Sport at the University of Adelaide
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Sport at the University of Adelaide
is primarily organised by the Adelaide University Sports Association (AUSA). Other bodies affiliated to the University of Adelaide providing sport include the various sports clubs forming part of the residential colleges and the Roseworthy Agricultural Campus Student Union Council
(RACSUC).
(AUU) and the University of Adelaide
(AU).
In 2006 funding for the AUSA was dramatically reduced by the implementation of the Australian Government's Voluntary Student Unionism
legislation. The AUSA, until this point in time, had received an annual grant of approximately $A500,000 from the AUU. Since the beginning of 2007, the University has provided a low level of financial support to the AUSA.
The AUSA supports 37 sporting clubs, providing a diverse range of sporting opportunities to University's students. The AUSA is a major stakeholder in the Adelaide University's North Terrace Campus-based Sports Hub fitness centre and the North Adelaide-based university playing fields.
Throughout its history, the AUSA has had to deal with the vagaries of the student politics of the AUU. Although separately incorporated, the AUSA has never received independent funding from the Student Services Fee (the 'Union' Fee). In the past, a sports fee was disallowed by the South Australia
n state parliament. The traditionally cosy relationship between the AUSA and AUU has seen the AUSA make few decisions to obtain separate funding or facilities. Unlike other "Sandstone
" or "Group of Eight
" universities, the AU has limited space for facilities and must rely on a tenuous permit system operated by the City of Adelaide
to occupy sporting fields in the Adelaide Parklands.
The AUSA is incorporated in South Australia
as a not-for-profit society under the Associations and Incorporations Act. The association is administered by an executive officer
and assisted by an administrative and projects officer. Governance is through an elected board of management including an annually elected executive committee comprising: President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer, 6 two-year-term general board members and a University
nominee. Constituent clubs elect 3 general board members at the annual general meeting
. The executive members are elected by general student franchise.
(AUBC) was founded in 1881 and is one of South Australia's premier rowing
clubs. The AUBC is a member club of Rowing SA (South Australian Rowing Association).
The AUBC operates from the Torrens River in the Adelaide city centre
, and from West Lakes (near Port Adelaide
). The city boathouse was donated by Robert Barr Smith
in 1909. The West Lakes Boathouse is shared with the other South Australian rowing clubs and is administered by Rowing SA.
The main focus of the AUBC is to provide rowing for the students of the University of Adelaide. Each year the club competes in the Rowing Intervarsity (IV) and local and national regattas. The premier event at IV is the Oxford and Cambridge Cup
(a silver cup similar in style to the Americas Cup) for Men's Eights. The cup was donated by Old Blues of Oxford
and Cambridge
Universities in the 1890s.
Past members have included Olympians Kate Slatter (Women's Pair Gold and Silver medallist), Jaime Fernandez
(Men's Eight Silver), Tim Willoughby
(Men's Eight Bronze) and Amber Halliday
(Lightweight).
winning Professor William Henry Bragg
. It is one of the oldest lacrosse
clubs in Australia and is a founding member of the AUSA. The AULC takes part in an annual competition against the Melbourne University Lacrosse Club and competes locally in the Lacrosse South Australia competition. Club membership is focused on University of Adelaide
students and graduates. Other non students are also members. The AULC trains on the University of Adelaide's Park 10
sports fields in the parklands between the University campus and North Adelaide
.
Seven Rhodes Scholars have been members of AULC:
is awarded for excellence in a particular sport. The awarding of a Blue is usually for competing in a state or national team. The AULC has 134 full Blues awarded to members since 1908. Many more half blues and club letters have also been awarded.
team competing in a regular competition; however games were arranged on an irregular basis.
The earliest reference to football at University was found in a PAC School Chronicle of 1885. The report stated that Adelaide University could not organize a full side for a Saturday game; however there were enough available for a mid-week game. This was arranged for Wednesday 19 June, 1885 and several League players and old scholars from PAC comprised the side. University lost this encounter 4.11 to 1.1.
The Blacks were successful in winning the A Grade Premiership in the following years 1911, 1912, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1926, 1929, 1932, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1975, 1986, 1996, 1999. In 2006 the Blacks were runners up to Goodwood Saints 10.12 72 - 18.11 119.
. Since the Club's establishment, forty-seven club members have been awarded a University Blue.
club in Australia, it was established in 1959 and hosted the first intervarsity competitions in 1960 and onward. Always a power of Australian university sailing
, it maintains a fleet of boats at Henley Beach for novices and has many state, national, and international representatives.
, cricket
, football
, golf
, judo
, rifle shooting, rugby union
, swimming
, table tennis
, tennis
, and water polo
.
in the 1950s, and remained in use until 1995 when the Douglas Irving Cup was donated.
Current participants are the College Clubs of Aquinas College
, Flinders University Hall
, Lincoln College
, St. Ann's College and St Mark's College
.
While the majority of participants are from the University of Adelaide, most residential colleges also accept students from other South Australian Universities and technical colleges, who are also able to participate in the competition.
There are 12 sports in the championship. They are (in chronological order) tennis, swimming (mixed), cricket, basketball, debating (mixed), Australian Rules Football, netball, soccer, table tennis, field hockey, volleyball and athletics (mixed).
University of Adelaide
The University of Adelaide is a public university located in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1874, it is the third oldest university in Australia...
is primarily organised by the Adelaide University Sports Association (AUSA). Other bodies affiliated to the University of Adelaide providing sport include the various sports clubs forming part of the residential colleges and the Roseworthy Agricultural Campus Student Union Council
Roseworthy College
Roseworthy Agricultural College was an agricultural college in Australia. It is north of Adelaide and west of Roseworthy town. It was the first agricultural college in Australia, established in 1883. It is now part of the University of Adelaide....
(RACSUC).
Adelaide University Sports Association
The Adelaide University Sports Association (AUSA) was founded in 1896 by the Adelaide University Boat, Tennis and Lacrosse Clubs. The Association is affiliated to the Adelaide University UnionAdelaide University Union
The Adelaide University Union was founded in 1895. The AUU currently funds six affiliated bodies. These include the Adelaide University Student Representative Council , Student Care, the Clubs Association , the Roseworthy Agricultural Campus Student Union Council , and the Waite Institute...
(AUU) and the University of Adelaide
University of Adelaide
The University of Adelaide is a public university located in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1874, it is the third oldest university in Australia...
(AU).
In 2006 funding for the AUSA was dramatically reduced by the implementation of the Australian Government's Voluntary Student Unionism
Voluntary student unionism
Voluntary student unionism is a policy, notable in Australia, under which membership of – and payment of membership fees to – university student organisations is voluntary....
legislation. The AUSA, until this point in time, had received an annual grant of approximately $A500,000 from the AUU. Since the beginning of 2007, the University has provided a low level of financial support to the AUSA.
The AUSA supports 37 sporting clubs, providing a diverse range of sporting opportunities to University's students. The AUSA is a major stakeholder in the Adelaide University's North Terrace Campus-based Sports Hub fitness centre and the North Adelaide-based university playing fields.
Throughout its history, the AUSA has had to deal with the vagaries of the student politics of the AUU. Although separately incorporated, the AUSA has never received independent funding from the Student Services Fee (the 'Union' Fee). In the past, a sports fee was disallowed by the South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
n state parliament. The traditionally cosy relationship between the AUSA and AUU has seen the AUSA make few decisions to obtain separate funding or facilities. Unlike other "Sandstone
Sandstone universities
The sandstone universities are an informally defined group comprising Australia's oldest tertiary education institutions. Most were founded in the colonial era, the exceptions being the University of Queensland and The University of Western Australia . All the universities in the group have...
" or "Group of Eight
Group of Eight (Australian universities)
The Group of Eight is a coalition of leading Australian tertiary institutions, intensive in research and comprehensive in general and professional education...
" universities, the AU has limited space for facilities and must rely on a tenuous permit system operated by the City of Adelaide
City of Adelaide
The City of Adelaide is a local government area in the metropolitan area of Adelaide, South Australia. It covers the original Adelaide city centre settlement, , North Adelaide, and the Adelaide Park Lands which surround North Adelaide and the city centre.Established in 1840, the organisation now...
to occupy sporting fields in the Adelaide Parklands.
The AUSA is incorporated in South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
as a not-for-profit society under the Associations and Incorporations Act. The association is administered by an executive officer
Executive officer
An executive officer is generally a person responsible for running an organization, although the exact nature of the role varies depending on the organization.-Administrative law:...
and assisted by an administrative and projects officer. Governance is through an elected board of management including an annually elected executive committee comprising: President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer, 6 two-year-term general board members and a University
University of Adelaide
The University of Adelaide is a public university located in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1874, it is the third oldest university in Australia...
nominee. Constituent clubs elect 3 general board members at the annual general meeting
Annual general meeting
An annual general meeting is a meeting that official bodies, and associations involving the public , are often required by law to hold...
. The executive members are elected by general student franchise.
Adelaide University Boat Club
The Adelaide University Boat ClubAdelaide University Boat Club
The Adelaide University Boat Club is a rowing club affiliated with the University of Adelaide. The club was founded in 1881, and in 1896 helped to form the Adelaide University Sports Association. The main clubrooms, donated by Robert Barr Smith in 1909, are located on the north bank of the River...
(AUBC) was founded in 1881 and is one of South Australia's premier rowing
Watercraft rowing
Watercraft rowing is the act of propelling a boat using the motion of oars in the water. The difference between paddling and rowing is that with rowing the oars have a mechanical connection with the boat whereas with paddling the paddles are hand-held with no mechanical connection.This article...
clubs. The AUBC is a member club of Rowing SA (South Australian Rowing Association).
The AUBC operates from the Torrens River in the Adelaide city centre
Adelaide city centre
The Adelaide city centre is the innermost locality of Greater Adelaide, known by locals simply as "The City" or "Town". The locality is split into two key geographical distinctions: the city "square mile", bordered by North, East, South and West Terraces; and that part of the Adelaide Parklands...
, and from West Lakes (near Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide is a suburb of Adelaide lying about 14 kilometres northwest of the City of Adelaide. It lies within the City of Port Adelaide Enfield and is the main port for the city of Adelaide...
). The city boathouse was donated by Robert Barr Smith
Robert Barr Smith
Robert Barr Smith was an Australian businessman and philanthropist.Smith was born at Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire, Scotland, the son of the Rev...
in 1909. The West Lakes Boathouse is shared with the other South Australian rowing clubs and is administered by Rowing SA.
The main focus of the AUBC is to provide rowing for the students of the University of Adelaide. Each year the club competes in the Rowing Intervarsity (IV) and local and national regattas. The premier event at IV is the Oxford and Cambridge Cup
Oxford and Cambridge Cup
The Oxford and Cambridge Cup is the trophy awarded to the winner of the Australian University Championship Men's Eight , and is competed for annually at the Australian University Games or the Australian University Rowing Championships...
(a silver cup similar in style to the Americas Cup) for Men's Eights. The cup was donated by Old Blues of Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
and Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
Universities in the 1890s.
Past members have included Olympians Kate Slatter (Women's Pair Gold and Silver medallist), Jaime Fernandez
Jaime Fernandez (rower)
Jaime Fernandez is a science teacher and former Australian rower. He grew up in the remote mining town of Gove, Northern Territory, but moved to Adelaide for high school, where he attended Christian Brothers College...
(Men's Eight Silver), Tim Willoughby
Tim Willoughby
Timothy John Willoughby was an Australian rower, yachtsman and stock broker who won a bronze medal as part of the men's eight team at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles....
(Men's Eight Bronze) and Amber Halliday
Amber Halliday
Amber Halliday is a World Champion and Olympic lightweight rower from Adelaide, South Australia. Specialising in sculling, Halliday made her international debut in 1999, winning the Under-23 World Championship in Hamburg in the lightweight double scull with Hannah Every.She has since won three...
(Lightweight).
Adelaide University Tennis Club
The Adelaide University Tennis Club (AUTC) was founded in 1885. The club was instrumental in the founding of the Adelaide University Sports Association. The AUTC is a lawn tennis club.Adelaide University Lacrosse Club
The Adelaide University Lacrosse Club (AULC) was founded in 1889 by Nobel PrizeNobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
winning Professor William Henry Bragg
William Henry Bragg
Sir William Henry Bragg OM, KBE, PRS was a British physicist, chemist, mathematician and active sportsman who uniquely shared a Nobel Prize with his son William Lawrence Bragg - the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics...
. It is one of the oldest lacrosse
Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
clubs in Australia and is a founding member of the AUSA. The AULC takes part in an annual competition against the Melbourne University Lacrosse Club and competes locally in the Lacrosse South Australia competition. Club membership is focused on University of Adelaide
University of Adelaide
The University of Adelaide is a public university located in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1874, it is the third oldest university in Australia...
students and graduates. Other non students are also members. The AULC trains on the University of Adelaide's Park 10
Park 10, Adelaide
Park 10 is a parkland in the city of Adelaide, South Australia. It is one of the few parks in the Adelaide Parklands to still be known most commonly by its assigned number, and is enclosed by McKinnon Parade, Bundey's Road, War Memorial Drive and Frome Road...
sports fields in the parklands between the University campus and North Adelaide
North Adelaide
North Adelaide is a predominantly residential precinct of the City of Adelaide in South Australia, situated north of the River Torrens and within the Adelaide Park Lands.-History:...
.
Seven Rhodes Scholars have been members of AULC:
- 1909 Henry Fry, anthropologist and medical practitioner.
- 1917 Sir Hugh William Bell Cairns, neurosurgeon.
- 1925 Myles Landseer Formby, World War II surgeon.
- 1939 Duncan Campbell Menzies, army officer. Died after being tortured by the JapaneseDefinitions of Japanese war crimesThere are differences from one country to another regarding the definition of Japanese war crimes. War crimes may be broadly defined as unconscionable behavior by a government or military personnel against either enemy civilians or enemy combatants...
in Burma whilst on patrol with the ChinditsChinditsThe Chindits were a British India "Special Force" that served in Burma and India in 1943 and 1944 during the Burma Campaign in World War II. They were formed into long range penetration groups trained to operate deep behind Japanese lines...
during World War II. - 1955 Ian WilsonIan Wilson (politician)Ian Bonython Cameron Wilson , solicitor, company director and Australian politician, was born in Adelaide, South Australia, the son of Sir Keith Wilson, a prominent United Australia Party and Liberal Party politician...
, politician and lawyer. - 1976 Mark Rogers Mussared, medical practitioner.
- 1983 David Alexander C Robertson
University Blues
An Adelaide University BlueUniversity Sporting Blue
A Blue is an award earned by sportsmen and women at a university and some schools for competition at the highest level. The awarding of Blues began at Oxford and Cambridge Universities...
is awarded for excellence in a particular sport. The awarding of a Blue is usually for competing in a state or national team. The AULC has 134 full Blues awarded to members since 1908. Many more half blues and club letters have also been awarded.
A Grade Premierships
The AULC has won 11 men's and 1 women's A grade premierships since 1893.Adelaide University Football Club
The Adelaide University Football Club was officially formed on 26 March, 1906 and became affiliated with the Sports Association two weeks later on 9 April, 1906. Prior to this time, there was no University FootballAustralian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
team competing in a regular competition; however games were arranged on an irregular basis.
The earliest reference to football at University was found in a PAC School Chronicle of 1885. The report stated that Adelaide University could not organize a full side for a Saturday game; however there were enough available for a mid-week game. This was arranged for Wednesday 19 June, 1885 and several League players and old scholars from PAC comprised the side. University lost this encounter 4.11 to 1.1.
The Blacks were successful in winning the A Grade Premiership in the following years 1911, 1912, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1926, 1929, 1932, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1975, 1986, 1996, 1999. In 2006 the Blacks were runners up to Goodwood Saints 10.12 72 - 18.11 119.
Adelaide University Touch Club
Touch Football is a game derived from rugby league, where tackling and kicking are outlawed. The Adelaide University Touch Club was formed in 1983 and joined the Sports Association in 1985. It is the largest touch football club in South Australia. The club has players ranging from complete begineers to players who have represented Australia and England at international tournaments. The club enters teams in the local park touch competition in both single sex grades and mixed grades in both summer and winter competitions. During summer the club runs a mixed competition at the Waite Campus of the University.Adelaide University Athletics Club
Established in 1906, the Athletics Club has a participatory focus and competes in events such as the City-Bay Fun Run. Famous past members include Olympian and eight-time Australian champion David Fitzsimons, as well as scientist Henry BroseHenry Brose
Henry Herman Leopold Adolph Brose was an Australian physicist. Born in Adelaide, he attended Prince Alfred College and graduated from the University of Adelaide in 1910 with a B.Sc. in mathematics. A member of the Adelaide University Athletics Club, Brose as awarded a University Blue for Athletics...
. Since the Club's establishment, forty-seven club members have been awarded a University Blue.
Adelaide University Sailing Club
The oldest university sailingSailing
Sailing is the propulsion of a vehicle and the control of its movement with large foils called sails. By changing the rigging, rudder, and sometimes the keel or centre board, a sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails in order to move the boat relative to its surrounding medium and...
club in Australia, it was established in 1959 and hosted the first intervarsity competitions in 1960 and onward. Always a power of Australian university sailing
Australian University Sailing
University sailing in Australia has gone through a process of growth, decline and now regrowth. Since the first inter-varsity competition in the 1960s in Adelaide, university sailing has played an important role in the Australian sailing scene...
, it maintains a fleet of boats at Henley Beach for novices and has many state, national, and international representatives.
Roseworthy campus
RACSUC (Roseworthy Agricultural Campus Student Union Council) is an affiliate of the Adelaide University Union. It represents the interests of students at Roseworthy Campus and runs activities including orientation, sports and other social events. Up until the 1980s, sport at Roseworthy was organised by the Roseworthy Agricultural College Sports Union, founded in 1927. Sports included athleticsAthletics (track and field)
Athletics is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking...
, cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
, football
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
, golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
, judo
Judo
is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...
, rifle shooting, rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
, swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
, table tennis
Table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...
, tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, and water polo
Water polo
Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...
.
Intercollegiate Sport - High Table Cup
There have been two cups awarded for the Intercollegiate Sport championship between Adelaide University Colleges, both with the generic title of High Table Cup. The College Cup was donated by the High Table of St. Mark's CollegeSt. Mark's College (University of Adelaide)
St Mark's College is a co-residential college in North Adelaide, South Australia. Founded in 1925, it is affiliated with the Anglican Church of Australia, yet accepts individuals from all faiths...
in the 1950s, and remained in use until 1995 when the Douglas Irving Cup was donated.
Current participants are the College Clubs of Aquinas College
Aquinas College, Adelaide
Aquinas College is a Catholic Residential College for tertiary students to live at whilst studying at one of South Australia's three major tertiary institutions, the University of Adelaide, Flinders University, and the University of South Australia....
, Flinders University Hall
Flinders University Hall
Flinders University Hall is a students' residence situated on the grounds of Flinders University in Adelaide. Established in 1971, it provides on-campus accommodation and meals for around 240 university students...
, Lincoln College
Lincoln College (University of Adelaide)
Lincoln College is a Uniting Church in Australia residential college affiliated with the University of Adelaide. It was established by the Methodist Church of Australasia in 1952 and is named after Lincoln College, Oxford at which John Wesley was a fellow. Lincoln College started as a men's college...
, St. Ann's College and St Mark's College
St. Mark's College (University of Adelaide)
St Mark's College is a co-residential college in North Adelaide, South Australia. Founded in 1925, it is affiliated with the Anglican Church of Australia, yet accepts individuals from all faiths...
.
While the majority of participants are from the University of Adelaide, most residential colleges also accept students from other South Australian Universities and technical colleges, who are also able to participate in the competition.
There are 12 sports in the championship. They are (in chronological order) tennis, swimming (mixed), cricket, basketball, debating (mixed), Australian Rules Football, netball, soccer, table tennis, field hockey, volleyball and athletics (mixed).
External links
- 'The Blacks' Adelaide University Sports Association
- Adelaide University Boat Club
- Adelaide University Cricket Club
- Adelaide University Football Club
- Adelaide University Touch Club
- Adelaide University Lacrosse Club
- Adelaide University Sailing Club
- Adelaide University Soccer Club
- Adelaide University Soccer Club - White
- Adelaide University Hockey Club
- Adelaide University Gym