UNSW Sport's night of nights celebrates community's resilience

There was joy in the air on Friday night as UNSW Sport celebrated two years of sporting achievements and presented the inaugural Alex Blackwell Award.

The annual UNSW Blues and Sport Awards Dinner celebrated winners across two years of sport. Photo: UNSW Sport

A few short weeks before the scheduled date of the 2020 UNSW Blues and Sport Awards Dinner, the world shut down due to COVID-19 and plans had to be abandoned.

On Friday, after 54 consecutive days of no community transmission in NSW, the event was at last able to go ahead, with two years’ worth of achievements to celebrate.

Community sport was hit hard by the pandemic in

UNSW Founders announces inaugural Sir Rupert Myers Sustainability Award

Naomi Tarszisz has been recognised for contributing to a more sustainable world, by establishing a company that creates reusable takeaway containers.

UNSW alumna Naomi Tarszisz. Photo: UNSW.

Naomi Tarszisz, founder of Replated, is winner of the inaugural Sir Rupert Myers Sustainability Award. 

The award has been established through the