Australian University Games Wrap
UNSW teams achieved top 3 results in 17 events at last week's Australian University Games on the Gold Coast.
A total of 6925 university students participated in the 2009 Australian University Games, representing 44 different universities. With a team of just over 300 athletes and teams entered in 35 events, the success rate of UNSW was excellent. 
Whilst the overall result of 7th place was a drop from our 5th place in 2008, a high overall points score requires a large team, and UNSW was competing against Universities with between 50 and 150 more athletes. In 2008 we had nearly 400 students competing, but the move of the mid-semester break resulted in a reduction of nearly 100 students in our team.
In 2008 our 5th place was achieved when winning only 8 medals compared to 17 this year. Obviously there is a reward in sending big teams. 
We won Gold medals in three sports, and were agonisingly close to national championships in a further 6 sports.
20 UNSW students achieved Green and Gold selection which rewards the top athletes in each sport. Included in these selections were many of our Elite Athletes including Lauren Kitchen in Cycling, Ashleigh Dind in Touch and Ali Gronow in Water Polo.
Highlights included the third successive Gold Medal to George Tang in the Table Tennis singles and he is now undefeated in AUG competition. The semi-final win by the Rugby 7s team over rugby powerhouse Sydney Uni was also a highlight. Lauren Kitchen won 2 golds and a silver medal in women's cycling (pictured right).
Australian University Games Results: 
Gold
Teams:
Table Tennis - Men's Teams
Water Polo - Women's Div 2
Handball - Mixed Div 2
Individual:
George Tang - Table Tennis Singles
James Bradley - Athletics High Jump
Lauren Kitchen - Cycling Road Race and Criterium
Alex Cherry - Taekwondo 
Hong Chan - Taekwondo
Sean Kelly - Taekwondo
Andrew Ardill - Taekwondo
Yong Tae - Taekwondo
Beth Morris - Taekwondo
Joann - Taekwondo
Jess Brooks - Fencing W Sabre
Silver
Teams: 
W Basketball
Taekwondo Men
Touch W
Football M
Rugby 7s
Lawn Bowls - Div 2
Individual:
Robert Baskin - Athletics Long Jump
Lauren Kitchen - Cycling Time Trial
Men's Pairs Cycling
Jacqueline Stevenson - Surfing W Bodyboard 
Alistair Graham - Surfing M Bodyboard
Fairol Ritmon - Taekwondo
Jee May - Taekwondo
Fai Chan - Taekwondo
Ran Zhou - Taekwondo
Bronze
Teams:
Cycling
Fencing - M Foil
Netball W
Table Tennis - M Doubles
Tenpin Bowling 
Touch M
Football W
Fencing - M Sabre
Individual:
A Sjarif - M 70k Judo
Luane Rowe - Swimming W 800m
Scott Jackson - Swimming M 800m
Kyle Son - Taekwondo
Lauren Hendriks - Taekwondo
Eric Wong - Taekwondo
Eugine Tang - Taekwondo
Max Andrew-Kabilafkas - Fencing M Foil
Arash Karpour - Fencing M Sabre
Cheryl Chan - Fencing W Sabre 
Green & Gold Selections
Jeff Wooding - Baseball
Luke Overs - Basketball
Amy Polmear - Basketball
Petra Krolke - Basketball
Lauren Kitchen - Cycling
Blake Pearce - Football
Stuart Meney - Football
Shani Lauf - Football
Martha Lenid - Football
Daniel Hoppe - Handball
Michelle Calderara - Netball 
Chris Edwards - Rugby 7s
David Feltscher - Rugby 7s
George Tang - Table Tennis
Tim Larsen - Taekwondo
Andrew Chan - Tennis
Amanda Burdett - Touch
Ashleigh Dind - Touch
Michael Evan - Touch
Ali Gronow - Water Polo
In 2010 the AUGs will take place in Perth from 27th Sept to 1 October.
Australian University Rowing Championships
The Australian University Rowing Championships were held at the same time in Canberra and UNSW entered finished 6th overall out of 19 universities. Competition was tough against the traditional rowing universities but we won a Silver in the Women's Double Scull. In B Finals we also had some top 3 results:
M Coxed Four 1st in B Final
Mixed Eights 2nd in B Final
Men's Eights 3rd in B Final