#uni games

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Me, playing Sledge: *plants defuser*

The defending team: *kills everyone leaving a 1 v 5*

Me: *gets killed*

*The defuser finished before they can destroy it*

Me, realizing I just won our team the game:

[bonduniversity]

Team Bond Nationals Div 2: Results Day 4 - Finals

It was a tough, long week for our Bond team, however all teams showed utmost resilience and represented Bond with pride. Of the 8 teams, Bond had 4 in medal matches Thursday; winning one gold and one silver, two placing 4th and all other teams finishing within the top 8.

After the men’s tennis semi-final was postponed due to rain, they eventually won their semi-final against La Trobe Uni (LTU) 3-nil. The boys had been looking strong all week, with international experience from several players and Coach Kaden Hensel, and were out to claim that gold medal. With a guaranteed promotion into Div 1, the boys were up against fellow North Region Uni QUT (QLD Uni of Technology). Bond won two of their singles and their one doubles, beating QUT 3-2 to be crowned Div 2 Champions!

The men’s touch team played RMIT in the semi-final Thursday morning, winning convincingly 12-4. From the start of the week, the Grand Final was always predicted to be against archrivals Bond and Griffith Uni.  The Gold medal-local derby match drew quite the crowd and did not disappoint. Bond were the underdogs, with only a couple rep players compared to the majority of the Griffith team. Our Bond boys never gave up the fight, levelling up the score to 4-all with only 5 minutes to go. Unfortunately Griffith scored 2 late tries to win 6-4. The Bond team were still happy with the 2nd place results, and spirits were high after the game as they claimed silver and promotion into Div 1.

Our first bronze medal match of the day was the men’s basketball, up against Uni of Technology Sydney (UTS). In true style as seen all week, the boys were behind from the beginning but came back firing in the second half to level the game with only minutes to go. It was point for point until UTS sunk one late free throw to win the game by 3 points (72-69). Naturally, the boys were disappointed as the bronze was theirs for the taking, however they still finished 4th overall in a draw of 24 teams, and finished as the highest ranked North Region University. Credit must go to coach and Bond student Varinder Singh for bringing his elite college playing experience into the team as coach. The boys will be back next year aiming for that Div 1 promotion.

The Bond men’s soccer team backed up to play their bronze medal match Thursday morning after playing their regular Wednesday night Football Gold Coast Metro Cup game (winning 3-1 with only 10 players!). The boys gave it their all and were legless by the end of the game. Unfortunately they lost 4-1 to a strong Edith Cowan Uni (ECU) team, finishing 4th overall, but all team members were happy with the result (and happy to still be able to walk). Coach Sean Johnson never gave up his enthusiasm on the sidelines, and his spirit helped carry the team through the week.

Mixed netball played off for 5th/6th against Flinders University (FU), and almost doubled their opponent’s score winning 63-34 to finish 5th overall out of 15 teams. The boys in the Bond mixed team were outstanding all week, thanks to the expertise of coach Linda Peterson, which complemented our girls who all have rep experience making our mixed netball team the strongest Bond has ever fielded.

The women’s basketball team put absolutely everything on the line this week, and their team spirit, resilience and camaraderie was second-to-none. Their 7th/8th playoff against James Cook Uni (JCU) was a very close game, with the girls behind 2 points until the second half where they took the lead and maintained it to win by only 2 points (26-24) and place 7th overall. The women’s basketball draw of 15 was extremely tough, with the two teams in the Gold medal match featuring numerous QBL (QLD Basketball League) players. For a team with little-to-no rep experience, coach Stu Allen trained our Bond girls to go above & beyond to only lose 3 games all week- only one in their round games, and two in the finals playoffs.

Men’s badminton came up against Southern Cross uni  (SCU) in the playoff for 5th/6th, coming away with their 2nd win of the week, finishing in 5th place. It was a tough week for the boys, with the other teams having previous National-level experience and elite players, however our boys learnt a lot throughout the week with the help of coach, Bond student and Australian player Melinda Sun.

Women’s tennis started Thursday with a tough 5-0 loss to Uni of Southern QLD (USQ) in their final round game, however won their 5th/6th playoff against Australian National Uni (ANU) 4-1. The girls finished 5th overall.

Huge congratulations to all of our teams competing in the UniSport Div 2 Nationals this past week. Everyone represented Bond with pride, and all teams, students and coaches should be proud of their achievements and results. Bring on Div 1 in September!

Find out more about Bond Sport.

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beautiful times

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[bonduniversity]

Team Bond Nationals Div 2: Results Day 1

It was a mixed bag for Bond on day 1 at the UniSport Nationals Div 2, with a few tough losses in the morning rounds across the board, but also some big convincing wins to position the Bond teams going into day 2 of round games.

Bond men’s & women’s tennis teams were first up to start their Nationals Div 2 campaign, with our women narrowly going down 3-2 to Charles Sturt Uni (CSU); winning one singles and one doubles match. This was their only game of the day. The men’s team had a great 4-1 win over the Uni of Southern QLD (USQ), winning three of their four singles matches and both doubles games; and a close 3-2 win over Deakin Uni. The boys sit comfortably on top of the ladder after day 1.

The men’s badminton team put in a great effort today, despite losing 0-5 to both Griffith Uni (GU) and Uni of Tasmania (UTAS), the boys gave 100% in all of their games. For most of the team, this was their first time experiencing badminton at this level and they were up against some tough opponents. They didn’t give up, kept fighting for each point and had lots of fun on the court!

Bond men’s basketball had a very tough game first up against Swinburne Uni of Technology, going down 50-33 against the well-polished Melbourne side. The boys second game was an absolute thriller- down by over 20 points at the end of the first quarter, the boys fought back to win by 10 points (50-40) over Australian National Uni. The boys play three more games tomorrow, before the draw progresses into a Round-of-16 Wednesday to determine who will proceed into the Quarter Finals.

Women’s basketball had a tough first game against Flinders Uni with a 57-18 loss. However, the girls picked up the intensity to win their second game 58-40 against Uni of Wollongong (UOW), and even more so in their night time game with a massive 45-9 win over the International College of Management Sydney (ICMS). The girls sit 2nd on the ladder going into day 2; a long day 2 with an 8-hour break between their two games.

The most outstanding Bond team on day 1 was undoubtedly the mixed netball, finishing the day with a massive 192 for and only 51 against!! They had a flying start to the day, beating the University of Notre Dame Australia (NDA) by 68 points (82-14). They had another two big wins over University of New England (UNE), 51-20; and Uni of South Australia (USA), 59-17. They also sit 2nd on the ladder going into day 2, and will play top of the ladder Uni of Newcastle at 4:45pm… a game not to be missed!

Football men finished the day undefeated… with two draws. Having all morning off, the boys were a bit slow to start and drew their first game 1-all with the Australian National University (ANU). Game 2 was against the Uni of Sunshine Coast (USC), who scored a couple of freakish goals to take the lead just before half time. Bond’s ever-enthusiastic coach Sean Johnson’s half-time pep talk seemed to work, with the boys fighting back to level the score. The opposition took a couple of Academy Award-winning dives, however Bond held their own to keep the final score 2-all.

Men’s touch also had a strong start to day 1, with a solid 10-5 win over a physical Australian Catholic Uni (ACU). The boys backed up with another good win over Avondale 6-2. On day 2 they play three games, with another two round games on Wednesday before finals start.

Good luck to all Bondies on day 2! Make sure you keep up-to-date with our Bond teams via our Instagram and Facebook.

Find out more about Bond Sport.

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ting ting

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Bringing Southern Uni Games gold to Sarawak

Team Swinburne competed in the Southern Uni Games, held 2–6 July in Geelong, and the results are in!

Written by Donna Huang, Bachelor of Communications (Advertising), Swinburne.

While Geelong was a bit of a commute for some of the competitors, but none of them as long as Jie Sheng Tee’s.

Jie Sheng studies at Swinburne’s Sarawak campus, but studied at the Hawthorn campus on exchange in semester 1, 2016.

During his time on exchange, Jie Sheng was introduced to the lacrosse team on Clubs Day.

He decided to try the sport out of curiosity, inviting his friend Zhe Khai to join with him in March 2016.

“We joined the uni league and felt that lacrosse was really fun!” says Jie Sheng.

“It looks easy to play at first, but it actually has a lot of philosophy to be explored which inspired me.

“We were proud to be the first batch of students to start the club successfully at Swinburne in 2016.”

Jie Sheng has limited opportunities to play lacrosse in Malaysia. When he heard that the sport had been added to the Southern Uni Games, he booked a flight all the way back to Melbourne to be a part of it!

“I decided to travel back to Melbourne to compete in the Southern Uni Games because I am graduating soon and I rarely have the chance to play lacrosse in Malaysia, unless I travel to the capital, Kuala Lumpur,” says Jie Sheng.

Jie Sheng was originally selected as the goalie for the second lacrosse team, but had the opportunity to step up at the last minute when the goalie for the first team got injured.

“Everyone in the team was so welcoming and there were many superb new players which was amazing!”

Jie Sheng returned home a Uni Games gold medallist and says he will remember the experience for a lifetime. 

Swinburne’s results

Swinburne placed sixth out of 13 teams in the per capita rankings, competing in lacrosse, basketball, futsal, lawn bowls, and many others.

Swinburne took out the gold in basketball and lacrosse. Additionally, the Men’s Volleyball team won silver.

Individually, Paul Egan won silver in the men’s table tennis and Truong Nguyen claimed bronze in men’s badminton.

Swinburne’s participation in the games was organised and promoted by Swinburne Student Life’s Clubs & Sport team.

Donna’s also on a 12-month professional placement in Swinburne’s Media and External Communications team.

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If anyone is interested in the AMAZING week I had at the Australian Uni Games, check out this video I made, I’m fairly proud of it