Ideal ski-ing conditions

Press, 5 September 1988, Page 6

Ideal ski-ing conditions

Sunshine, ideal race conditions and a special camaraderie greeted the 25 women and 70 men competing in the 1988 Shotover Resort Ski Masters at Coronet Peak on Saturday. Racers taking on the tworun 17-gate giant slalom course ranged upwards from the qualifying age of 30 to the sprightly late 70s. The over-all winners of the New Zealand Ski Masters rosebowl trophies were Chris Womersley, of Methven, and Carol Marie (nee Lowry), of Hawke’s Bay. This was calculated on a complicated handicap formula which normally favours the older skiers. Womersley, aged 39, a

double New Zealand Olympic representative, skied superbly to take the men’s competition. As well as the trophies he and Marie also won a day’s heli ski-ing. Another former national champion, Murray Gardner, a North Canterbury farmer with some years on Womersley, showed good form too with one run less than 1.5 s slower. Results. — Over-all champions.— Men: C. Womersley (Mount Hutt).Women: C. Marie (Hawke’s Bay). Over 30.— Men: Nigel Brown (Queenstown). Women: Valerie Brown (Queenstown).

Over 35.— Men: C. Womersley. Women: Kinsie Rose (Arrowtown). Over 40.— Men: Murray Gardner (North Canterbury). Women: C. Marie. Over 45. — Men: David Hunt (Queenstown). Women: Nancy Tapper (Invercargill). Over 50.— Men: Garry Askew (Nelson). Women: Paddy Strain (Arrowtown). Over 55.— Men: Joe Brownlee (Wanaka). Women: Topsy Deans (Christchurch). Over 60.— Men: Frank Baddeley (Christchurch). Over 65. — Men: John Nicholson (Dunedin). Women: Corinne Gilkison (Dunedin). Over 70.— Men: Stuart Boyd (Wanaka).