UNIVERSITY SKI TOURNAMENT

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27435, 23 August 1954, Page 13

UNIVERSITY SKI TOURNAMENT

EVENTS AT TEMPLE BASIN The New Zealand University ski tournament ended on Friday at Temple Basin. The Canterbury University College team won the Malcolm Mace Memorial trophy for the best men’s slalom teairi,' the Ferrier trophies for the winning men’s and women’s teams, and the Kirk trophy tor the winning team. The slalom event, consisting of 35 gates over a vertical descent of 500 ft, was run in fine weather last Wednesday on packed powder snow. The Otago team lost its chances when its two best men, A. Duff > and M. Laird, were disqualified for missing a pair of gates. Twenty-one men and nine women competed, each having two runs over the course. The controlled downhill event was held on Friday over a course of about a mile and a half, with a vertical drop of 1600 ft. The top half of the course was soft powder snow, and the bottom half was hard Ice. Conditions deteriorated later tn the afternoon, and the' women’s events had to be cancelled. Abbreviations used in the results art: Otago University (0.U.), Canterbury University College (C.U.C.), Canterbury Agricultural College (C.A.C.), Massey Agricultural College (MA.C.), Auckland University College (A.U.C.). Results:— Men’s Slalom.—B. Wilson (MA.C.), first run Imin 3sec, second sun Imin J.lsec—total time 2min 4.lsec, 1; R. White (0.U.), Imin 2sec, Imin 2.7sec—2min 4.7 sec, 2; R. B. Williamson (C.U.C.), Imin 2.Bsec, Imin 4.7sec—2min 7.ssec, 3; T. Sidey (0.U.), Imin lO.Bsec, Imin 16.6sec—2min 27.45ec, 4. Team placings: C.U.C., 34.59 points, 1; A.U.C., 80.07 2; C.A.C., 100.17, 3? Women’s Slalom.—J. Adams (C.U.C.), Imin 11.6 sec, Imin 6.2sec—2min 17.8 sec, 1; J. Fitzgerald (0.U.), Imin Msec. Imin 16.8sec—2m in 32.8 sec, 2; J. Edwardes (C.U.C.), Imin 24.8 sec, Imin 19sec—2min 43.8 sec, 3; S. Page (C.U.C.), Imin 29sec, Imin 18.2sec—2min 47.25ec, A Team placings: C.U.C., 24.44 points, 1; 0.U., 62.68, 2. ' Men’s Downhill.—A. Duff (0.U.),' Imin 21.7 sec, 1; M. Laird (0.U.), Imin 25.65ec, 2; J. Chaffey (CAiC.), Imin 40.7 sec. 3; B. Wilsop (M.A.C.), Imin 46sec, 4. Team placings: 0.U., 18.60 points, 1; C.U.C., 81.91, 2; CA.C., 175.20, 3. Combined Individual Placings.—Men: EL Wilson, 26.56 points, 1; R. B-. Williamson, 38.24, 2; R. White, 45.29, 3. Women: J. Adams, 0 points, 1; J. Fitzgerald, 6.48, 2; J. Edwardes, 19.75, 3. Combined Team Placings.—C.U.C. (men, R. Williamson, J. Fulton, S. Gentry, M. Elder; women, J. Adams, J. Edwardes, S. Page, J. Prain), 162.76 points, 1; CAC., 368.40, 2; A.U.C., 398.59, 3.