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.

Elizabeth Kell

profilepic_kell Eton, England: the stage was set for the biggest upset of the 2006 World Rowing Championships, as trans-Tasman rivals edged bow ball for bow ball down the pristine course. As Liz Kell pulled her blade through the water for the final, painful time and heard the finishing siren she knew that she and Brooke Pratley had rowed out of their skin.

Kell and Pratley had pulled off the impossible; they had won gold in the women's double skull and edged out the reigning Olympic and World Champions, New Zealand's Ever-Swindell sisters.

What made this victory so breathtaking was that just months before Eton Kell had torn a quadricep muscle and in the days leading up to the event was suffering from a crippling viral infection. The World Championships represented Kell's first international race in over 24 months.

It was this tenacious desire that saw Kell and Pratley share the honours at the 2006 Australian Rower of the Year Awards.

Hard work and dedication don't just apply to Kell's rowing. More recently she has been pursuing a Bachelor of Education (PDHPE) from the University of Sydney.

This year Kell enters her first year as an elite Sports Scholarship holder with Sydney University Sport, where she is a fantastic asset to a boat club already brimming with champions.

Although Kell has tasted rowing glory, she knows that there is a long road ahead and that she cannot rest on her laurels. She recently struggled with injury in the lead up to the 2007 Australian Championships, where, unlike their miracle comeback at Eton, Kell and Pratley were beaten by a Queensland and Tasmanian duo.

The set-back will only serve to strengthen Kell's resolve as she shakes off her injury and strokes full steam ahead toward the Beijing Olympic Games.

Kell recovered from lumbar disc degeneration and surgery in 2007 to race in Beijing. Returning from adversity is familiar to Kell, however, as she was recovering from a viral infection when she and fellow Sydney University athlete Brooke Pratley won the double scull in the World Championships in 2006. She moved on from the double scull to become a member of the women's eight with coxswain at Beijing, which qualified through repechage to make the Olympic final, finishing sixth.

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