Monday, 4 October 2010
The University of Western Australia has taken out the overall university champion at the 2010 Australian University Games, toppling previous champion Monash University with the University of Sydney in third place!
An annual event, the Australian University Games ran from September 27 to October 1 in Perth and saw some 5,000 competitors from 38 universities around Australia compete in a total of 30 sports.
As the host of this year's Games, UWA took to the sporting grounds with a team of 500 student athletes, winning the highly contested competition for the first time since its inception in 1993.
Full details are available at Australian University Sport
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Bea Sonnenberg
(UWA Sport and Recreation (+61 8) 6488 4659 / (+61 4) 24 946 986
Association)
Sally-Ann Jones
(UWA Public Affairs) (+61 8) 6488 7975 / (+61 4) 20 790 098
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