Tournament, 1934

Tournanment this year, as most students know, or should know, is to be held at Christchurch at Easter. The V.U.C. team, joining up with a large party from Auckland, will just about till the steerage accommodation on the "Wahine" n the Thursday night, the 29th March, and "ye olde Sign of ye Lane's Emulsion" at Lyttelton will look down on a really large contingent on Good Friday morning.

At present the team itself is expected to be about fifty-five strong, and in addition about forty supporters will be travelling with the team.

Arrangements at Canterbury College are well in hand, and some news from C.U.C. on another page gives some idea of the welcome awaiting us. The men in charge are J. G. D. Ward (Chairman) and E. H. Carew (Hon. Secretary-Treasurer), and they can be expected to make things go without a hitch from start to finish.

All the grounds, etc., with the exception of those for Basketball and Rowing, have been fixed for some time. The Boxing will be held In the Choral Hall, Swimming at the Municipal Tepid Baths, Athletics at Lancaster Park, and Tennis on the centre grass courts at Wilding Park. In conjunction with the Boxing, C.U.C. are attempting to arrange a short Fencing display bout similar to that staged at the Tournament in Wellington in 1932.

Last year, at Auckland, V.U.C. did not carry off their fair share of the trophies. The Basketball Shield, Relay Cup, and Ladies' Cup are the only Tournament trophies reposing in the glass case in the Hall, and these will be taken down by the team and defended at Christchurch. The Ladies' Cup is held by the representative who scores the most points in the Athletics Tournament, and is at present held by our star sprinter, F. H. Stephenson, who won the 100 yards and 220 yards, and who will be defending his titles again this year.

V.U.C. Tournament representatives usually array themselves in College Ties, but unfortunately the supply has run out, and as it is necesasry to have them manuafctured, it is doubtful at the moment whether the new ties will arrive in time. However, there are still a number of the old ones in use, and these, plus a liberal supply of olive green and old gold ribbon, will ensure that V.U.C. is seen as well as heard.