoying UTS so far?

UTS so far has been great! I’ve really enjoyed the classes and the culture at campus, and in particular, uni games.

Tell us a little bit about your sport/what you do:

Water Polo is quite a unique sport involving various functions and actions to be perfected. There is a lot of swimming involved but plenty of wrestling and leg work needed to stay afloat. The whole body is worked and can be quite physically demanding.

My position is goal keeper which requires more focus on leg work to improve each jump/save and helps with my reaction time in an attempt to make a save.

How often do you train?

Training for water polo varies. In season, I have my club trainings roughly 4 times per week at night, with 5 morning sessions at NSWIS (NSW institute of sport) which consists of pool sessions 5am Tuesday and Thursday, and gym sessions Monday, Wednesdsy and Friday at 6am.

There is usually one or two games per week

What do you consider your greatest sporting achievement?

My greatest sporting achievements would be representing Australia at three Junior World Championships and also representing Australia at World University Games.

What do you consider your greatest non-sporting achievement?

My greatest non-sporting achievement has been the ability to travel around most places of the world at a young age.

What are your goals for 2015 and beyond?

My goals for 2015 is to receive a medal at the Junior World Championships in September and to win the gold medal at AUGs in the Gold Coast this year.

For the future, the obvious dream is to make the Olympics in 2020 and find a successful job.


The Squat is one of the most important and functional exercise movements performed by the human body.

This movement is performed daily in activities such as sitting down and standing up, jumping in the air, picking our shopping or kids off the floor and is one of the most common movements used during exercise. It is for all these reasons and more that the skill to squat is properly learnt and practiced either at the gym or at home.

BENEFITS OF THE SQUATThere are many benefits to performing a squat properly;

1 Improved muscle mass and density throughout the large muscles of the lower body.

2 Weight loss. The legs are the largest muscles in the body consisting of the quadriceps, the leg biceps or hamstrings, calves and gluteus muscles. These muscles comprise approximately 60 percent of the body’s overall muscle mass and so from a metabolic perspective, the more muscle mass utilised during exercise, the more weight is burned.

3 Improved mobility of the ankles, knees, hips and thoracic spine.

4 The construction of a strong and stable foundation for large body movements and explosive power.

THE SET UPThe set up for the squat is important in the overall performance of this movement.

1 Set your feet a little wider than shoulder width apart and turn your feet out slightly allowing movement through the ankles and knees.

2 As you lower yourself into the squat focus on sitting back loading all your weight onto your heels and keeping your head and chest up.

3 At the base of your squat focus on driving your knees out, this will allow more load to be placed on the glutes and hamstrings allowing your lower back to remain in a good lumbar position.

4 By driving your knees out at the base this allows for a greater depth to be gained in your squat without compromising joint strength. Initially try to squat to knee height without letting your lower back roll under you at the bottom. As you get stronger try to

increase your depth.

5 Keep your chest up! By allowing your chest to cave you will compromise the strength in your back and leave yourself open to injury.

6 On the way up, drive through your heels, exhaling back into your staring position.

EXERCISE OF THE WEEK


On Wednesday 5 August UTS Sport hosted the UTS Sport Champs in the Ross Milbourne Sports Hall. Teams were required to compete in a series of challenges which tested their strength, speed, endurance and agility.

First place went to Robert’s Wussy Patrol. Team Mexican Madness came in second place, Badass Booty Bounces third and Los ibéricos in fourth place. All four teams scored some awesome prizes from our friends at Student Uni Travel.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL TEAMS WHO COMPETED

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Huge congratulations to Team UTS for a very successful 2015 City2Surf! Team UTS once again took out first place in the Mixed Open Category, winning by almost 15 minutes!

The UTS Marquee welcomed over 400 UTS students, staff and alumni where they were fed and hydrated by the attentive Aerial UTS Function Centre team.

Special thanks must go to Professor Shirley Alexander and our VC, Professor Attila Brungs for supporting Team UTS and presenting the awards for our fastest students and staff.

FASTEST UTS FEMALE:

Milly Clark who finished in 4th place overall with a time of 49 minutes and 1 second

FASTEST UTS MALE:

Matthew Cox who finished in 6th place overall with a time of 43 minutes and 3 seconds

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Tell us a little bit about what you do: As one of UTS longest running clubs with well over 20 years of experience, we give students a chance to learn a martial arts. Not only do you learn the skills, you will get extremely fit, be able to participate in all levels of competitions, learn self-defence techniques and meet new people with similar interests and desire to make a life difference!

Our coaches have experience across all aspects of TKD from sparring, technical and self defence, fitness, strength and conditioning and our classes cater from complete beginners to experience black belts.

Greatest achievement of 2014: For the last 10 years, we’ve managed to send highly skilled club competitors to National events. In 2014, we had been building a team to represent UTS at the Nationals and achieved a very successful campaign with 1 team member, Simon becoming the National champion in both poomsae and sparring.

Plans for 2015: To build an even stronger team to compete at the AUGs and achieve a top 3 ranking. Our aim is to send

another team for the second year in a row to the Nationals competition. Our club is constantly growing and we have built another level of assistant coaches to strengthen our club and have strengthen our program to cater for the next group of students entering into the black belt level. Our club operates as a family with great friendship, team work and support from the most senior members.

What can you offer anyone looking to get involved? We offer special student prices unique to UTSTKD students – prices never offered from external clubs. Information on the various passes available are on our website. For those who are looking to get involved we offer 2 free complimentary first time lessons to trial the class.

How much is membership? Membership is $80 which includes registration to STA and your insurance.

How can the club be contacted? Go to our website – WWW. UTSTKD.COM or facebook. Our details are all there. Or contact our club president directly – Lisa 0411 158745.

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Every year a bunch of passionate students head down to Australia’s snow fields to compete against the best university students from across Australia. Snowboard and skiing alpine and freestyle events are represented in over 4.5 days of competition and there is even an individual and team cross country ski events for those who like to torture their bodies. The event attracts 400 students from 22 universities and in 2015 Team UTS was represented by 36 students across all divisions and events on offer over the week.

Tough weather conditions made a number of the race courses especially difficult this year with fresh powder playing havoc on the GS and slalom skiers early in the week with half the start list crashing out on their first run. Later in the week the rain made the skier and boarder cross course sticky and slow, the resulting tussling for the perfect line made for some spectacular races. The jumps and rails in the slopestyle were given an extra element of difficulty by the relentless down pour but to the students credit they performed brilliantly through all conditions. The team pulled out some excellent performances with EAP scholars Madison Alexis (2 gold & 1 bronze) and Toni Hodkinson (1 bronze) leading the

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way for the UTS girls to finish 3rd overall. Supporting the EAP scholars the depth of the girls was constantly shown with 4-5 always finishing in the top 20 of the alpine events and a 6th place in the cross country relays.

The boys had a tougher job after losing their EAP scholars to injury in the lead up to the event they were up against a number of ex Australian and current Australian Winter Olympians. There were some notable performances with Blake Bennett getting a 4th place in the snowboard GS, Ben Johnston finishing 5th in the rails event, and Alexander Lewis placing in the top 10 of the individual cross country event. All in all the team finished 5th overall out of the 22 universities that competed at the event and individually Madison Alexis walked away with the Best Female Snowboarder Plaque at the awards dinner.

The competition brings the best together from across Australia to compete on the mountain during the day and then lets them get together off the mountain afterwards to let loose, have some fun and make new friends from across the country. It’s a great week, the UTS Team represented their university proudly and are looking forward to next year in Mt Buller.

THREDBO 2015


1 day tournament!

Saturday 24 October 2015

Registrations open Monday 14 September

Ross Milbourne Sports Hall

Register as a team or individual

- everyone is welcome!!

Visit www.activateuts.com.au/3x3 for more info or to register!


It’s a question we all know that we should be asking. But sometimes it’s a little more difficult to answer than we would like to admit. An ongoing campaign run in partnership with UTS Sport and students, is seeing the game change when it comes to talking about our mental health.

Students involved with UTS sport have now been involved with campaigning for better mental health through the campaign ‘One Sock One Goal’ for the past three years, and things are definitely getting more colourful in 2015. With a brand new sock design coming soon, and an increased focus on spreading the message of positive mental health, UTS students are leading the way in their community by making sure that the conversations that matter are actually happening.

Ash Werner, a key volunteer with Batyr UTS (the initiative behind the campaign) is passionate about difficult conversations. Having studied at UTS for three years now in a combined degree, as well as being involved in the UTS elite and emerging athletes program as well

as many other on-campus activities, Ash knows what it’s like to go through tough times.

“Athletes are under an enormous amount of stress, both body and mind.” Ash says.

“It is not easy training up to 10 sessions a week, needing recovery AND trying to keep up with uni, let alone socialising and hobbies. We are always expected to be strong and never show emotions, however so many athletes suffer from anxiety and depression, especially with the pressure of trying to perform at the same time. Embracing the conversation about mental health within the sporting community would make sure athletes realised that they aren’t alone, and they are allowed to feel pressure and stress, but that it can be dealt with in a healthy way that will still allow them to perform. Caring about mental health does not make you weak...it makes you stronger holistically.”

Mikaela, a UTS law and comms student in her final year agrees.

SPORTS AND SMASHING MENTAL HEALTH STIGMAUTS STUDENTS ARE CONNECTING THE DOTS WITH SOCKS

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“The 1s1g campaign highlights an obvious gap in our society, especially in sport. If someone were to break an arm; they’d wear a cast. Similarly, if you showed up at uni on crutches suddenly, your friends would ask if you’re ok. The One Sock One Goal socks are giving students a tool to engage with mental ill health. We want this campaign to cause people to ask, ‘why are you wearing that random sock’? The aim is simply to reduce the stigma and increase help-seeking behaviour through a conversation. The current rate of help-seeking in Australia sits at about 23%, and I strongly feel that it needs to change.”

Mikaela has spent the last two years volunteering with the One Sock One Goal campaign and driving awareness on campus at UTS through events and initiatives that are designed to get people feeling included in the conversation. Having been involved in UTS netball and other sporting teams over her time at uni, she’s seen her fair share of the stigma that surrounds mental ill health. Her ideas have seen the One Sock campaign become

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a way for students to engage in a fun way around the topic.

“The 1s1g campaign has a long way to go to become the next ‘movember’ or ‘ice bucket challenge’ but the campaign is growing by word of mouth and by active people who have seen the socks and introduce them into their weekly sporting team.”

So far in 2015, involvement from student societies such as Bsoc, the LSS, Engsoc, and others have seen the campaign take off at a grass-roots level. Rather than an initiative where the faculties or the university tells students what to be involved with, it is becoming something that students want to be part of.

The brand new sock design for One Sock One Goal will arrive a week before University Games, and students can easily purchase their pair from onesockonegoal.com.au, or chat to any of the Batyr UTS team to find out more. Approaching a tricky subject, and showing your support to others could be as easy as putting on a pair of brightly coloured socks.



AFL

4 of UTS’ 5 AFL grades have made the finals in the 2015 season. The Sydney finals will be played throughout September and all 4 teams are working hard to win their division, with the women’s team hoping to move up to division 1 next year. Performances this year have confirmed UTS as one of the strongest clubs going around in the Sydney AFL and with another season under head coach and Sydney Swans legend Nic Fosdike the future is looking very good for the club.

FENCING

Having a fantastic year so far, the UTS Fencing Club are currently sitting in 4th position in the 2015 NSW Grand Prix leader board. Top performances for UTS have come from Lishan Sung, Cheryl Chan and Daniel West who are all sitting in the top 3 of their fencing disciplines in NSW. If you would like to get involved and learn how to fence, have a look at their website www.utsfencing.com

FOOTBALL

The UTS Football had an incredible 2015 season which has seen 6 of their teams gain promotion into the next division of the Northern Suburbs Football Association. The club fielded 8 men’s teams and 3 women’s teams with a plan of expanding in 2016 as the club starts entering the premier divisions of the league. Get involved in the 2016 season by getting onto their website www.utssoccerclub.com.

FUTSAL

Preseason has begun for the UTS Northside Futsal Club with the season to begin in October. The club will be competing in the top tier of NSW Futsal, the division

is called the NSW Premier League and only includes the top 8 Futsal franchises in NSW. Each weekend the club fields 12 teams including 6 men’s, 5 women’s and 1 AWD team.

GRIDIRON

The first weekend of September marked the beginning of the 2015 NSW Gridiron season. In round 1 UTS had 2 wins to their Men’s and Colts team while their Women’s team had the bye. UTS Gridiron are one of the favourites to make the finals series in all 3 championships. The club is also enjoying some extra publicity after helping Jarryd Hayne make the switch from Rugby League.

KENDO

The UTS Kendo Club has had an amazing turn out at club trainings in 2015 with an average 25 fighters showing up to each of the 3 sessions held each week. The club will be sending 10 athletes and a full coaching staff to the Australian University Games on the Gold Coast where they will be one of the favourites to take out the competition. To find out what Kendo is all about you can visit their website www.utskendo.com

NETBALL

The UTS St George Sparks Netball franchise was officially announced by NSW Netball as one of the 8 franchises to be selected to compete in the inaugural 2016 NSW Premier League Netball Competition. This competition is the highest level competition on offer to female netballers in NSW. Preseason for the UTS Sparks starts in October with player and coaching announcements coming out within the next week. Meanwhile in the NSW Men’s Netball League UTS has remained undefeated in

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season 2015 with 6 wins from 6 games. This is on the back of an undefeated season last year where they went 14-0 to win the minor premiership and the Grand Final.

LEAGUE

2015 has proved to be an amazing season for the UTS Tigers Rugby League Club with both 1st and 2nd grade making the grand finals of their respective competitions, with the games to be played on the 12th of September. The club was also crowned NSW Tertiary Rugby League Club Champions for season 2015. UTS has dominated the NSW Tertiary Rugby League competition for the past 10 years and 2015 was no different as both 1st and 2nd grade were crowned minor premiers as well

UNION

The 2015 season was a breakout year for the Gordon Rugby Union Club with 3 of their 7 grades making the

semi-finals in the Premier Club rugby competition in NSW. The Club placed 4th overall in the NSW Colts Club Championship race which bodes well for a run at the championship next year. The club had a record 11 athletes under UTS sports scholarships in 2015 with that number set to increase in 2016. If you’re keen to get involved head to their website www.gordonrugby.com.au

VOLLEYBALL

The Sydney Volleyball League Regular Season has just come to an end and UTS Volleyball Club have absolutely cleaned up with both Men’s and Women’s opens teams topping their leagues. UTS also took out the Women’s 19’s and Women’s 16’s competitions. The finals will be played over the first 2 weeks of September with more silverware on offer for the ever conquerin


Approximately 450 UTS Students made their way up to the Gold Coast for, what is said to be the greatest week of the University year, Australian University Games. UTS was one of 42 institutions competing over the week in 31 sports from athletics to water polo and everything in between. After battling it out over the week in some great weather Team UTS were able to finish in 4th place overall, winning 5 golds, 6 silver, and 7 bronze medals.

This is the 3rd year in a row that UTS has finished in the top 4. This year we missed out on 3rd place to Monash University on a silver medal count back. Griffith University took out 2nd place and Sydney University were crowned the champion university for 2015

2015 AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITY GAMES MEDAL WINNING TEAMS;

In the same week, the UTS Rowing Team were also competing at the Australian University Championships in Adelaide. The team had a great week bringing in 3 Gold’s, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze Medal.

Congratulations to everyone involved. We look forward to competing at the 2016 Australian University Games in Perth.

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GOLD SILVER BRONZEMen’s Fencing, Women’s Futsal, Mixed Handball, Kendo and Women’s Swimming.

Men’s Athletics, Mixed Netball, Women’s Tennis, Men’s Touch, Men’s Water Polo.

Men’s Rugby 7’s, Men’s and Women’s Taekwondo, Men’s Tennis, T20 Cricket, Women’s Water Polo, Women’s Volleyball.

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On Saturday, 1 August UTS Sport held the inaugural UTS Interfaculty Sport competition where 4 faculties came together for a day of friendly competition, fun sporting activities, socialising and networking.

Thanks again to all players and spectators for joining us. I hope you enjoyed yourself and supporting your faculties. We wouldn’t have an event without you all!

Thanks also to our umpires and referees, Batyr UTS for supporting the event, Surf 2 Summit Photography, and RMSH staff.

Congratulations to the Law faculty for taking home the shield (and breaking it).

THE FINAL STANDINGS OF THE DAY WERE;

1. UTS Law Students’ Society

2. UTS Society of Communications

3. UTS Business Society

4. EngSoc / UTS BiG

UTS WORLD CUP

Saturday September 5 saw the second and final UTS Futsal World Cup for 2015. Teams from around the world fought it out all day to make it into the finals. Making it to the semi-finals was India, Rest of the World (ROW)4, Latin America and ROW3. ROW4 and Latin America made their way through the semis and into the final, playing for the World Cup. Latin America showing their consistency entered the finals with smart plays and great passing. Even though ROW4 played some

solid defence, Latin America found a player open in the middle to take the shot at goal, taking the 1-0 lead. ROW4 turned it up and managed to respond with a late goal with a few minutes left on the clock–a mistake from Latin America creating an opportunity for ROW4 to score from a corner. Another round of extra time was necessary and forced the two teams to take the court again. Latin America successfully got the last goal in extra time, leaving ROW4 clutching at the ground and going home empty handed.

Thanks to all the players for joining us, our referee who tirelessly officiated back-to-back games all day, Surf 2 Summit Photography, and RMSH staff. Congratulations to Latin America for taking home the cup!

We hope you’ve enjoyed yourself and played your heart out. We will see you again at the next UTS World Cup!

FINAL TOP 4 STANDINGS:

1. Latin America

2. ROW4

3. India

4. ROW3

UTS BASKETBALL 3X3

UTS 3x3 Basketball is happening on Saturday October 24th. This will be a one-day tournament held in the Ross Milbourne Sports Hall. Register online as a team or individual at www.activateuts.com.au/3x3

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The UTS Elite Athlete Program works to assist elite athletes who wish to balance their sporting commitments with tertiary studies. In 2015, UTS Sport supported the largest number of athletes to date, providing scholarships to over 200 elite and emerging athletes across 35 different sports including Olympians, World Champions, World University Championship competitors and State level representatives.

In 2016 we are expecting to support an even larger group of athletes and applications for the 2016 program will open later this year.

IMPORTANT DATES FOR THE 2016 UTS ELITE ATHLETE PROGRAM1ST DECEMBER 2015

UTS Elite Athlete Program Housing Scholarship Applications OPEN

UTS Elite and Emerging Athlete Program Scholarship Applications OPEN

29TH JANUARY 2016

UTS Elite Athlete Program Housing Scholarship Applications CLOSE

Reapplications for UTS Elite and Emerging Athlete Program Scholarship for existing scholars CLOSE

26TH FEBRUARY 2016

UTS Elite and Emerging Athlete Program Scholarship Applications CLOSE


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