NOMINATED FOR SQUAW VALLEY -
WELLINGTON, September 16. The New Zealand men's ski champion, W. F. Hunt, of Te Kuiti, and the 1958 champion, S. A. Chaffey, of Marlborough, are among the nominees—three men and three women—by the New Zealand Ski Association to represent the Dominion at next year’s winter Olympics at Squaw Valley, California.
(New Zealand Press Association)
The other nominees are J. Willis and Miss P. Prain, both of Canterbury. Miss P. Hall, of Canterbury, and Miss C. Womersley, of North Canterbury. The New Zealand Ski Association advised an executive meeting of the New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association last night that the president of the Ski Association
(Mr R. S. Duncan) would travel with the team to Squaw Valley as manager, An association council member, Mr L. B. Collins, of Auckland, will meet the Olympic Games Association's selection panel in Wellington next month and present full reports on each of the six skiers. The Squaw Valley events are scheduled for late January and early February.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19590917.2.66
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 29002, 17 September 1959, Page 8
Word Count
169NOMINATED FOR SQUAW VALLEY – Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 29002, 17 September 1959, Page 8
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in