Sydney Uni Sport and Fitness
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Sydney Uni Sport & Fitness (SUSF) is the University of Sydney's sporting body.[1] 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.[2]
History
On January 1, 2003, the Sydney University Sports Union (1890) and the Sydney University Women's Sports Association (1910) amalgamated.[citation needed] In 2008, the organisation was renamed and Sydney Uni Sport & Fitness was launched. Today, SUSF manages and administers more than 40 sport and recreation clubs, organises sporting and recreation events and offers sporting facilities to students and the wider Sydney community.
Sporting events run by SUSF include lunchtime social sport, short courses, tennis coaching, learn to swim and a school holiday sports program. Intervarsity Sport competitions, Intercollegiate Sport and Intramural Sport are also run by the organisation.
Since 1990, SUSF has provided sporting scholarships.[citation needed]
Registered clubs
Sydney University Football Club, founded in 1863, is the oldest rugby union club in Australia.[5] The club was a member of the inaugural Sydney club competition in 1874. The club currently in the Shute Shield.
In women's basketball, the
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The Sydney Uni Baseball Club was established in 1904, and enters three teams in the Sydney Winter Baseball League, which is the highest calibre competition in the state for the winter season. The club also enters a fourth team into the Pacific Coast Baseball League.
The Sydney Uni Boxing Club (SUBxC) was established as an independent club in 1908, having existed prior to this as a division of Sydney Uni Athletics Club (est. 1878).
The Sydney University Fencing Club (SUFC) was founded in 1945 and is the oldest university fencing club in Australia. The club actively competes in all state and national level tournaments with active members on the international circuit, including several Olympians.
The Kendo club[6] actively participates in all regional and national level tournaments, as well as Australian University Games (now Nationals) every year. The club is a member of New South Wales Kendo Association governed by the Australian Kendo Renmei.
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The American football club, the Lions, was founded in 1984 and is the most successful club in the Gridiron NSW league, with twenty nine championship game appearances and twenty state titles, including the last sixteen in a row (2003–2018).
The Sydney University Taekwondo Club[10] is a World Taekwondo Federation club formed in mid-2001 to cater for students who wish to learn mainstream taekwondo and represent Sydney University at the annual inter-university sporting events, such as Australian University Games.
The
- Australian Rules
- American Football[11]
- Archery
- Athletics
- Badminton
- Baseball[12]
- Basketball
- Basketball (Wheelchair Flames)
- Boxing[13]
- Canoe/Kayak
- Cheerleading
- Cricket
- Cycling & Triathlon
- Fencing
- Football
- Golf
- Gymnastics
- Handball[14]
- Hockey
- Judo
- Kempo Karate
- Kendo
- Netball
- Rockclimbing &Mountaineering
- Rowing
- Rugby League
- Rugby Union
- Soccer[15]
- Squash
- Swimming
- Table Tennis
- Taekwondo
- Tennis
- Touch
- Ultimate Frisbee
- Volleyball
- Water polo
- Waterski & Wakeboard
- Wrestling & Grappling
References
- ^ Student Organisations of the University of Sydney
- ^ SUSF - About Us Archived 2010-09-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ISBN 978-1-74332-185-0.
- ^ "Sydney University Women's Sports Association". AWR. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ Sydney University RLFC
- ^ USYD Kendo Club
- ^ The Sydney University Soccer Football Club
- ^ Eastern Suburbs Football Association
- ^ North West Sydney Women's Soccer Association Archived 2008-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Sydney University Taekwondo Club (USYDTKD)
- ^ Sydney Uni Lions
- ^ Sydney Uni Baseball Club
- ^ Sydney Uni Boxing Club Archived 2011-02-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Sydney University Handball Club
- ^ Sydney University Soccer Football Club