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Monday, 8 June 2015

A team of nearly 30 UWA students and three staff will be travelling to Hong Kong later this month to take part in the 26th Biennial Intervarsity Games (BIG).

BIG is a large scale inter-university multi-sport event that also includes cultural events including Opening and Closing ceremonies and tour of the city, with the objective to build stronger relationships between university aged students in the Asian region.

The 26th Games will be hosted by the University of Hong Kong, and will take place from 22 to 29 June 2015. The Games have been held since 1949 however were suspended for 10 years due to the Asian Financial Crisis (1997-1998) and were reinstated in 2007.

The Biennial Intervarsity Games include the following sports:

  • Aquatics
  • Athletics
  • Badminton
  • Basketball
  • Football (soccer)
  • Table Tennis
  • Tennis
  • Volleyball

Participating Universities in the 26th Biennial Intervarsity Games:

  • The University of Hong Kong (host)
  • The National University of Singapore
  • The University of Indonesia
  • The University of Malaya
  • The University of Macau
  • The University of Western Australia

UWA representative sports and team list:

  • Badminton:        Tianchi Ren

Keisuke Takeda

Man Hin (Jonathan) Sung

Shu Hao (Eric) Low

Suan Sian Foo

Anthony Komninos

Ka Hei Lai

Hui Bing (Jocelyn) Ong

Yee Mun Quah

Cynthia Tam

Jia Yan Toh

Eunice Yun Man Lee

  • Basketball:         David Hille

Joshua Nimmo

Jackson Simkovic

Benjamin Levey

Thomas Cannell

Luke Cannell

Joshua Ross

  • Volleyball:          Jack Dawes

Ethan Dodd

Yee Shien (Alvin) Goh

Jeremy Gryguc

Brayden Keizer

Manu Nair

Jack Nichol

Stefan Raovic

Michael Smith

Oswald Tan

Congratulations to the UWA students selected to represent The University at the 26th Biennial Intervarsity Games.

Media references

Nicole West (Marketing and Communications Officer, UWA Sport and Recreation Association) +61 6488 4309

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