Harriers

The A.U. harrier team, which earlier gave hopes of retaining all three harrier trophies, has, since the club champs, been dogged by ill luck. Injuries have interrupted training, so that the team is not the uowerful combination that it could have been. G. Riddiford has pulled a muscle and has been advised to rest for a fortnight. W. Roberton has has the misfortune to twist an ankle and is off trainin, while Andrews has been troubled by a bruised shin and a heavy cold. Of our remaining hopes, R. McKinley has just caught the 'flu, M. Macky has yet to find form and M. Tizard, who is competing in the National Junior C.C. champs, will no doubt arrive back from Invercargill feeling fairly fatigued.

Fencing

The team is one of average grading, including several newcomers who might spring a few surprises. C. Couch, S. Fox and A. Fussell are Tournament veterans, while P. Evatt and S. Phillipps-Turner have been enticed from Dunedin to join the Auckland team.

Soccer

Auckland, with seven of last year's victorious team, should once again carry off the honours at Tournament, though strong opposition will come from Canterbury and Otago. The defence, particularly Irvine and Finlayson, at fullback and Bush in goal, is the team's strongest feature. The forwards are an experienced combination with Whitelaw and Griffiths likely to be prominent.

Women's Hockey

A.U. is fielding a strong team this. A flash of brilliance is brought to the team by Helen Green, N.Z.U. rep. in Australia last year and a member of the New Zealand team to tour Holland next year. To support her are Anne Skinner, veteran of several Tournaments, Ruth Hare, the speedy ex-Otago winger who was also a member of the N.Z.U. team to Australia, Barbara Rogers, Kay Hewitt and Judy Maiden. The only new addition to the team is Judy Lessing, who joins the ranks as a back.

Indoor Basketball

The men's team is as follows:—P. Doogue, N. Dawkins, K. Stevenson, Leong Wing Hon, E. Doherty, J. Bull, J. Brown and P. Rutherford. Peter Doogue and Neville Dawkins are at present in the Auckland rep. team and the team is doing well in the league competitions.

The women's team, coached by N. Dawkins, has learned "a heck of a lot" this year and has performed very creditably both in the competitions and outside of them. The team is as follows: J. Johnson, R. Miller, Mala Moimoi, M. Edwards, J. Head, P. Brand, P. Kania and H. Grey.

Table Tennis

The team this year is very strong indeed so that it could easily repeat last year's successful performance. Six players were selected:

Terry Cackfield—Won men's singles, men's doubles, and mixed doubles last year; A.U. blue; trialist for the Auckland team.

Dave Salmon—has played A reserve this year with considerable success.

Graham Bush—captain of the University A team.

Eddie Halse—another A reserve player; rumoured that Tournament holds attractions other than table tennis for him.

Janet Pritchard—attractive ladies singles champ; A.U. blue; is also on the hockey team.

Judy Hubner—powerful forehand drive.