Around the Grounds: 12-14 April 2019

AFL

The second week of the season saw the Women’s Premier team take their first win, with a definitive 54-point defeat of the Inner West Magpies at Picken Oval. That will be a big confidence boost for the team as they aim to continue their storm up the ladder. That afternoon, the Men’s Premier team also took on the Inner West Magpies at the same ground, maintaining their undefeated start to the season with a 39-point win. A special mention to Under 19s Div 1 captain Jack Rheinberger, who played his 50th game for the Bulldogs on the weekend, unfortunately coming away with an agonisingly close two-point loss to Sydney Uni.

Full results:
Women’s Premier Division defeated Magpies 12.9 (81) to 4.3 (27)
Men’s Premier Division defeated Magpies 17.12 (114) to 11.9 (75)
Men’s Premier Reserves defeated Magpies 23.18 (156) to 3.4 (22)
Women’s Division 2 defeated Blues 10.10 (70) to 0.1 (1)
Men’s Division 2 BYE
Men’s Division 3 lost to Cats 4.10 (34) to 13.3 (81)
U19s Division 1 lost to Sydney Uni 10.9 (69) to 10.11 (71)
U19s Division 2 lost to Power 4.11 (35) to 9.6 (60)

ATHLETICS
While the UNSW Sport community was celebrating at the Blues Dinner, our track and field athletes were sweating it out at Olympic Park and coming away with some incredible results. New Blues recipient Georgia Winkcup was the big winner, coming away with not only a gold medal in the 3000m Steeplechase, but a new UniSport Nationals record as well. New Ben Lexcen scholar Susie Douglas competed in her first ever UniSport Nationals, winning a bronze in the 400m hurdles, as well as a bronze in the 1600m Sprint Medley, alongside Winkcup.

Full results:
Georgia Winkcup: 3000m Steeplechase – Gold (New UniSport Nationals Record)
Anastasia Williams: Pole Vault – Gold
Men’s 1600m Sprint Medley – Gold
Ivor Metcalf: 110m Hurdles – Gold
Erin Prince: Discus – Silver
David Chen: Long Jump – Silver
Women’s 1600m Sprint Medley – Bronze
Susie Douglas: 400m hurdles – Bronze
Ryan Powell: 10km – Bronze
Hannah Jones: 100m Hurdles – Bronze

HANDBALL
Two big wins for the UNSW Handball teams this week will give them some confidence going into the Easter break. Both teams take on their top teams on their respective ladders when the competition resumes in May.

Full results:
Senior Men’s defeated UTS 28-33
Senior Women’s defeated Sydney Uni 30-24

HOCKEY
Some strong results for our hockey teams this weekend, the Women’s Metropolitan League 1 team ground out a draw to move into fourth place on the ladder. The Men’s Premier League 1 team had their first win of the season, with a 4-0 thumping of GNS to take them to sixth place on the ladder.

Full results:
Women’s Metropolitan League
Team 1 drew with Macquarie / Bankstown 1-1
Team 2 defeated Macquarie / Bankstown 2-0
Team 3 lost to Wenty 0-1
Team 4 defeated Canterbury 4-2

Sydney East Hockey Association Women’s Competition
Team 1 defeated Tartans 2-0
Team 2 defeated Sutherland 3-0
Team 3 lost to Sutherland 0-3
Team 4 lost to Glebe 0-4

Sydney Hockey Association Men’s Premier League
Team 1 defeated GNS 4-0
Team 2 defeated GNS 9-2
Team 3 drew with Macquarie Uni 1-1
Team 4 lost to GNS 1-3

Sydney Hockey Association Men’s Sydney League
Team 1 defeated Northern Districts 5-1
Team 2 defeated Northern Districts 2-0
Team 3 defeated Northern Districts 2-0

JUDO
The UNSW Judo Club competed at NSW State Titles recently, with some impressive results across a range of divisions. A special mention to Ryan Koenig, who recently participated in a European tour as part of the national squad and did the club proud at State Titles.

Full results:
Priya Carpenter: Under 32kg Junior Girls – Second
Lucas Marillet Utrilla: Under 38kg Junior Boys – Third
Egor Grachev: Under 42kg Junior Boys – First 
Ethan Carpenter: Under 36kg Senior Boys – Third
Elijah Raif: Under 45kg Senior Boys – Second
Joshua Koenig: Under 50kg Senior Boys – First
Hayden Fu: Under 50kg Senior Boys – Second
Iakov Ivanets: Under 55kg Senior Boys – Second
Ivan Samsonov: Under 66kg Senior Boys – First
Aidan Miu: Under 66kg Senior Boys – Third
Dylan Katz: Under 50kg Cadet Men – First
Ryan Koenig: Under 60kg Cadet Men – Second
Ryan Koenig: Under 60kg Junior Men – First
Pietro Menga: Under 73kg Junior Men – Third
Baatarsuren Munkhtuvshin: Under 66kg Senior Men – First
Indra Sadeli: Under 66kg Senior Men – Second

FOOTBALL
Mixed results for our football teams this weekend, with the women’s team unable to get over the line against Marconi. They currently sit in ninth place on the ladder, however there is still plenty of time in the season to move up. The men’s team recorded their first win against the Balmain Tigers, which takes them into eighth place for the season so far.

Full results:
UNSW Women’s lost to Marconi Stallions FC 1-3
UNSW Men’s defeated Balmain Tigers FC 3-1

WATER POLO
With three rounds to go in the competition, UNSW Wests Killer Whales (women’s) had a tight loss to UTS Balmain, who jumped into first place with that win, UNSW dropping to third. However, they sit only one point behind the top two teams and will be looking to come back hard the next time the teams meet, on 27 April at UNSW Fitness and Aquatic Centre. The UNSW Wests Magpies (men’s) cruised to victory against UTS Balmain with a solid nine-point win. They are defending their territory at the top of the ladder, with Drummoyne Devils closing the gap between first and second.

Full results:
UNSW Wests Killer Whales (Women) lost to UTS Balmain Tigers 8-11
UNSW Wests Magpies (Men) defeated UTS Balmain Tigers 13-4

SWIMMING
After a busy week of competition at the Open Nationals for UNSW, it’s now time for our junior swimmers to shine at Age Nationals. UNSW Swimming Club has many swimmers attending and we will keep you up to date with key results as they come in.