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Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 28, No. 11. 1965.
The Men — and those Women!
The Men — and those Women!
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Ward-Holmes pops another two points into the basket, all of which lead to a 90-30 victory for Victoria over Massey.—Tony Adams photo.
VUW continued their winning ways in the men's Indoor Basketball, and were clearcut winners. They were hard-pressed by an unbeaten CU in what amounted to the final, but gained mastery in the last five minutes to secure victory.
The team was substantially the one at present leading the Wellington A grade league, and showed the advantage of playing in New Zealand's strongest Indoor Basketball Centre.
Five VUW players. G. Hellberg, P. Stannard, A. Bland, G. Jack, W. Ward-Holmes, were picked for the 10-man NZU squad to play Wellington A, while team-mate K. Elliot was selected for NZU B.
VUW defeated AU 47-32, MUM 90-30, CU 56-46, OU 65-47.
The VUW Women's Indoor Basketball team failed to be just that and as a result wound up in fourth place. They lost narrowly to AU by three points and by the time the team has played together for another season they should present a more formidable threat than at present.
Mary Hurst and Sue Jackson played well enough to make the NZU team, and once again, as consolation, VUW defeated MUM 31-22. Incidentally, CU, OU, and AU managed to tie for first place, producing the first three-way tie for at least 10 years and probably ever.