In this Issue

	Rain-ing Champs
	Cow-bells Triumph
	Rugby League
	Sin-bin Costly
	AUT Win
	A-Town Styles
	In Record Time
	Boards Ahead
	Wheels Above the Rest
	Under-Who!
	Slam Dunk
	Son's of Reggae

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Thursday 17 April, 2008

Rain-ing Champs

FOOTBALL: A saturated field didn’t stop defending champions Victoria winning the men’s football tournament. Victoria beat their opponent’s Auckland University 1-0 to regain gold. Players splashed through ankle deep puddles competing for the ball while dodging the rugged terrain created by the rain. Team members who were not participating showed their support and cheered on their squad losing their voices along the way. Auckland didn’t go home disappointed believing that Victoria didn’t have an easy win, they also vowed they are in it to win next year.
 

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Cow-bells Triumph

WOMENS FOOTBALL: The Mighty Waikato triumphs over their City of Sails counter-parts in what was called “a thriller soccer final.” When the rain wasn’t interfering with their sight, Waikato only had eyes for the goal at the other end of the field. With 15 minutes to go it looked like the AUT girls were on the charge but the Waikato defense was too strong. It was Waikato’s long kicking game that won it for them at 2 - 1.
 

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Rugby League

Canterbury University were in a league of there own when they thrashed their biggest competitors Auckland University 18 – 6. The sun decided to show itself to the players and the crowd although the pitch was still damp under foot it didn’t manage to put the champions off their game. In the final minutes of the game the crowd got behind their team to bring home gold and conquer the quest they set out for. Canterbury have won the league competition three years running.
 

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Sin-bin Costly

TOUCH: AUT came away with a win in the men’s touch final, beating Waiariki Institute of Technology 4-3. The game could have gone either way but a sin bin in the early quarter of the second half proved to be an advantage for AUT. Waiariki had plenty of opportunities for a comeback but with the atrocious weather conditions the ball proved to be more of a challenge then the competitors.
 

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AUT Win

MIXED TOUCH: More gold is heading AUT’s way after they beat their Moo- Loo rivals in the mixed touch division. The game went into over time resulting in a drop-off where players left the field of play every couple of minutes. Although the game saw patches of rain it ended up being a high scoring game, the final score 7-6 to AUT.
 

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A-Town Styles

HOCKEY: Defending champions Auckland University blitzed their opposition 4-0 to regain the number one spot taking out the Men’s hockey competition. AUT who were labeled as the underdogs fought hard to win but let themselves down in the final minutes of the game. The ball seemed to be impossible to move through the rain drenched pitch and would only travel a few meters compared to the 6 meters on a sunny day. Auckland proved they were a threat and came away with the gold medal.
 

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In Record Time

AQUATHON: Chantelle Cowlrick Victoria University leaded in the swimming after completing the two laps in the water. But she ended in fifth place after she got caught on the 5.2km run around the lake by four other participants. Bruce Hunter from Unitec finished the 750m swim and 5.2km run around the Blue Lake in under 33 mins 55secs taking away first place.

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Boards Ahead

Raglan surf pumps it up for Unigames. Auckland University student Mischa Davis surfed her way to the top of the women’s long and short-board competition.The international surfer was clearly ahead above the rest as she outclassed other participants. The rain held off, and left some glassy overhead surf and steep faces on a cloudy day.

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Wheels Above the Rest

MOUNTAIN BIKING: Waiariki students pedal their way through to win gold in the Mountain Biking finals.‘Dominator’ Carl Jones took victory over Victoria University counter-part Jono Coates in the Men’s race, while Monique Avery maintained her winning streak to take out the women’s section.

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Under-Who!

Hail the almighty University of Victoria – for they have beaten Australian Mens Basketball Team Monash. Congratulation’s to Team Victoria as they beat our Trans-Tasman rivals – 55-54. Team Monash are the reigning Australian Unigames Champs and we are proud to acknowledge that NZ Unigames are at that same level.

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Slam Dunk

University of Otago arrived in the North Island knowing they would be a good contender in the Women's Basketball competition. Otago beat the opposition team Victoria by a whooping 46-26 and Otago’s own Amanda Fisher had an awesome performance. Victoria however, had an awesome tournament proving themselves worthy of being a great challenge for Otago.

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Son's of Reggae

A ‘Son’ of Rotorua is coming home and hitting the stage alongside one of his favourite bands tonight as the Uni Games wraps up with a true reggae rhythm. Rio Panapa, the drummer for Sons of Zion said it’s an honour to play with one of our top dub roots bands, Kora. No stranger to the stage, Sons of Zion have also opened for Katchafire, Blackseeds and Cornerstone Roots.
 

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