Badminton

The Badminton team is practising for Tournament in, a mood of cautious optimism. It expects to meet strong op-position from Otago. but is hoping that the more balanced team which is playing this year may be able to repeat the tournament winning performance of the 1965 team.

The men's team consists of Lim El Chiat, Brian Quirke, Patrick Tan, Peter Wilson and Brian Hadfield. Once again the main strength is in Lim El Chiat, who has represented NZU every year since 1963. His consistency can be relied upon. Patrick Tan has represented Victoria in 1965 and 1966 and is an experienced player; while the other three are all playing in their first tournament.

The girls are Janet Miles, Jocelyn Trewby, Patricia Tipler, Shirley Chew and Stella Zachariadis. Janet and Jocelyn played for NZU in 1966 and 1965 respectively, and they, with Stella, have previously played for Victoria. The girls are playing well and are a very much stronger team than played at Auckland last year.