Salient. Victoria University of Wellington Students' Newspaper. Vol. 32, No. 20. September 4, 1969
Indoor basketball
Indoor basketball
Men
Vic could only manage fourth playing here being convincingly defeated by Canterbury 109-57, narrowly beaten by Otago 71-51 and Auckland 79-70, Victoria's only win was against Masey 78-40.
The 1969 Tournament saw Canterbury the 1967, 1968 winners toppled by Otago 106-71. In fact Canterbury could only manage third place overall, as they were beaten by Auckland 75-60.
One Vic player D. Agnew, besides being selected for the NZU 'A' team to play Otago was also recomended for a NZU blue. Another Vic rep. D. McLeod was selected for the NZU 'B' team.
Women
Canterbury asserted its supremacy here winning the section for the fourth successive year Easy wins were recorded against Auckland (62-26), Massey (44-7) and Vic (54-10), However Canterbury had to fight hard in the final against Otago just making it 39-37.
Vic besides being beaten by Canterbury, lost to Otago 42-14 and narrowly to Auckland 35-33. Victoria only just avoided finishing bottom by beating Massey 24-22 in a close hard-fought game.