Australian University Games
The Australian University Games (AUGa) 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 1993 in Brisbane, Queensland. 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.
The Australian University Games was created to replace the old style InterVarsity (Or I.V.) competitions that were run by the individual sports. The aim 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.
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 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.
Results
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.
Table of Results
Sports Trophies
Athletics
Overall
Men
QLD Licensed Vietuallers Asc. IV Athletics Trophy
Women
The G.R. Hulbert Trophy
Australian Football
Men - Division One
The E.J Hartung Cup Intervarsity is Awarded to the Winning Men's Football Team
Men - Division Two
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 |
Women
Badminton
Men
Women
Baseball
Australian Universities Championship Series
Basketball
Men
AUSA Men's Basketball Shield
Women
Beach Volleyball
Overall
Men
Women
Mixed
Cross Country
Overall
Cycling
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.
Overall
Diving
Overall
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | 4th |
---|---|---|---|---|
2005 | The University of Melbourne | The University of Western Australia | University of South Australia | Deakin University |
Fencing
Overall
Football
Men
Women
Hugh McCredie Trophy " The Intervarsity Cup" is Awarded for Women's Winning Team
Golf
Overall
Men
Women
Handball
Men
Mixed Division 1
Mixed Division 2
Hockey
Men
The Syme Cup is Awarded to the Winning Men's Hockey Team.
Women
Inter University Women's Hockey Cup is Awarded to the Winning Women's Hockey Team.
Judo
Overall
Kendo
Overall
Lawn Bowls
Open
Netball
Women
Mixed
Rowing
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.
Overall
Men's Eight
The Oxford and Cambridge Cup is awarded to the winning Men's Eight.[8]
Women's Eight
The Godfrey Tanner Cup is awarded to the winning Women's Eight.[9]
Rugby Union 7's
Men
The Nick Farr-Jones Cup is Awarded to the Winning Men's Rugby Union Team.
Women
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | 4th |
---|---|---|---|---|
2005 | The University of Newcastle | University of Wollongong | Queensland University of Technology | Australian National University |
Sailing
A demonstration sport in 2010 and a full sport in 2011, having been revived after a long period of decline. See Australian University Sailing.
Teams Racing
Match Racing
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | 4th |
---|---|---|---|---|
2010 | The University of Western Australia | The University of Sydney | University of Notre Dame | The University of New South Wales |
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
2015 | Australian Maritime College UTAS | The University of New South Wales | Australian National University |
Softball
Squash
Men's
Women's
Swimming
Overall
Berge Phillips Trophy is Awarded for Winning Team Overall
Surfing
Overall
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | 4th |
---|---|---|---|---|
2010 |
Table Tennis
Men
Taekwondo
Overall
Tennis
Men
Women
Tenpin Bowling
Open
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