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Building a new clubhouse is one of our goals and
will prove another hard task for the members.
We anticipate a greater success and growth of the
Temiskaming Ski Club in the coming year.
The officers for the past season were as follows:President, O. Bakkelund; Vice-President, G. Berg;
Secretary, K. Lovgren; Chairman of Competition, S .
Skolseg; Chairmfln of Enterrainment, G. Johansen.
Toronto Ski Club
pOOR snow conditions alone prevented us from
having the most successful season in our history.
There was a distressing lack of snow during the months
of December, January and February. However, thanks
to excellent ski-ing conditions during the months of
November and March, combined with the ever in\ creasing ski-consciousness of Torontonians, we were able
to maintain our membership close to last year's record
total of 2,100 paid-up members.
Last season the Club brought out an accredited
instructor from Switzerland who gave dry ski courses
and instruction on the snow. The dry ski courses were
very successful and were of considerable benefit to our
members. Unfortunately, the classes on the snow were
severelv curtailed by weather conditions. Those who
availed themselves of the opportunity benefitted
greatly from the instruction in modern ski technique.
Our Sports Committee constructed both a men's and
women's first class championship downhill run at
Caledon, which we were unable to use, owing to lack
of snow. In addition, a junior jump was built at
Summit. It is hoped that our members will have ample
opportunity to tryout these new features this coming
winter.
THE
OVER
Our official publication, the "Ski-Runner," which
is well-known to many of you, was of great assistance
in maintaining our membership, although it was rather
difficult to write of snow and ski-ing when there was
nothing showing but green grass.
Although no competitions have been held in
Toronto recently, a number of our members performed
satisfactorily in outside competitions, despite their lack
of opportunity for proper training. At the Dominion
Championship Meet at Banff, Doug. Mann and Karl
Baadsvik, our official entrants, made a splendid showing against the strongest field ever assembled in competition in Canada. In the Downhill, Baadsvik was
twelfth and Man fifteenth, while in the Slalom Mann
was seventh and Baadsvik eleventh. In the combined
results, won b--y Francioli of Switzerland. Mann was
eighth (third Canadian) and Baadsvik twelfth. Baadsvik also placed sixteenth in the Langlauf and fourth in
the Jump, placing ninth in the combined result. He
was the best Canadian all-rounder, with a ninth and
twelfth respectively in the combined results. We are
all sorry that Baadsvik's firm transferred him to Peterborough and hope tha t this fine sportsman will do as
much for ski-ing in Peterborough as he did in Toronto.
Our competitors showed up extremely well in the
Zone events. taking the majority of the honours.
Our lady competitors did equally well. They
succeeded in sweeping the Zone Championships and
their team, competing at the Seigniory Club Women's
Invitation Meet for the second time made an excellent
showing, when one considers that the majority of them
had only been on their skis once or twice prior to this
Meet.
Before leaving the subject of competition, we would
like to say how proud we are of Lukin Robinson, one
of our members, who placed eighth in the downhill and
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third in the slalom in the British Open Championships
last January, as he was the firs t Britisher who was
g iven the British Closed Championship, probably the
hi ghest ski-ing honour won by a Canadian since George
Jost won the Roberts of Kandahar.
Encouraged by the support we were accorded last
season, and the showing of our competitors, we a re
lookin g forward to a banner sea son thIS yea r .
Trois-Rivieres Ski Club Inc.
M ALGRE
une temperature des plus dHavorables. la
saison demiere fut une des mieux remplies depuis
nombres d'annees.
Vel's la fin d'aout 1936, Ie comite se reunissait a fin
de discuter les divers problemes de la saison venir. L a
construction d ' un nou vea u saut f ut Ie suje t de maintes
conversations. Le b esoin s' imposait et les officiers ne
reculerent pas devant les depenses que com porte une
entreprise de ce genre, surtout a fin de faire du Championnat Provincial, l'evenement sportif par excellence
de la saison.
Des les premiers jours de septembre, une corvee
etait organisee et g ra ce aux n omcreux membres 'qui
repondirent a I'appel, les travaux sous l'habile direction
de notre president Harr'y Olsen, ne tarder: nt pas a
battre leur plein. On dut aussi accomplir un travail
enorme dans Ie terrain d'atterrissa ge. Tous les travaux
a ccomplis benevolement par les membres a u cours de
l'automne demier cnt b eaucoup contribue attenuer les
nom breuses depenses que nous nous etions imposees.
Les skieurs etrangers qui no us visiterent en fevrier
en firent beaucoup d'eloges. Stanley Dufresne a su
satisfaire notre curiQsite quant a la distance possible a
obtenir sur Ie nouvea u saut en atteignant 173 pieds par
une journee ideale. Notre groupe de jeunes sauteurs
s'est sensiblement ameliore e t il no us est permis
d'esperer qu'ils donneront du iiI a retordre aux meilleurs
dans un avenir rapproche.
Cet evenement n ous a apporte certains desappointe ments meles de safsfaction. L c Cross-Country a ete
couru par une temperature excellente dans l'apres-midi
du samedi. Conrad Delisle du club de la Voirie d e
Quebec affichait une foi s de plus sa superiorite sur tous
les concurrents en parcourant les 11 milles en 1 heure
14 minutes, 31 secondes, pour rem porter la palme haut
la main. Dix-neuf concurrents prirent part la course
dont 5 du Kenogami Ski Club, region du Lac St-Jean.
Ces demiers en etaient a leur premiere experience dans
un tournoi majeur et retournerent chez eux, sinon avec
les premiers prix, du moins contents de l'experience
acquise et de la reception dont ils ont ete l'objet de la
part de notre club.
Le dimanche en depit d ' une pluie torrentielle, Ie
tournoi des sauts remportait un autre succes. Tous les
concurrents inscrits prirent part l'evenement du jour,
c t les membres responsables d ' une charge etaient au
poste a l'heure qui leur avait ete fixee. II est malheureux que les 3,500 personnes qui no us visitaient cette
occasion n'aient pu a ssister a ce tournoi, qui, par une
journee ideale, aurait probablement eclipse les precedents, quant a la quantite et l'habilite des skieurs qui
se disputaient les honneurs.
Percy Bott du Ski Club of Montreal se classa
premier avec 133 et 131 pieds suivi par Jimmy Riddel
du meme club, avec 124 et 123. Stanley Dufresne prit
la troisieme position et s'assura du saut "longue
distance" avec 138 pieds. Les juges du concours
etaient Messieurs Paul Knolton de Montreal, Gerald
Dupuis d'Ottawa et Harold Rutherford de Grand ' Mere.
Notre club a ete represente a l'etranger en maintes
c irconstances. Harold Blondeau et Elmer McCulloch
sc rendirent
Quehec pour Ie Championnat de la
Vallee du St-Laurent. A Grand'Mere, lors du tournoi
de la Vallee' du St-Maurice, nous avions 10 representants sur les lieux. Six d 'entre eux se classerent
parmi les dix premiers et Elmer McCulloch remporta Ie
combine.
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