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UNIVERSITY student Gareth Molver won 100 cartons of beer in an endurance competition this week but to claim victory he needed to give away 92 slabs of the liquid loot. The 21-year-old and 32 other students entered an Australian National University Orientation Week competition in which the rules were simple: place one hand on the 100 cartons of beer and the last hand remaining would claim the boozy booty. Nineteen hours later there were still 11 slightly frustrated students standing so negotiations began. They calculated each could claim nine or 10 cartons each if they threw in the towel en masse. ''Then one person said he wanted 14 cases,'' Mr Molver said. ''So a couple of us sacrificed some. ''It wasn't so much about the beer at that stage, there was a lot of pride on the line.'' A winner needed to be announced so Mr Molver, a commerce and psychology student who was technically the last man standing, ended up with the fewest cases. ''It was an intriguing game, the way the group dynamics evolved,'' he said. ''You got to know more people and as time went on some became frustrated and alliances were formed. ''I worked out I ended up making 10 beers an hour. ''I don't think I'd do it again.'' PHILLIP THOMSON

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