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Salient: Victoria University of Wellington Students' Newspaper. Vol. 32, No. 9. 1969.

Sport With Ian Stockwell — 28 Years Late

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Sport With Ian Stockwell
28 Years Late

The glamour sports event of the last week of term promises to be the Botany-Zoology rugby match to be held on the Boyd-Wilson Field on Friday at 10.30 a.m.

The referee is (he wellknown Vic sporting personality Rod Trott.

The game is to decide possession of the Kirk Cup for the first time in 28 years.

The original Kirk Cup was a tin fascimile presented by Professor Kirk and played for from 1928-41.

When Prof Kirk retired from the chair of biology in 1944 the students replaced the original cup with a genuine trophy cup to help perpetuate the annual rugby match.

However, this failed to arouse students from either department to any great physical effort and the competition has been allowed to lapse until this year.

A spokesman for one of the teams informed me that the players have been selected by ability so it should be interesting to sec what the game turns out like.

The teams are as follows:

Botany

Chris Bell, Rick Bull, Bob Chinnock, Steve Craig, Ross Fletcher, Mike Keen, Dave Knox, Matt McGlone, Max Overton, Geoff Park, Geoff Rickards, Al Rowlands, Perry Skilton, Garth Smith, Graeme Smith.

Zoology

(Emergencies included)

Rick Bignall, Terry Dyer, Dave Flaws, Bruce Godfriaux, Allan Hoverd, John McCoy, Don Newman, Malcolm Parslow, Chris Peterson, John Ruck, Gurchan Singh, Garry Stephenson, Peter Todd, Bob Wear, John Wineera, Brent Woon.

On the composition of the teams Zoology would seem to be far superior with Botany scraping the bottom of the barrel to make up a team.

But, the Botany cheer squad of Warren Burke, Leon Goldsmith, Barry Sneddon and Peter Williams ably led by Botany Honours student Jennifer Frederickson could unnerve the Zoologists sufficiently to allow Botany to win.

An Incident in the Anzac Day game between University and Petone. Players (from left): Ian Uttley, Jim Brown (with ball) and Alan Osborne. • Dominion photo.

An Incident in the Anzac Day game between University and Petone. Players (from left): Ian Uttley, Jim Brown (with ball) and Alan Osborne.
• Dominion photo.

Soccer Report

University gave an inept display in going down 1-3 to Raumati Hearts on 26 April.

After a fairly even first half, and the half-time score 1-1, it seemed possible that University could register its first championship points of the season.

However, the Raumati side dispelled any such hopes when it scored goals in the 10th and 30th minutes of the second half.

Steve Palmer scored the goal for University.

The performance of the University side was most disapponting, especially in the second half, and Raumati Hearts fully deserved its victory as its play was superior in all departments.

The second team lost its unbeaten record when it lost 3-1 to Western Suburbs.

In a fairly even game, the Varsity side gave the best performance seen from it so far this season.

The result was in doubt until a few minutes from the end, when with the score 2-1 in Western Suburbs favour and Varsity attacking strongly, Western Suburbs broke away and scored the goal that put the result beyond doubt.

Huroon Lateef scored for University.

The third team moved to the top of the Fourth Division by virtue of its 4-3 victory over Seatoun in the early game at Kelburn Park.

The win was a particularly good one as the University side was depleted by defections because of the long weekend.

The game was a personal triumph for Varsity skipper, Ian Brown, who scored a "hat-trick".

The other University goal was scored by Jeff Walls.

Down in the grades the only team to win was the Senior Seventh Division "A" team, which beat Stop Out 1-0.

The only goal of the game was scored by Charles Kaggwa.

The Senior Seventh Division B team had a bye and all the other teams lost.

Scores and scorers:

Senior First Division team lost to Raumati Hearts 1-3, S. Palmer; Senior Second Division team lost to Western Suburbs 1-3, H. Lateef; Senior Fourth Division team beat Seatoun 4-3, I. Brown (3), J. Walls; Senior Fifth Division team lost to Stokes Valley 0-3; Senior Sixth Division team lost to Wellington Diamond United 3-5, R. Fraser, W. Topping, H. Webber; Senior Seventh Division "A" team beat Stop Out 1-0, C. Kaggwa; Senior Seventh Division "B" team—a bye; Senior Seventh Division "C" team lost to Newlands 1-5, J. McCaffrey.

Hunt massacres opposition

Ian Hunt, who finished third in the 6 miles Easter Tournament, massacred the opposition in the VUW Harrier Club's Novice Cup Race.

He turned in a record-breaking performance of 13 min. 46.8 sec. for the hilly 2½-mile course run from the Worser Bay Surf Club.

His time took 9 sec. off the record set by Dave Bullock in 1967.

But the open record of 13 min. 40 sec. set by Tony Woolhouse in 1967 escaped unscathed.

The Novice Cup is competed for by harriers who have not won a major cross country race since leaving secondary school.

Second in this year's Novice Cup was a newcomer to the club from Switzerland, Peter Koenig.

He returned a creditable 14 min. 6 sec. to be 10 sec. clear of club captain Tony Burge who finished third in 14 min. 16 sec.

Last year's Novice Cup winner, Ian Stockwell, won the Open Race in a lime of 13 min. 55 sec.

Second was the titleholder Tony Woolhouse in 15 min. 11 sec. and third well back was Dave Bullock.

The V.U.W. Harrier Club in a special general meeting held recently elected its fourth ever Life Member, John Riseborough.

John Riseborough, a stalwart of the club for the past 21 years, besides representing Vic at Winter Tournament while a student was also a delegate to the harrier subcommittee of the Wellington Centre for 10 years and a Vice President of the Victoria Harrier Club since 1958.

Not least of his work for the club has been his laying of the course each year for the Club's own champs held at Paekakariki.

The other life members are Dr. F. B. Shorland, Dr. J. C. Hawke and Mr. G. C. Sherwood.

Highlights for club members this year promise to be the trip to Massey, the centre champs at Blenheim, Winter Tournament at Dunedin, the Wellington-Masterton relay and the Takahe-Akaroa relay at Christchurch in September.

From the GYM

New Teams For Term II: As the first term intramural finals in badminton, soccer, basketball, and volleyball have now been played, the second term knockout competitions are being drawn up immediately.

If you have a new team which you wish to enter in the second term competitions, it is essential that you contact the Physical Welfare Staff before the end of Term— otherwise you will Not be included in the draw.

Intramural Results Monday (28 April-1 May) —Badminton League:

Geology, 28; Chemistry, 22; Staff, 21; Zoology, 21; English, 19; ELI, 15; Australia, 12; Geography, 12; Glenmore, 6; Philsophy, 6.

TuesdayBadminton League: Biochem, 11; Maths, 10; Education, 9; History, 7; Helen Lowry, 7; Q.A., 5; 2 + 2, 4; Hutt 2.

WednesdaySoccer

Intramural Games are played during the lunch hours—between 12-2 p.m.

You may enter a team in any of the following competitions:

Mon.—Badminton, 4 players (2 men, 2 women).

Tues.—Badminton, 4 players (2 men, 2 women).

Wed.—Soccer — 4 players (men).

Thurs.—Basketball, 5 players (men or women).

Fri.—Volleyball, 6 players (mixed).

Results: Tawa 6, Weir (All Stars) 2; Fiji 2, Weir (N-N) 0; Samoa 5, Treasury 1; St. Pat's 1, Johnsonville 10; Law (Staff) 2, Geography 10; Lower Hutt City 4, Taita 1; Scots 2, Law 4.

ThursdayBasketBall League: Hargtaugh, 14; Nelson-Staff, 14; All Stars, 6; ELI, 6; Chemistry, 6; Hutt High, 6; Rudman, 4; Weir, 4; Helen Lowry, 4; Economics, 4.

Rugby Report

Early season lack of combination has been evident in many University Club teams. This must be overcome quickly if our teams are to win games early.

Many of the lower grade teams a remain at this early stage, rather unknown quantities.

But the powerful Junior 5th C division team has already shown it will be difficult to beat.

Both the Senior B (2 wins, 1 loss) and the Senior C team (1 win, 2 losses) have exhibited considerable potential and should find themselves in the top six of their respective grades when time for grade division comes. A comparative lack of weight in the forwards of these teams is being overcome as players become fully fit.

The Senior A team with three wins in four games is at time of writing second equal on the points ladder.

Though the team went down to Petone (25 April) the pack went as eight men rather more than had been evident in earlier games.

The backs tried hard, but close marking and fine general defence by Petone kept them, out.

Mention should be made of new fullback John Smith who came through the testing game with merit.

This year the club has 14 teams entered — two fewer than last season.

This drop in support is reflected in the fact that only 19 players turned up to the trials for the under-19 team.

This drop in the number of young players coming forward is both difficult to account for, and disturbing to the club.

The club views this grade with the greatest of interest as it is from here that the stars of tomorrow will come from.