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Salient. The Newspaper of Victoria University College. Vol. 20, No. 7. August 9, 1956

VUC sending strong teams to Christchurch

VUC sending strong teams to Christchurch

More than 100 VUC students will travel to Christchurch this week-end for the NZU Winter Tournament, to be held there August 13. to 16. in addition to eleven sports teams (plus) emergencies, extras, hangerson, supporters, mascots and odd bods) there will be dramatists, orators, debators, delegates to NZUWTC, NZUSA, NZUSPC and WUS. And for the sake of perversity, there are bound to be some going for—yes, the Drinking Horn (shshshshsh).

Tournament will be officially opened on Sunday, August 12, but things won't really get hotted up until the next day. It all culminates in the climactic Tournament Ball on Thursday night. What a week—and the Third Teat at Lancaster Park on the Saturday for those who suffer from Rugby mania.

Reports reaching us from the south indicate that CUC's organization for the "last week of fun before the real work starts" will ensure that a couple of further weeks will be spent by participants in recuperating afterwards.

There have, however, been some slight disappointments. Despite several appeals to the Army authorities for the use of the King Edward Barracks (all unsuccessful) the indoor basketball will be played in the gymnasium at Wigram, where spectator accommodation is very limited. Even the NZU v. Canterbury match, one of the best spectator events of the week, will be played there.

However, the Drama contest will be held at the Repertory Theatre; VUC will produce an abridged version of the very successful New York show "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" by Tennessee Williams.

The debating and oratory contests will be held in the CUC hall. Badminton will be played in a motley of small halls spread over an area of the city sufficiently large to ensure plenty of training runs for the players.

Golf will be played at the Russley course, one of trie country's best. Cross-country running will be held over the usual course from the Stone House at Cashmere, while soccer and hockey will be held in various parts of Hagley Park. Fencing will be in the CUC Gymnasium, table tennis at the Selwyn Street Hall and smallbore rifle shooting at the Bangor Street range.

As for the numerous dances, parties and other social concomitants of Tournament—you'll find out where they are by the grapevine if they aren't in the programme.

Ah, yes, and we believe the daily press in our host city will be good enough to turn a blind eye to the most unofficial event associated with Tournament, the one we don't mention after what happened in Wellington at Easter.