Men's

This year's tournament team should be notable for balanced team work and good all-round play. No player "carries" the team: the success it will undoubtedly have at tournament will be contributed to by all players.

At centre Neville Dawkins, a stocky "pivot" player who shows promise of becoming one of Victoria's [unclear: outstanding] players. Playing in a position with which he is not familiar, he has already given a very good account of himself in club competition, and is one of the team's consistent scorers. Dawkins is supported by two very fast-breaking forwards in Gerald Aitken and Derek Johnston. Both these players have ironed out shooting faults, and they and Dawkins now form a very formidable forward line. Newcomer from the B team, King Fletcher, is a fast, aggressive player, and from his recent performances it seems that he will be in the upper bracket of for-wards at tournament.

At the back of these players are guards Peter Doogue, Ken Stevenson and Bunny Honiss, all of whom have performed creditably in interclub com-petition. Honiss and Doogue (captain) can fill the forward and centre positions efficiently, giving the versatility necessary of players in tournament play. The tallest man, Stevenson, is a good all-round guard whose natural ability more than overrides his lack of experience.

Defensively this team is first class and will be one of the hard ones to score against at tournament. Offen-sively under the direction of coach Jim Lewis a very strong combination is being built. This will certainly be a team that will take a lot of stopping.

Women's

The VUC team this year is a very well balanced one, having a solid core of most experienced a and seasoned players, along with one or two who are relatively new to the game but who are showing distinct promise.

We were runners-up to Otago last year from whom we are also expecting our stiffest opposition this year.

Team personalities ore:

Forwards: Ina Bowman a very experienced player who was explain of AUC last year and also in the NZU team. This year she has represented Wellington. Judy Davenport, a most promising player who was in the NZU team last year and is now in the Wellington representative training squad. Elisabeth Crisp is having her first season at indoor and has been promoted from the B Grade side for tournament She is a good outdoor player with a good pair of hands and should adapt herself well to the indoor courts.

Guards: Kath Bedingfield is one of the outstanding players in the side who repped for NZU last year and Wellington this year. A very confident and energetic person on the court. Penelope Riske is on the verge of the A team and was in the tournament team last year. Her play is neat and versatile. Julie Walpole is another first year player. Julie usually plays in the B team and is very tail with a good pair of hands. Hazel Blick (captain) has a very fine record and is in both the Wellington and NZU teams—she has been captain of the latter since 1958. Hasel is probably the best player in the side and a moat capable and popular leader.