Australian University Games

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The Australian University Games is a multi-sport competition held annually in September / October between teams fielded from a large number of Australian universities and tertiary institutions. The Games were first held in 1993 in Brisbane, Queensland. Owned by Australian University Sport (AUS), the peak governing body of university sport in Australia, the Games is the flagship event on the university sporting calendar and attracts over 6,000 competitors each year.

Teams qualify through regional university games. The Northern University Games are for universities from Queensland, Northern Territory and Northern NSW. The Eastern University Games are for universities from most of NSW and the A.C.T.. The Southern University Games are for teams from Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. The Western University Games Series covers teams from Western Australia.

Thus far, the University of Sydney has been the most successful amongst competing universities in the Games, having achieved Overall Winner a total of seven times (1995-1996, 1999-2003 inclusive).

The current Overall Winner (2005) is the University of Melbourne, which beat its arch rival Sydney for the second year running.

The 2005 winner of the Doug Ellis trophy, for the highest number of points attained per capita, was Macquarie University.

The next games will be held in Adelaide, South Australia in September, 2006.

External links

[Australian University Games] - official website

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