Otago Makes it hat-trick Victoria wins only Fencing

Victorious in the 1967 and 1968 Winter Tournaments, Otago made it a hatrick with a convincing demonstration of its sporting supremacy in Winter Tournament sport.

Otago, in fact, was first home in some 10 out of the 15 official sports.

Wins were registered in badminton, squash, crosscountry, golf, outdoor basketball, men's indoor basketball, judo, tabletennis, skiing and women's hockey.

Canterbury with wins in the smallbore shooting, women's indoor basketball, soccer (shared with Auckland), and men's hockey, virtually Completed the South Island universities dominance.

Victoria's only major success was in the fencing where a strong Vic contingent retained its title, winning the men's foil, epeé and sabre and finished second in the women's foil. Minor placings achieved were second in golf, cross country and smallbore shooting and thirds in badminton and outdoor basketball. As expected an improved Vic team competed with distinction in the Drinking Horn , winning, with a vague recollection, at least th teams' medley.

One matter that will have to be cleared up before teams go away to Tournament is the question of eligibility of members to complete. Both the men's and women's hockey teams were placed in an embarrassing position in Dunedin because of the failure to do just this.

The final Winter Tournament Shield points were—Otago 90, Canterbury 60, Auckland 30, Victoria, 24, Massey 4, Lincoln 2, Waikato 0.

Outlined below are reports on most of the sports competed for at Dunedin. Coverage of skiing, fencing, and smallbore shooting, will be given in next week's issue of Salient.