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November, 2006 Uni Games 07 launched in Christchurch 
The 2007 Uni Games was officially launched at a ceremony at Christchurch City Council on Wednesday 29 November attended by national & local media, regional sports organisations, University team managers and key Games partners. The launch was addressed by representatives of USNZ’s Games partners including the Mayor of Christchurch, Garry Moore, the Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University of Canterbury, Prof Ian Town and Warren Poh, President of the University of Canterbury Students’ Association. More information in Uni Games Launch Media Release. The Launch coincided with the briefing for University team managers representing the 10 NZ teams competing at the Games as well as a representative from the University of the South Pacific who will be sending several teams from Fiji to compete at the event. *Photo: At Games launch yesterday (L-R)– Jim Ellis (USNZ Executive Director), Tom Doocey (Sport Canterbury Board Member), Mayor Garry Moore , Prof Ian Town & Warren Poh with the famous Games Shield, awarded to the overall Games champion University since 1923. 
The deadline for receipt of NZU Blues nominations for sporting and academic achievement in 2006 is 5pm on Friday 1 December. Visit NZU Blues for more information including the nomination form and sporting standards. World University Winter Games 2007 
By the time of the next Newz in February, over 2,600 competitors and officials from over 55 nations will have competed in the 23rd World University Winter Games being staged in Torino, Italy on 17-27 January 2007. The New Zealand team of 15, including 10 snowboard and ski racing competitors has now left NZ for training and competition in the northern hemisphere prior to the Games. Follow the results on www.universitysport.org.nz 
USNZ and NZ Soccer have today announced the squad of 20 women’s players who will represent New Zealand in Bangkok at the 24th World University Games in August next year. The team will be captained by Jennifer Kendall, an Aucklander graduating from Otago University in December, and includes 7 players from the 2005 Games in Turkey where NZ secured a highest ever 9th place. Click on World University Games Soccer for further information and the media release. Commonwealth & Olympic doctor Lynne Coleman and Hurricanes doctor Ian Murphy have been appointed as Health Team Leader and Chief Medical Officer to the NZ delegation respectively. The delegation is expected to be the largest ever with between 130-150 competitors and officials including 11-12 doctors, physiotherapists and massage therapists. 
The NZU Rugby League side played 2 representative matches recently. They defeated the NZ Defence Force 24-10 on 9 October at Massey University in Palmerston North before narrowly losing a Tri-Nations test curtain-raiser to an Australian Tertiary side 22-26. The latter match was the final game for Victoria student Henry Heke, a NZU veteran who competed in both of the last 2 successful student world cup campaigns. New Triathlon and Sailing events in 2007 USNZ has announced that it will offer 2 new NZU championships in 2007. The inaugural NZU triathlon champs will be held on Saturday 17 March in Whangamata as part of Triathlon NZ’s new national series event. A first NZU sailing (team racing) event will be staged in conjunction with Yachting NZ at Algies Bay, near Warkworth, in December 2007. For more information click on Uni Championships The USNZ calendar of events for 2007 is now available online. Elections for membership of the USNZ Board were held on Saturday 18 November. Hamish Hopkinson was re-elected as President for a fifth term. Iain Galloway was elected as Vice President. Click on USNZ Board Elections for full results. Universities recently held their own Blues award ceremonies for 2006. The supreme winners from each campus were: Auckland AUT Canterbury Lincoln Massey Albany Massey Palmerston North Victoria Waikato The 18th Battle of the Bombays sporting contest between Waikato and Auckland Universities was held in Hamilton on 23rd September. Waikato emerged victorious for the 7th consecutive year retaining the Sir Don Llewellyn Shield. 
Matthew McCormick, a NZU Blue and Auckand University Sportsman of the Year for 2005 & 2006, has been awarded a prestigious Woolf Fisher Scholarship which offers him the chance of postgraduate study at Oxford University. McCormick is one of NZ’s leading windsurfers and competed at the 2005 World University Games in Turkey, finishing 6th. ---------------------- The Varsity Squash Club, Dunedin was recognised as the top squash club in New Zealand at the AGM of Squash NZ in Auckland on 17 November. John Harraway, club administrator, said that the award had given tremendous positive exposure for a club that had "risen from the ashes". --------------------------------- And finally, USNZ would like to wish all USNZ members, partners, supporters and stakeholders a very happy Christmas and New Year and enjoyable summer vacation. We look forward to a great year in 2007. |
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