Table Tennis

Victoria's team this year would seem to be unbeatable, at least in the men's department, and the only opposition is likely to come from Auckland in the form of T. Cockfield. Our team consists of:

Lim Kim Woon, the agile Colombo Plan student from Singapore, a newcomer to the Tournament side and to this University. He has been one of the most successful and consistent players in the A grade competition, and is probably the fastest player on his feet this University has ever seen.

Wim Verhoeven, a player recently returned after an absence of two seasons from this club. He thoroughly deserves his selection both on possibilities and on present form.

Jeff Thomas, a veteran tournament player who has shown his consistency and concentration in A reserve, and was runner-up in 1956 to Alan Robinson.

Bede Rundle is the team's second former finalist, and has developed a tricky game with his coagulated sponge bat.

The women's duo is not as strong as the male counterpart, but boasts a promising player in the person of the C grade captain Nevenka Hegedus. Her team-mate will be Sheila Hoey, who skippers the D grade side the girls will meet stiff opposition from Canterbury and from Auckland if last year's champion is available for Tournament. It is predicted that Victoria will take the men's singles and doubles, and possibly the mixed doubles title will return to Wellington.

Badminton

The team selected for Tournament is a great deal stronger than the one that competed at Auckland last year and should have a correspondingly larger share in the distribution of honours. The men's team is especially strong and should, if on form, win most of its matches. The women in the team are rather more of an unknown quantity. Their form on the day will probably be the vital factor in their performance.

Star player of the team is Lim Ah Shin, a Colombo Plan student who is No. 1 man in Wellington's representative team this season. Among the forefront of New Zealand players, he is ranked by many as the best doubles player in the country. He was a prominent member of the N.Z.U. team that played the Malayan students when they were here. In the recent Wisden Cup match against Auckland he was defeated by Robson in two matches, but not before demonstrating a potential that must make him a danger to any player in New Zealand.

Bruce Grover and Jack Frost are two very experienced players with a number of tournaments behind them. Bruce should have no trouble in securing a place in the N.Z.U. team. Dave Usher is less experienced than the others but played at the last Winter Tournament, and with some solid practice should improve considerably.

Of the women, Jenny Kent is the leading player, being ranked about fourth in Wellington. It is hoped that the les experienced members of the team are able to give her their fullest support. Ruth Garland is a relative newcomer but is already playing extremely well, considering the amount of match practice she has had. Janet Thompset played for Victoria at Auckland last year and benefited immensely from the concentrated practice there. It is hoped that we see a similar improvement this year.

As a whole the team is a strong one and should be hard to beat at Tournament.

Harriers

We of the fence-and-hilltop brigade have prospects as clear as Wellington's mud permits. The junior division, usually an attenuated section, is very strong this year. Noel Doherty, Roger Clarke and Jim Callahan are the mainstays and the main bracers. Peter Joyce, currently N.Z.U. 3-mile champion, dominates the senior field. Early in the season he won the veterans' race with ease and finished fifth out of a field of 170 in the annual Vosseler race. Vetean Clem Hawke is the most reliable of te other seniors, being usually our second man home in inter-club races. Other representatives are Peter Travers, Frank Walkey, Bob Creed and Bob Croaker. Of these runners Peter Joyce has the best chance of victory.

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.

Hockey

G. Wickham (capt.), P. Hockey, M. Solomone, K. Fisher, A. Clark, G. Bennet, R. O'Hara, B. Southon, P. Kale, V. Brough, B. Prasad, E. Ormsby, J. Telford, J. Rodgers. This year's team contains six of last year's team, plus several other experienced players. Although outstanding results are not expected, the team can be regarded as well up to the standard of last year. This is mainly due to the leadership of George Wickham and Mike Solomone, both of whom played at fullback for the N.Z.U. team last year. This year they have been in the Manawatu senior rep. squad while Dick O'Hara has played at centre forward for the Colt's team. Taken all round the strength of this team lies in its defence and may perform will if the forwards manage to find some sort of combination.

Small-Bore Shooting

J. Withers and G. E. Gibson have been scoring consistently around 100 and are likely to cause a surprise. A. W. Allen, D. J. Cooper and J. N. Farram are not far behind, showing much keenness find improvement.

Harrier Team

This year the team is strengthened by two runners, Malcolm Sexton and Con McGuire. Malcolm was fifth in the Junior Champs at Feilding last year and won the Paekakariki Cup race (against Vic.) this year by a (fast) fluke (on legs). Con, not unknown in N.Z. Championship circles, was fourth in the same race. These two together should make a good stand in Wellington. The other members of the team, A. Eyles, A. Quartermain and G. Beaglehole, constitute the Back-bone of the team and no doubt you will remember their outstanding (not quite standing on the side-line) (back) performance last year.

Badminton

This could be the weakest team we have had so far at Tournament but with the exception of Ronda and Goh, all have had experience at Tournament before. E. Ooi, captain of the team, has been in the N.Z.U. team on two occasions, won the Hawkes Bay championship in 1957 and is top player in the Manawatu this year. Don Orwin, the second man, is a good player who plays a hard attacking game; he also was in the team last year. K. Goh and B. Ronda both are new members, and although they are not as "hot" as the other two, they will certainly put up a good fight.

Women: A. Taylor, J. Garland, S. Williams and F. Webber, all of whom have been to Tournament before.

Men's Basketball

K. Wilkinson (captain), N. Chamberlain, W. Meredith, M. Wiggins, R. Rameka, B. Collins, P. Hayward. The first four players have played together in the A grade competition in Palmerston North during the season and the others in the B grade. The team as a whole will lack height, team combination and experience, due to their limited time together in preparation for tournament. Of the guards for this team Chamberlain has performed well in this position and will be ably supported by Rameka and Hayward. Of the forwards Meredith and Wiggens have had previous tournament experience, while Collins should support them well. Wilkinson is virtually the backbone of the team, being top-scorer and centre forward.

Table Tennis

The team in order of merit will be J. Southworth, J. Fryer, G. Mein, S. Sam, Miss P. Stacey and Miss M. Verbi. This is a young team with little experience but nevertheless some are capable of causing an upset. Pam Stacey is the only one that has been to Tournament before so she must have gained some sort of experience. (It is difficult to state the kind, however.)

Golf

The team will be M. Huskinson, D. Alcock, B. Beardmore, F. Sutcliffe. They seem to be an unknown force but you can be sure the social side of things wil get a thrashing.

Tournament Delegates

D. Wood and X. Tripe, both second-year degree boys.

Press Council

G. Wilson (third year degree) and B. Schroder (first-year degree).

Debating

A higher standard of debating than usual has been obtained this year, so the team goes to Wellington carrying our quiet confidence. Jim Kerr, who wil be leading our team, represented us at Joynt Scroll last year. He has had considerable experience and is a quiet but forceful speaker. To support him is Keith Willis, a fresher here this year but his experience with the Y.F.C. has made him an acute and forceful debater.

Soccer

C. Campbell (capt.), R. Naidu, I. McD. Whittaker, J. Barraclaugh, B. Goh, O. Hamilton, L. Saquaqa, H. Lawson, M. Hill, A. Aziz, B. Middleberg, E. Connolly, G. Lieutikas, S. Siva.

This is the team upon which Massey places its highest hopes and they are quite high at that. The team includes Ian McD. Whittaker, Colin Campbell and Ram Naidu, all of whom have played in previous N.Z.U. sides, the last two having the distinction of holding N.Z.U. blues. Besides the above, Bert Middleberg and Abdul Aziz are Manawatu reps, while the fullback combination of John Baraclaugh and Geo. Liutikas is such that our defence is as near faultless as possible. This defence is backed by a set of forwards who, we feel sure, will make the most of their chances and thus everything augurs well for Winter Tournament 1958.

Small-Bore Rifle Shooting

This year's shooting team is the best from Lincoln for several years. Dick Beamish and Bob Bentley are both college blues and have good turnament records. Graham Hughes has a N.Z.U. blue in small-bore rifle shooting and the other two team members, Lyn Kingsbury and Simon Menzies, have both shot in previous tournaments. Each member has been shooting consistently this season and this team could easily win.

Golf

Bill Hindmarsh, Dave Mowat, John Nott and Brian Anson will represent C.A.C. The team is keen and has been practising hard for some months. Mill has a handicap of 8 and Dave has one of 14.

Badminton

Ching How Soo, captain of the team, is an old and fiendishly-cunning "shuttle-chaser". He has been very successful in inter club games but insists that his growth and development is limiting his play by occurring in the wrong places. He is an exponent of the "natural-grip." Koo Hok Kuan, alias Mac Woo the "Flying Scotsman", often finds himself out of reach, but makes good this physical deficit by energetic acrobatic stunts which retrieve many an impossible shot. He will be hard to beat. Abubakar bin Mahmud is a very stylish and deceptive player who has had great successes in recent matches. Zain bin Karin is a budding player whose capabilities have yet to be tested. Joan Radcliffe, Philippa Fenwick, Sylvia Sheat and Julia Liley will be Lincoln's "shuttle-chasers". Their undoubted charm along with the ability of the males will take some stopping.

Men's Basketball

"Big Jim" Childerstone, 6ft. 6in. of bone and muscle, is the mainstay of this year's team. Coty Burdon's tactical advice and experience will be of help and Dan Ellison (seven feet of dynamite!), Alan Coleman (Big Jim's protege) and Bill Kain, all of whom play rugby to keep fit for basketball, will provide the brawn. Dave Nicoll is one of those eight-footers who use their top foot to advantage, while John Hayward is potentially one of the best players, mainly because he has such a lot of potential to make up. This team has not lost a game this year!

Hockey

This is the dark horse of the Lincoln contingent. They have lost one game this year and within their ranks are many good players. J. troughton, ex-O.U. is on form, Dan Bensaude is an ex-international, and several others have played senior hockey in their own provinces. Its kinetic energy is low but as a team its potential is high.

Table Tennis

The team is capable without being brilliant. Its cosmopolitan character should be apparent: Australians, Malayans, Indonesians and even Kiwis will be in the team. Oni and Pru will help out on the female side.

Debating

This team is good. Evan Sherrard is an extremely capable and logical speaker. Ron Hay exudes Australian confidence and can out-bombast the most bombastic. The two have spoken together in several debates and have a wide debating experience. Even a Joynt Scroll audience can scarcely stop these two returning with Joynt Scroll 1958.

The Lincoln contingent this year is an unknown quantity. All teams are well up in local competitions but to what extent the standard is equivalent to the standard at tournament can only be shown ton the day. The rowing feat performed by Lincoln last taster could well be emulated by other sporting teams at Winter Tournament.

Tournament delegate "Thrash" says Lincoln expects every man to do his duty. . . .

Debating will be an outstanding attraction this tournament, because of the arrival of the Australian Universities' team which will be meeting the N.Z.U. team in Wellington and teams from the individual universities in the main centres through the holidays.

The C.U. team will meet Lincoln at Tournament. Lincoln will be scalp-hunting because we've kept a few souvenirs from the evening last month when the Lincoln team came to Varsity to defend the N.Z. farmer and his innocence in the present economic situation—and was routed.

Florence Jones is the Chairman of the Dialectic Society and in the last lap of a B.A. She has an advantage in having led the Joynt Scroll team in Auckland last year against Massey. In selling ideas the contrives, I think, to give an impression of sweet reasonableness and she uses sarcasm like discount tickets to help the sale along.

Lindsay Moore is a fresher who comes all enthusiastic from three years in the B.H.S. debating team. On the platform he's aggressive and non-compromising. His opponents feel like bits of metal being ponded on anvils.

Skiing

This year Canterbury probably has the strongest Varsity team competing in the Tournament. The top skiers in both the men's and women's teams are of undeniably high standard.

Harriers

The team is as follows: Murray Taylor, Dave Beauchamp (potential Olympic rep.), Simon Bernau, Bob Welch, Mike White (better known as a mountaineer), Joe Barber (occasionally suffers from hiccups), Don Anderson (find of the year), and Jack Milne.

Boxing

This year the Varsity boxing club has been flourishing under their new coach, renowned English professional fighter, Fred Wheeler. The team should have little trouble keeping the boxing shield at present held page 4 by Canterbury. Heavyweight: Trev Ibbetson; light-heavy: A. (Kitch) Archer; middle: J. Rogica; light-middle: B. Judkins; welterweight: C. Thomas; light-welter: I. Vakambua; and lightweight: J. Thomson.

Women's Indoor Basketball

Basketball has been stronger this year with two teams in the local competitions but unfortunately because of tonsils, T.C. committments, etc., the team will not be the best offering. Tournament experience should, however, develop the potential talent of some of the newer players.

A. Truscott: Newcomer to Indoor; intercepts well and is keen and fit.

P. Gamble: Has played little basketball this season but still shoots well.

M. Edwards: A doubtful starter, quite the fittest member of the team.

P. McMillan: Has height to be an excellent guard and rebounds well.

J. Gorman: Another tall guard who will do well if she overcomes a tendency to foul.

J. Readman: A tough attacking player, should score some points.

M. Elms: The strongest and most experienced player in the team; a Southland, Canterbury and N.Z.U. rep. and the highest scorer for Varsity this season.

S. Croll: Follows Margaret in number of points scored this season. A rep trialist.

Although not as strong a team as has represented Canterbury University in the past, there is little doubt that this year's team will at least gain a reputation as "social shooters". With one exception, all the members have been initiated into the rigours of Tournament and their shooting should not be unduly affected by allied functions.

The team is as follows: P. Collins, P. Dahm, K. Kibblewhite, J. Neale and P. Quigley.

Badminton

Canterbury won the badminton convincingly at Auckland last year, and although only three of last year's team are available this year, the team nonetheless will be hard to beat. The team's chances depend largely on the doubles combination.

The team is as follows:

Fencing

This year's fencing team for Tournament is a mixture of something old and something new. The men's team, with the exception of one man, have all had previous Tournament experience, whilst the women's team is made up of persons new to the art of fencing. The team is Merv. Sharfe (best fencer in the province?), Andy Brewis, veteran of three Tournaments, David Caffin, at Tournament last year, Geoff Musgrave, a Tournament veteran, and Neil Baltrop, a new member. The four women are Ann Diehl, Janice Hardwicke, Deidre Curran, and Gay Yandle. Anne is the only one to have had any competitive fencing experience, the other three having only started this year.

Men's Hockey

The men's hockey team might excel if it played in the women's section. The personnel of the team is summarised as follows:

Keith O'Callaghan, John Pether, Geoff Slocome, Charlie Lum, Dick Gwatkin, Hing Sue, Rae Hambly, Allan Read, Nev Cooper, Gov Bhula, Ernie Sanson and Gordon Rodley. A team of one-handed players—a team unsurpassed in playing with the ball behind rather than in front—plenty of baggage men.

Soccer

After being attacked by Asian 'flu and alcoholic dyspepsia last year, and finishing only fourth in the soccer shield, Canterbury has pulled up its socks and girded its loins in preparation for more succes this year. The team this year is: Rex Burgess, Les Duckworth, Steve Fur-longer, Brian Griffiths, Gary Lennon, Walter Middleberg, Bruce Montgomery (no newcomer to Tournament), Shaheed Mohammed (Fiji and N.Z.U. rep.), Andrew Newman (N.Z.U. rep.), Thomas Oomen, Seeva Ratman, John Roborgh (this year's captain), Bob Sammes (top scorer for the first team this season with 16 goals), Clive Whitehead (from Western seniors and one of the most promising players in Canterbury), and Dick Hince (played in Tournament 1956).

Golf

Forecast: Cloudy skies competitively, dazzling sunshine socially. In the face of very strong competition from O.U. and Victoria we will do very well if we can manage four qualifiers. The team members with handicaps are: Derek Satterthwaite (8), John Barton (8), Peter Jecks (9), David Cox (10), John Wyber (14), and Brian Jenkins (16).

Table Tennis

"Salient" predicts this result

Women's Hockey

Alison Johnston, Helen McGettigan, Yvonne Richardson, Lois Harry, Jos Saunders, Alison Gainsford, Chris Dornan, Linda Speechey, Raewyn Reo, Bev Todd, Sue Willis, Joy Marshall, Prue Wilson.

Men's Hockey

Norm Harris, Jan Hodgkinson, Bram Cook, Kanoo Patel, Lin Richards, David Troughton, Brian Maun sell, Barrie Herring, Hamish McMillan, Graeme Campbell, Fex Fowler, Graham Day, Filimon Wainquolo.

Harriers

A. Murray, B. Walsh, J. Robertson, J. Walbridge, D. Grierson, G. Roe.

Soccer

N. Thomson, B. Morris, J. Dyoe-mardie, A. Stewhouse, M. Chitu, M. Andrews, B. Feigns, L. Yeap, R. Easthope, J. Allan, B. Cunningham.

Table Tennis

Men: George Arons, Tony Perry, Lawrie Loper, Jock Bilger.

Women: Elizabeth Carvalho, Vivienne Nelson.

Women's Indoor Basketball

Robin Bragg, Judith Burch, Judith Morgan, Adrienne McKenzie, Lynley Orbell, Lee Monro, Kate Allison, Sally Aitkens.