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sont plus riantes, plus aimables, et n'ont aucun des
dangers des hauts massifs et des glaciers.
Les skieurs et les touristes peuvent donc venir
pratiquer Ie ski en toute securite sur les pistes inegalables
du St-Castin. lis y trouveront la detente dans un
envoI de p~u~reuse, loin de la vie deprimantc et des
SOUCIS quohdlens. lis y glaneront de la sante et un
brevet de longue vie.
Officiers pour 1938-39 :-Presidenl honoraire, Marcel
J. Manceau; Presidenl, Y. Girard; Secrelaire-archivisle,
Lionel Lebel; Tresorier, Maurice Pouliot.
Club de Ski ULe Monlagnard" Inc.
pOUR compenser avec I'hiver precedent, Ie district de
Quebec fut I'hiver dernier tres favorise par la temperature assez favorable.
Aussi les nouveaux centres de ski au Lac Beauport
ont-ils connu beaucoup d'activites etcombienapprecies
des skieurs Quebecquois auxquels des Levisiens se sont
joints avec beaucoup d'enthousiaste et les excursions
organises par Ie club de ski "Le Montagnard" durant la
saison furent de vrai succes.
Les previsions du club pour la saison 1937-38 furent
largement depassees a tout point de vue. Le nombre
de membres doubla de I'annee precedente et les sucd,g
sportifs et sociaux grandirent aux aussi.
A part des classements honorable de nos skieurs. Le
president du club Franc;ois Pichard qui est peut-etre Ie
seul president de club de ski a faire de la competition
remporta sur Ie tremplin du Mont Tourbillon Ie
championnat de la ville de Quebec et District de saut.
Dans les concours du club, notre course annuelle pour
Ie championnat de la ville de Levis et de la rive sud, pour
Ie trophee du Duc de Levis Mirepoix qui reunit chaque
annee les meilleurs skieurs dll district se disputa Ie
16 janvier par une temperature excellente sur un parcours trace sur une longueur de 7 milles qui fut couvert
en 37 minutes et 27 secondes par Ie porte couleurs du
Quebec Ski Club, Eddy Barryman.
Maurice Dorval qui se classa en t~te de notre equipe
remporta pour la 2ieme annee la coupe Thivierge
embleme du championnat du club.
Nous avons organise pour la liere annee Ie championnat des dames qui remporte par Mile Angeline
Vien du club Montagnard, flit parmi nos activites
sociales. II est une reception qui reste dans les annales
du club; c'est la visite du Duc de Levis Mirepoix Ie
genereux donateur du fameux trophee qui porte son
nom.
Homme de lettre et grand journaliste franc;:ais qui
est aussi un fervent de la montagne et par consequent
un admirateur du ski.
Nous reprenons done cette annee nos activites avec
plus d'ardeur que jamais, nous faisons subir d'importantes reparations a I'interieure de notre chalet afin
de mieux lui faire rendre son aspect jeune et plein de
gaiete qui est au Montagnard une chose traditionnelle
et caracteristique. Nous esperons beaucoup de cette
future saison qui sera Ie point de depart de plusieurs de
nos projets que no us realisons methodiquement chaque
annee.
Le bureau de direction pour la saison 1938-39 se
compose comme suit:-Presidenl, Franc;:ois Pichard;
Vice-Presidenl, Leo Garneau;
Secreta ire, Roger
Garneau;
Assl.-Secrelaire, Paul-Eugene Frechette;
Tresorier, Jean-Paul Gagne;
Direcleurs, Fernando
Begin, Maurice Tessier; Public isle, A. Roy.
Snowbirds, Quebec
THE
annual general meeting was held May I, 1937.
This meeting was followed by one early in
October, at which arrangements were made for the
renting of a new clubhouse. The new site was decided
on, and in November a very successful opening took
place. Socially the 1937-38 season was a tremendous
success; financially we broke even, but as far as ski-ing
was concerned the Club as a whole did very little.
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There were, however, eight members who took their
ski-ing seriously, and these eight formed a club within
a club. They called themselves "The Bats out of
Hell," and had a crest of their own. It was due to their
eff~rts that the Snowbirds Club did not become only a
SOCIal club. They entered every local competition
possible, and even managed to send three members to
the Kandahar at St. Jovite, and although they did
not make much of a showing they gained in experience
and several new friends. Incidentally these were the
first skiers from Quebec city to attend the Quebec
Kandahar, and this year it is likely that more members
will be able to attend this event.
Very little success attended our efforts at local competitions a lso, although this might be due to the fact
that two of our most promising skiers were injured during the early part of the winter.
This year the club has only twenty members. but
everyone of these is an enthusiastic skier. Our officers
for the coming season are:-President, Bill Waller;
Secretary, Hayward Turner; Treasurer, Arnold Woodside. We have rented a chalet at Lake Beauport which
will be used as our headquarters this winter, and we
have also drawn up an extensive program which includes
invitations to other ski clubs in the outlying districts
for friendly competition, prizes being donated by Our
club. By so doing we hope to extend competitive skiing and good fellowship. We wish a good season
of ski-ing to all other clubs, and continued success '
to the "Year Book."
Voirie Ski Club
LES SKIEURS de la Voirie ont de nouveau connu de
brillants succes. Les activites du club ,Pour 19371938 debuterent avec Ie bal annuel qui se deroula dans
la somptueuse salle des f~tes du Chateau Frontenac,
sous la presidence de l'honorable F.-L. Leduc, Ministre
de la Voil'ie, et de Madame F.-L. Leduc.
Avec la creation des nouveaux centres de ski du
St-Castin et du Tourbillon, la section du ski organisa
de nombreux concours, ouverts a tous les clubs de la
Zone. Les competitions de descente et de slalom furent
particulierement achalandees, par les concurrents
enthousiastes.
Le ~almares de la saison fut une suite ininterrompue
de succes pour les skieurs de la Voirie.
Le cross-country de 10 milles, pour Ie championnat
de la Vallee de la Chaudiere fut remporte pour la
deuxieme fois par Conrad Delisle, en Ih.lOm.40s.;
Harold Horman de la Voirie remporta Ie cross-country
de 6 milles pour Ie champion nat de la Laurentide Auto,
Inc., en 44m.32s.; Mar Fortier se classa en tete des
competiteurs de la Voirie au concours de sauts pour Ie
championnat de la Vallee du St-Laurent; les concours
pour les championnats de la ville et du district furent
chaudement disputes et se resumerent en 3 victoires sur
3 concours: Conrad Delisle rem porta Ie cross-country
de 12 milles en Ih.35m.23s.; Gordon Dale prit Ie titre
junior en 33m.13s. pour un cross-country de quatre
milles; Jacques Leclerc remporta Ie championnat de
Slalom St-Castin en 53% sec.
Les skieurs de la Voirie se rendirent nombreux aux
Trois-Rivieres pour Ie championnat de la Vallee du
St-Maurice. Le samedi Conrad Delisle triompha dans
Ie cross-country de 18 kilometres en Ih.2m., et Jacques
Leclerc se class a 3eme en Ih.6m.17s. Le lendemain
dimanche, Conrad Delisle participa aux concours de
sauts et rem porta Ie championnat combine.
DelL'{ de nos coureurs se rendirent egalement
Ottawa pour Ie championnat de I'Ontario, organise par
Ie Norland Ski Club, et C. Delisle revint a Quebec avec
Ie titre de champion combine de l'Ontario.
Conrad Delisle, Jacques Leclerc et Gordon Dale
participerent egalement aux championnats du Canada
Camp Fortune. La malchance s'etant mise de la
partie, nos coureurs ne purent se mettre en vedette, ils
se classerent neanmoins honorablement.
Le concours de descente sur Ie Tourbillon pour Ie
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championnat de Quebec fut encore une vidoire pour la
Voirie par l'entremise de Delisle qui remporta egalement
Ie combine, sauts et cross-country pour Ie championnat
du district.
Pour la premiere fois dans nos annales du ski, les
concours pour les championnats de la province se
deroulerent au lac Beauport, sous les auspices du
Quebec Ski Club. Ces epreuves furent favorises par
une temperature ideale, et les athletes de la Voirie se
taillhent la part du lion dans ces competitions, car
Delisle remporta non seulement Ie championnat combine, course et sauts, mais egalement Ie grand combine
des quatre, et etablit Ie record de la distance sur Ie
tremplin du Mont TourbilJon.
Comme toujours, depuis sa fondation, Ie ski club de
la Voirie se fit Ie protagoniste du developpement sportif
chez les ecoliers, les champions de demain. et avec la
creation des centres de ski, il se devait d'elargir son
champ d'action. A la course interscolaire annuelle a
relais, vinrent s'ajouter 4 nouvelles epreuves; Ie Slalom,
la Descente, les Sauts et la course patrouille, et ce combine des cinq devint Ie penthalon interscolaire du ski.
Vne douzaine de colleges deJeguerent une soixantaine
de neophytes qui firent des rapides et surprenants
progreso D'autres plus nombreux encore les remplacerons et aspirent aux plus grandioses exploits et
c'est un reservOIr sportif inepuisable pour l'avenir.
Course a relais interscolaire: Geo. Gauvreau, Guy
Audet et Claude Fleury, vainqueurs (college des
Jesuits); Course patrouille: Gordon Dale, Geo. Brady
et John Walsh (St-Patrick High School); DescenteGordon Dale, Jean Boisvert et A. Boisvert (Ecole St:
Patrice); sauts: L. Bernier, G. Dale et G. Simard
(Ecole Technique).
Le College St-Patrice gagne Ie trophee de l'Evenement pour Ie championnat des Ecoles et Gordon Dale
se classe en tete pour Ie combine individuel Interscolaire. Dom. Jacques obtient Ie record du plus long
saut sur Ie tremplin.
Le Trophee Marven's (don de Lorenzo Morel) pour
Ie "Best all around" skieur devient inevitablement la
prol?riete de Conrad Delisle vainqueur de 7 combines
differents.
Le c8te educationnel ne fut pas non plus neglige.
Plusieurs films illustrant Hannes Schneider et l'ecole de
l' Arlberg, ainsi que des films de la SUisse et des Competitions locales furent projetes sur l'ecran du club et
susciterent d' elogieux commentaires.
La direction de la C.A.S.A. ayant bien voulu con fie
au club de la Voirie I'organisation des concours de la
province de Quebec, les organisatetirs feront l'impossible
pour rendre Ie sejour agreable a nos visiteurs, nul doute
que les competiteurs revienrlront nombreux participer
aces concours qui ayant deja eu lieu sur Ie m~me terrain
I'annee derniere remporterent un si eclatant triomphe.
Officiers:-Presidenl, J. F. Pepin; Via-Presidenl,
Claude Delisle; Secrelaire, Horace Morin; Tresorier,
Noel Audet; Direcleurs, M. Dehouck, Lionel Lebel,
Maurice Pouliot, St-Chs. C8te, Conrad Deslile, A.
Gignac, R. Girouard.
Gatineau Ski Zone
THE GATINEAV ZONE was not organized until the
early part of 1938 and at the opening meeting held
on January 5, Roger Vincent was elected Chairman and
John P. Taylor, Secretary-Treasurer. At present our
Zone is composed of only four clubs, namely, the
Cliffside, Norland, Ottawa and the Seigniory Ski Clubs,
but it is hoped that some of the smaller clubs in the
district will soon join the C.A.S.A.
Due to the fact that both the Dominion and Ontario
Championships were held in Our section last lear,
entailing a great amount of work, the Zone di not
accomplish as much as could be expected. All male
competitors were classified into the required three
classes, but as there were not sufficient women competing, it was deemed unnecessary to rate them
differen tl v.
Zone Jumping and downhill and slalom champion-
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ships were held, and the results of the first three in each
event were as follows:-Jumping - lst, Wilfred
Gauthier; 2nd, Earl Fillman; 3rd, George McMartin.
Slalom and Downhill-1st, Eugene Heggtveit; 2nd,
Bruce Heggtveit; 3rd, Joe Oliver.
Due to the fact that so much stress is placed on
downhill and slalom racing by the C .A.S.A., crosscountry running has lost so much popular~ty in this
district that only two runners, Bruce Heggtveit,
present Dominion champion, and Johnny Veit, winner
of the Ontario championship, were available for the
race and it was, therefore, deemed advisable to cancel it.
Fortunately the snow conditions last winter could
be classified as very satisfactory, and it is hoped that
with as good luck this year we will be able to report
considerable progress.
Officers :-Chairman, Roger Vincent;
SecrelaryTreasurer, John P. Taylor, 99 James Street, Ottawa, Ont
The CliJIside Ski Club
HE Season of 1938-39 was very active for this Club.
The executive elected for the season was :-Presidenl, Stewart Bruce; Secrelary, James Parker, Treasurer,
Thomas Seaton.
A small increase in membership was attained and it
is expected that, due to the increased interest in ski-ing
aroused by our sister club, the Ottawa Ski Club, in
holding the Dominion Championships at Ottawa, there
will be a greater increase in the coming season.
Plans are under way for the relocation of Keogans
Lodge to a better site. It is felt that the present
location is not all that it might be and a better ski-ing
terra in can be had in the immediate vicinity. In the
new location we hope the Club will prosper.
The Club was represented in the Gatineau Zone
Committee by James Parker and a rating was arranged
for our competitors.
In closing we wish good ski-ing to all. Ski Heill
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Norland Ski Club
THE Norland Slli Club was organized in the Spring
of 1936 to advance and improve competitive ski-ing
in the Gatineau Ski Zone. The original membership of
the Club was composed almost entirely of ski jumpers
and runners. Popular demand, however, soon changed
th!s, and our memhership today includes all types of
skters, both men and women.
Our first ski jump was built during the winter of
1936-37 and though only a small tower, several successful competitions were held on it- the record jump being
101 feet. This was not enough and the executive spent
the summer of 1937 developing and enlargmg the hill
and tower. Approximately' 6,000 cubic yards of fill
was excavated and moved to om landing hill to enlarge
and steepen the grade. This was completed in the late
fall and we then started alterations on the tower which
enlarged it from 50 feet to 68 feet, and with an improved
runway, turned out to be a very fine hill. , We were able
to increase our hill record to 120 feet. This jump was
made by Wilfred Gauthier, breaking the original record
set by Rolph Monson (Brattleboro Ski Club) of III feet.
This record has been in existence since 1924, when the
Cliffside Ski Club operated a tower on this site. In
addition to the tower construction, we also built our
first clubhouse, a log shanty 40 x 25 feet, which was
very well received by our members, who had been
existing without a roof over their heads. Inspired by
these developments, the Norland Ski Club applied for
the Dominion Championship meet for the winter of
1938. Failing in this, we were awarded the Ontario
Ski Championships. These were run off February 12
and 13. Weather conditions were very poor: snow was
scarce, and the hills very icy. In spite of all obstacles,
with the support and assistance of our entire membership, our first major tournament was an outstanding
success. In addition to this and other tournaments