Friday, 27 September 2013
UWA’s Western Waagyls have once again won the National Indigenous Tertiary Education Student Games. This is the 6th time UWA has won and against Indigenous students from 25 other universities.
This year the Games were held at the University of Western Sydney in Penrith, NSW. The team consisted of team captains, Jordan Ah Chee and Samantha Shepherd and team members Zana Bodey, Emile Boxer, Rhianna Couzens, Marlia Fatnowna, Casey Kickett, Brianna Ozies, Caleb Rivers and Torey Rickerby. Staff members Marilyn Strother and Brendon DeGois accompanied the team.
The team won 22 of the 24 games and competed in all four grand finals, winning the basketball and netball and runners up for touch and soccer.
Congratulations Waagyls!
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Gabrielle Garratt
(UWA School of Indigenous Studies) (+61 8) 6488 6927
Michael Sinclair-Jones
(UWA Public Affairs) (+61 8) 6488 3229 / (+61 4) 00 700 783
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