Victoria's Strong contingent at Evans Bay will be spearheaded by C. Morris, D. Tweedie, A. Robinson, C. Murray and A. Stevenson, The girls will include such, names as Penny Howarth, Winslade, and Rosemary Afkin.

Highlight of tournament athletics will be the steeplechase event. In this, current national champion, R. Batten, Auckland will again clash with the national runner-up, C. Morris of Victoria.

Auckland's Clarke, the junior national champion over 440 yards, will be a likely starter in the 440 yards at Easter. Should he start he will be racing against national finalists D. Cairns, Otago, and D. Tweedie, Victoria.

Semi-finalists in the sprints at nationals and now competing again against one another at tournament are A. Robinson, Victoria, and M. Poulson, Canterbury.

The hurdles events should provide interest with Victoria's Murray and Stevenson challenging the strong Otago contingent which includes Angus Welsh and A. Cranshaw. Welsh, younger brother of Empire Gold Medallist Peter Welsh, hurdled into third place at the recent national championships.

Glamour in the one and three mile events will be provided by John Beckett of Auckland. Beckett is the current NZU record holder for the one mile with a time of 4min 6.4secs.

NZU record holder over 100 and 200 vards with times of 10.8 and 24.4 seconds, the 220 yards national champion, Penny Howarth will be teaming with 'fresher' Rosemary Afkin in the sprints for Victoria. Rosemary was fifth at nationals in the Women's 220 yards. Victoria's main opposition in these sprints is likely to come from Rosemary and Lorraine Tong of Auckland.

The 440 yards is expected to provide a close race with Victoria Blue, Pat Winslade fighting the finish out with the Tong sisters.

In the women's field events, Brenda Walker of Gisborne, studying at Otago, will have a decided advantage. Second in the women's discus at nationals this year she is unlikely to find anybody who can present a serious challenge to her at tournament.

Rowing

Victorias 1967 Sportsman of the Year, New Zealand representative, John Gibbons will row for his university this year with two of the New "Zealand Red-coat fours crew. They are Hutt Valley's Dick Joyce, stroke, and Peter Wear, bow oarsman.

Also in line for selection are Todd and Gilbert, members of the Junior Eights National Champions.

The eights race is timed to start at 9am on Easter Saturday. Depending on the wind, it will be held at either Korokoro or Oriental Bay. Victoria were champions last tournament, and have every prospect of being champions again.

Shooting

With a New Zealand Universities team to be chosen to shoot against a Wellington invitation team on Monday, the atmosphere at Trentham on Easter Saturday will be tense, Shooting depends to a great extent on the individual.

Accordingly, Victoria with N.Z.U. Blue, Roger Girdlestone, and Otago and Massey with an NZU Blue each, will go into the tournament as favourites.

The Victoria team, as yet unsuccessful at tournaments, has the advantage of familiarity with the vagaries of Trentham range and, in view of past experience, should do well this year.

Basketball

Easter tournament this year clashes with the New Zealand trials at Dunedin.

But there are sufficient promising young players in the teams to provide bright and entertaining basketball. Victoria finished second equal last year behind Otago and again hopes to succeed.

Tournament highlights will be the North-South game on Monday and the NZU-Wellington game later that afternoon.

Yachting

Current yachting champions, Victoria, will again provide tough competition this year.

A long testing, two-lap course will test all yachties. Starting dock is at Pt. Jerningham.

Victoria strength will lie with John Pettier and Tony Burn. Pether is the current New Zealand champion in the moth class and Burn is last, year's tournament champion in the same class. It seems likely that when tournament team is selected Burn will get the moth berth again and Pether's talents will be used in skippering the Cherub crew.

Cricket

Edwards (Otago) and Garrod (Canterbury) are among the Plunket Shield players to be seen at Kilbirnie Park this Easter. Team lists were unavailable at the time of going to press.

With a close win to the students in the staff-students match, the Victoria club must feel confident of acquitting itself well on its home pitch.

Tennis

One member of Victoria's tournament - winning men's tennis team last year will be playing against Victoria at Easter for the team that may defeat it. He is Ian Borren, last year at Vic, this year at Canterbury.

Vic's team, except for Ian, will be the same as last year's

There are fewer women tennis players this year at Victoria. But a strong team, with its backbone of Jo Comerford and Janet Miles (Victoria's representatives at Otago) will be fielded.