Uni Games
The Australian University Games are held each year in late September/early October at different venues around Australia. Qualifiying games for Touch are held between Flinders University, the University of South Australia and the University of Adelaide, with unsuccessful teams having the opportunity of gaining entrance by competing at the Southern University Games which are usually held somewhere in Victoria.
Uni Games Qualifers 2006 Report
AUTC WIN GOLD ON AND OFF THE FIELD AT SUG’s 2004
The AUTC juggernaut descended upon Geelong on Monday the 5th of July. Jezza and Sima getting the accreditation just before the accreditation centre shut meaning all players were fine to play the 9am timeslot the next morning.
Monday night saw the first official Kangaroo Court – the t-shirts were handed out (special thanks o Marty Green for the design and Kat for the slogan) with the appropriate slogan of ‘Touch Me’ on the front followed by ‘who am I kidding… Just f%$k me’ on the back.
The Court saw Adrian Sim handed the tour dunce award which went to the person who made the biggest screw up on the day, Adrian’s effort involved misdirecting five of our teammates and almost causing them not to make it (bearing in mind we only had 9 players!)[These 5 players had all driven from adelaide in ONE carolla seca loaded to the brim with luggage and players!] After Court the team ate at its regular haunt, the Mexican Grafitti where it received a substantial discount courtesy of e-banc dollars. The majority of the team then headed to Eureka for the night where everyone ended up smashed, a good way to finish a long day!
Day 2 saw the team involved in its first matches, a first-up challenge against Deakin (last years winners and this years favourite) saw AUTC go down 4-5, although some dodgy reffing could be held up to blame, for example when you get caught from half, it’s a rollball not a penalty tap, and if the opposition are offside you generally get a penalty not a touch being counted!
A long break saw the team devise some post-try celebrations for the second game – and they were used to good effect as AUTC thumped the Uni of Ballarat 12-3! Tuesdays Court session again saw Adrian handed the tour dunce award, this time for getting lost on his way back to the hotel the previous night (It took him an hour and a half to complete a fifteen minute walk!) The team then headed of to Mexican Grafitti where they entertained the Uni SA mixed side.
The controversy quickly followed after tea with the majority of the team piking and heading back to the hotel for a ‘quiet night’, you can feel the heart strings pulling. This did not deter Kat, Jezza or Sima who stayed true to the University Games spirit and went out and got schmammered!
Wednesday morning saw another early game at 9am, however Sima, Jezza and Kat refused to play until the rest of the team made up for their softness from the previous night. The 6 softies were made to perform the infamous ‘public dog’ for a minute before the start of the game! Special mention must go to Dutchy and DM (Michael) for their ‘humping of the leg’ routines!
The AUTC, once more a unified team went on to record an 8-3 victory against VUT! This had them finish second in their pool and play the third placed team from the other pool in a match to determine who made the semi-final.
The quarter final saw AUTC up against UM (Melbourne Uni), Simas old team. And with the amount of time that Adrian had spent with his old ‘friends’ from UM we were not sure whether Adrian was going to rock up in an Adelaide Uni shirt or a UM shirt. He ended up playing for us! And AUTC got out to a quick 2-0 touchdown lead with Kat getting her first touchdown to open the scoring before a J-Dog dive in the mud gave AUTC their second. Up by two at halftime, moment of the tour occurred just after half time when after Jezza broke through from half and got over the tryline, a quick pass to Cere whilst yelling down down down (as in score the touchdown) should have resulted in killing of the game, however, Cere held the ball for approx. 3 seconds before looking up and saying ‘down?’ When the yes answer was yelled out, just as she went to put the ball down, Cere got touched! UM then came back to level the scores before a classic AUTC move saw Cody touchdown to give AUTC the lead. UM must have thought Sima did have on his old shirt as they threw him an intercept pass and Sima went length of the field to score the final touchdown giving AUTC a two touchdown win!
Epic. That was the word used to describe the AUTC semi-final against La Trobe. With a scoreline of 13-12, other phrases such as ‘Where was the defence?’, ‘Can you guys defend?’ were also heard around the traps. Jezza’s view is why bother defending and then having to ruck the length of the field when you can let in the touchdown, get the ball back at half way and then get a whole set of six to attack the line!
The start of the game saw three touchdowns in a row before there was a forced change of possession!! In a game that ebbed and flowed, AUTC scored right on half time to level the scores at 7-all! Straight after half-time, Jezza scored his length of the field intercept to put AUTC up by 1. After that AUTC got up by 2 but just couldn’t put the game away and they were made to pay when La Trobe got up by 1 touchdown with minimal time to play, AUTC got a quick touchdown just before the siren went. This levelled the game at 12-all and forced us into a drop-off situation.
AUTC had the ball first but the expected touchdown did not come as J-Dog dropped a sitter from Sima to give La Trobe the chance to win the game. However a forward pass gave AUTC the ball back, and a big run by the Sim Dog who switched in Dutchy who popped a neat little pass to J-Dawg who dove in to score the winning touchdown. Game oft eh tournie this was, and it wasn’t suprising to see the team really party hard that night!!
Another trip to Mexican Grafitti with the ebanc dollars was on the cards and boy was everyone happy about it. The team then went to Eureka with everyone coming out! Special mention goes to Holly who vommed before she came out but backed up to party on! Where was the effort on Tuesday party pooopers???!!!
The tour dunce award went to Sima again Wednesday night, this time he received the award for ‘traditions sake’! It was also revealed that in six years of Uni Games, Sima had not received the award once, therefore the team only thought it fair that he should receive the tour dunce award a few times to help him grasp the importance of it.
It was a big night Wednesday and it was tough getting up on Thursday, but the AUTC tour party thought of all those cold Wednesday nights they had gone out and trained, they thought of all the sacrifices people at the club had made like…. Oh well im sure they will let you know the sacrifices they made themselves! So the moral of the story is we got up in the morning and went out to the fields to cheer on UniSA despite our hangovers. The build up to the gold medal game was a nervy one, UniSA were never really in the match against La Trobe for third place – was this an omen?? Ceri and Holly did their usual thorough warm-up of a run to the hockey goals and back, J-Dog led the SUG way with his warm-up consisting of taking of his jacket!
The players took the field in the Grand Final and it was a solid first half with AUTC taking a 2-touchdown lead into the half time break. Simas inspired half time speech helped guide the team to an 8-7 victory over Deakin, although if the game had gone for any more time, there would have been nothing left in the tank.
The team then went back to the sea-mist apartments before heading out to collect their gold medals. The team then invaded KFC for their final night dinner
Back at the hotel a secret mutiny was being hatched against the sheriff. This resulted in Kat being anointed with the sheriffdom for the final meeting…, this was a short lived experience with the J-Dog taking control of the group for the final night. The final night saw the uinsighted Mel make her first appearance, and with team shots going down a treat, courtesy of UniSA :), it was an awesome night!
AUTC are already taking expressions of interests for next years tour, where we will not only be looking to defend the gold medal won, but also defending the title of the University of FUN after partying harder than UniSA or Flinders Uni!
GO AU!
(Authored by Jezza. Team Members Adrian Sim, Jeremey Smith, Jeffrey Dutschke, Cody Morris, Michael (DM) Ritchie, Kat VanDiemen, Holly Boulderstone, Ceri Synnott, & Mel Penhall)
Australian Uni Games 2006
The 2006 Australian Uni Games held in Adelaide between the 24th and 29th of September. AUTC was represented in the mixed competition.
The team finished the week, placed 6th, both a very good result, and a little dissapointing at the same time. Uni Games is a lot of fun, 2006 was no exception.
Emails were sent to the anounce list during the course of the week detailing the games, and the socialising. Read on, they are contained below:
The team cosisted of:
Jeffrey Dutschke
Rob Leedham
Ben O'Donnell
Nigel Rogasch
Felix Barbalet
Steven Dutschke
Brad Newmann
Brittny Roberts
Tahlia Christie
Sophie White
Caroline Gunn
Shelly Laslett
Rachel Ericksen
Jacqui Smith
Rachel and Jacqui both played their first ever game on the monday morning.
These are the emails that were sent to the AUTC announce list over the course of the week, I hope you enjoy them...
Tuesday morning
Hey AUTC,
Here is a quick snapshot of day 1 and nights 1 and 2.
We smashed Flinders uni: 11-2
We beat Victoria uni: 6-3
And suffered a fate worse than death against Charles sturt uni: many tries-2
We have had one team member, let us call her girl, quietly remove herself from the field, walk to the nearest tree and stay curled over for a period of time. I expect it will happen many times today.
Our Mascot has been stolen. If any of you know the whereabouts of a "Touch me Elmo" please get in contact. Last seeen at the Woolshed picking up some University of Western Australia girls at 3 am this morning.
Enjoy working, the sun is very good....
Dutchy
Wednesday morning
Hey AUTC,
Yesterday we won one, lost one and drew the other. We are still on target for a top half, perhaps even 4th placing.
Dutchy fractured his jaw...Jackie has a large bump on his head. Newtons 3rd law has dramatic consequences in the game of touch football. Jeff is not playing any more. bugger.
Today we are playing at 10am and 1pm. The first game we need to win, the second game we need to try and lose by less than 20 touch downs.
Last night races were held around hindmarsh square, one of the girls hooked up with a NSW bloke, Ben o'Donnel was found dancing, and generally all were still going strong well into the 3rd hour of the morning...
Thrusday we play at 11 and 2. Support at city touch is welcomed and appreciated.
Enjoy work suckers
Dutchy.
Wednesday afternoon
Good Afternoon,
After a hard days playing, the results of today are this.
10am we showed the Uni of Ballarat how to play touch football. 6-2. The girl who picked up last night had the entire Uni of NSW mens hockey team come out and watch her and us play. After the game the entire UNSW team then got on one knee and serenaded her with a small song of endearment. Much Joy and Love. Girl was only slightly embarrassed...
2pm, ACPE demonstrated how 12 brilliant individuals can take the fun out of touch football by beating us 9 - 2. ACPE is a classy touch team that would beat most stateleague sides, so I was really impressed with the way we defended our scoreline and continually gave ourselves the opportunity to score. It is worth noting however, that in the cartwheeling championships that followed the game, AUTC gave ACPE a bath, yay for a little bit of dignity :).
Tomorrow we have a huge game against Melbourne Uni at 11am. If we win, we will finish in the top 4 at the championships. If we draw or lose, we will finish between 5th and 7th. Regardless of the result our "semifinal" is at 2pm
The team is playing really well as a team, we are a serious contender for the top 4 spot.
Go AU.
Come and see us at the Casino tonight.
Dutch-man
Thursday evening
Hey hey,
Wednesday night saw most of the team spend the evening at the Casino listening to the regular house band "Lucky Seven" that included team member Nigel Rogasch.
The girl pushed on past the casino to the woolshed and happened to meet up with the same Uni of NSW guy. Yay for her, it seems that the chicks are showing the guys how "socialising" needs to be done. Good on em.
Day 4 has come and gone. It was a little disappointing.
We started off against Uni of Melbourne. The winner guaranteed a top 4 finish, the loser having to battle it out in order to finish 5th. After Uni Melbourne scored 4 touch downs in the first 10 minutes, Dutchy decided that a fractured cheekbone was no reason to not cross the white line and scored with his first touch of the ball. Unfortunately a 4-0 lead to Melbourne was enough and they ended up winning 9-7. So it was off to the minor placing finals for us.
A game against Deakin Uni saw the following touch down celebrations...
1. the entire team cartwheeling toward the centre of the field
2. A team photo was taken with the ball as the camera
3. Caroline sat on the team toilet and whiped her arse with the ball
4. A touch "bowling ball" was bowled. Ten pins were bowled down.
5. A touch ball grenade was thrown, killing all team members
6. A congo line was establised and danced back to the centre line. Ball in tow
7. We all claped one of their touch downs, in grandstand formation
8. The Ball replaced the head of ben o'donnell. Steven D then proceeded to cut it off in a Samurai style. Ben died for the first time since the grendade incident
9. We walked back to the centre after a non-celebration of a nothing kind of try scored by someone 10. Ben o'donnel got "snaped." we are now drinking the carton of beer he got as a reward for being "snapped." Ben has now been aproached by Shane warne to get his tips on how to get involved in match fixing without being caught.
11. Rachel Erikson, celebrated the removal of her touch virginity with much dancing on the spot.
As you can probably tell, it was a fun game to play.
Tonight, the girl goes and finds the Uni NSW team AGAIN!!!!! The rest of us have camera phones...
Tomorrow, we play for 5th spot against some uni. Get out at 10am to watch us if you are keen.
Stay cool AUTC
For AUTC Uni Games news, this is Jeffery Dutschke in Adelaide, signing off.
Saturaday Evening
So the Uni Games story ends like this…
Thursday night saw the team celebrate with tea and drinks in norwood. Then to the bus stop, alas the bus had already departed so a taxi to the city. Much fun and games and drinks were had at the Woolshed and then the Rocket bar. Yes, girl did depart the Rocket bar to see UNSW boy again at the Woolshed. For nearly all of the team, the preparation for the 10am game was a 3am or later bedtime.
The decider for 5th and 6th started out well. The last time we met this team we scored to force a draw in the dying seconds of the game. At half time we were 2 -2 and looking good and awake (just). A couple of touch-downs later we were 4-2 down and were never quite able to get over the scoring line again. And we finished the tournament in 6th position.
After the game the team was very happy with the way the week went. The coach was super happy with the way the team played, particularly the way the new girls took to the game and did not let a try get scored on their outside. The social coordinator was well pleased with the efforts of the team after dark, particularly the style of girl.
After a team vote the awards went like this:
Best Player on field: Rob
Tourist in her own Town: Tahlia
Best first year male: Steven
Best first year female: Brittny
Surprisingly, after his injury, Dutchy was awarded Green and Gold selection.
Friday afternoon and night saw the team act like logs that are carved to take the form of sleeping babies…
Now we are all back at the sandstone institution on North Terrace we call uni, franticly trying to finish of the assignments that are due on the first day back.
Bring on the Gold Coast next year.
Dutchy
Australian Uni Games Teams
2009 - 8th Gold Coast (Mixed Div 1)
Adelaide Png
Alex Cassegrain
Ashley Johnson
Ben O'Donnell
Brittny Roberts
Catriona Murphy
James Haddy
Justin Saegenschnitter
Lara Scrimgeour
Mel Johnson
Steven Dutschke
Emily Moore (team physio)
2008 - 6th Melbourne
6th Mixed Division 1
Ben O'Donnell (Green and Gold)
Chris Sainsbury
Owen Teakle
Steven Dutschke
Nick Colebatch
Alex Cassegrain
Jeff Dutschke
Tahlia Christie (Green and Gold)
Lara Scrimgeour
Cat Murphy
Emma Fittock
Brittny Roberts
Justine Partoon
2008 Melbourne Mixed Division 2<o:p></o:p>
Levi Wilkins
Trent Dixon (Coach)
Trish Mullaney
Rachel Kermond
Xavier Goodridge
Ash Johnson
Jeremy Lung
Marianna Rego
Jono Bush
Andrew Fernie
Ella Huber
Emma Reschbieth
Justin Sagenschnitter
Pip Baker
2007 Gold Coast 5th Mixed Division 1
Ashley Johnson
Ben O'Donnell (Green and Gold)
Cody Morris
Nigel Rogasch
Steven Dutschke
Brittny Robberts
Catriona Murphy
Kate Bergin
Rachel Erickson
Trish Mullaney
Tahlia Christie
2006 Adelaide 6th Mixed
Jeffrey Dutschke (Green and Gold)
Rob Leedham
Ben O'Donnell
Nigel Rogasch
Felix Barbalet
Steven Dutschke
Brad Newmann
Brittny Roberts
Tahlia Christie
Sophie White
Caroline Gunn
Shelly Laslett
Rachel Ericksen
Jacqui Smith
2005 Brisbane 6th Mixed
Jeremy Smith
Rob Leedham
Felix Barbalet
Nigel Rogasch
Daniel Wales
Ben O'Donnell
Tahlia Christie
Ceri Synnott
Sophie White
Sarah Poccelli
2004 (SUG's) Geelong 1st Mixed
Adrian Sim
Jeremey Smith
Jeffrey Dutschke
Cody Morris
Michael (DM) Ritchie
Kat VanDiemen
Holly Boulderstone
Ceri Synnott
Mel PenhallChristie Sophie White Caroline Gunn Shelly Laslett Rachel Ericksen Jacqui Smith 2005 Brisbane 6th Mixed Jeremy Smith Rob Leedham Felix Barbalet Nigel Rogasch Daniel Wales Ben O'Donnell Tahlia Christie Ceri Synnott Sophie White Sarah Poccelli 2004 (SUG's) Geelong 1st Mixed Adrian Sim Jeremey Smith Jeffrey Dutschke Cody Morris Michael (DM) Ritchie Kat VanDiemen Holly Boulderstone Ceri Synnott Mel Penhall
Melbourne 2008
Two day's in and University Games is in full swing.
The touch has been interesting to say the least, with some various issues over refeeres and the failure of the council to mark some fields...but on to matters we can control.
Division one on day one lost to Melbourne Uni, had a very easy 15 -0 win over Southern Cross, and finished the day with another win over Australian Catholic University. Day two began with a loss to Macqurie Uni and the side has some big games ahead if they are to reach top four.
The bright side of the refeering debacle is that it has given us the oppotunity for our team to ajudcate some top quality touch, inculding division one men's competiition including many NTL players. A good experience for our refs coming up to Waite comp in summer.
Div 2 had a fun first day with an inital victory sandwiched between two losses. The highlight being some AFL moves being used over touch moves to ensure the team scored a touchdown in the final game.
Off the field has been just as frenitic, with certain young ladies being very popular. Some fun has been had within the team as well but to this stage the culprits will remain nameless until we return home.
Weathers nice, accomodation has a nice bar, so enjoy your work while we enjoy the sunshine and the beer.
Uni Games - Gold Coast 2009
Uni Games 2008 Update-Sept
Australian Uni Games 2008 - Melbourne 29th September-3rd October
The Adelaide University Touch club is looking for players keen to play in this year unigames. Unigames is often described as “the best week of your life” with its mix of sport and partying. This year we are looking to send 2 mixed teams to this week-long celebration of student life. Hence we need 12-14 males and 12-14 females to fill these teams.
Highlights of previous trips include 1. Finishing 5th in the 2007 AUG’s on the Gold Coast 2. Team Members search for love in every Australia state 3. One lucky team mate and her choir of adoring UNSW hockey players 4. The Traditional rivalry between us and UWS both on and off the field . 5. The adventures of Jeff the 2007 AUG team mascot Approximate Costs $150 Tournament Fees $100 Return Flights (Tiger Air) $50 Uniform $100 Food $120 Accommodation =$520 Total + Personal Indulgence Money.
Any people (either experienced or not) keen to play or to find out more information should contact Steve at steven.dutschke(at)student.adelaide.edu.au
Stuff you need to know if you are attending
This Thursday
At the Uni bar from 3pm, cheep coopers beer, and you can collect your free jumper. Try to get there if you can
Accomodation
Urban Central- http://www.urbancentral.com.au/
-Student Card and Accreditation
Night Time
Themes include:Team Colours, 80s and fluro, Pyjama Party, Going Green & Rock n Roll
http://www.unigames.com.au/extra.asp?id=382&OrgID=1
Accreditation Passes
You will get these by sunday night. Do not loose them, that is bad for everyone. Find Jeff if this happens to you and he will fix.
Instructions from Adelaide Uni
You are representing Adelaide University while you are away; serrious misconduct could impact on your status within the university.
Refereeing
I am sure you got the email from uni sport regard this, if you can referee let him know. Jeff will endeavour to get 'proof' for those who need it.
Sleep
It is recomended that you indulge in this activity in the week before uni games
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