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ROAR | FROM THE EDITORROAR magazine.now 11 editions young.WHAT MATTERS MOST.For the Sydney University Cricket Club (SUCC) the 2010-11 season can only be described in one way – recordbreaking.This season the Cricket Club were Belvidere Cupminor-premiers and became the first to win all three majorcompetitions – the Belvidere Cup (two-day competition),the Limited Overs Cup (50 over a side competition) and thePoidevin Gray Shield (Under 21 competition) – in the SydneyGrade competition.Aaron Scott delves (page 12) into the major changes that havebeen made at SUCC to help turn a club from one that wasstuck in the groove of defeat to one that has set the highestof standards and vowed to create a culture of winning like noother in history.The recent creation and implementation of the SydneyUniversity Elite Athlete Program (EAP) has proved instrumentalin SUCC’s dominance of Sydney Grade Cricket. This programhas enabled 28 young cricketers to train 48 weeks of the yearunder the guidance of full-time coach Gary Whitaker – whowas recently named the 2010-11 Sydney Grade Cricket Coachof the Year. This program has become the motor that haspowered the club’s success.The Cricket Club is certainly not the only SUSF club to havebenefited from the EAP, and this edition of ROAR is certainlytestament to that. Our premier men’s and women’s rugby unionteams, women’s wheelchair basketball, American football,Australian football, tennis, athletics, boat and women’s rowingclub (page 30), just to name a few, have all seen recent successthat can be largely attributed to the program.With winter just around the corner a number of our sportingclubs are gearing up for, or are in the midst of, theircompetitions (page 47). We also take a look at effective fitnesstips that can help you to improve your experience on theslopes (page 20) and training for fun runs, such as the City toSurf. They are a lot more fun when you’re prepared!With more sport and fitness stories included in this issue –our 11th – than ever before, we still find the time to chat withbubbly 2012 Olympic swimming hopeful Emma Gray (page8) about her goals and attributes, the impact of the EAP andthose controversial swim suits!Let’s hope that this issue helps to fire up your winter sport andfitness ambitions.ANDREW TILLEYEditor2 SYDNEY UNI SPORT & FITNESS