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Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 26, No. 11. 1963.

Tourney Sports To Otago VUW Fought Back

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Tourney Sports To Otago VUW Fought Back

From the second day of Tournament Otago looked likely to repeat last year's success. As tourney results continued to come in the dailies were looking for varients of the basic "Otago winning" headline formula. Although Otago finished with a clear lead, Victoria, Auckland and Canterbury never let the local teams get complete control.

Taking first place in the Men's Foil and the Men's Epee, and second in the Men's Sabre and Women's Foil, Victoria, last year's winner, went on to a convincing win in the Fencing. Canterbury was second and Otago third. Victoria had three straight wins in the Men's Foil and won this section of the competition. Canterbury, with two wins, was second and Otago, one win, was third.

In the Women's Foil, Canterbury, three wins, took first place. Victoria, one loss, was second, and Otago, two losses, was third. Victoria won all three of its matches in the Men's Epee to gain first place over Otago and Canterbury. Auckland was fourth.

Canterbury's three wins in the Men's Sabre gave it winning points in this section. Victoria, two wins and one loss, was second, and Otago, one win and two losses, was third. Victoria fencers Tony Black, David Hurley, David Lind-Mitchell, Julia Einhorn and Lorna McKenzie, gained places in the NZU team.

Although Victoria was beaten into fourth place in the Judo, this is not a true reflection of the team's performance. Only three points separated Auckland and Victoria. Had Victoria won one more bout they would have tied with Auckland for second place.

In the restricted teams event, Victoria improved greatly and gained in confidence. John Morton in particular improved rapidly.

Although the standard of play in Table Tennis this year was not very high, there were some very close games. In the teams matches Victoria went through the five rounds unbeaten, although they had close calls against both Otaeo and Canterbury, winning 11-10 in both matches.

In the individual matches, unseeded B. Neale (Vic.) caused an unset when he beat seed R. Armstrong and M. Coppen to reach the final. B. Prendergast (Vic.) coasted his way through the preliminary rounds, reaching the final without losing a game. He proved too strong for Neale, winning over four sets.

For the second successive year Victoria won the Men's Indoor Basketball. VUW were drawn to play AU in the lost Tournament game: the lead changed time and again in an exciting fast match of marvellous shooting—at half time AU led 31-28 and it was only in the last quarter that VUW, with its superior shooting, drew away to win 59-53.

The VUVV-OU game resulted in a 42-41 win to VUW. Their win occurred when H. Mainwaring casually netted two foul shots at full time when the score was 41-40 to OU.

Massey, the dark horse team of the competition, bustled its way to a win over Victoria, gaining second equal place in the tournament with Auckland. Both teams collected three tournament points each.

Women's hockey was hampered by rain, mud and rough grounds. Victoria, although losing to Otago 4-0, was the only team to hold the winners, Auckland. Wins against Massey and Canterbury gained the team second place.

Victoria's effort in the Badminton eave it a win over Canterbury 12-4 and Auckland 10-6. Victoria gained second place after a defeat 10-6 by Otago. E. C. Lim and J. Mowat found places in the NZU Team, which was beaten by Otago Rep. team 12-4.

Last year's squash rackets winners, Canterbury, again won this event. Victoria and Otago were placed second and third, respectively. Hawkes (Victoria) was very fit and displayed some remarkable returning. With more experience in squash he should be outstanding. Victoria's Christie also showed promising natural ability.

Victoria gained third place in the Soccer. Victoria players G. Wall, R. Sharman and T. Hayward were selected for the NZU team. In a closely-fought match this team was beaten by the Otago under-20 team, 4-3.