VARSITY TOURNAMENT

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 943, 9 April 1930, Page 10

VARSITY TOURNAMENT

ARRANGEMENTS FOR EASTER MANY SOUTHERN VISITORS About ISO students from the Southern university colleges will visit Auckland at Easter to take part in the annual inter- university tournament, which is held in rotation in the four centres. A full programme of athletic events has been arranged to cover the six days the Southerners will spend j here. The Auckland College at present i holds the tennis, basketball and shoot- . ins trophies and last year was second ; in tho total points secured. Ihe i standard of athletics here, 'however, has not been high in the past and the ; college also holds another trophy, although not so proudly that of the . Wooden Spoon for the poorest performance in this class. It is hoped this year to make a determined bid . for supremacy here, also. Billets have been arranged for about? 13u of the visitors and it is hoped to make arrangements for the remaining number before the teams The j first influx is expected on Good Friday morning by the Limited express from Wellington. The official welcome will be given to 2.30 p.m. the same day at the University, when the visitors will be entertained at afternoon tea. The tournament will begin in earnest the following morning, when the tennis championships will commence at the j Stanley Street courst at 9.30 a.m. At 10 o'clock the boxing preliminaries will j be held in the Town Hall. The con- | testants will have weighed in on the j previous morning. The boxing chant- j pionships will be decided that even-

Sunday morning has been left free, but a motor run has been arranged foi the afternoon, leaving the University at 1.45 p.m. The route will lead to the top of one of the volcanic cones and then to Ellerslie, where afternoon tea will be served. The return will be made along the waterfront to the college. where tea will be provided by the Students’ Association. Seating has been arranged at St. Matthew’s Church for the evening service. At present the full number of motor-cars required for the drive has not been arranged for, and it may be necessary to transport parties by charabanc. Basketball at nine o’clock in the University grounds or, in case of rain, at the Drill Hall, and athletics in the Domain at 10 o’clock are the proposals for Monday morning. The latter promises to be one of the best athletic meetings seen in Auckland for some years, a number of cracks from the South competing. Javelin throwing will be included for the first time among the field events. At 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. respectively, the finals will be begun.

On the Monday evening the first inter-University swimming contests will be held at the Tepid Baths at eight o’clock. Tennis finals at 9.30 a.m. and in the afternoon will be the only contests on Tuesday. The Scots Hall has been taken for the tournament ball, the foremost college social event of the year, which, however, is not restricted to students only. Here the trophies won will be distributed. The Southern delegates will leave by train on Wednesday evening. Debating has been dropped this year but there will be an inter-college debate later arranged by the National Union of Students, the executive of which will also meet in Auckland at Easter. Several other branches are not included on the tournament programme, largely because of the huge cost of entertaining, which is borne by each college in rotation. The billeting problem is also a limiting factor in the number of representatives. This Easter there will be an unofficial eight-oar rowing event in Auckland, and an unofficial cricket match between the Auckland and Victoria Colleges at Wellington. The shooting contests for the Ha slam Shield will be decided before the tournament opens. The Auckland section has been set down for Saturday next at Penrose.

Auckland’s tennis representatives will be as follows: —Men’s singles, A. C. Stedman and one other; men’s doubles, A. C. and J. Stedman, A. H. McDonald and E. Turner; women’s singles. Miss E. Robertson and Miss Ruth Taylor; women’s doubles. Misses N. Whitelaw and R. Taylor, Misses E. Robertson and J. Mclntosh; combined doubles, A. H. McDonald and Miss Whitelaw, J. Stedman and Miss McIntosh. J. P.. Farrell and Miss E. Leitz will be included in the swimming team. The two girl swimmers will compete over 50 yards and 100 yards, and the men. race over 220 yards. There will also be a dual relay race. Inter-club handicap events will be decided and women swimmers will race in a 50 yards scratch race.