A great tournament on Sunday May 22^nd at the Auckland Badminton Hall 99 Gillies Ave, Epsom, Auckland which saw 7 Universities from around NZ taking part in an exciting University tournament with one top team from each University.  The program saw many of NZs leading players taking part in what were some dynamic fast and tough matches.  Sarah Anderson (Executive Director) University and Tertiary Sport NZ was on hand to assess the event and is building the event across a number of sports nationally.  Universities earn points for the wider University sports competition.  The winners also get the Robson University Shield donated by Halberg Lifetime Award Winners Jeff and Heather Robson on behalf of the Robson Family.  The shield this year was presented by Jeff Robson. These events are key to help develop and grow the 17 to 25 year age group that so often falls off in terms of taking part in sport.

The results were

1^st University of Auckland (20 points)

2^nd Massey University (14 points)

3^rd Waikato University of Waikato (10 points)

4^th University of Victoria Wellington (3 points)

5^th Auckland University of Technology (3 points)

6^th  University of Otago (3 points)

7^th University of Canterbury (3points)

Sponsors Thank You to the Following
Smashing Gifts – we find them to be great engravers and suppliers of medals, shields and trophies as well as a range of customised products – see the attached document for medals and here is their website link.http://smashinggifts.co.nz/ . See attached document for medals.
Prince – who have sponsored a lot of the spot prizes.http://www.princerackets.co.nz/cms/index.php 
Countdown Newmarket – who also contributed some sponsored product.http://www.countdown.co.nz/ 
Dick Smith – for providing a fitness tracker as one of the spot prizes.

Photos by Jarvie Tunnicliffe