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.

Thomas Whalan

profilepic_whalan The national team captain since 2005, Sydney Uni Lion Thomas Whalan is leading the Australian charge for Olympic glory at his third games in Beijing. The veteran of 238 internationals only took up water polo as a result of being bored from swimming up and down the lanes everyday in his swim training at school. Success came quickly as Thomas represented NSW at the U14 East Coast Championships the same year he took up the sport, with the team winning a gold medal. After completing his studies at the Scots College in Sydney, Thomas commenced a Commerce/Law degree at the University of Sydney.

He made his Australian debut in 1999 at the Under 20 World Championships, winning silver, as well as making his national senior side debut that same year in the team which finished eighth at the world cup meet in Sydney. Thomas competed in his first Olympics the following year in Sydney, the youngest player in the side at just 19 years old, as the team finished 8th.

In 2001 Thomas was nominated vice captain of Australia at just 20 years of age, a position he held until his promotion to the captaincy four years later.
As part of the Sydney Uni Lions team, Thomas won the Australian League title in 2002-3 and 2005.

Thomas sampled overseas water polo when he moved to Spain in 2002 to play for Barcelona, topping the goal scoring charts in 2003. That same year he also played for the Australian side in Barcelona, at the World Championships, finishing seventh. In 2004 Thomas moved back to Australia, having won a 2003 Spanish Super Cup title and finishing runner up in the Spanish Kings Cup with Barcelona.

Later that year he competed in his second Olympics in Athens, where the side finished 9th overall. They rebounded to take out the 2006 Commonwealth title in Perth, with Thomas captaining that side, as well as those which claimed bronze in the 2007 and 2008 World League Super Finals. In the interim Thomas played in the Italian National League, finishing the second highest goalscorer in the league in 2006, and claiming silver in the National Cup competition. Unsurprisingly Thomas speaks fluent Italian and Spanish as a result of his overseas travels.

Thomas Whalan captained the Men's Water Polo Team in Beijing, as they improved upon their ninth place finish in Athens to stand at eighth overall. The team did themselves proud against some of the heavyweights of the sport, with a thrilling one point loss to eventual gold medallists Hungary, who also won gold in Sydney and Beijing. Australian great Tom Hoad described the match as the greatest game Australia has ever played. The team needed a win against Montenegro to advance to the quarter-finals, and, though bravely holding the European champions to a draw, they narrowly missed out.

Send your fan mail to Thomas Whalan

Thomas' Fan Mail

Nancy writes:
Ciao Thomas, come stai? Dall'italia per me è difficile seguire la squadra australiana di water polo e molto spesso vedo solo il risultato finale dopo la partita. Spero il meglio per te e la tua squadra e..... visto che l'Italia è ormai fuori,, tifo solo per voi e soprattutto per te. Baci. Nancy..
[Tue 19/08/2008 5:05 PM]