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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 1, No. 6 April 13, 1938

Tournament

Tournament

To-morrow our teams and their supporters leave for Auckland. We wish them every success. Taken all round, and viewing our prospects without undue optimism, it seems that we are sending away a stronger contingent than last year. We hope that this will prove to be so, for although last year's performance was in many respects excellent, an improvement upon that performance is urgently required.

V.U.C. does seem to be growing stronger in many branches of sport. Were our representatives at the Easter Tournament to win the Tournament Shield, sport at the College would receive a much needed lift up at a very important time. Failure to improve upon last year's performance would of course be received with resignation and good sportsmanship, but would tend to make permanent an inferiority complex which one senses about the place, and from which we are at the moment gradually freeing ourselves.

Whichever way the result goes, we know that the teams this year have, without exception, taken their preparation seriously. They are fit, and, win or lose, will give of their best. Let's hope we see the green and gold out in front every time.

The supporters have a duty to the teams too. They are not expected to go to bed early, as the players are; but they should not forget that many a Tournament event has been won just because the victor was given that little bit of extra encouragement from the supporters which enabled him to put his nose in front of the others and keep it there, and [unclear: they] are expected to provide this. When our representatives leave for Auckland to-morrow, they carry with them the good wishes of every student at V.U.C.

—A.H.S.