University of Victoria - Tower Yearbook (Victoria, British Columbia Canada)

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Faithful to the motto, Rugby is a way of lifef' the eighty team members this year organized on a club basis. The UVic Rugby Football Club fielded the Vikings, the Norsemen and the Saxons teams in four leagues. The Senior club, the Vikings, Cleft and right bottom picturesj , played in both the Victoria first division and the Northwest Inter-Collegiate Con- ference. In the latter contest, their first time entered, the Vikings came away with a tie for third place. The Norsemen, senior seconds, played in the Victoria Second division, defending their 1965-66 championship. Unfortunately, the side finished out of the running- squeezed out of a tight race for fourth place. The Saxons, Qmiddle right picturej mainly first- and second-year students, were a new venture, playing in the just-formed BC. Junior Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association. The team, in its first year, placed second. During Twirp week, the teams combined for a bout against the girls from the Residences ftop picturej .

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