The Vultures Gearing Up!

Day 2 and 3 at the Australian Universities Games continued to produce great results for VU along with awesome weather for the fans.

Recapping some of the fantastic results…at the track, Alana Baldi has taken Bronze in the Hammer and Daniel Pagnocollo has taken Silver in the Triple Jump for the second consecutive year with a personal best jump of 14.47m [Ed: …and I’ve measured that out down the hotel corridor – it’s a long way].

Across the road at the Challenge Aquatic Centre Jaden O’Brien stunned the crowd with a technically perfect effort in the 50m Butterfly.

Around the corner at the UWA Sports-park, AFL men recorded another solid victory on Day 3 with a 54 to 39 win over Murdoch U and the AFL women continue to amaze us all chalking up victory after victory and positioning themselves as favourites for the Gold Medal game later this week.

Up the road at Lord’s Sport Centre the Netball competition has been pumping. VU Women are undefeated to date and yesterday our VU Mixed team totally outclassed the local favourites 54:18 in an awesome display of fast netball.

Up at the beach at Scarborough and down by the Swan River in the city VU Beach Volleyball and VU Touch have now all recorded victories. Rumour has it that Paris Hilton may have been a new recruit for the VU Touch team Day 4…but as yet these rumours are yet to be confirmed.

Volleyball men have fought excellent games with both wins and close losses to high calibre opposition. The focus of the team has been commendable… not even the emergency evacuation called part-way through yesterday’s afternoon game could break their concentration.

Back at the beautiful glassed walled WA Basketball Complex… the Men's and Women's team continue to look good. Both are positioned towards the top of their draw and are well positioned as we come in finals today and tomorrow.

Good luck Vultures on Day 4… Go for the Gold!

Day 2 Results

            VU                                                                                 V’s                           VU                     THEM

AFL (M)	MDU		54		39
AFL (W)	MON		26		0
AFL (W)	UWA		24		0
AFL (W)	MDU		31		1
Basketball (M)	USC		47		39
Basketball (W)	USYD		40		53
Basketball (W)	MELB		42		34
Beach V (M)	DEAK		0		2
Beach V (M)	MELB		0		2
Beach V (W)	LTU		0		2
Beach V (W)	UWA		2		1
Hockey (W)	AU		3		2
Netball (Mx)	UNDA		53		19
Netball (Mx)	MON		47		34
Netball (W)	JCU		46		11
Netball (W)	ACPE		45		7
Touch (Mx)	MDU		4		11
Touch (Mx)	UWA		6		7
Volleyball (M)	ECU		3		0
Volleyball (M)	UNSW		0		3
Athletics: Daniel made 100m semifinal Day 3 Results                     VU              V’s                            VU                     THEM AFL (M) UTS 59 23 AFL (W) MON 8 32 AFL (W) ECU 12 10 Basketball (W) UNSW 37 29 Beach V (M) ACPE 2 0 Beach V (W) RMIT 0 2 Hockey (W) ECU 0 3 Hockey (W) GU 0 1  Netball (Mx) UWA 54 18 Netball (W) CURT 41 29 Touch (Mx) CURT 10 6 Volleyball (M) UOW 3 0 Volleyball (M) CURT 0 3  Day 4 Fixture AFL (M) CURT 10:00 (R1) UWA Sports Park AFL (W) UWA 11:00 UWA Sports Park Basketball (M) WR1 8:00 (QF1) State Basketball Stadium Basketball (W) RMIT 11:00 (R2) State Basketball Stadium Beach V (M) A4 12:00 (Grp G1) Scarborough Beach Beach V (W) ACPE 10:00 (H2) Scarborough Beach Hockey (W) Shenton Prk Superturf Netball (Mx) WR1 11:30 (SF1) Lords Sports Centre Netball (W) AU 10:30 (QF4) Lords Sports Centre Touch (Mx) B4 14:00 Langley Park Volleyball (M) LQF1 9:45 (Grp G1) Loftus Rec Centre ·       Team s to check draws for progression into finals, confirm with Team Manager   ·       Athletics:  5000m 9:15am (Diana), long jump final (Daniel )12.45pm, Shot Putt final (Alana) 2.pm