Volume 37 Number 02

Witsshinesat SAUTHE 1984 SAU Winter Tournamentsconsists of sporting eventscomprising 19 different sports.Twelve universities from acrossSouth Africa participated.Wits, better known as anacademic university, proved itssporting ability in winning 8events (4 men and 4 women).Wits also obtained the highestpercentage of individual SAUcolours awards (40 "Witsies"!).These awards went to:- M.Bellamy,A.Fick, M. Da Silva, F.Duncan, D. Blacks, S. Flacks, T.Hill, M. Marinus, N. Meisler, C.Hartman, B. Maier. J. Mayer, S.Statt, M. Wood, D. Martins, K.Weber, D. Brittian, S. Leigh, R.McCall, A. Davis, R. Liversage,C. Penny, H. Chweiden, M.Dembo, P. Hirner, I. Lager, A.Toulouras, L. Van den Berg, H.Van der Veen.Well Done !!-- - -_t7 --.- $wSporting GreatsALTHOUGH not a very wellpublicised fact, WITS has asportsman and woman of theyear. The criteria for theseawards rests not only on the individualssporting ability, but theiracademic perforrnances and personalitiesas well.This years award winners areMark Plaatjies and MelanieDembo - Melanie merelyregained her title, while Markreceived his for the first time thisyear (Bruce Fordyce has held theaward for the last iyears).Mark and Melanie's most prestigiousaccomplishments of1984 were:Mark Plaatjies - Athletics:O Springbok colours formarathon and cross countryO Won Nashua Marathon equallingBernard Rose's worldrecordO Won SAU Cross Country andchosen as the Protea Team CaptainOAwarded Full BluesMelanie Dembo - Karate:rTlTs snc trm$KSDNATII HOIISTiO Graded to 3rd Dan Black Belt-youngest in SA to receive thisO Won SA's AII-Styles ladiesopen Kata for 3rd timeO Won SAU and awarded ProteacoloursO Only Westerner ever to makethe finals (7th) in the All JapanChamps in TokyoO Wits Karate Coach for 2 vearsO Awarded Full BluesMelanie Oembo-Reaching ne* helghtsPage l8