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Salient. The Newspaper of Victoria University College. Vol. 20, No. 3. April 12, 1956

Swimming

Swimming

The overall standard in this year's NZU Swimming Carnival was on a par with that in previous years. Two NZU records were broken during the course of the meeting, by G. Leach (Auckland) in the 100yds. men's butterfly and Miss B. Ross (Otago) is the women's medley. The NZU Swimming Shield was won by Otago, with Auckland second and Canterbury in third place.

J. Hamilton of Victoria was the outstanding men's competitor, annexing two titles, namely the 100 and 220. His outstanding performances in these two events won him the award of his second NZU Blue for swimming.

The other Victoria competitors did not compete with any great success, and it was left to the water polo team to restore Victoria's prestige at the Tournament. The team was highly successful and won the NZU water polo championships. The side defeated Otago 8-1, Auckland 5-1 and drew with Canterbury 1-1. Outstanding players for VUC were B. Trotter and T. Verhoeven, [unclear: a] of whom weir selected to play for New Zealand Universities against a Wellington side. T. Verhoeven was perhaps the outstanding water polo player at the tournament and his goal-keeping in the NZU game was impeccable.