Cricket Representatives

This year the local cricket team is considered by the experts to be a strong side and should give a good account of itself during the Tournament. It contains a well balanced mixture of experienced players and some promising newcomers. Team members are:

John Martin (captain): John has had a great deal of tournament experience and has performed consistently well in senior cricket over the part few years. His medium pace swing bowling should be a great asset to the team.

David Ward (vice-captain): David has just completed a particularly good senior season as an aggressive batsman, scoring over 400 runs at an average of 34.5. He will be playing in his fourth tournament.

John Behrent: John is a newcomer to Victoria but has proved a very useful allrounder in the senior side. He played two games for the Wellington Plunket Shield side this season.

Kit Bond: Kit is another newcomer to the Tournament team. He is the side's wicket keeper and also a useful attacking batsman.

Stewart Crombie: Stew is another allrounder who should do well. His slow bowling will prove handy if the pitches are at all damp.

Michael Lance: Michael is a left-hand opening bat who should do well at Tournament. An N.Z.U. representative many times, Michael was also chosen for the N.Z.U. tour of Australia where he performed very well.

Bruce Murray: Although a newcomer to the Tournament team Bruce has had a great deal of first class cricket. A member of the Plunket Shield team last season he batted very well against the visiting M.C.C. side and this season he was very successful during the Colts tour of Australia.

John Park: John for many years represented Canterbury University at cricket and his off-break bowling should prove extremely useful. John has represented N.Z.U. at cricket many times.

Michael Pope: Michael is a middle order batsman who should do well this Easter. He will be playing in his third tournament.

Don Poulton: Don is one of the best stroke players in the club and if he gets going should be a delight to watch.

Gerald Rose: Gerry is a newcomer to Tournament cricket but he played Plunket Shield cricket last season for Central Districts. A fine opening batsman he looks as if he will reach his best form for the Tournament matches.

Tony Thomas: Another newcomer to Tournament, Tony is a fine new ball bowler. The opening attack of John Behrent and Tony should prove dangerous.

Tournament Basketball

The team includes: Anita Greig, Ann Hunter, Kina Wills, Lorna Mackenzie, Bridget Kerr, Lorraine Irwin, Judith Baunton, Elaine Lynskey, Jackie Heiford and Joy Mitchell.

Lorna: "A daughter of the gods, divinely tall,

And most divinely fair." Kino; "Tis only when they spring to heaven that angels

Reveal themselves to you." Ann: "A harmless, necessary cat." Joy: "When youth is fallen, there's hope the young may rise,

But fallen age forever hopeless lies."

Anita: "A pleasant smiling cheek, a speaking eye."

Jackie: "Action is transitory—a step, a blow."

Lorraine: "O small beginnings, ye are great and strong."

Bridget: "... steady wins the race."

Judith:" . . . Rightly to be great."

Elaine: "New honours come upon her."

Tournament Prospects

As far as Tournament is concerned, Victoria should field its strongest athletic team ever. In fact there is a distinct possibility of getting out of a fourth place rut (but whether into third or fifth place we can't say).

Those who could well take N.Z.U. titles are: John Hawkes (hurdles), Ian McAusland, Dave Beauchamp (880 yards and mile), Laurie Croxon (long jump), P. Von Dadelzen (high jump), Mary Holderness (field events) and Janet Davies (hurdles and long jump). But many others in the Team must be conceded a good chance in their events—they know who they are!

The Tournament Athletics Meeting is being held at the Basin Reserve on April 16, so don't forget to turn out and cheer your team to ... perhaps even victory?

Yachting Now An Official Tournament Sport

This year yachting becomes an official tournament sport, and the V.U.W. Yacht Club hopes to celebrate the occasion by making the yachting at Easter a truly memorable event. The races will be sailed on the Paremata Harbour in conjunction with the annual Paremata Easter Regatta, the largest four-day regatta in New Zealand, attracting about 150 boats of all classes.

Idle Along class yachts will be used for Tournament. These are two-man boats in light or moderate breeze, but require a crew of three in heavy weather. Crews are entered from Auckland, Victoria, Canterbury, Otago and Massey, the last being a newcomer to the sport. Boats are changed for each race so that five races will be necessary to give the crews a turn in each boat. Two races will be held on Saturday, one on Sunday morning, and two on Monday. The University craft may easily be distinguished from other regatta boats by a large "U" on the mainsail as well as the normal "I" class symbol.

The crew from Victoria: T. Brandon (skipper), R. Moody and E. Slyfield (crew).

Defence Rifles

The shooting team has lost four of last year's record-breaking team. But team members, after practicing regularly, are confident of keeping the Haslam Shield in Wellington for another year.

Team captain and N.Z.U. sharpshooter is Graham Ward, a 1959 Victoria Blue.

A dark horse, but one a great deal is expected of, is fresher Alan Walker.

Veteran social shooter is Tony Knight, a N.Z.U, representative last year.

Two team members, Bruce Mansell and Pete Bennett, just missed making last year's team and are all out to avenge their omission.

Another veteran, from Canterbury University, is Phil Collins. A one-time Blue, he turns in a good performance when not suffering from acute 'Tournament Hangover.'

Last place is being shot out by Noel Ashley and Ian Hoggard, another veteran from C.U.