Salient. Official Newspaper of Victoria University of Wellington Students Association. Vol. 40 Number 4. March 21 1977

Boring Sports Blurb

Boring Sports Blurb

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Victoria was the centre of New Zealand Universities Sports Administration last weekend, as preparations for Raster Tournament swang into their final formal phases.

They began on Friday afternoon, when Sports Officer from Auckland and Lincoln arrived for preliminary talks with Peter Thrush about the different things he has planned for this Easter Tournament.

The biggest change from previous years is the proposal to rent competitors rooms in the Halls of Residence. The students who normally occupy the rooms are being offered a full rent rebate if they wish to go home for Easter, and make their rooms available for sportspersons.

So if you live in one of the Halls and have been thinking of going away for Easter see your Warden for a full rebate!

Another change is the earlier starting time of Tournament. While play need not commence until Saturday, agreement was reached that the players would arrive in time for competition to begin on Friday afternoon. With a full day on Saturday and Sunday and another ½ day on Monday for some sports an extra day's play has been gained.

This extra day is for the Super Stars completion on Monday. At the Sports Dinners on Sunday night 3 men and 3 women will be nominally from each sport. On Monday these reps will undergo an exciting, gruelling testing series of events designed to sort out the Super Stars.

After these informal discussions with the Sports Officers the 'heavies' arrival for the resident Executive meeting of N.Z.U.S.U., where it was revealed that NZUSU had come in under budget this year, due to good administration. Another sign of good administration was the fact that the Blues Awards for the last few years were finally satisfied.

[A "Blue" is the highest award for Sporting Excellence].

One of N.Z.U.S.U's main functions is organizing Overseas Tours, mostly with Australia. To assist him in his task the Tours Officer, Murray Osmond, has been granted a trip to the A.G.M. of the A.U.S.A. to present our case for reciprocal tours.

The meeting closed with a discussion of the assistance N.Z.U. could give the various Sports Councils. It was resolved that each Executive Member should take as a Portfolio several Councils and assist them in their running. At 9 the following morning more heavies arrived, including the Treasurers of the other Associations or their representatives for the Finance Commission.

The final accounts for last years' two tournaments were presented and approved, then it was the turn of Dick Langford as Tournament Treasurer, to present the Budget for Easter 77. Budgets are always examined very carefully by the Various Treasurers as each University pays for a portion of the cost.

This is termed the Recovery Account, and is made up of Venue Hire, Equipment costs, transport, advertising, and costs directly related to Tournament. These are paid for at a basic 4% to each University, then the balance is divided between all constituents in proportion to their rolls as at June 30 of the preceding year.

The Budgeting was very carefully done in most cases and was ably presented by Dick Lngford assisted by the Tournament Controller, and the Assistant Controller Liz Dengate.

The meeting finally closed around 1.00 with delegates darting off to the airport, glad it was all over for another year, or at least, till the A.G.M.