ADVANCE OF SKI-ING
NEW ZEALAND RECORDS The great advance tho sport of skiing had made in New Zealand in recent years was remarked upon by Mr. H. JV S. Johnstone, at a function at the Hermitage recently, when cups and trophies won in the championship events at the Mount Cook sports meeting wore presented. Mr. Johnstone referred particularly to tho splendid performance of A. G. Wigley in tho downhill championship event when he completed the course in 3m 48s to establish a new record. His average spoed would ho approximately 33 miles an hour and his maximum speed more than 50 miles an hour. The previous record was held by H. H. Elworthy, who covered the distance in 5m 15s when competing at the 1933 New Zealand championship meeting.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19350910.2.179
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22210, 10 September 1935, Page 14
Word Count
129ADVANCE OF SKI-ING New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22210, 10 September 1935, Page 14
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. 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 Auckland Libraries and NZME.
Log in