VULTURES ONE OF THE BEST

Wow, what a final day of SUG 2011. VU playing off in 8 medal games and winning 7 of the 8. It was an emotional finish to the competition with athletes and officials both aware with the increased competition at this years games – athlete numbers are up over 40% from 2010 – that the final overall results were going to be a tussle down to the line.

VU’s AFL women demonstrated again, despite the rigorous climatic conditions, that they are the dominant University Team in this sport barely conceding a point in the competition to win in 77 to 0 over RMIT and cementing their position as the favorite for the Australian University Games in September.

Basketball men maintained their composure in a match delayed by IT – scoreboard failure only to pick up pace as the game was moved to an adjacent court. The team all taking turns to hit baskets from all angles in the last quarter to close out the championship undefeated taking the pennant from La Trobe 85 to 68 in a thrilling final SUG game.

Volleyball women completed the hat-trick of undefeated pennant wins for VU when they closed out Adelaide University’s campaign to take the championship 3 to 0. A strong performance from the VU women who looked to be under an injury cloud earlier in the week.

VU’s 4^th pennant was achieved earlier in the week in cheerleading and its 5^th in women’s Football (soccer) who also had an undefeated record at the Games. Unfortunately, due to limited competition VU played each day for 4 days against the one opponent, Deakin. To their credit the team maintained their focus through the week, winning each game and never dropping a goal. Several of the team taking the opportunity of lighter competition to also compete in the ten pin bowling event. The women’s football team is a high class outfit with a number of state, premier team or international representatives. They will be strong contenders for the AUG pennant later this year.

AFL men, Basketball women and Hockey women also all had wins each taking the Bronze for their respective competitions. This left the final standing, and a tussle it was, with a 5 way tie for the overall SUG champions trophy. LaTrobe, Monash, RMIT, Deakin and…VU all on equal awarded pennants. After a count back to minor medals the final top five results were:

1. LaTrobe

2. RMIT

3. Deakin

4. VU

5. Monash

1.  

It’s worth noting that VU’s win in the Football women was unable to be counted towards points as only 2 teams participated. Had this been included VU would have won overall. However, VU was equally advantaged this year by a new points system based on a medal tally point count that only registers the pennants and medals won.

The minor awards for the Per Capita Trophy went to University of Ballarat and the Spirit of The Games Award was picked up by RMIT. SUG 2011 was a great campaign for the Vultures demonstrating that with each new Games they grow in strength. Preparations are already in place for the Australian University Games, on the Gold Coast in September. Interested students should contact the VU Uni Games office on sport@vu.edu.au or via VU Sport Facebook Page www.facebook.com/vusport

Medal Summary

Cross Country Men:    Liam Adams - Gold

Australian Rules Football (W):  VU 77 d RMIT 0 - GOLD

Basketball (M): VU 85 d LTU 68 – GOLD

Soccer (W): VU 3 d DEAK 0 - GOLD

Volleyball (W): VU 3 d AU 0 – GOLD

Australian Rules Football (M): VU 64 d SUT 33 - BRONZE

Basketball (W): VU 81 d MELB 49 - BRONZE

Hockey (W): 2 d UBAL 0 - BRONZE

Touch (Mx) VU 3 LTU 4 – 4th

Day 4 Results

AFL M                          VU 64 d SUT 33

AFL W                          VU 77 d RMIT 0

Basketball M                VU 107 d DEAK 85

Basketball W                DEAK   d  VU

Football M                   LTU 9 d VU 1

Football W                   VU 4 d DEAK 0

Hockey W                     DEAK 3 d VU 2

Hockey W                     VU 2 dw UBAL 2

Netball Mx                   VU 47 d ACU2 3

Netball W                     LTU 53 d VU 18

Tennis M                     VU d SUT

Tennis W                     RMIT d VU

Ten Pin W                   ACU 3 d VU 1

Ten Pin W                   RMIT 1 d VU 1

Touch Mx                    VU 12 d MON 3

Touch Mx                    VU 11 d DEAK2 4

Ultimate Mx                 MON 15 d VU 0

Volleyball M                AU 3 d VU 0

Volleyball W                VU 3 d DEAK 0

Volleyball W                VU 3 d DEAK 0

           

Get the latest SUG results and updates on the VU Sport Facebook Page www.facebook.com/vusport