by Emilee O'Grady-Shorten | Mar 13, 2024 | News, Sport
Unisport’s 28th Indigenous Nationals is being hosted by the University of Wollongong this year. The event will be hosted by the Universities, Indigenous Center, Woolyungah and will be held from the 23rd to the 27th of June. The Indigenous Games, originally...
by Imogen Grant | Mar 13, 2024 | News, Sport
A new club has set its sights on improving the fitness of the region’s students. University of Wollongong (UOW) Run Club launched in February and wants people to engage in vigorous exercise once a week, regardless of fitness levels. Wollongong Run Club Vice...
by Andie Robinson | Nov 13, 2023 | Feature, Sport
Nicho Hynes is unlikely to forget Saturday October 28, 2023. As a crowd was piling into the stands – a sea of green and gold, littered with black jerseys – he emerged from the tunnel to take in the scenes. His NRL career had started just five years ago at...
by Michaela Bonser | Nov 10, 2023 | News, Sport
Camden-grown talent, Adam Bates, is set to join the Major League Baseball Competition (MBL) after signing a professional deal with the Boston Red Sox in September. With an already impressive resume, at just 18 years of age, ‘going pro’ is the next big step in...
by Hayley Prenter | Nov 9, 2023 | News, Sport, Tech & Research
The UOW Motorsport team is gearing up to compete in the Society of Automotive Engineers Australasia Formula competition. Their secret weapon is a state-of-the-art, all-electric, open-wheel formula-style race car, they hope will help them bring home the...
by Timothy Gibson | Nov 6, 2023 | News, Sport
A record crowd at Wollongong’s WIN Stadium sat in anticipation as the 2023 Men’s Illawarra Premier League Grand Final entered its final stages; Coniston – a club recently confined to community-competition obscurity – looked like it was about to return to its...