Scoreboard
Scoreboard is a wrap-up of the efforts of Sydney University athletes and teams through the past week, compiled by Graham Croker. Stories on some of the performances also appear in the News section.
Rugby Union
Sydney Grade competition - Round 15
First Grade: Sydney University 48 (Nick Phipps 2, Dan Kelly 2, Pat McCutcheon, Lachlan Mitchell, Nathan Trist tries; Julian Huxley 5 goal, pen goal) d Warringah 12 (Dillon Smouha, Pat McCabe tries; Sam Harris goal) at Sydney University No.1 Oval.
Second Grade: Warringah 23 (Mitch Greenway, Toupou Iongi, Andrew Gowling tries; Tristan Stanley goal, 2 pen goals) d Sydney University 16 (Alistair King, Bernard Foley tries; Bernard Foley 2 pen goals.
Third Grade: Sydney University 38 (Nick Duffy, Hugh Hawkins, Justin Bosilkovski, James McMahon, Toby L'Estrange, Julian James tries; Justin Bosilkovski 4 goals) d Warringah 10 (Sam Kiely try; Ryan Butcher goal, pen goal).
Fourth Grade: Sydney University 53 (Oliver Atkins 2, S. Kataoka 2, Dan Simpson, Hugh Dessen, Ian Hilliard, Cameron Lawrence, Scott Cameron tries; Hugh Bushell 4 goals) d Warringah 12 (L Smith-Mel, Ryan Butcher tries; Ryan Butcher goal).
Colts
First Grade: Sydney University 29 (4 tries) d Warringah 19.
Second Grade: Sydney University 65 (10 tries) d Warringah 0.
Third grade: Sydney University 34 (5 tries) d Warringah 0.
Soccer
Men's State Super League - Round 19
First Grade: Fraser Park FC 0 drew with Sydney University 0 at Fraser Park.
Under 20: Fraser Park FC 0 drew with Sydney University 0.
Super Youth League
Rescheduled games - Round 19
Grade 13: Sydney University 3 d Western Panthers 1.
Grade 14: Sydney University 1 drew with Western Panthers 1.
Grade 15: Sydney University 1 drew with Western Panthers 1.
Grade 16: Western Panthers 3 d Sydney University 1.
Grade 18: Western Panthers 2 d Sydney University 1.
Rescheduled games - Round 10
Grade 18: NSWIS 4 d Sydney University 0.
Women's Premier League - Round 17
First Grade: Sydney University 3 (Loren Mahoney 45m, 90m, Emma Schiller 73m) d Southern Branch 1 (Elise Battin 39m) at South Nowra Football Complex.
Second Grade: Sydney University 5 d Southern Branch 0.
Under 16: Sydney University 1 drew with Southern Branch 1.
Under 14: Sydney University 1 d Southern Branch 0.
Under 12: Southern Branch 2 d Sydney University 0.
Hockey
Sydney Men's Premier League - Round 17
Premier League: Second Grade: Norwest 4 d Sydney University 0.
Division 1: First Grade: Norwest 2 d Sydney University 1.
Second Grade: Sydney University 2 d Norwest 1.
Division 4: First Grade: Sydney University 3 d GNS 2.
Judo
NSW Team Championships at Sydney Olympic Park
Men's Open: 1. Zenbu, 2. Sydney University (Karl Zuvela, S. Istvan, Greg Cadorin, C. Wong, T. Shaw), 3. UNSW.
B Division: 1. Zenbu, 2. Sydney University (J. Perez, E. Pizzorni, B. McMahon, W, Lum), 3. UNSW.
Baseball
NSW Winter League - Round 16
First Grade: Cronulla 6 d Sydney University 1.
Cronulla: 000 400 101 6r 11h 1e
Sydney University: 000 001 000 1r 9h 3e
Second Grade: Cronulla 13 d Sydney University 1.
Third Grade: Cronulla 21 d Sydney University 1.
Rugby League
NSW Tertiary Cup - Round 17
First Grade: Sydney University 26 drew with Lewisham Old Boys-ACU 26.
Second Grade: Bye.
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Robin Bell
Born in Cape Town, South Africa, Bell came to Australia at a young age and took up canoeing as a 15-year-old in Perth. He competed for the West Australia Institute of Sport before moving east to link up with the Australian Institute of Sport and the University of Sydney.
His aim since taking up the sport has been to finish in the top eight at the World Championships and compete at Athens. He achieved the first aim when he won a silver medal at the 1999 World Championships.
The Sports Scholarship holder won an Olympic berth after impressive performances at the Athens World Cup and Olympic qualification regatta, held in Athens in April.
Australia had already been guaranteed a place in the C1 men's class going into the Athens race, and the competition was between Bell, Kynan Maley and Justin Boocock for a position on the Olympic team.
The decider came down to the final run of the day, when one second separated Bell and Maley, who was holding third position in the world-class field. But with experience up his sleeve and the Olympic position within reach, Bell charged ahead to finish fourth, beating Maley by four seconds.
Although a medal would have topped off an already successful career, Bell placed fourth overall in Athens.
After an impressive fourth in Athens, Bell went one better in Beijing to finish with a bronze medal in the Men's C1 slalom. In doing so, Bell became the first Australian male to win a whitewater medal at the Olympic Games. The result is all the more impressive after Bell suffered stress fractures to his shins while training in 2006. Robin told the ABC that the bronze medal was the highlight of his career.
- Milne and Bell on Games target
- Olympic berths for Bell and Milne
- Persistence pays off with bronze for Bell
Send your fan mail to Robin Bell
Check out the Blog of Robin BELL as he canoes for Australia and victory in Beijing.
Bell's Fan Mail
Cathy from China writes:
Dear Mr.Robin Bell: Congratulations on the bronze medal.Can you remember the girl in the picture? [image error] It's me. To be honest, before I took the photo with you, I don't know you were the world champion. I felt pleased to take a photo with you. Thanks! I've been to Australia. The beautiful scenery and friendly people left me a good impression. Hope you can do better and better in the future. Good luck! The girl from China, Cathy.
[Thu 21/08/2008 3:36 PM]
Tim Wright writes:
Hi Robin, Congratulations on the bronze medal and World Championship. That's awesome. I met you when you were visiting your mom and Nicola in Grand Junction. If you could, please give them my email address. Good on ya.
[Sat 16/08/2008 7:23 AM]
Clive Cooper writes:
Well done on a superb performance over in Beijing Robin. It must be such a relief to get the unfortunate placing from the last Olympics out of your system and to step on the podium. That really is the pinnacle of World Sport and you have excelled. I look forward to catching up once back in Australia. Enjoy the rest of the games – I want plenty of stories.
[Tue 12/08/2008 11:20 PM]
Patrick C. writes:
Congrats on a great first day. Looking relaxed and composed on those first heats. Best wishes in setting the course alight in the semis. Cheers, Syd Uni Boxing Cub.
[Mon 11/08/2008 11:20 PM]