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==Adelaide University Sports Association==
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[[Image:1896.gif|right|200px|thumb|Adelaide University Lacrosse Club. 1896 premiership team]]
The '''Adelaide University Sports Association''' (AUSA) was founded in [[1896]] by the Adelaide University Boat, Tennis and Lacrosse Clubs. The Association is affiliated to the [[Adelaide University Union]] (AUU) and [[University of Adelaide]].


{{Infobox college athletics|name=Adelaide University Sport|logo=Adelaide University Sport Crest.svg|university=[[University of Adelaide]]|association={{hlist |[[UniSport]] |[[Australian Institute of Sport#Elite Athlete Education Network|EAEN]] |[[University Basketball League Australia|UBL]] }}|president=David Penn<ref name="Leadership">{{Cite web |title=People and Partners |url=https://www.adelaideunisport.com.au/about/people-and-partners |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240906131022/https://www.adelaideunisport.com.au/about/people-and-partners |archive-date=6 September 2024 |access-date=24 September 2024 |website=Adelaide University Sport |publisher=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]]}}</ref>|director=Michelle Wilson<ref name="Leadership" />|location=[[Adelaide]], [[Australia]]|country=|first year=|teams=37 sports teams<ref>{{Cite web |title=Clubs |url=https://www.adelaideunisport.com.au/clubs/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314112853/https://www.adelaideunisport.com.au/clubs/ |archive-date=14 March 2024 |access-date=13 August 2024 |website=Adelaide University Sport |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]]}}</ref>|mascot=Gus the Black Lion<ref name="Mascot" />|nickname=[[Piping shrike|The Blacks]]<ref name="Coppin 2011" />|colour1=<span style="background:#000000; border:1px solid #000; color:#fff; padding:2px 14px;">Black</span> <span style="background:#FFFFFF; border:1px solid #000; color:#000; padding:2px 14px;">White</span><ref name="Coppin 2011" />|pageurl=https://adelaideunisport.com.au}}
In [[2006]] funding for the AUSA was dramatically reduced by the implementation of the Australian Government's [[Voluntary Student Unionism]] legislation. The AUSA until this point in time received an annual grant of approximately $A500,000 from the AUU. The [[University of Adelaide]] will provide a low level of financial support to the AUSA from 1st January 2007.


'''Adelaide University Sport''' is the sports association of the [[University of Adelaide]]. Established in 1896, it had 37 sports clubs, including some that predate its establishment. Other bodies affiliated to the University of Adelaide providing sport include the various sports clubs forming part of the [[University of Adelaide#Residential colleges|residential colleges]] and the [[Roseworthy College|Roseworthy Agricultural Campus Student Union Council]].
The AUSA supports 37 sporting clubs who provide a diverse range of sporting opportunities to students of the [[University of Adelaide]] (AU). The AUSA is a major stakeholder in the AU North Terrace Campus based Sports Hub fitness centre and the North Adelaide based university playing fields.


== History ==
Throughout its history the AUSA has had to deal with the vagaries of the student politics of the AUU. Although separately incorporated the AUSA has never received independent funding from the Student Services Fee (the 'Union' Fee). In the past a sports fee was disallowed by the [[South Australia]]n state parliament. The traditionally cosy relationship between the AUSA and AUU has seen the AUSA make few decisions to obtain separate funding or facilities. Unlike other '[[Sandstone universities|Sandstone]]' or 'Great Eight' universities the AU has limited space for facilities and must rely on a tenuous permit system operated by the [[City of Adelaide]] to occupy sporting fields.
[[File:Adelaide University Lacrosse Club 'A' team. 1896.png|thumb|[[Adelaide University Lacrosse Club]] 1896 premiership team|alt=This is a photograph of the Adelaide University Lacrosse Club's "A" team in front of Mitchell Building during the 1896 state premiers.]]The Adelaide University Sports Association was founded in 1896 by the Adelaide University Boat, Tennis and Lacrosse Clubs.<ref name="blacks">[http://www.theblacks.com.au/ The Blacks], Adelaide University Sports Association.</ref> Its historical motto in [[Latin]] is ''Mobilitate Vigemus'' translated "we thrive by mobility".<ref name="Coppin 2011">{{Cite web |last=Coppin |first=Sue |date=28 April 2011 |title=University Sporting Colours: Why the Blacks? |url=https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/25602 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707120536/https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/25602 |archive-date=7 July 2024 |access-date=13 August 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Woolley |first=William J. |url=http://hdl.handle.net/1808/32561 |title=Creating the Modern Army: Citizen-Soldiers and the American Way of War, 1919–1939 |date=2022 |publisher=[[University of Kansas]] (which owns "[[University Press of Kansas]]") |isbn=978-0-7006-3303-6 |location=[[Lawrence, Kansas|Lawrence]], [[Kansas]] |language=en-US |doi=10.17161/1808.32561 |hdl=1808/32561 |access-date=13 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240813104747/https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/server/enwiki/api/core/bitstreams/b4757b81-1a86-44a8-80a1-c2015b87a495/content |archive-format=PDF |archive-date=13 August 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> Its sporting colours black and white are likely from the [[Australian magpie|white-backed magpie]], an Australian bird found on its crest and [[Piping shrike|the state badge]].<ref name="Coppin 2011" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The symbols of South Australia |url=https://www.pmc.gov.au/publications/australian-symbols-booklet/state-and-territory-symbols/symbols-south-australia |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612040112/https://www.pmc.gov.au/publications/australian-symbols-booklet/state-and-territory-symbols/symbols-south-australia |archive-date=12 June 2024 |access-date=13 August 2024 |website=[[Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia)|Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet]] |publisher=[[Australian Government]] |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Canberra]], [[Australian Capital Territory]]}}</ref> Its mascot is Gus, a black lion, which replaced the [[piping shrike]] on its historical crest.<ref name="Mascot">{{Cite web |date=24 August 2020 |title=VOTE FOR GUS! |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CEQGrOQh8SY/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240813192257/https://www.instagram.com/p/CEQGrOQh8SY/ |archive-date=13 August 2024 |access-date=13 August 2024 |website=[[Instagram]] |publisher=Adelaide University Sport |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.adelaideunisport.com.au/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240704183850/https://www.adelaideunisport.com.au/ |archive-date=4 July 2024 |access-date=18 August 2024 |website=Adelaide University Sport |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]]}}</ref><ref name="Coppin 2011" /> The sports association was administered by the [[YouX|Adelaide University Union]] for over 100 years before becoming directly affiliated with the university in 2010.<ref>[http://www.auu.org.au/site/page.cfm "Your life on campus"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090915181536/http://www.auu.org.au/site/page.cfm |date=15 September 2009 }}, Home page, Adelaide University Union.</ref><ref name="Sports Association Connect" /> The sports association re-named to Adelaide University Sport that same year.<ref name="Sports Association Connect" />


==Founding sporting clubs==
The AUSA is incorporated in [[South Australia]] as a not for profit society under the Associations and Incorporations Act. The association is administered by an [[executive officer]] and assisted by an administrative and projects officer. Governance is through an elected board of management inclusive of annually elected executive committee - President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer, 6 two year term general board members and a [[University of Adelaide|University]] nominee. Constituent clubs elect 3 general board members at the [[annual general meeting]], the executive members are elected by general student franchise.


===Adelaide University Boat Club===
=== Adelaide University Boat Club ===
{{main|Adelaide University Boat Club}}
{{main|Adelaide University Boat Club}}
[[File:Adelaide University Boat Club.jpg|thumb|The boat shed of the [[Adelaide University Boat Club]] was donated by [[Robert Barr Smith]]|alt=This is a photograph of the Barr Smith Boat Shed of the Adelaide University Boat Club, donated by Robert Barr Smith.]]


The [[Adelaide University Boat Club]] was founded in 1881 and is one of South Australia's premier [[rowing (sport)|rowing]] clubs.<ref name="Boat Club Connect">{{Cite web |title=Adelaide University Boat Club |url=https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/25658 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707130724/https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/25658 |archive-date=7 July 2024 |access-date=10 July 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |publication-place=[[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]]}}</ref> The club claims to be the second-oldest in Australia, though this claim is disputed with the [[Sydney University Boat Club]] who uses the founding date of the [[Sydney Rowing Club]].<ref name="Boat Club Connect" /> It is a member club of Rowing SA (South Australian Rowing Association) and operates from the [[Torrens River]] in the [[Adelaide city centre]], and from [[West Lakes]] in the suburb of [[West Lakes, South Australia|West Lakes]].<ref name="Boat Club Connect" /> The city boathouse was donated by [[Robert Barr Smith]] in 1909.<ref name="Boat Club Connect" /> The West Lakes Boathouse is shared with the other South Australian rowing clubs and is administered by Rowing SA.
The [[Adelaide University Boat Club]] (AUBC) was founded in 1881 and is one of South Australia's premier [[watercraft rowing|rowing]] clubs. The AUBC is a member club of Rowing SA (South Australian Rowing Association).


The main focus of the club is to provide rowing for the students of the University of Adelaide. Each year the club competes in the Rowing Intervarsity and local and national regattas. The premier event is the [[Oxford and Cambridge Cup]] (a silver cup similar in style to the [[America's Cup]]) for Men's Eights.<ref name="Boat Club Connect" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Guerin |first=Andrew |date=22 June 2007 |title=Australian University Championships: History of these Championships |url=http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/university-championships/index.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070622061733/http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/university-championships/index.php |archive-date=22 June 2007 |access-date=10 July 2024 |website=The History of Australian Rowing |language=en-AU}}</ref> The cup was donated by [[Blue (university sport)|Old Blues]] of the Universities of [[Oxford]] and [[Cambridge]] in the 1890s.<ref name="Boat Club Connect" /><ref name=":0" />
The AUBC operates from the Torrens River in the city of [[Adelaide]], and from [[West Lakes]] (near [[Port Adelaide]]). The city boathouse was donated by [[Robert Barr Smith]] in 1909. The West Lakes Boathouse is shared with the other South Australian rowing clubs and is administered by Rowing SA.


Olympians that were former members include Australia's [[Rowing at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four|first gold medalist]] in rowing [[Collier Cudmore]], [[Kate Slatter]] (Women's Pair Gold and Silver medallist), [[Jaime Fernandez (rower)|Jaime Fernandez]] (Men's Eight Silver), [[Tim Willoughby]] (Men's Eight Bronze) and [[Amber Halliday]] (Lightweight).<ref name="Boat Club Connect" />
The main focus of the AUBC is to provide rowing for the students of the University of Adelaide. Each year the club competes in the Rowing Intervarsity (IV) and local and national regattas. The premier event at IV is the [[Oxford and Cambridge Cup]] (a silver cup similar in style to the [[Americas Cup]]) for Men's Eights. The cup was donated by Old Blues of [[Oxford]] and [[Cambridge]] Universities in the 1890's.


=== Adelaide University Tennis Club ===
Past members have included Olympians Kate Slatter (Gold and Silver medallist) and John Bolt, as well as world light weight champion Amber Halliday.
The Adelaide University Tennis Club was founded in 1885 and is a lawn tennis club.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adelaide University Lawn Tennis Club |url=https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/25661 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707131338/https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/25661 |archive-date=7 July 2024 |access-date=10 July 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]]}}</ref> It was instrumental in the founding of the Adelaide University Sports Association. Dr [[Albert Curtis (tennis)|Albert Curtis]] came to Adelaide in 1903 having been at the [[University of Sydney]]. He had won the 1896 Queensland Doubles Champion<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123362029 |title=Lawn Tennis Tournament. |newspaper=[[Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald & General Advertiser]] |date=1 September 1896 |accessdate=18 April 2015 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and the 1897 [[Sydney International|NSW Singles Championship]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article163796317 |title=Mr. A. Curtis (the Lawn Tennis Champion). |newspaper=[[Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser]] |date=31 July 1897 |accessdate=18 April 2015 |page=233 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> In 1905 he was runner-up in the singles final of the inaugural [[Australian Open]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17007321 |title=LAWN TENNIS. The Late Dr. A. C. Curtis. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=15 September 1933 |accessdate=18 April 2015 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and graduated in medicine.


===Adelaide University Football Club===
=== Adelaide University Lacrosse Club ===
The [[Adelaide University Lacrosse Club]] was founded in 1889 by [[Nobel Prize]] winning Professor [[William Henry Bragg]].<ref name=AULC>[http://www.theblacks.com.au/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=53&Itemid=66 Adelaide University Lacrosse Club]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, theblacks.com.au</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=A Brief History of the North Adelaide Lacrosse Club |url=https://lambtonmountlacrosse.com/artifacts/69529865.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240710231941/https://lambtonmountlacrosse.com/artifacts/69529865.pdf |archive-date=10 July 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=10 July 2024 |website=Lambton Mount Lacrosse Club |language=en-AU }}</ref> It is one of the [[List of the oldest lacrosse teams|oldest lacrosse clubs]] in Australia and is a founding member of the AUSA.<ref name=blacks/> The AULC takes part in an annual competition against the [[University of Melbourne#Lacrosse|Melbourne University Lacrosse Club]] that was first contested in 1905<ref>{{Cite news |date=12 August 1905 |title=LACROSSE. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/9870541 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919062143/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/9870541 |archive-date=19 September 2018 |access-date=8 September 2024 |work=[[The Argus (Melbourne)|The Argus]] |pages=19 |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Adelaide University Lacrosse Club |url=https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/25659 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707131928/https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/25659 |archive-date=7 July 2024 |access-date=8 September 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=About |url=https://www.revolutionise.com.au/aulacrosse/about |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240908055350/https://www.revolutionise.com.au/aulacrosse/about |archive-date=8 September 2024 |access-date=8 September 2024 |website=Adelaide University Lacrosse Club |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]]}}</ref> and competes locally in the Lacrosse South Australia competition.<ref name=AULC/> Club membership is focused on [[University of Adelaide]] students and graduates. Other non students are also members. The club trains on the University of Adelaide's [[Park 10, Adelaide|Park 10]] sports fields in the [[Adelaide Parklands|parklands]] between the University campus and [[North Adelaide]].
The Adelaide University Football Club (AUFC) was founded in 1906 and is known as The Blacks.


Seven [[Rhodes Scholars]] have been members:<ref name=SAList/>
*1909 [[Henry Fry (anthropologist)|Henry Fry]], anthropologist and medical practitioner.<ref>Philip Jones, [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140258b.htm 'Fry, Henry Kenneth (1886 - 1959)'], [[Australian Dictionary of Biography]], Volume 14, Melbourne University Press, 1996, pp 230-231.</ref>
*1917 [[Hugh Cairns (surgeon)|Sir Hugh William Bell Cairns]], neurosurgeon.<ref>E. T. Williams, [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070527b.htm 'Cairns, Sir Hugh William Bell (1896 - 1952)'], [[Australian Dictionary of Biography]], Volume 7, Melbourne University Press, 1979, pp 524-525.</ref>
*1925 Myles Landseer Formby, World War II surgeon.<ref>[http://www.ox.ac.uk/gazette/backissues/9394/170394/colleges.txt Obituaries] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041227053656/http://www.ox.ac.uk/gazette/backissues/9394/170394/colleges.txt |date=27 December 2004 }}, 17 March 1994, Oxford Gazette.</ref><ref>[http://www.generals.dk/general/Formby/Myles_Landseer/Great_Britain.html Brigadier Myles Landseer Formby], www.generals.dk</ref>
*1939 Duncan Campbell Menzies, army officer. Died after being tortured by the [[Definitions of Japanese war crimes|Japanese]] in Burma whilst on patrol with the [[Chindits]] during World War II.<ref>Alasdair Sutherland, [http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/68/a2639568.shtml A Highland Chindit], BBC – WW2 People's War</ref><ref name=RhodesScholars>[http://www.theblacks.com.au/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=89 Rhodes Scholars]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, The Blacks – University of Adelaide Sports Association</ref>
*1955 [[Ian Wilson (Australian politician)|Ian Wilson]], politician and lawyer.<ref name=RhodesScholars/>
*1976 Mark Rogers Mussared, medical practitioner.<ref name=SAList>[http://www.adelaide.edu.au/graduatecentre/scholarships/postgrad/pdf/sarhodesscholars.pdf List of South Australian Rhodes Scholars], www.adelaide.edu.au</ref><ref name=RhodesScholars/>
*1983 David Alexander C Robertson<ref name=SAList/>


==== AUFC PRE 1906 - THE BIRTH OF THE CLUB ====
==== University blues ====
A [[University sporting blue]] is awarded for excellence in a particular sport. The awarding of a Blue is usually for competing in a state or national team. The AULC has 134 full Blues awarded to members since 1908. Many more half blues and club letters have also been awarded.<ref>[http://www.theblacks.com.au/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=88 Blues]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, The Blacks – University of Adelaide Sports Association.</ref>


==== A Grade Premierships ====
The Adelaide University Football Club was officially formed on 26th March, 1906 and became affiliated with the Sports Association two weeks later on 9th April, 1906. Prior to this time, there was no University Football team competing in a regular competition; however games were arranged on an irregular basis.
The club has won 11 men's and 1 women's [[List of South Australian Lacrosse Premiers|A grade premierships]] since 1893.


==Other sporting clubs==
The earliest reference to football at University was found in a PAC School Chronicle of 1885. The report stated that Adelaide University could not organize a full side for a Saturday game; however there were enough available for a mid-week game. This was arranged for Wednesday 19th June, 1885 and several League players and old scholars from PAC comprised the side. Univer-sity lost this encounter 4.11 to 1.1.
Following the 1895 establishment of the [[YouX|Adelaide University Union]], the student association, the three clubs co-founded the Adelaide University Sports Association in 1896. Additional sports clubs such as the [[Adelaide University Football Club]] were established throughout the 20th century<ref name="Sports Association Connect">{{Cite web |title=Adelaide University Sports Association Inc |url=https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/7379 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707202101/https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/7379 |archive-date=7 July 2024 |access-date=10 July 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]]}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Clubs |url=https://www.adelaideunisport.com.au/clubs/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314112853/https://www.adelaideunisport.com.au/clubs/ |archive-date=14 March 2024 |access-date=13 August 2024 |website=Adelaide University Sport |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]]}}</ref>


=== Adelaide University Gliding Club ===
Adelaide University Gliding Club was formed in 1976,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.augc.on.net/ |title=Home |website=augc.on.net}}</ref> and operates a fleet of gliders that includes a pair of two-seat training aircraft, a motor glider and several single-seat gliders. Launches are provided by a winch. The club shares an airfield at [[Stonefield, South Australia|Stonefield]] in the Riverland with the Barossa Valley Gliding Club and Fly Down Under, a commercial gliding operation. It is heavily involved in flying training, which is carried out in the two-seat sailplanes under the guidance of club instructors and has trained many pilots from ab initio (complete novice) level through to cross-country, national and international (as members of the Australian Gliding Team<ref>{{cite web |url=https://glidingaustralia.org/member-services/sport/wwgc-lake-keepit/272-australian-team-profiles |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726041703/https://glidingaustralia.org/member-services/sport/wwgc-lake-keepit/272-australian-team-profiles |archive-date=26 July 2019 |title=Australian Team Profiles}}</ref>) competition. Several AUGC pilots have gone on to a career in aviation, as [[RAAF]] pilots, commercial helicopter pilots and flying for [[Qantas]]. Three club members have received University Blues.


=== Adelaide University Football Club ===
==== AUFC 1906-1910 - THE EARLY YEARS ====
{{main|Adelaide University Football Club}}


The Adelaide University Football Club was officially formed on 26 March 1906 and became affiliated with the Sports Association two weeks later on 9 April 1906. Prior to this time, there was no University [[Australian rules football|Football]] team competing in a regular competition; however games were arranged on an irregular basis.
The first team to truly represent the AUFC began competing in the Adelaide and Suburban Association in 1906 with H.W.D. Stoddart as captain and T.H. Donnelly as vice-captain. This Association was already in existence when joined by the ‘Varsity and the other five teams competing at the time were Portland Imperial, Semaphore Central, Norwood II, West Suburban and Prospect. University finished out of the four.


The earliest reference to football at University was found in a PAC School Chronicle of 1885. The report stated that Adelaide University could not organise a full side for a Saturday game; however there were enough available for a mid-week game. This was arranged for Wednesday 19 June 1885 and several League players and old scholars from PAC comprised the side. University lost this encounter 4.11 to 1.1.
During the year a match was also played against Melbourne’s Scotch College on Adelaide Oval and the team was defeated 5.8 to 4.9.


The Blacks were successful in winning the A Grade Premiership in the years 1911–12, 1920–22, 1926, 1929, 1932, 1951–52, 1954–55, 1960–62, 1965, 1968–69, 1974–75, 1986, 1996, and 1999. In 2006 the Blacks were runners-up to Goodwood Saints 10.12 '''72''' – 18.11 '''119'''.
During 1907 the Club again competed in the Adelaide and Suburban Association which now consisted of ten teams (West Torrens 11, South Adelaide 11, North Adelaide 11, Sturt II, and West Adelaide were the new sides with West Suburban becoming non-existent). University finished ninth with only one win after ten of the eleven rounds. West Adelaide finished bottom.


=== Adelaide University Touch Club ===
In the programme at this time with one round oil for the SA vs Vic. League match and one round off for the International Lacrosse which was then a major sport. Finals consisted of the Minor Premiers playing the third side and the second side playing the fourth side. The winners of these games then played off to decide the Premiership with the proviso that if the ultimate winner was not the Minor Premiers then a final challenge match could be played.
Touch Football is a game derived from rugby league, where tackling and kicking are outlawed. The Adelaide University Touch Club was formed in 1983 and joined the Sports Association in 1985. It is the largest touch football club in South Australia. The club has players ranging from complete beginners to players who have represented Australia and England at international tournaments. The club enters teams in the local park touch competition in both single sex grades and mixed grades in both summer and winter competitions. During summer the club runs a mixed competition at the Waite Campus of the University.


===Adelaide University Athletics Club===
During the three years 1908-19 10 the Club existed in name only and except for the annual match against Me1hot~rnc University did not compete at all. This of course put the Club at a disadvantage in these matches as the team was basically a scratch side whilst Melbourne University was admitted to the VFL in 1908 after being Premiers of their Metropolitan Association for the previous two years.
Established in 1906, the Athletics Club has a participatory focus and competes in events such as the City-Bay Fun Run. Notable past members include Olympian and eight-time Australian champion [[David Fitzsimons]] (Blue recipient 1970), as well as scientist [[Henry Brose]] (secretary 1910–11, Blue recipient 1910), former Attorney-General of South Australia [[Trevor Griffin]] (Half Blue recipient 1962, Club Letter recipient 1959), former Justice of the [[Supreme Court of South Australia]] the Honourable Timothy Anderson (Blue recipient 1966), and current Judge of the [[District Court of South Australia]], Peter Brebner (treasurer 1977–80). Since the Club's establishment, forty-seven club members have been awarded a University Blue.


In the early 1980s, the Murrell brothers, State [[triple jump]] champion, 1984 [[Rhodes Scholarship|Rhodes Scholar]] and medical student George A.C. Murrell as President and 1982 Australian Junior [[Hammer throw|Hammer Throw]] Champion<ref>{{Cite news|title=Tutor and pupil earn gold|date=20 March 1982|work=The Advertiser}}</ref> and State Junior Record Holder<ref>{{Cite news|last=Haynes|first=Peter|title=SA athletics set for golden era|date=25 March 1982|work=The Advertiser}}</ref> and agricultural science student, Thomas A.C. Murrell, as Honorary Secretary switched from the highly successful [[St Peter's College, Adelaide|St Peters College]] Athletics Club to rebuild the Club.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Symon|first=Andrew|title=A hop, step and jump gets George to Oxford|date=22 October 1983|work=Adelaide Advertiser}}</ref>
Prominent players of this period were H.W.D. Stoddart, P.H. Donnellv. C.E. Dolling, W.A.V. and CF.Drew.


Membership doubled from 27 registered athletes in 1982/83 to 53 in 1983/84, the Club hosted the National Intervarsity Championships in 1983,<ref>{{Cite news|title=Sport: Inter Varsity Athletic Championships, Adelaide 1983|date=4 July 1983|work=On Dit}}</ref> made the finals in both Men's A and D grades and won the D grade Interclub premiership, the club's first in six years.
[[File:Three-time Intervarsity Hammer Throw Champion and University Blue Thomas Murrell of Adelaide University Athletics Club.jpg|thumb|Three-time Intervarsity Hammer Throw Champion and University Blue Thomas Murrell of Adelaide University Athletics Club]]
Thomas Murrell was National Men's Hammer Throw Champion and Club Captain<ref>{{Cite news|title=Throw-away title|date=June 1983|work=OFFSET}}</ref> at the Intervarsity Games of 1983,<ref>{{Cite news|title=SA varsity pair shows class|date=18 May 1983|work=The Advertiser}}</ref> 1984<ref>{{Cite news|title=Blacks on the track|date=9 July 1984|work=On Dit}}</ref> and 1985 (representing the [[University of New England (Australia)|University of New England]]), was President of the Club in 1984/85 and in 1984 was awarded the Patron's Trophy for outstanding services to the Club. In 1984 he was awarded a [[Blue (university sport)|Full Blue]] in Athletics and at the time had the longest hammer throw by an athlete ever to attend Adelaide University, was ranked fifth in the South Australian all-time senior listings and represented South Australia in the national competition for senior men's hammer throw.


===Adelaide University Sailing Club===
==== AUFC 1911-1915 - THE BIRTH OF THE SAAFL ====
The oldest university [[sailing (sport)|sailing]] club in Australia, it was established in 1959 and hosted the first intervarsity competitions in 1960 and onward. Always a power of [[Australian University Sailing|Australian university sailing]], it maintains a fleet of boats at the [[Royal South Australian Yacht Squadron]] for novices and has many state, national, and international representatives.


===Adelaide University Rugby Union Football Club===
1911 is an important date in the Club’s history as it marked the formation of an active Club in contra-distinction to a Club which had existed in name only for the previous three seasons. It also marked the formation of the South Australian Amateur Football League with which the name University has been synonymous ever since.
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The '''Adelaide University Rugby Union Football Club ''' affectionately known as the ‘Uni Blacks’, is a rugby union club based in [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]]. Established on 14 July 1932, the AURUFC is the oldest rugby union club in South Australia and the only surviving foundation club in the [[South Australia Rugby Union]] competition.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sarugby.com.au/about-us/history/ |title=History |publisher=SA Rugby |date=1932-07-28 |access-date=2014-06-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513075758/http://www.sarugby.com.au/about-us/history/ |archive-date=13 May 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sarugby.com.au/ |title=Home |website=sarugby.com.au}}</ref>
Over this five year period, University won two Premierships (1911, 1912) and competed in the Finals each year. 1915 was highlighted by C.E. Pellew’s winning of the Naylor Medal for the fairest and most brilliant player in Amateur League.


The club's home ground is located in the eastern suburbs of [[Adelaide]] at [[Waite Oval]] and is presently home to three senior men's teams and junior teams from under 7s to under 16s.<ref name="theblacks1"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/south-australian-rugby-premier-grade-round-3/|title=South Australian Rugby Premier Grade Round 3|date=15 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://myrugby.rugby.com.au/myrugby/find_club.asp?clubid=070101 |title=Official Website of the Australian Rugby Union |website=myrugby.rugby.com.au |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317160826/http://myrugby.rugby.com.au/myrugby/find_club.asp?clubid=070101 |archive-date=17 March 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> It is one of many clubs that represent [[The University of Adelaide]] and is open to public membership.
1912 saw the formation of the Club’s first ‘B’ side and 1914 saw the inauguration of the Adelaide Students’ Football Associa-tion in which University was the first Premier. Inter-Varsity competition was continued up until 1915 when it was suspended because of the War and in 1914 the Club defeated Melbourne University for the first time.


== Roseworthy campus ==
Roseworthy Agricultural Campus Student Union Council is an affiliate of the Adelaide University Union. It represents the interests of students at Roseworthy Campus and runs activities including orientation, sports and other social events. Up until the 1980s, sport at Roseworthy was organised by the [[Roseworthy Agricultural College]] Sports Union, founded in 1927.<ref>[http://www.adelaide.edu.au/records/archives/guide/1079.htm Roseworthy Agricultural College Sports Union Papers], www.adelaide.edu.au.</ref> Sports included [[sport of athletics|athletics]], [[cricket]], [[Australian rules football|football]], [[golf]], [[judo]], [[rifle shooting]], [[rugby union]],<ref>[http://www.barossarams.com/Site/Contact_Us.html Recent history of the Barossa Rams]</ref> [[swimming (sport)|swimming]], [[table tennis]], [[tennis]], and [[water polo]].


== Intercollegiate Sport – High Table Cup ==
==== AUFC 1916-1919 WORLD WAR I ====


There have been two cups awarded for the Intercollegiate Sport championship between Adelaide University Colleges, both with the generic title of ''High Table Cup''. The ''College Cup'' was donated by the [[Senior Common Room|High Table]] of [[St. Mark's College (University of Adelaide)|St. Mark's College]] in the 1950s, and remained in use until 1995 when the ''Douglas Irving Cup'' was donated. Current participants are the College Clubs of [[Aquinas College, Adelaide|Aquinas College]], [[Flinders University Hall]], [[Lincoln College (University of Adelaide)|Lincoln College]], [[St. Ann's College]] and [[St. Mark's College (University of Adelaide)|St Mark's College]].
The Amateur League went into recess alter 1915 for the duration of the War, as many clubs had difficulty fielding sides. Though short at times, University still had enough players to make up one and occasionally two teams during these years.


While the majority of participants are from the University of Adelaide, most residential colleges also accept students from other South Australian Universities and technical colleges, who are also able to participate in the competition. There are 11 sports in the championship. They are (in chronological order) tennis, swimming (mixed), basketball, debating (mixed), Australian Rules Football, netball, soccer, table tennis, field hockey, volleyball and athletics (mixed).
Matches were arranged on an irregular basis against various teams — mainly school sides. Details of games with PAC and SPSC have been found in the Prince A/f red College Chronic/e and the St. Peter School Magazine and are certain to be contained in other school magazines.


== External links ==
*[http://www.adelaideuniversitysport.com.au/ Adelaide University Sport and Fitness Association]
*[http://www.aubc.asn.au/ Adelaide University Boat Club]
*[http://www.aucc.edu.au/ Adelaide University Cricket Club]
*[http://augc.on.net/ Adelaide University Gliding Club]
*[http://blacks.bakasit.com.au/ Adelaide University Football Club]
*[http://www.autouch.org.au/ Adelaide University Touch Club]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110126020703/http://www.adelaideunilacrosse.com/ Adelaide University Lacrosse Club]
*[http://revolutionise.com.au/ausailing/ Adelaide University Sailing Club]
*[http://www.uniwhites.soccer/ Adelaide University Soccer Club - White]
*[http://www.auhc.asn.au/ Adelaide University Hockey Club]
*[http://www.sportshub.com.au/ Adelaide University Gym]


== Notes ==
==== AUFC 1920-1929 - AN ERA OF SUPREMACY ====
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The years 1920-1929 can be considered as some of the most successful in the Club’s history with the Al team competing in the Finals every year, winning Premierships in 1920, 1921, 1922, 1926 and 1929 and finishing runners-up twice and third three times.
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During this time the ‘B’ side also took Premierships in the Adelaide Students’ Association in 1920, 1922 and 1924.

The 1922 season was the most successful during this period, with both the ‘A’ and ‘B’ sides winning Premierships, the Adelaide side defeating Melbourne in the Inter-Varsity match for only the second time ever, and H.G Prest winning the Naylor Medal.

1923 saw the formation of the Club’s third side competing in the Students’ Grade and although it was not an immediate success, the future strength of the Club was assured. Other highlights in this period were the effort of W.R. James to be the first full forward to kick over one hundred goals in Amateur League in 1927, the beginning of the Gunning Medal for the ‘A’ grade best and fairest also in that year, the formation of the A2 grade in Amateur League in 1928, and the Hone Medal awarded to C.B. Sangster in 1929.


==== AUFC 1930-1941 - A PERIOD OF CONTRAST ====

The years 1930-1941 were ones of great contrast for the Club. During the early ‘thirties the Club kept its position as one of the pacesetters in the Amateur League, contesting all the Finals from 1930-1935. It was undefeated Premier in 1932, second in 1930, 1933 and 1934 and fourth in 1931 and 1935.

These years are remembered for the Club’s great rivalry with Underdale, which produced some remarkable Finals matches. The team lost the 1931 semifinal to Underdale; defeated them in the 1932 Final; defeated them in the 1933 Final; drew the challenge match and then lost the challenge replay; defeated them in the 1934 Final but lost the challenge match; and lost to them in the 1935 semifinal. These were truly memorable games.

The Club suffered a decline over the years 1936-1940, which climaxed in the Al team almost being relegated in 1939. Fortunately the team rallied in the crucial games and with a little bit of luck was able to finish eighth, which is the lowest position that the Al team has ever occupied. 1941 saw the Club improve its standing and, once again, contest the Finals series, finishing fourth.

Despite the lack of success in the local competition, this period 1930-1941 was one of the most successful in regard to Inter-Varsity competition, with matches against Melbourne University being won in 1932 and 1936 — only the third and fourth occasion that these matches had been won in twenty-eight attempts.

The Club’s ‘B’ and ‘C’ sides did not do well during this period as they had the ever-present problem of trying to maintain stable sides. After finishing near the bottom from 1929-1932 the A2 side was dropped back to the Students’ Association from 1933-1937 before competing in A2 again during 1938-1940.

In 1941 there was a shortage of players due to the war, and the Club only fielded an Al team in Amateur League and a ‘B’ side in the Students’ Association.

Amateur League matches were suspended after 1941 due to the war.


==== AUFC 1942-1945 - THE WAR YEARS ====

Because of World War II, the Amateur League went into recess for the years 1942-1945.

Although University ranks were depleted due to war service, there were many fine footballers studying in reserved occupations and still looking for that Saturday game of ‘footy’.

A competition evolved on a week to week basis where matches were arranged with Service teams and the League Reserves. Looking at the SANFL records, one will see that in those years the eight League Clubs combined to form Norwood /North, Port/Torrens, Sturt/South and West/Glenelg.

After the League teams had been chosen for Saturday, each combination would nominatc six players to constitute the League Reserves for that week, which made the competition almost up to League standard.

‘Varsity played a high percentage of matches against theLeague Reserves, but players of that era will remember Air Force teams from Port Pine, Mallala, Springbank and the School of Technical Training, stationed in the old Exhibition Building, North Terrace.

Competition was pretty keen and the Air Force would pull out all stops to win. One remembers a train trip to Mallala Base, the hospitality of the RAAF, and experiencing the thrills of a LINK TRAINER at the hands of the opposing team. ‘Varsity still took out the honours in the afternoon on the local Mallala Oval.

During the Final Round, ‘Varsity often gave a League team match practice whilst having a bye prior to the Grand Final. On the day of the 1944 Preliminary Final, ‘Varsity played the Norwood/North combination on Adelaide Oval No. 2. It was a very close game, ‘Varsity was proud of their narrow defeat as Norwood/North went on to win the Grand Final the following week.

Old players on leave from the Services were always welcome for a game, Norm Shierlaw and Peter Dalwood once displayed their former skills by playing without training, and in Army boots.

Maybe it was only a make-shift competition, but it definitely kept the game alive and fulfilled the aims and objects of the AUFC at the University during those years when the Club could easily have gone into recess as did the other Amateur Clubs.


==== AUFC 1946-1949 - POST WAR RECOVERY ====

The SAAFL had ceased to run a regular competition from 1942-1945 due to World War II and during this period the Club played games wherever they could be arranged. More details about this period can be found in the preceding section.

In 1946, when life was returning to normal again, the Amateur League recommenced its competition with two grades, Al and A2. The Club was represented in both these grades and performed quite well in the years immediately after the War. Although Premierships eluded ‘the Blacks’ in these years, the Al side played in the Finals in all but one season and was most unfortunate to be disqualified in 1947 when a Premiership looked a possibility.

On the administrative side, 1949 saw the retirement of Dr.. N.S. Gunning from the Club Presidency after a long association with the Club that dated back to the early ‘twenties. His place was taken by Dr. C.B. Sangster who had been an outstanding player with the Club in the late 1920’s and early 1930’s.

On the playing side, H. Page returned to the Club as coach on the path to a most successful era in the fifties. A.G.A. Tregonning, winner of the Gunning Medal in 1944 and 1946, captained the Club in 1947 and 1948 and also led the State Amateur side in 1947, 1948 and 1949. In 1948 the State side won the Amateur Carnival for the first time with H. Page as coach and a strong University representation.

This period represented an era of consolidation for the Club and, although Premierships were not won, there was a building up of Club strength that was to show itself in the ‘fifties.


==== AUFC 1950-1959 - A DOMINANT ERA ====

Although the post-War years had been reasonably successful, there had not been an Al Premiership. In fact the last time ‘the Blacks’ had won the Flag was back in 1932. This situation soon changed and the ‘fifties saw the Club return to a position of power in Amateur League.

E.G. Tilley replaced H.~ Page as coach in 1950 and con-tinued on the improvement shown by the Club in the years following the Second World War. During his six years at the Club the Al side played in six Grand Finals, winning four Flags. These were the results that the Club had attained in the 1920’s and early 1930’s.

L.G. (Jack) Giles took over the coaching duties from E.G. Tilley in 1957 and was in charge until the end of the 1959 season. The Club enjoyed reasonably successful seasons under him but did not take off a Premiership.

There were many very good players of this era and the representatives the Club had in All-Australian Amateur teams fit into this category. J.K.A. McLeod (1950 and captain in 1954), D.M. Brebner (1950), J.F. Walsh (1954) and B.M. Seppelt (1958) were all magnificent players for the Club. The number of State players the Club provided during this time was also very high (seven on average) and E.G. Tilley coached the State Amateurs from 195 1-1956, after taking over the job from H. Page.

The Club had expanded and at stages fielded five teams although at this time the Amateur League only had five grades. Teams were fielded in the Students’ Association and the Sturt District Association and both these sides met with success. The feats of J.C. Liii in this latter Association are worth noting. After winning the Club’s Best and Fairest in the fifth side in 1955, he won both the Club’s Award and the Association Medal in 1956 when this team was the fourth fielded by University. The following two seasons, 1957 and 1958, he won the Gunning Medal for the Al side.

On the administrative side, Dr. C.B. Sangster served as President from 1949-1953 and was succeeded by Dr. R.T. Steele, former captain of the Club. He served until 1959 in this capacity. Constitutional changes saw the new category of Honorary Life Membership introduced in 1952 and two worthy recipients, Dr. N.S. Gunning and Dr. C.B. Sangster, were the first to be accorded this honour. Further men who received this honour in the ‘fifties were H. Page and H. (‘Longun’) Wilson (1953), H.V. Millard (1954), and J.K.A. McLeod (1957). All these men were very worthy recipients of this honour.

It was a sad moment for the Club when ‘Longun’ Wilson died in 1956. He had been a significant part of ‘the Blacks’ since 1928 and his presence as a trainer was missed.

This was a very successful era for ‘the Blacks’ with the Al’s dominating the top grade and the lower sides increasing in strength as the decade progressed.


==== AUFC 1960-1969 - THE GOLDEN YEARS ====
Although the Club had enjoyed a particularly successful era in the ‘fifties in which it played in seven Al Grand Finals and won four Premierships, even greater success was to come in the ‘sixties. Dr. R.T. Steele ended a six year term as President and a twenty year active association with the Club as a player and administrator when he stepped down as President at the beginning of the 1960 season. His place was taken by another stalwart of the Club in J.B. Day who was to remain as President throughout the ‘Sixties.

Constitutional changes in the mid-’sixties saw Sir George Ligertwood become Patron in 1966 and another long serving stalwart R.L. Whittle take the position of Chairman in 1967.

An important appointment on the playing side was that of Alan Greer to the senior coaching position in 1960. His record as a player with Port Adelaide and the State side was very impressive and he had coached Riverside in Amateur League during the late ‘fifties. In his eight years with the Club he took the Al side into the Grand Final each year and won four Premierships. This record surpassed the performance of E.G. Tilley who took the Al side into six Grand Finals for four Premierships in his six years with the Club in the ‘fifties.

The sides of the early ‘sixties were considered by many people to be the finest that the Club has fielded. Many of the players represented the State Amateur side and many progressed to League football where they played with distinction. A.R. Clarkson, D.C. Hill, W.R. Jackson, M.E. Jones and A.E. Byers are examples of players in this category.

The middle ‘sixties continued the fine performances of earlier years. However Premierships eluded the Club with the exception of 1965. W.R. Haslam,J.F. Sangster(an All Australian captain), J.R. Blake, I.F. Edgely and C.H.A. Meyer were some of the brilliant players of this era.

The late ‘sixties also saw the Club in a pre-eminent position in Amateur League as a new generation of University players carried the Club to Premierships in 1968 and 1969 under coaches D.F. Kimber and P. Vivian. This period saw outstanding players such as V.J. Bondar, B.R. Simmons, J.H.P. Disney, J.R. Goodhart, P.J.L. Rofe and J.S. Sandland wearing ‘the Blacks’ jumper.

Thus the Club played in every Al Grand Final in the ‘sixties, winning six Premierships. This was an enviable record and a performance unsurpassed in Amateur League history.

As well as the outstanding record of the Al’s during this period, the remainder of the Club also had its share of success. This can be attributed in part to Alan Greer who generated great Club spirit by insisting that all teams train together. G.O’H. Hyde led the A3 team to a Flag in 1965 (undefeated Premiers), the Al reserves were runners-up in 1964 with J.G. Olliver in charge, and won the Premiership in 1965 under the leadership of G. Kraehe. K. Allen led the A2 Reserves to a Flag in 1961. D.R. Harrison coached the A3 reserves to Grand Finals in 1964 and 1965, winning the 1964 Premiership.

The ‘sixties saw the Club expand into the largest football club in Australia, a fact of which the Club is very proud. It is no wonder that this era is looked upon as the Golden Era of the Club’s history

===Adelaide University Lacrosse Club===
The Adelaide University Lacrosse Club (AULC) was founded in 1889 by Professor [[William Henry Bragg]]. It is one of the oldest [[lacrosse]] clubs in South Australia and is a founding member of the AUSA. The AULC takes part in an annual competition against the Melbourne University Lacrosse Club and competes locally in the Lacrosse South Australia competition. Club membership is focused on [[University of Adelaide]] students and graduates. Other non students are also members. The AULC trains on the University of Adelaide's Park 10 sports fields in [[North Adelaide]].

===Adelaide University Tennis Club===
The Adelaide University Tennis Club (AUTC) was founded in 1885. The club was instrumental in the founding of the Adelaide University Sports Association. The AUTC is a lawn tennis club.

==Intercollegiate Sport - High Table Cup==
===Douglas Irving Cup===

The '''High Table Cup''' refers to the Douglas Irving Cup for Intercollegiate Sport between Adelaide University Colleges. Also shortened to "HTC", the phrase may be used to denote a particular sporting event which makes up a part of the year-long competition.

The Douglas Irving Cup was donated in 1995, replacing the College Cup, which was given in the 1950s. Both were known as "High Table Cup" to students.

Current participants are the college clubs of [[St. Mark's College (University of Adelaide)|St Mark's College]], [[Aquinas College, Adelaide|Aquinas College]], [[Lincoln College (University of Adelaide)|Lincoln College]], St Ann's College and [[Flinders University Hall]]. There has been talk of the Lutheran Seminary joining the competition for some years, but so far this has not happened. It should be noted that whilst the majority of participants are from the University of Adelaide, most residential colleges accept students from all three South Australian Universities, who are also able to participate in the competition.

===Sports===

Sports involve mixed teams as denoted, otherwise there is a separate men's and women's competition, each counting as an individual sport in its own right:

Tennis (mixed), Swimming (mixed), Cricket, Basketball, Debating (mixed), Australian Rules Football, Netball, Soccer, Boatracing (sculling), Table Tennis (mixed, Field Hockey, Volleyball (mixed) and Athletics (mixed). Next year there is a trial of Rugby Union.

===Holders===

* 2002-2006 St Mark's College

==External links==
*[http://www.theblacks.com.au/ 'The Blacks' Adelaide University Sports Association]
*[http://www.adelaideunilax.snoopingmidget.com Adelaide University Lacrosse Club]

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Adelaide University Sport
Logo
UniversityUniversity of Adelaide
Association
PresidentDavid Penn[1]
Athletic directorMichelle Wilson[1]
LocationAdelaide, Australia
Varsity teams37 sports teams[2]
MascotGus the Black Lion[3]
NicknameThe Blacks[4]
ColoursBlack White[4]
Websiteadelaideunisport.com.au

Adelaide University Sport is the sports association of the University of Adelaide. Established in 1896, it had 37 sports clubs, including some that predate its establishment. Other bodies affiliated to the University of Adelaide providing sport include the various sports clubs forming part of the residential colleges and the Roseworthy Agricultural Campus Student Union Council.

History

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This is a photograph of the Adelaide University Lacrosse Club's "A" team in front of Mitchell Building during the 1896 state premiers.
Adelaide University Lacrosse Club 1896 premiership team

The Adelaide University Sports Association was founded in 1896 by the Adelaide University Boat, Tennis and Lacrosse Clubs.[5] Its historical motto in Latin is Mobilitate Vigemus translated "we thrive by mobility".[4][6] Its sporting colours black and white are likely from the white-backed magpie, an Australian bird found on its crest and the state badge.[4][7] Its mascot is Gus, a black lion, which replaced the piping shrike on its historical crest.[3][8][4] The sports association was administered by the Adelaide University Union for over 100 years before becoming directly affiliated with the university in 2010.[9][10] The sports association re-named to Adelaide University Sport that same year.[10]

Founding sporting clubs

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Adelaide University Boat Club

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Main article: Adelaide University Boat Club
This is a photograph of the Barr Smith Boat Shed of the Adelaide University Boat Club, donated by Robert Barr Smith.
The boat shed of the Adelaide University Boat Club was donated by Robert Barr Smith

The Adelaide University Boat Club was founded in 1881 and is one of South Australia's premier rowing clubs.[11] The club claims to be the second-oldest in Australia, though this claim is disputed with the Sydney University Boat Club who uses the founding date of the Sydney Rowing Club.[11] It is a member club of Rowing SA (South Australian Rowing Association) and operates from the Torrens River in the Adelaide city centre, and from West Lakes in the suburb of West Lakes.[11] The city boathouse was donated by Robert Barr Smith in 1909.[11] The West Lakes Boathouse is shared with the other South Australian rowing clubs and is administered by Rowing SA.

The main focus of the club is to provide rowing for the students of the University of Adelaide. Each year the club competes in the Rowing Intervarsity and local and national regattas. The premier event is the Oxford and Cambridge Cup (a silver cup similar in style to the America's Cup) for Men's Eights.[11][12] The cup was donated by Old Blues of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge in the 1890s.[11][12]

Olympians that were former members include Australia's first gold medalist in rowing Collier Cudmore, Kate Slatter (Women's Pair Gold and Silver medallist), Jaime Fernandez (Men's Eight Silver), Tim Willoughby (Men's Eight Bronze) and Amber Halliday (Lightweight).[11]

Adelaide University Tennis Club

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The Adelaide University Tennis Club was founded in 1885 and is a lawn tennis club.[13] It was instrumental in the founding of the Adelaide University Sports Association. Dr Albert Curtis came to Adelaide in 1903 having been at the University of Sydney. He had won the 1896 Queensland Doubles Champion[14] and the 1897 NSW Singles Championship.[15] In 1905 he was runner-up in the singles final of the inaugural Australian Open[16] and graduated in medicine.

Adelaide University Lacrosse Club

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The Adelaide University Lacrosse Club was founded in 1889 by Nobel Prize winning Professor William Henry Bragg.[17][18] It is one of the oldest lacrosse clubs in Australia and is a founding member of the AUSA.[5] The AULC takes part in an annual competition against the Melbourne University Lacrosse Club that was first contested in 1905[19][20][21] and competes locally in the Lacrosse South Australia competition.[17] Club membership is focused on University of Adelaide students and graduates. Other non students are also members. The club trains on the University of Adelaide's Park 10 sports fields in the parklands between the University campus and North Adelaide.

Seven Rhodes Scholars have been members:[22]

University blues

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A University sporting blue is awarded for excellence in a particular sport. The awarding of a Blue is usually for competing in a state or national team. The AULC has 134 full Blues awarded to members since 1908. Many more half blues and club letters have also been awarded.[29]

A Grade Premierships

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The club has won 11 men's and 1 women's A grade premierships since 1893.

Other sporting clubs

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Following the 1895 establishment of the Adelaide University Union, the student association, the three clubs co-founded the Adelaide University Sports Association in 1896. Additional sports clubs such as the Adelaide University Football Club were established throughout the 20th century[10][30]

Adelaide University Gliding Club

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Adelaide University Gliding Club was formed in 1976,[31] and operates a fleet of gliders that includes a pair of two-seat training aircraft, a motor glider and several single-seat gliders. Launches are provided by a winch. The club shares an airfield at Stonefield in the Riverland with the Barossa Valley Gliding Club and Fly Down Under, a commercial gliding operation. It is heavily involved in flying training, which is carried out in the two-seat sailplanes under the guidance of club instructors and has trained many pilots from ab initio (complete novice) level through to cross-country, national and international (as members of the Australian Gliding Team[32]) competition. Several AUGC pilots have gone on to a career in aviation, as RAAF pilots, commercial helicopter pilots and flying for Qantas. Three club members have received University Blues.

Adelaide University Football Club

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Main article: Adelaide University Football Club

The Adelaide University Football Club was officially formed on 26 March 1906 and became affiliated with the Sports Association two weeks later on 9 April 1906. Prior to this time, there was no University Football team competing in a regular competition; however games were arranged on an irregular basis.

The earliest reference to football at University was found in a PAC School Chronicle of 1885. The report stated that Adelaide University could not organise a full side for a Saturday game; however there were enough available for a mid-week game. This was arranged for Wednesday 19 June 1885 and several League players and old scholars from PAC comprised the side. University lost this encounter 4.11 to 1.1.

The Blacks were successful in winning the A Grade Premiership in the years 1911–12, 1920–22, 1926, 1929, 1932, 1951–52, 1954–55, 1960–62, 1965, 1968–69, 1974–75, 1986, 1996, and 1999. In 2006 the Blacks were runners-up to Goodwood Saints 10.12 72 – 18.11 119.

Adelaide University Touch Club

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Touch Football is a game derived from rugby league, where tackling and kicking are outlawed. The Adelaide University Touch Club was formed in 1983 and joined the Sports Association in 1985. It is the largest touch football club in South Australia. The club has players ranging from complete beginners to players who have represented Australia and England at international tournaments. The club enters teams in the local park touch competition in both single sex grades and mixed grades in both summer and winter competitions. During summer the club runs a mixed competition at the Waite Campus of the University.

Adelaide University Athletics Club

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Established in 1906, the Athletics Club has a participatory focus and competes in events such as the City-Bay Fun Run. Notable past members include Olympian and eight-time Australian champion David Fitzsimons (Blue recipient 1970), as well as scientist Henry Brose (secretary 1910–11, Blue recipient 1910), former Attorney-General of South Australia Trevor Griffin (Half Blue recipient 1962, Club Letter recipient 1959), former Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia the Honourable Timothy Anderson (Blue recipient 1966), and current Judge of the District Court of South Australia, Peter Brebner (treasurer 1977–80). Since the Club's establishment, forty-seven club members have been awarded a University Blue.

In the early 1980s, the Murrell brothers, State triple jump champion, 1984 Rhodes Scholar and medical student George A.C. Murrell as President and 1982 Australian Junior Hammer Throw Champion[33] and State Junior Record Holder[34] and agricultural science student, Thomas A.C. Murrell, as Honorary Secretary switched from the highly successful St Peters College Athletics Club to rebuild the Club.[35]

Membership doubled from 27 registered athletes in 1982/83 to 53 in 1983/84, the Club hosted the National Intervarsity Championships in 1983,[36] made the finals in both Men's A and D grades and won the D grade Interclub premiership, the club's first in six years.

Three-time Intervarsity Hammer Throw Champion and University Blue Thomas Murrell of Adelaide University Athletics Club

Thomas Murrell was National Men's Hammer Throw Champion and Club Captain[37] at the Intervarsity Games of 1983,[38] 1984[39] and 1985 (representing the University of New England), was President of the Club in 1984/85 and in 1984 was awarded the Patron's Trophy for outstanding services to the Club. In 1984 he was awarded a Full Blue in Athletics and at the time had the longest hammer throw by an athlete ever to attend Adelaide University, was ranked fifth in the South Australian all-time senior listings and represented South Australia in the national competition for senior men's hammer throw.

Adelaide University Sailing Club

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The oldest university sailing club in Australia, it was established in 1959 and hosted the first intervarsity competitions in 1960 and onward. Always a power of Australian university sailing, it maintains a fleet of boats at the Royal South Australian Yacht Squadron for novices and has many state, national, and international representatives.

Adelaide University Rugby Union Football Club

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Adelaide University Rugby Union Football Club
UnionSouth Australia Rugby Union
Founded1932[40]
Ground(s)Waite Oval
PresidentMatt Mooney
Team kit
First match
AURUFC 15 – 15 Royal Australian Navy Reserve 16 July 1932 [41][42]
Official website
www.theblacks.com.au/Clubs/Club.aspx?CID=28

The Adelaide University Rugby Union Football Club affectionately known as the ‘Uni Blacks’, is a rugby union club based in Adelaide, South Australia. Established on 14 July 1932, the AURUFC is the oldest rugby union club in South Australia and the only surviving foundation club in the South Australia Rugby Union competition.[43][44]

The club's home ground is located in the eastern suburbs of Adelaide at Waite Oval and is presently home to three senior men's teams and junior teams from under 7s to under 16s.[40][45][46] It is one of many clubs that represent The University of Adelaide and is open to public membership.

Roseworthy campus

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Roseworthy Agricultural Campus Student Union Council is an affiliate of the Adelaide University Union. It represents the interests of students at Roseworthy Campus and runs activities including orientation, sports and other social events. Up until the 1980s, sport at Roseworthy was organised by the Roseworthy Agricultural College Sports Union, founded in 1927.[47] Sports included athletics, cricket, football, golf, judo, rifle shooting, rugby union,[48] swimming, table tennis, tennis, and water polo.

Intercollegiate Sport – High Table Cup

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There have been two cups awarded for the Intercollegiate Sport championship between Adelaide University Colleges, both with the generic title of High Table Cup. The College Cup was donated by the High Table of St. Mark's College in the 1950s, and remained in use until 1995 when the Douglas Irving Cup was donated. Current participants are the College Clubs of Aquinas College, Flinders University Hall, Lincoln College, St. Ann's College and St Mark's College.

While the majority of participants are from the University of Adelaide, most residential colleges also accept students from other South Australian Universities and technical colleges, who are also able to participate in the competition. There are 11 sports in the championship. They are (in chronological order) tennis, swimming (mixed), basketball, debating (mixed), Australian Rules Football, netball, soccer, table tennis, field hockey, volleyball and athletics (mixed).

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Notes

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  13. ^ "Adelaide University Lawn Tennis Club". The University of Adelaide. Adelaide, South Australia. Archived from the original on 7 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  14. ^ "Lawn Tennis Tournament". Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald & General Advertiser. 1 September 1896. p. 4. Retrieved 18 April 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
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  22. ^ a b c List of South Australian Rhodes Scholars, www.adelaide.edu.au
  23. ^ Philip Jones, 'Fry, Henry Kenneth (1886 - 1959)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 14, Melbourne University Press, 1996, pp 230-231.
  24. ^ E. T. Williams, 'Cairns, Sir Hugh William Bell (1896 - 1952)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 7, Melbourne University Press, 1979, pp 524-525.
  25. ^ Obituaries Archived 27 December 2004 at the Wayback Machine, 17 March 1994, Oxford Gazette.
  26. ^ Brigadier Myles Landseer Formby, www.generals.dk
  27. ^ Alasdair Sutherland, A Highland Chindit, BBC – WW2 People's War
  28. ^ a b c Rhodes Scholars[permanent dead link‍], The Blacks – University of Adelaide Sports Association
  29. ^ Blues[permanent dead link‍], The Blacks – University of Adelaide Sports Association.
  30. ^ "Clubs". Adelaide University Sport. Adelaide, South Australia. Archived from the original on 14 March 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  31. ^ "Home". augc.on.net.
  32. ^ "Australian Team Profiles". Archived from the original on 26 July 2019.
  33. ^ "Tutor and pupil earn gold". The Advertiser. 20 March 1982.
  34. ^ Haynes, Peter (25 March 1982). "SA athletics set for golden era". The Advertiser.
  35. ^ Symon, Andrew (22 October 1983). "A hop, step and jump gets George to Oxford". Adelaide Advertiser.
  36. ^ "Sport: Inter Varsity Athletic Championships, Adelaide 1983". On Dit. 4 July 1983.
  37. ^ "Throw-away title". OFFSET. June 1983.
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  40. ^ a b "Adelaide University Rugby Union Football Club | AU Sport". Theblacks.com.au. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
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  48. ^ Recent history of the Barossa Rams
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