Tournament Reporters

The temptation when reporting on this year's Winter Tournament is to dwell on the isolated bright spots and overlook the generally uninspired performance of teams from Victoria. It is equally tempting to propound theories like the one relating position in Tournament to distance of university from Otago.

The fact is our teams were temperamentally ill-equipped for Tournament. A quick spotcheck on the first day revealed a "tilting at windmills" attitude summed up in the oftheard remark "we could come second or perhaps third."

There were notable exceptions. The Badminton team was a perfect blend of experience and enthusiasm, our Soccer players coped extremely well with the daunting task of playing five games in three days as well as showing a determination to fight back in the face of ill-considered rulings and rough play.

From an organisational viewpoint Tournament '67 would rank as average. With the exception of the lighting in the Badminton courts few complaints could be made as regards general conditions.— David Smith.