SKI-ING EVENTS
NGAURUHOE CUP MEETING HIGH STANDARD SHOWN 'Vi- ■■■ C V'j [BT raMGBAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION'] *, - THE 'CHATEAU, Sunday Beautiful weather favoured the running of the. Ngauruhoe Qup contests to-day." • The' standard of * ski-ing "was very high. Twenty-four skiers from all over the. North Island competed for tltt cup, which* was, presented .by T. W. Mitchell, the noted' Australian skier. The winner was P. Schwieters, whose points in the slalom and downhill 1 races combined gave him a margin over C. Amburv. . ■' T / ■' * , / . ' Results were as follows;Downhill Race (li miles).—o. Am-, bury (Stratford), 1; P." Schwieteris; (Stratford), 2. Time, lm 50s, an,average speed of 48 miles an hour. Competitors descended from an altitiidespf 10,000 ft. to 5800 ft. V Slalom. —Schwieters, 1; Ambury, 2. Women's Race.—Mrs. H. Ely (Sydney), 1; Miss Joyce Harrison (Auckland), 2.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23158, 3 October 1938, Page 14
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