The UTS Sport are the athletic teams that represent the

University of Technology Sydney The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is a public research university located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Although its origins are said to trace back to the 1830s, the university was founded in its current form in 1988. As of 2021 ...

, located in

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, Australia. They compete at all events of UniSport.

Sports sponsored

Australian rules football

The UTS Australian Football Club is an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

club that competes in the AFL Sydney competition. Founded in 2000, the club have won nine Division 1 premierships, including one by the women's team in 2016. The club plays its home games at the

Trumper Park Oval Trumper Park Oval is a sporting oval in Paddington, New South Wales. The oval is located at the corner of Glenmore Road & Hampden Street, Paddington and is named in honour of Victor Trumper. The oval has a long history of catering for Australian ...

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, an inner city suburb of Sydney.

Cricket

The UTS North Sydney District Cricket Club was founded in 1858 and is one of Australia's oldest cricket clubs. It competes in the

NSW Premier Cricket NSW Premier Cricket (formerly known as Sydney Grade Cricket) is a cricket competition played in Sydney, Australia. The competition began in 1893 when a number of clubs that had been playing for many years on an ad hoc basis voted to create a forma ...

competition, and has won five first grade premierships. The club's home ground is located at the North Sydney Oval, where it has played since its foundation. Its notable past players include

Don Bradman Sir Donald George Bradman, (27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001), nicknamed "The Don", was an Australian international cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time. Bradman's career Test batting average of 99.94 has bee ...

, Bill O'Reilly and

Stan McCabe Stanley Joseph McCabe (16 July 1910 – 25 August 1968) was an Australian cricketer who played 39 Test cricket, Test matches for Australia from 1930 to 1938. A short, stocky right-hander, McCabe was described by ''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, ...

. UTS have won the Nationals T20 Cricket on three occasions (2014, 2018, 2022).

Handball

For the

Handball League Australia The Handball League Australia (HLA) is an Australian-based championship for handball run by Australian Handball Federation. The principal idea was to play round robin games in each capital city. There are four teams representing four states. Se ...

they did a joint venture with University of Canberra. They were called UTS-UC Hawks Handball Club. At the

Australian Handball Club Championship Handball Australia hosts two separate national club championships. The first is a Beach Handball nationals competition and the second is the Australia Handball Club Championships featuring the state champions for Handball. The winner of the Handbal ...

won the men two silver and one bronze medal and the women's one silver and two bronze medals. The men's won two silver medal and one bronze medal at the

Oceania Handball Champions Cup The Oceania Handball Champions Cup is an international club championship for men featuring teams from the Oceania region. The winners of this tournament qualify for the IHF Super Globe (World club championship). Champions Club performance ...

. The women's won one bronze medal at the

Oceania Women's Handball Champions Cup The Oceania Handball Champions Cup is an international club championship featuring teams from the Oceania region. Champions Club performance Titles by nations See also * Oceania Continent Handball Federation The Oceania Continent Handball ...

. They are the most successful team at the UniSport Division 1 Handball Nationals with 3 titles and in total 6 medals. They have also won 1 title and a bronze medal in the UniSport Division 2 Handball Nationals.

Netball

The UTS Randwick Sparks (formerly UTS St George Sparks) is a netball club that competes in the

Netball NSW Premier League The Netball NSW Premier League is a state netball league featuring teams mainly from New South Wales. The league is organised by Netball New South Wales. The Premier League was first played for during the 2016 season. It replaced the Dooleys Stat ...

. It was formed through a partnership between the University of Technology Sydney and the Randwick Netball Association. The Under-23s team have won two premierships (2017, 2020) and were runners up in 2016.

Rowing

The

UTS Haberfield Rowing Club UTS Haberfield Rowing Club in Sydney was formed as Haberfield Rowing Club in 1925. It has occupied its current site on Port Jackson's, Iron Cove at Dobroyd Point since 1926. The club had a senior and lightweight Sydney premiership & national com ...

is a rowing club located at

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, in the

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of Sydney. Since 2014, the club have shared its clubhouse with

St Catherine's School, Waverley St Catherine's School (commonly referred to as ''St Cath's'') is a private Anglican Junior and Senior day and boarding school, located in Waverley, an eastern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1856 as a school for t ...

, as their in-house school partner. The club has produced 42 Olympians, including 16 Olympic medallists. Its notable past rowers include Stuart Welch, Victoria Roberts and James Chapman.

Track and field

The UTS Northern Suburbs Athletic Club is one of Australia's largest athletic clubs. Founded in 1927, the club has produced 11 Olympians and 12

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...

representatives throughout its history. The club's athletics tracks are located at the Rotary Athletics Field in

Lane Cove North Lane Cove North is a suburb on the Lower North Shore of Sydney of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Lane Cove North is located 11 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area ...

, on the Lower North Shore of Sydney.

Water polo

The UTS Balmain Water Polo Club, founded in 1884, is Australia's oldest water polo club. The club has produced 21 Olympians throughout its history, including multiple Olympic medallists. Its notable past players include

Bronwyn Mayer Bronwyn Lee Mayer-Smith (born 3 July 1974 in Sydney) is an Australian water polo player from the gold medal squad of the 2000 Summer Olympics. Mayer married Damian Smith in January 2001. Mayer competed on the team in the 2004 Summer Olympics ...

Taryn Woods Taryn Nadine Woods (born 12 August 1975 in Sydney) is an Australian water polo player from the gold medal squad of the 2000 Summer Olympics. Woods attended Fort Street High School. She is the daughter of two-time water polo Olympian David Wo ...

and

Rowena Webster Rowena Evelyn Webster (born 27 December 1987), known as Rowie Webster, is an Australian water polo centre back and a three-time Olympian. She is one of three Australian players to play more than 300 international games for Australia. She has rep ...

UniSport

UniSport Nationals

UTS were the overall champion on two occasions (2016, 2017), and were awarded the Spirit of the Games Shield (now known as the John White Spirit Trophy) on one occasion in 1995.

Nationals Snow

UTS were the overall champion at the Nationals Snow in 2022, and were awarded the Spirit of the Mountain Award in 2019.

Indigenous Nationals

UTS were overall champion of the Indigenous Nationals on two occasions (2003, 2019).

References

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