Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume 39, Number 18, July 26, 1976.

[Introduction]

Sports Council is an incorporated body which is not under the direct control of the Students Association. It has its own elected President, Secretary and Treasurer, along with 5 other committee members. The Council is elected each year from the A.G.M. of Sports Clubs, and at present has 8 members representing a wide range of sporting interests.

The Council has its own budget guaranteed by a subsidy of $1.50 per student under the Constitution. Its most basic function and perhaps its most important is the allocation of this money to Sports Clubs to assist in the improving of Sport, and to ensure that every student may have the opportunity to participate in Sport on campus.

Chris Hardy

Chris Hardy

Sports Council presents Blues Awards for outstanding achievement in Sport. Nominees must make an active contribution to their Sport and have a sufficiently high standard of play.

For the past few years, the membership of the Council has been relatively stable, with members staying on for more than one term of office. This has meant good working relationships have evolved, both within the Council and also with the Sports Clubs and the Association.