The most wonderful time of the year is approaching, folks! One of the biggest social nights of the year is near and you definitely don't want to miss out! That's right, SUHC's annual pub crawl is coming.

Its time to terrorise the streets of Newtown in matching T-shirts with our own clever slogan.  Plan your calendar and prepare for one MASSIVE night out before putting your head down and hitting the books for Stuvac.  Best of all. none of the men's teams have the late game so no-one has to play catch up this year.

Once again, we'll be running a contest to see whose words of wisdom will live forever on marker stained t-shirts.  Send your ideas for slogans to carlychurch@gmail.com by May 3rd. The winner will get their pub crawl T-shirt for free and heaps of additional prizes (or maybe not) so start thinking.

Details about the route and T-shirt costs will be posted soon. Watch this space (or join the SUHC facebook group if you haven't already). In the meantime start thinking of T-shirt slogans.

For over 100 years the members of SUHC have celebrated their wins, their losses and their friendships by singing (chanting?) the Club song. Join the tradition! Learn it for 2010

"Our Varsity"

Grads and undergrads and fellows,
Gaudy profs in reds and yellows,
Sing with lungs as tough as bellows
To our 'Varsity.

Some of us are mining, (insert 2 fast claps here)
Some in arts reclining, (insert 2 fast claps here)
More and more
Attack the law
And revel in its methods of refining; (insert 2 fast claps here)
Some are fools and some are clever
Faculties divide and sever,
Still we all belong forever
To our 'Varsity.

Up the Students!

The calendar of events for 2010 (at least as it stands in early march) is below. Contact Convenor Carly Church if you want more info, or have any suggestions.

Recipe:

40+ Athletes*
10 Cars
1 Tour shirt
1 Dog On A Tucker Box
1 Unprepared Country Town
3 Themed Nights
3 Days of Hockey

Mix well (an SUHC specialty) and you have it: One Heck of a Road Trip!

Check and clear you diary now for the Easter Weekend. This is an SUHC trip that is not to be missed! Any questions to Eliza (our new Admin Assistant) on execassist@suhc.asn.au

* term used quite loosely.

SUHC winning the 2010 Grand Final is the "After". Click here for the "Before"...courtesy of Liam and the pre-season fitness training

Our new Club pub is

The Cooper's Hotel Newtown
221 King Street
Newtown, 2042

Located in the heart of King Street, Newtown......

"New Uni", New Venue, New Celebrations, New Heights to reach....standard SUHC comes out to party!

Last Saturday some 150 members celebrated "New Uni's" achievements throughout the '09 Season. Preso Night 2009 was a great success and everyone who attended was impressed by the venue, food, beverages and of course, the great company present to celebrate a long and successful season.

Highlights of the evening included a message sent from Khev "Black-berry" Williams all the way from Barbados (you can see Khevyn's speech here) and Remo's talk on the success of our year, the exciting progress we've made and will continue to make with lots of involvement and passion. There is a monster file (13MB) of photos you can acccess here.

The night zoomed by with numerous awards, but we managed to get through the official part of the evening fairly smoothly. Then - with just a minor hitch with the buses, most made it to Zanzi and carried on partying through to Sunday morning. 

Big thanks to AAE, Chloe HJ and their team of helpers - Masto, Katie, Aaron, Lize, Remo and Bucko, for organising a fantastic evening. It was a superb night and a great way to end a great season. Congratulations to all prize-winners, most notably, Ben "Remo" Chiarella, who won both Len Smith Club Person of the Year and the Cameron Whittaker Coach of Year Award.

Special thanks also to our guests from Sydney Uni Sport & Fitness, Madelene Riviers, Elite Athlete Program Co-ordinator, and Shari Wakefield, Publications and Communications Co-ordinator. It was a pleasure having you both.

Another great presentation night, so many thanks to Andy Andy, Chloe and all the others who created and ran it.

2009 Prize Winners

Len Smith Club Person of the Year - Ben Chiarella
Camel Cup - Men's 5th Grade
Cameron Whittaker Coach of the Year - Ben Chiarella
Men's Most Valuable Player - Tom Lobsey
Women's Most Valuable Player - Soph Boyle
Male Best Defender  - Dougal Alexander
Female Best Defender - Prue Rutherford
Male Top Goal Scorer - Scott Laird
Female Top Goal Scorer - Trish Ramrakha
Social Person of the Year (Male) - Rob Verdon
Social Person of the Year (Female) - Georgia Wettenhall
John Dwyer Tenacity Award - Rowan McDonald
Chiarella-Gow Award for Young Player of the Year - Cam Rowland
Liam Dixon Rising Start Award - Mathilda Carmichael