Junior Sports Clubs

Which sport will you choose?

American Football

Learn to growl with the best! The Sydney University Cubs, one of the foundation teams of the NSWGFL Junior Competition, have built a strong winning reputation since 1994.  In the past 13 years, the Cubs have won five state championships.  You need to be under 18 years of age on 1 January to play for the Cubs.

www.sydneyunigridiron.com

Hockey

Indoor or outdoor, with male and female players from 6-18 years, Sydney University Hockey Club Juniors have enjoyed great success.  The club celebrated its centenary in 2007 and members of the Junior Club worked very hard to make it a memorable year. 

Hard work and dedicated training for U9 and U11 players (under the guidance of Rod Dixon, Nicolas Johnston and Edward Tilly) was rewarded with the U11 players reaching the semi-finals. U17 boys played in the 4th grade men’s team forging a strong link between the juniors and seniors.

An U18 girls' team enjoyed competing in the Ryde Sunday morning comp while an U18 women’s team played in the SNWHA top division competition. 

www.suhc.asn.au

Judo

Kids from 6-12 years will love the Sydney Uni Judo Club’s dedicated children's program, designed for kids no matter what their experience.

Dawn Santos is a Level 2 NCAS coach, 2nd-dan black belt and a former Australian representative. She runs the program with thirteen years' coaching experience and holds a Senior First Aid certificate.

To become part of the class kids must become junior members of Sydney Uni Sport & Fitness ($15 per year) and register with JFA, the Judo Federation of Australia ($60 per year). Dawn will organise registration for an administration fee of $4.

www.judo.soc.usyd.edu.au

Rugby Union

Representing Sydney University is a dream of many who love rugby. The Junior Rugby Representative season runs from late April through to early June and is part of the District Representative Rugby Championships run by NSW Rugby.  The championships involve trial games and culminate in the State Championships over the June long weekend.

Teams representing the Sydney Premier clubs, the ACT, Victoria, South Australia and some of the NSW Country Regions compete each year. The Sydney University Football Club (SUFC) 12 years’ players were Grand Finalists in 2007.

If you are registered with one of our feeder clubs (Canterbury or Petersham) and have been selected as a representative player for the State Championships.
you may represent Sydney University Juniors in 2007.

Our affiliated clubs and contacts are:
Canterbury JRFC - Richard Hayward richard.hayward@hhmc.com.au or 0411 488 544 and
Petersham JRFC - Andrew McKinney 8344 5000 (w)

As Sydney University's Juniors Program becomes more successful there are opportunities for interested coaches within the SUFC community to apply for a coaching position.
 
www.sydneyunirugby.com.au

Swimming

From three-year old beginners to elite athletes, the Sydney University Swim School provides a unique, inventive and interesting approach to learn to swim and squad training. All our swimmers enjoy a challenging and positive experience every time they get into the pool.

Learning to Swim

Jelly Fish: With a maximum of four students in each class, Jelly Fish learn safety jumps, body positions, blowing bubbles, water awareness, dog paddle and much more through songs, games and lots of fun.

Star Fish: This 5-student class introduces basic freestyle and backstroke kick with an emphasis is placed on submerging, safety jump, back floats and much more.

Turtles: Five students in each Turtle class work on the coordination of freestyle, breathing with body rolls, backstroke, floats, and basic diving techniques.

Sea Horses: Refining freestyle and backstroke skills, the class with a maximum of seven students includes the introduction of breaststroke, dolphin kick and standing dives.

Swim Squads

Tadpoles: designed for young swimmers with an emphasis on skills-development in freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and basic butterfly. Minimum requirement is to swim 50m of freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke. We recommend 2 sessions per week.

Dolphins: suitable for young swimmers able to swim 100m of freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and some butterfly. The squad emphasises increasing endurance and improving stroke technique. Competition skills are also taught. A minimum 2 sessions per week is required for this squad.

Junior Fitness: caters for children who can swim each of the four strokes. This is a non-competitive squad with a focus on advanced stroke correction. A minimum of 2 sessions per week is required.

Junior Competitive: tailored for children who can swim each stroke, with emphasis on advanced stroke correction and improving competitive skills. Swimmers in this group compete regularly in club and district meets, with an aim to qualify for Metropolitan and State Championships. A minimum of 4 sessions per week is required. We recommend 5-6 sessions.

www.suswimclub.com.au

Waterpolo - Boys

It’s not too early to be a lion!! The Sydney University Lions Men's Water Polo Club has teams playing in all divisions starting with Under 14s. These young lions include some of the best water polo players in Australia. 

The club has had great success and many current and former Australian and State representatives are on hand to help younger players develop their water polo skills to the highest standard. We welcome beginners and competitors of  all standards.

Waterpolo – Girls

Thursday night at the Sports and Aquatic Centre is training time for the young ladies of the Sydney University Women’s Water Polo Club. The club includes teams in the Ladies Junior (U/16) and The Ladies Sub Junior (U/14) competitions each summer.

www.sydneyunilions.com.au