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Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Vol 35 no. 14. 28 June 1972

Sports Officer

Sports Officer

Don Carson

Don is a third year B.A. student majoring in Anthropology. His sporting background includes:-
  • Has played rugby for Victoria
  • Was a provincial rugby rep. while at college.
  • Is vice captain of his home cricket club.
Don is also secretary of the Student Anti-war Committee and a member of H.A.R.T. He was a founder of the Food Co-op and is still a committee member. Don would attempt to do the following as sports officer:-
1.Ensure that non-students in sports clubs are not subsidised by students
2.Fight exclusivism in sport. Those clubs that fail to advertise themselves sufficiently in handbook and around the Association generally should as a minimum have their subsidies cut. Sports clubs should be open to all in fact as well as in theory. Including the Sports Clubs in the forthcoming Club Day would help... Don would encourage such participation.
3.Push for recreational rather than competitive sport on campus. For example a billiards table for the Union Hall.

Photo of Don Carson

Don realises that on this campus politics are in sport for keeps, as the Sports Officer is a fully operative member of the executive and is required to make political decisions. Accommodation problems and the open entry to university connected to the Muldoonist degree factory thinking are felt by Don to be executive concerns. He is also a member of OHMS, an organisation dealing with the most immediate political concern at Vic. for many students.

He believes that S.R.C. should be convened more often to facilitate student participation in attempts to solve these problems and cites the PBEC reaction as showing how the executive can become divorced from student opinion.

His main concern on executive would be to improve the sporting facilities on campus and to make University sport rather more of a student activity than it is at present.

John Burns

The reasons why I am standing for Sports Officer can be divided into two groups:

Primarily I am actively interested in sports in the university and am an active member of the Tramping Club also a not so active member of Billiards Club. Sport, is an activity which involves a large number of the "silent majority" and those who radicles might consider the "apathetics" who do not elsewhere have their interests represented.

If elected I would promote all existing and new sports activities to the limit of the sports council budget and try to increase that budget.

The situation of non-VUWSA members using club facilities has been reasonably resolved but should be supervised carefully with a note of subsidy rates per club members being taken and considered when grants are prepared.

I agree with substantial contributions to National body affiliations but I do not agree with clubs having excessive social accounts without some consideration being given to this when club grants are approved.

My last promise is to make life hell for clubs who don't advertise their activities so as many students as possible know of whats happening and can join in.

The other reasons for standing for sports officer regard the position on Exec. Generally examples of mismanagement and bungling are getting common.

An issue I do want to push at Exec is a matter on the establishment of a Book Shop — to save me and other students from the Rip off merchants we are now forced to deal with to buy new books.

For the record: Vietnam for the Vietnamese only.

Racist Sport is political as surely as racism is. All regular means of political protest is definitely on.

Ecology — Right on — Keep those beer cans rolling. Action is necessary

Creche — Most students dont know how great kids are. I want to see more pressure for creche on campus. But I can't agree with our President who reckons its not our problem. As a group of members of VUWSA they have a good case for a grant.

If you like the above — vote John Bums. If you don't come to forum and throw some shit.

Trevor Mallard

Sports Officer: Trevor Mallard 2nd Year BA in Economics.

In 1973 the Springboks might come. To help to stop this the sports clubs at Vic must come out now against apartheid sport — any form. I don't ask for individuals to all agree but the least an affiliated club can do is to follow Student policy. This, I think, should be enforced to the degree of not paying levies out of the Sports Grant to any national body which supports apartheid, unless the Victoria club involved is making its position obvious at regional level.

As a cricket player I realize the great attractions of subsidised piss-ups, but students will not accept subsidising non-student hangovers. Too many non-students are still reaping the effects of student grants. The finances and the people using them of all sport clubs should be looked at very care fully. Non-students are still paying student rates to sports clubs as well as the great numbers of both students and non-students who do not pay subscriptions, this means that there are huge defecits in clubs accounts which are met by Studass grants, the point is that these grants are subsidizing the endless "wines and cheeses" and after match functions which sporting students seem to live for.

Sports clubs are run on large Studass grants. It is only sensible that they shoud serve the wishes of the students. Apartheid and subsidised piss are left-wing communist subersive measures to undermine the student control of student sport. If these are allowed to remain then the whole foundations of student sport will be threatened. Don't let the rot in, join the SS and vote Mallard now.

John Mowbray

Whilst I am standing for the position of Sports Officer, it must be appreciated by students, that the position like all Executive appointments is one of discussing all matters coming before Executive and therefore must be regarded as Political rather than a pure responsibility portfolio.

As Sports Officer my main concern would be to deal with what I consider the following problem areas:

Photo of John Mowbray

1.Finance. Club grants are evaporating away in affiliation fees to Parent associations which are essentially administration charges. Net effect equals greatly reduced amount for essential gear and facilities. Concessions for university sports bodies are therefore a must.
2.Club membership. I would continue the current Student Policy of non, subsidation of non Student sport. Whilst non students should not be completely excluded from participating in Varsity Sport, we must ensure they contribute their fair share of expenses.
3.Clubs must be urged to participate in such Public relations ventures such as the forthcoming club day to be held in Studass. It is only fair that Clubs be prepared to demonstrate the effectiveness of Student money spent in their interest.
4.Eligibility; I would urge an even greater tightening up on the eligibility of only bonafide students being selected for the higher levels of Varsity representation i.e. Sports Tournaments and Overseas Tours.
5.International Sport: Racial Policies have no place in an activity based on merit performance, and as Sports Officer I would press for cancellation of all such contacts.

My previous experience includes being Capping Controller 1970,72, and being on the Capping Committee 1970,71,72. I was Drinkin Horn Controller 1972. I am currently a student rep on the Commerce Faculty.