2009 Australian University Games (AUG)

Gold Coast, Queensland, 27 September - 2 October, 2009

Monash University - Overall Champions 2009!

1 week, 28 sports, 43 Universities, 7000 students!

Click here to see a photo gallery from the event

In the closet finish in its history, Monash has taken out top honours in this year’s Australian University Games (AUG).

Successfully defending their champion title, the Monash team beat rivals the University of Melbourne by just two points, 1050 to 1048. The University of Sydney finished third.

The week-long event was well-contested by all competitors, but Monash proved to be a dominant force, claiming overall victory in many events including women’s basketball, netball and tennis, Kendo Kyu, taekwondo, and for the first time in AUG history, swimming.

Monash claimed overall silver in another three sports and overall bronze in eight.

This year's Australian University Games, which started on 27 September, feature a record number of competitors.
Monash, which has won the event four times, had this year's biggest team with 448 participants.

The Australian University Games is an event you don't want to miss!!!! The Australian University Games are renowned for providing a friendly but competitive environment for Australian university athletes and is the flagship event on the national university sporting calendar.

The Games are recognised as a perfect opportunity to provide university athletes, many of whom are of Olympic standard, to compete against each other in a national multi-sport event. As such, the Games has built up a reputation as a not-to-be-missed, event attracting over 6,000 participants each year.

2009 Australian University Games event information

Australian University Sport

Australian University Sport (AUS) are the overall organisers of the Inter-University Competitions that occur throughout each year, the main event being the Australian University Games. Visit www.unigames.com.au for more information, including information on sport details and rules, the location of events, other competitions, etc.

Eligibility

To be eligible to compete for TeamMONASH™ at AUG, students must be enrolled in at least Semester 2 of 2009. Australian University Sport (AUS) policies state that students not enrolled in study in Semester 2, 2009 will not be permitted to register or play (heavy penalties apply).

Sports

Monash University will be sending one team in each of the following sports. Due to scheduling and the commitment involved with each sport, generally students can play only one sport. To find out more about each sport or to contact the Sport Manager, click on the sport. Teams are selected for most sports, however please contact the relevant person on each page for more information.

More information

For more information, check out the AUS website at www.unigames.com.au.

If you have any other questions, please contact: carolyn.kenny@sport.monash.edu.au.

2008 Australian University Games

Monash University - 2008 Australian University Games Overall Champions! 

Fri 3 Oct 2008: TeamMONASH™ participants celebrate the win, with team captain Dale Stevenson proudly holding the cup.

Over 500 Monash athletes were involved in the 28 different sports that saw Monash win the overall trophy in 2008.

Click here to see the results from 2008.

Monash University was the Principal Partner University for the 2008 Australian University Games.