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* Vic fencing team - a string of successes

Victoria's wins at fencing are becoming monotonous. Their consecutive wins cannot be counted on the ringers of two hands. Alone!!

This year, with their Captain, David Hurley, and Vice-Captain, David Lind-Mitchell, involved in the responsibilities of tournament organisation, it was felt that the team had its toughest ordeal to face in many years. (Not to say that the going turned out to be easy!) Indeed, the team was heard to express on a couple of occasions, that a win by another club this year would probably be a good thing for University fencing generally. Not to be, however! The reason, you ask? When Vic fences in tournament, it does so as one team and not 10 individuals. Without doubt, no team fights with such determination and vigour as Vic. It is also the team which seems to enjoy itself as much as, if not more than any other. On the piste, everything within the bounds of sportsmanship is in deadly earnest.

The result: David Hurley and Z. Apathy in the 1965 Tournament NZU foil team. Hurley as Captain. Hurley, winner of the NZUFC Maitre d'Armes trophy; Apathy undefeated top seed in sabre. David Lind-Mitchell second in sabre, and second equal in the Maitre d'Armes trophy. Helen Schwarz again an NZU Blue, undefeated against Wellington Province, and second in the Ladies' Individual. Other team members from previous years—Tony Black and Elizabeth Stanford. New team members who showed considerable promise—Sandra Willson, Lee Ellingham, Malcolm Robins and Steve Sherring. More experience should make these young fencers strong contenders in Auckland, 1966.

Probably the most appropriate fact was that the definite result of Tournament and Victoria's chances of an outright win for the first time in eleven years, depended upon the fencing, which has long been one of the principal sources of Vic tournament points, and the one event which Victoria has won with even more monotonous regularity than the (cursed be the name) wooden spoon.

With a prospective NZU fencing tow to Australia in May, 1966, and vigorous competition for team places, the universities fencing scene is anticipated to be a strong and interesting one.

The overall result: V.U. 1st. C.U. 2nd, A.U. 3rd.

V.U. Won men's foil and sabre, 3rd in women's foil, and 3rd equal in epee.

C.U. Won women's foil, second in sabre, third in men's foil, 3rd equal in epee.

A.U. Second in men's and women's foil, 2nd equal in epee.

Individual Results in Weapons:

Women—foil (teams): 1st equal, H. Schwarz (V.U.) and D. Swain (C.U.); 3rd, R. Lee (C.U.); 4th, I. Melton (A.U.).

Men's foil: 1st, J. Gaudin (A.U.); 2nd, G. Saunders (C.U.); 3rd, D. Hurley (V.U.); 4th, Z. Apathy (V.U.).

Epee: 1st, D. Gibbs (M.U.); 2nd B. Dorking (A.U.); 3rd equal (D. McMeekin (O.U.) and G. Sanders (C.U.)

Sabre: 1st, Z. Apathy (V.U.); 2nd, D. Lind-Mitchell (V.U.); 3rd, D. McMeekin (O.U.); 4th, D. Hurley (V.U.).

NZUFC Cup for Ladies (Individual): 1st, Diane Swain (C.U.); 2nd, Helen Schwarz (V.U.); 3rd, Susan Parfitt (C.U.).

NZUFC Cup (Maitre d' Armes: for highest performance in foil, epee and sabre): 1st. David Hurley (V.U.); 2nd equal, John Gaudin (A.U.) and D. Lind-Mitchell (V.U.).

Sports Editor Geoff Rashbrooke has come up with an escape route from his predicament. With a quick burst of reasoning and dubious mathematics he comes up with the following argument:

1.	The undertaking was to eat the sports page if Victoria did not get within 10 points of the winning team.
2.	The winning team won 60 tournament points.
3.	The page does not have to be eaten if Victoria gets between 50 and 70 points, since this is the meaning of "within 10 points."
4.	Victoria won 60 points.
5.	Thus Victoria got between 50 and 70 points.
6.	Therefore Geoff does not have to eat his page.

Good argument, eh what?