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Perfect Storm of Circumstance Affects 2012 Uni Games Entries
Auckland University successfully defended its 2011 Uni Games title at last week’s annual tournament in Wellington. Nine teams entered the multi-sport event competing in badminton, basketball, bowls, cricket, football, netball, touch, ultimate and volleyball. Among this year’s entrants were Invercargill’s Southland Institute of Technology (the games are open to all tertiary...
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Smells like Team Spirit
On a blustery cold Wellington autumn day, the blue of Auckland University is taking on the red clad Honeybadgers of Canterbury University. It could be any traditional Canty vs Auckland sporting code clash, but it ain’t. Instead, picture a sporting mash-up between say a code like American gridiron and a non-contact...
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Canty Clinches Uni Games Volleyball
Volleyball was the first final to be decided at the 2012 Uni Games in Wellington. Played between Canterbury University and Victoria, the victorious Cantabs had help from a couple of long lean overseas imports in Jonathan Tuttle from the USA and Jeremy Pascal from France. From the small village of Wales,...
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Courting a Netball Tournament Win
From making a splash in the pool to making an impact on court, AUT’s Jamie Johns is a seasoned dual sport competitor who really rated her Uni Games netball team. Her confidence was well justified. After the first day of pool play games at Wellington’s ASB Sports Centre, her AUT Titans...
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University Bowls Player Beats the Age Bias
An act of social bravado nearly put paid to Conor Muir’s Wellington Uni Games tournament. A member of the national lawn bowls talent development squad, the 18-year-old first-year Otago phys-ed student misjudged a leap off a two metre high wall. The landing crunch put him in a full length leg...
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