WINTER SPORTS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23894, 23 August 1939, Page 3

WINTER SPORTS

INTERUNIVERSITY SKI-ING OTAGO REPRESENTATIVES' SUCCESS This year the interuniversity ski championships were held at Arthur's Pass under excellent snow and weather conditions. Lincoln College had been practising for a lew days beforehand, and was loined by teams from Canterbury University College and Otago University, which travelled to the oass on Thursday evening. August 17. On the Fridav the teams climbed to the Temple Basin Hut. making the journey from the road to the hut on skis. In the afternoon the Downhill event was held over a 1000 ft descent, starting with a 500 ft descent on a 35degree slope over virgin snow and finishing below the hut. Although mist came across several times, for the actual event there was good visibility for each competitor. Afterwards, a slalom course was set bv Dr H. Schmidt covering a 500 ft descent, the first half being on a steep, soft snow slope, but the last r>art being on a well-packed slope. This event was held on the Saturday each competitor having two runs. On Saturday afternoon a Laneiauf event was held over a track which started with a long uphill climb, then a traverse, and finally a switchback run, which finished at the start. A second lap was then run. The following were the results (each team having four members):— Slalom Otago, 100 noints (12min 20.9 sec) '.. 1 Canterbury. 90.1 points (13min 40.8 sec) •• 2 Lincoln. 72.7 points (16mln 55.95ec) 3 Individual Placing?.—A. Borrle (O.). 2min I.7sec, 1: D. Gordon (L.). 2min 40.7 sec. 2: R. Blake CO. 2min 57.1 sec. 3. Downhill Otago. 100 points (3min 37.25ec) .. 1 Lincoln. 67.2 points (smin 23.0 sec) 2 Canterbury, 35.9 points (lOmin s.2sec) ... ..3 Individual Placings.— A. Borne (o.>, 45sec, 1: D. Gordon (L.). 48.6 sec, 2; A. Patterson (C.) and P. Tuckey (O.). 55.25ec (equal) 3. * Langlauf Otago, 100 points (2hr 21min 34.55ec) 1 Lincoln, 86 points (2hr 44min 20.1 sec) ..2 Canterbury. 65.2 points (3hr 36min 54.55ec) .'. 3 Individual Placings.—A. Borrie (O.), 24min 12.5 sec, 1; A. Cookson (O.), 27min 27.6 sec. 2; N. Begg (O.). 27min 45sec, 3. Combined Events Otago. 300 points • • • • J Lincoln, 225.9 points 2 Canterbury, 191.2 points « Individual Placings.—A. Borrie (O.), 300 points, 1; D. Gordon (L.), 244.2 points, 2; N. Begg (O.). 229.8 points, 3; A. Cookson (0.). 228.2 points. 4.