Writing well before the final results are in, we are able to say with a reasonable amount of confidence that V.U.C. has regained that unenvied trophy, the wooden spoon (reserved, those of you who Don't Know, for the College which gains Least points at Tournament).

In fact, our debacle is very nearly a record—we collected only 6 points to the 44½ scooped by the winner, Otago.

We did our best work in Cricket (where Salient's sports editor, John Martin, was a team member), which accounts for 3½ of our points. Tennis and Boxing gave us a point each, and we picked up another ½ point in Rowing. Athletics. Basketball, Shooting and Swimming gave us nothing but the sheer joy of sportsmanship in having participated.

Details of interest to Vic. students are:

Athletics

Our C. McGuire ran third in the 880 yards, B. Finlayson in the same position in the 220 yards hurdles. We came second in the mile relay. We didn't manage to got anywhere else, and totalled only 9 points in the contest for the men's athletics shield, compared with Canterbury's 05 to win.

Among the women, J. Kale was second in the discus. We Rained only 3 points in the women's athletic shield contest, where Canterbury won with 42.

Tennis

Our tennis players were beaten at every stage—a sad let-down from the Eichelbaum-Boon-O'Neill days.

Swimming

L. Allen, of V.U.C., was third in the 100 yards men's freestyle, and Paviour-Smith was in the same place in the 100 yards men's backstroke. In diving, we did a little better.

Basketball

Here we lost all our games, but six of our players (Ros Taylor, Judith Thompson, Elizabeth Crisp, Janice Fraser, Marion Cameron and Judy Davenport) were selected for the North. Island rep. team.

Yachting

In yachting, we managed to win one race in the Armina (the fourth), and come second in another (the third) in the Legend.

We have no harsh feelings about the results—except possibly a passing regret that we did not do the best we could for the jolly old alma mater. But our great comfort is that if there weren't any losers, there wouldn't be a tournament. And if we didn't always win that wooden spoon, what would we do with that big space in our trophy-case?

Detailed descriptions of play, with some altruistic accounts of the performance of other Colleges, will be in hand in time for our special Capping issue—next week.