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