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Salient. Victoria University of Wellington Students' Newspaper. Vol. 32, No. 20. September 4, 1969

Sport With Ian Stockwell

Sport With Ian Stockwell

Otago Makes it hat-trick Victoria wins only Fencing

Winter Tournament 1969

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.

Cross country

The NZU 7½ mile crosscountry champs were held at Tirohanga, West Taieri, some 15 odd miles ut of Dunedin. The course of four 1⅞, miles laps proved to be a tough testing circuit consisting as it did of several patches of bog, ploughed fields, ditches, numerous fences and heavy ground conditions.

The Otago contingent excelled in the conditions on its home course easily winning the teams race for the fifth successive year. The points were Otago (28), Victoria (50), Canterbury (76), Massey (86), Auckland and Lincoln were well out of the picture.

Evan Robertson, NZU Champion 1967, 1968, considering the knee injury sustained this season ran well to take second place to Otago's Lyndsey Dey. Third berth was filled by Bruce Beath of Otago. Their respective times were: Dey 40m, 53.8s., Robertson 41m. 6s., Beath 41m. 30s.

As expected the Victoria team did not finish high in the individual placings, however the considerable depth in the runners enabled Vic to take second place in the team's race, one of the best performances by Victoria for many tournaments.

With the first four men home counting, the Vic's placings and times were: Martin Fisher (10 43m 15s, Ian Stock-well (11) 43m 21s, Eric Cairns (13) 43m 50s, Peter Simpson (16) 44 m 43s.

The addition of Ian Hunt (20) 46m 26s enabled Victoria easily to retain the Shackle-ford Cup for the top North Island University team (first five runners home counting). The final points were Victoria 70 and Massey 119.

Other Vic placings and times were: Tony Burgc (22) 47m 12s and Jhn Horsley (32) 51m 33s. There were some 42 starters in the race.

There were two welcome innovations this year. First there was the women's cross country race which Otago won convincingly as only Otago competitors entered. One has certain reservations about the invasion of women harriers into a traditional male preserve especially the Cross Country Dinner which was integrated this year for the first time. However, the Vic contingent performed well with several members failing to complete the courses and a club official was too indisposed to give his speech.

Another club member achieved distinction or more accurately notoriety by being the first person to have a technicolour yawn in the Jacobean Room in the new Union building extensions. Shades of 21 sherries!

The second innovation was the introduction of a social road relay race. This proved to be an enjoyable event with 4 member teams competing over a 4-lap 3½ mile circuit. Victoria entered two teams with the A team finishing 2nd to Otago. With some redistribution of runners Vic could have won the event as the B team was in front of the A team at the end of the first lap by 18 seconds, and the A team was only some six seconds behind Otago at the finish. Two Vic runners Martin Fisher (17m 14s) and Ian Hunt (17m 32s) ran well to take first equal and third fastest times respectively.

The NZU cross country which toured Australia comprised Paul Sumpeter (Capt.). Auckland; Keith Darling, Allstair Hassell, Bruce Beath, Lyndsey Dey, Chip Dunckley (all from Otago). Evan Roberts on (Massey was unavailable.

Merv Judge (Victoria), left, moves back in attempt to avoid an attack by T. Stevens (Otago) during the karate championships at Tournament.

Merv Judge (Victoria), left, moves back in attempt to avoid an attack by T. Stevens (Otago) during the karate championships at Tournament.

Golf

Playing on its home course at Balmacewen Otago convincingly won the golf championship with a total of 872. Second was last year's winners Victoria on 906 and third Canterbury 954. Totals for the other universities were Massey 961, Auckland 966 and Lincoln 1015.

Otago's number one player was G. E. Clarke who this year was selected for the second time to represent New Zealand in the Sloan-Morpeth trophy match, held annually between Australia and New-Zealand. Another prominent member was Paul Adams who now has three NZU golf blues, is considered to be one of the best lefthanders in the country and has now won the match-play title at tournament three years in a row. He is also a Southland Freyberg Rosebowl rep.

For the four rounds Otago's totals were 227, 216, 206 and 223 while the Vic reps scored 233, 232, 227 and 214, Rodney Barltrop was the top Vic individual turning in rounds of 73, 76, 72 and 65. This last round by Barltrop equalled the record which Clarke (Otago) had set in the third round for the new layout at Balmacewen. This was six under par. Clarke's other three rounds were 77, 68 and 71. Adams the number two for Otago carded rounds of 74, 73, 69 and 72.

Victoria's other reps Drury, Billington and Grayson carded best individual rounds of 80, 74 and 75 respectively.

Clarke defeated Barltrop 3 and 2 in the final of the matchplay golf championships. Clarke's 31 on the way out included an eagle at the first and three birdies after 9 holes. He was 3 under the card and 6 up on Barltrop. He needed only 13 putts in the 9 holes. Rodney Barltrop fought back to be only 2 under before the 15th but Clarke won the match on the 16th with a par.

Karate

First home in this sport held at Winter Tournament for the first time and therefore not counting for Tournament Shield points, was Auckland with a total of 11 points.

Second was Otago with seven points and third equal Victoria and Canterbury on six.

Auckland defeated Victoria 3-2, Canterbury 4-1 and Otago 4-1. As this shows Victoria were the only university to really extend Auckland.

Victoria also lost narrowly 2-3 to Otago and 2-3 to Canterbury. Otago defeated Canterbury 3-2 thereby ensuring Victoria of third equal position.

Two of Victoria's reps competed with distinction in the individual events. Merv Judge winning the Junior and Gill Jansen finishing third in the intermediate section. Warren Sharrock, also of Victoria took part in one of the highlights for Karate exponents, a Kata demonstration.