Sports clubs
La Trobe University Seniors Team Review
Coach: Dean SheldrickCaptain: Terry Ludeman
Ladder: Premiers (14wins-4 losses)
D3 Grand Final - La Trobe Uni (12.8.80)
Def - St Johns (11.13.79)
Award winners:
Best and Fairest: Geremie Ganino
Runner up B & F: Joseph Mclean
Leading Goal Kicker: Stuart Patten
Most Improved: Brendan Wood
Best Team Player: Dillon Farrell
Back to Back Premierships!
After last year's journey being served up on a plate, 2010 proved to be more difficult. Many players battling injury which resulted in some inconsistent performances and a new significant rivalry formed with St Johns La Trobe's quest for back to back premierships looked in doubt at 3 quarter time being 24pts down. But some inspiring football across the board, a Leo Barry mark and a match saving smother highlighted the greatest comeback in La Trobe University Football Clubs History to see La Trobe walk away with a 1 point Grand Final Victory.
A few special mentions to Geremie Ganino to win the Best & Fairest from the forward pocket/midfield and kicking 58 goals and Stuart Patten winning the goal kicking whilst missing 10 games through injury.
La Trobe University Football Club would also like to recognise the efforts of Dean and Terry and congratulate them on their performance over the last four seasons and wishes them the best with their home lives moving forward. The club also wishes to recognise the efforts of Steven Adamthwaite. His efforts over a 13 year period have been instrumental in the clubs success.
La Trobe University Mountaineering Club
2010 has been a busy year for LUMC members, with adventures happening almost every week. We kicked off the year with the annual Big Weekend. About 60 LUMCers camped up at the Cathedral Ranges and took part in activities including white-water kayaking, rock climbing, bush walking and mountain biking.
Other highlights included:
- Easter rock climbing at Mt Arapiles , and spring climbing in the Blue Mountains
- XC skiing at Lake Mountain, Mt St Gwinear, and an epic Crosscut Saw trip
- Kayaking the Yarra in flood, and the annual Mitchell river inter-club kayaking / rafting trip, run between LUMC, MUMC and MBOC
- Overnight bushwalks and hikes at Falls Creek, and in June walking from Johanna Beach to Cape Otway
- LUMC’s annual Faux Pas (thermal) Ball
Club members have also been walking in Tasmania, skiing in New Zealand and mountain biking in East Timor, allowing those of us who couldn’t get time off various commitments to live vicariously through our friends.
A big thanks goes out to the 2009/10 committee for all their hard work, and for passing on much needed knowledge and skills. Anyone interested in getting outdoors in 2011 should visit www.lumc.org.au
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Bendigo Gold Rush as La Trobe Wins Southern University Games
La Trobe University won 7 gold medals to take out the John Campbell Trophy as the best performed University at the Southern University Games held in Bendigo 4-7 July 2010.
La Trobe University hosted the Games in conjunction with the Bendigo Students Association, the City of Bendigo and Australian University Sport. The Games was a great success with over 1000 students competing in 11 sports.
The La Trobe University team was made up of 155 athletes representing the University in 16 teams in 10 different sports. This was La Trobe’s most successful team ever bringing home 11 medals, 7 of them gold, and winning the overall championship.
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La Trobe University Football Club News
Mick Mullins, La Trobe University Football Club’s first Blue winner recently returned with his son, Nicolas to visit the University. Mick now resides in Boston and is in the real estate game. One of their first stops was La Trobe’s finest piece of real estate, the Main Oval, where Mick filled the pages of his youth with glory.
Mick had a short but highlight filled careers with La Trobe before it was cut short by injury. He was a Club Best and Fairest, League Best and Fairest, All Australian Rep player, and Interleague Representative. Mick also contributed of as a coach of the Senior and Intervarsity Teams and featured regularly in the pages of the Club’s esteemed journal “Rort”. His team mate Tony Sheehan, Coach Emeritus of the La Trobe University Football Club remembers Mick fondly, stating “Mick’s exploits mark him as one of La Trobe’s best both on and off the field”
While here Mick and Nicholas caught up with some of La Trobe’s greats, Tony Sheehan, Russell Badham, Glenys (Hahn) Sheldrick and Rex Hardman to watch the La Trobe win comfortably over Kew in the first game of the 2010 season.
John Dumaresque
Sports Manager, La Trobe University
La Trobe University Hockey Club News
La Trobe Uni Hockey Club has had an excellent start to the season with only two losses recorded in the entire club. The women’s 1s sit on top of the ladder whilst the newly promoted men’s 1s are sitting 3rd on the ladder. The club has recruited well in the off season whilst retaining almost all of the players from the season before with the men’s have adding two extra team to cater for the numbers. All sides are currently sitting inside the four. La Trobe has also recommenced its junior program with the under 9’s team playing for the first time in many years with the hope of expanding the number of teams in years to come.
Off the field, the club’s thriving with a very successful Pub Crawl at the commencement of the season and many players are enjoying the pies, hot dogs and cold drinks on a Thursday night after training.
Phil Nguyen
Racketlon in Melbourne
The La Trobe University Autumn 2010 Racketlon was held on Sunday, March 14. The event was the University's first ever racketlon and was organised by the La Trobe Squash club. It was hosted by the La Trobe Sports Centre, in Bundoora (Melbourne). Most of the 17 entrants were students from La Trobe University or Monash University who had never even heard of racketlon until a few weeks before the event. However, the tournament also attracted two Scottish expatriates, Calum and Niall Munro, both of whom had played competitive racketlon throughout Europe.
All 17 players were placed in the main draw, with the first, second and third round losers competing for the C, B and A grade titles respectively. Sets were played to 15 points, with a margin of two points required if scores reached 14/14. There were tight matches being played all day. Anton Jurkiw and Jee Wee Ong’s first round match finished as a tie on 52/52, with Jee Wee triumphant in the Gummiarm Tiebreak. In round two, Anurag Gill defeated Jee Wee Ong 26/24 in the tennis set, with the total scores being 57/54.
At lunch time, players were treated to sausages, rissoles, salads and coleslaw, which was provided at no extra charge to competitors. Most players showed a great deal of talent in their strongest sport and were able to adapt some of their skills to the other sports. However, the consistency of the Scottish men over all four sports proved to be too much for the locals to handle, setting up an intriguing father/son battle in the final. In the final, Calum took an early lead before Niall managed a massive comeback from 14/10 down to eventually take the table tennis set 18/16. Badminton, being both Calum and Niall's strongest sport, was always going to be hotly contested. Niall was victorious, 15/12, which gave the youngster a five-point lead. Calum, the former world number 14, refused to give in and won the squash 15/12, which reduced the margin to two points with the tennis set to play. The tennis was another close set with solid stroke play from both ends of the court. Calum managed to win the set 15/11. The aggregate over all four sports was 58/56, which means that Calum Munro became the first La Trobe University Racketlon champion. Players had a fun day and there was a strong indication that most players will spread the word amongst their friends and sporting clubs, before returning for the next racketlon event.
La Trobe University will host the Winter 2010 Racketlon on Saturday, August 7.
Rebecca Ogilvie
Sports Officer, Clubs & Recreation
Sports Centre, La Trobe University
La Trobe University Mountaineering Club (LUMC)
As a La Trobe alumnus, the La Trobe University Mountaineering Club (LUMC) has given me the opportunity to express my love of the outdoors both during and since my time studying at La Trobe University. LUMC is a club that does more than just scaling alpine peaks. It is a club devoted to the enjoyment of the outdoors based on an appreciation of the natural environment, and is motivated by the desire for exploration, adventure and the "wilderness experience". The club is run by its members for the La Trobe community and places considerable emphasis on sharing knowledge and skills.
I first came across the club when I was a Student Host volunteer in 2008. I was drawn to the club by the range of exciting activities the club offers. Since that time, I have taken up new sports and have been involved in regular rock climbing, mountain biking and bushwalking trips, exploring much of Victoria. In the coming winter, I will test out my skills at the snow. Not only have I had fun on these trips but have also made some long-lasting friendships with people from all across the globe, which can certainly be a challenge at university. Activities LUMC participates in include bushwalking, caving, mountain-biking, rock-climbing, kayaking and cross country skiing.
LUMC continues to be active in Semester 1 2010. We are preparing for some exciting activities and trips including our regular Indoor kayaking, BBQs, “The Big Weekend”- the clubs annual introductory trip. Additionally we have planned to go caving and mountain biking.
So join us, come along to many of our trips and have fun, learn something new, challenge yourself and make friends along the way!
Emily Willocks
Webpage http://www.lumc.org.au
Contact committee@lumc.org.au
La Trobe University Bags 13 medals at the Australian University Games
“A record of 7003 students from 44 different universities have participated in the 2009 Australian University Games (AUG), which successfully concluded last Friday with participants saying it has been the best Games ever” - CEO of Australian University Sport (AUS), Mr Don Knapp.
La Trobe again fielded a strong team of students who participated in what is now the premier University sporting event in Australia – the Australian University Games, which was held on the Gold Coast from 28 September to 2 October.
La Trobe students from campuses all around Victoria were invited and selected to represent the University in 14 different sports and competing against 43 Universities from around Australia. Despite the enormous cost to get to the Gold Coats, 194 students managed to make the trip.
In 2008, the Games were held in Melbourne and La Trobe, with a team of 270 students, managed to bring home 10 medals, the best performance ever by a La Trobe team at the Games.
However, despite a smaller team participating in the Games this year due to the enormous cost, we managed to win 13 medals, 3 better than 2008 and equal number selection in Green and Gold (All Australian Representative team) from the previous year.
This is an outstanding sporting achievement and a clear indication that students from La Trobe have the talent and the enthusiasm to ‘take on’ the ‘sandstone’ universities from around Australia.
La Trobe Snow Sports Team compete at the University Championships
La Trobe University achieved some fantastic results in this years
Australian University Snow Sport Championships which were recently held in
Thredbo NSW.
A total of twenty two Universities from all over Australian gathered to compete
in snow board and ski events over one week. La Trobe University’s small team
of 5 students finished 11th overall.
Our team consisted of 2 skiers, Tara Day (Bendigo) and Vincent Tong
(Bundoora) and 3 snow boarders, Alastair Macmillan (Bendigo), Lizzay Canters
(Bundoora) and Kathryn Vrancic (Bundoora). Congratulations to the team on
some fantastic results including two gold medals won by Lizzay.
SNOW BOARDERS
Lizzay Canters - Second Overall
Gold medal in Rails and Slope Style
Kathryn Vrancic - Ninth Overall
4th in Slope Style
Alastair Macmillan - 20th Overall
SKIERS
Vincent Tong - 16th Overall
Tara Day - 24th Overall
OVERALL PLACE: 11th
La Trobe Football Club Premiers for 2009
La Trobe University Football Club won the Grand Final in both Seniors and Reserves competitions, capping off a stellar season by the club. As a result La Trobe will move up to Division 3 in the Victorian Amateur Football League next year. This is the first time both the seniors and reserves have won in the same season.
Results
Reserves
LTU – 8 goals 14 behinds (62 points) def. Kew Amateur FC – 2 goals 8 behinds (20 points).
Seniors
LTU- 21 goals, 9 behinds (135 points) def. Albert Park FC—8 goals, 11 behinds (59 points).
Great Year for the La Trobe Uni Hockey Club in 2009
La Trobe University Hockey Club had a great season in 2009, with a heap of new players, great social events and success on the field.
"It was fantastic to see so many new faces at the club this year and to have such popular social functions" said Social Co-ordinator Morgan Jenkins.
The club fielded competitive teams in both the Men’s and Women’s competitions. This season saw Women’s teams in State League 3, Metro 1 and Metro 3, and Men's teams in State League 5, Metro 2 North and Metro 2 West.
The Women's teams did very well, with the Women's State League 3 side only just missing the finals and the Women's seconds making the finals only to lose in a cliff hanger. Women's hockey at the club has never been so strong and with many new students, including new international students, the teams are in great shape.
As well as having great success on the field in 2009 with the women, the Men had a stellar come back year. The Men's State League 5 team won the Grand Final, whilst the Men's 2's and 3's only just missed out on their Grand Finals.
The club continues to be a great place for La Trobe students to come along and make life-long friendships.
This year has also seen the hockey club take significant steps towards returning to hockey fields on campus at La Trobe Bundoora, and with a robust business case about to come off the printers we hope that it will not be to long before Women’s and Men's hockey teams can once again be playing on the grounds of the University.
The club has also entered a Mixed team and a Women’s team in Summer Hockey for this year. Summer Hockey caters for all level of hockey skill from the beginner to the more experienced and it is a great way to keep a bit of fitness and have some fun over summer. For more details please contact Sarah Dowling, Secretary of La Trobe University Hockey Club at saremacc@hotmail.com and visit http://www.latrobeunihockey.com
Go Gunners!
Finals Fever for La Trobe Football Club
La Trobe University Football Club have had a very successful year with both the seniors and reserves winning 16 out of 18 games.
The seniors performance has them sitting second on the ladder after the home and away season and with few injuries they are well positioned for the finals.
Please come along and support the team. Game details are as follows. The Reserves play next week in the second semi-final.
La Trobe University vs Kew
Qualifying Final
2.00pm Saturday 29 August 2009
Garvey Oval
Venue Address: Plenty Road, Bundoora
Map Reference: 10 A10
Phone: 9467 2837
La Trobe Cheerleading Club
The La Trobe University Dancesports Club was founded in early 2009 by James Gibbons and Simone McSweeney. The Club's first semester saw the development of a competitive cheerleading squad, comprising 17 members. This squad competed at the AASCF Showdown Internationals Competition and received first place for their routine.
On top of their dedication to training, the squad members have shown a great amount of enthusiasm to participate in promotional and fundraising events, which has been great to see.
Semester two has seen the addition of several new members and a dance class to enable choreographed sideline routines for the La Trobe Basketball Club and other various promotional events.
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La Trobe Aikido Club
Aikido stands for "the Way of unifying (with) life energy". Aikido teaches one to blend with the motion of the attacker and redirect the force of the attack without opposing the attack head-on. This reflects the philosophy of the founder of Aikido, Ueshiba Morihei, of self-preservation without the need of excessive violence.
Established in 1965 under direct authorisation of Ueshiba Morihei (or O'Sensei - Great Teacher - as he is commonly known), Aiki Kai today has many branches worldwide. The La Trobe University Aikido Club (LTUAC) is one of the centres that carry on the traditions and teachings laid out by O'Sensei. Aiki Kai gradings are internationally recognised throughout the Aiki Kai organisation worldwide.
Sessions at the LTUAC are held twice a week (Mondays and Wednesdays at 5:30-6:30pm) at the Squash Court 1 in the Sports and Recreation Centre (SARA), Latrobe University. They are conducted by Leon Metzeling Sensei. First lesson is free.
For more inquiries, please do not hesitate to reach Leon Metzeling Sensei at leon.metzeling@epa.vic.gov.au
La Trobe Fencing Success
Derek Flood, a 10 year veteran of the La Trobe University Fencing Club, recently on won the Silver Medal in the Fencing Victoria Veteran Foil Championship.
Derek is currently the Fencing Clubs Armourer and one of its coaches .
Despite his personal success Derek, who has previously put in a five year stint as Club President says that “it is giving the young guys coming through a chance that gives him a real buzz.”
Southern University Games results
La Trobe University achieved some fantastic team results in this years Southern University Games which were recently held in Melbourne.A total of thirteen Universities from Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania gathered to compete in ten sports with La Trobe University finishing 4th overall.
TEAM RESULTS
BADMINTON MEN - Silver Medalists
BASKETBALL WOMEN - 5th Place
HOCKEY MEN - Silver Medalists
NETBALL MIXED - 4th Place
NETBALL WOMEN’S - 5th & 7th Place
TENNIS MEN - Silver Medalists
ULTIMATE FRISBEE– 4th Place
VOLLEYBALL WOMEN’S – Gold Medalists
Teams are now in training for the Australian University Games being held on the Gold Coast in late September.
La Trobe Football Club Premiership Reunion
The La Trobe University Football Club recently hosted a reunion for players in its 1969,1989 & 1999 Premiership sides.
The special event was held at La Trobe Univerity’s recently refurbished Main Oval on July 4 2009.
A sit-down luncheon was attended by 80 red and black past heroes and supporters during the day, with special comments coming from representatives of the three teams. From all reports everyone had a great day, and enjoyed the current teams work out on the Main Oval.
La Trobe Women's Football Team - a day at the 'G'
Over the Queen’s Birthday break, the La Trobe University Women's Football Team were invited to take part in a lap of honor around the MCG during the Melbourne v Collingwood clash at the MCG.
Although the weather was miserable their day was brightened after the team took a wrong turn and walked straight into the player’s change rooms.
Chris Connolly gave the La Trobe girls some encouraging words about women’s footy, before they got out on to the 'G', waving to the crowd. One of the highlights for many of the girls was the opportunity to watch themselves on the big screen.
La Trobe Volleyball champ prepares to take on the world...
As La Trobe student Steve Wallace prepares for the upcoming World University Summer Games in Belgrade next month, the volleyball ace received a boost from Australian University Sport Chief Executive with the acceptance of his application for the AUS High Performance Regional Assistance Program.
Steve's glittering volleyball career has seen him captain every underage Victorian team and win multiple player-of-the-year awards, while also representing Australia at various tournaments. Since 2007, Steve has competed professionally in the Swedish men's volleyball league for the club LUGI.
Good luck Steve!
