Monash Sport's Social Sport Program Continues to Grow

Professor David Copolov OAM - Pro Vice-Chancellor presented the medals to the 2014 winners of the Monash Social Sport competition.

Professor Copolov and Brett Lavale with winners of the 2014 Semester 2 Social Sport Competition.

Professor Copolov spoke as he presented the awards, commenting on the invaluable employability skills students gain from participating in team sports, such as discipline, perseverance, determination, team work, selflessness and resilience.

Driector of Monash Sport, Brett Lavale, presented the awards with Professor Copolov.

"Sport and recreation is an important part of campus life and the student experience at Monash University," said Mr Lavale.

"In 2014, over 500 teams comprising of approximately 4,000 student participants competed in the Monash Sport Social Sport programs in a variety of sports including basketball netball, futsal and dodgeball."


Monash Sport's Social Sport Program continues to grow with over 3,000 participants per semester this year. 

532 teams participated in social sport competitions in 2014, including our Summer, Semester One, Semester Two competitions, Monash Games, Champions League, MRS competition and the Postgraduate Competition.

Each year Monash Sport celebrates Social Sport with our annual Monash Games event where students and staff from all Victorian Monash Campuses to compete together over one week in July in futsal, netball, basketball and dodgeball competitions.

Monash Games is now in its ninth year, and had 75 teams with over 600 students competing this year.