YOUNG SKIER'S TRIUMPH
WINS N.Z. LANGLAUF GRUELLING TEST (Par Press Association.) THE CHATEAU, this day. On Mount Ruapehu yesterday, despite the wretched weather, the New Zealand championship langlauf resulted in a triumph for the young Taranaki skier. B. McMillan, who gave a particularly fine performance in beating R. Gelling, one of Australia's leading long-distance racers. The race was held over two laps of the five-mile course, starting and.finishing at Salt Hut on Scoria Flat. It was a gruelling test, the conditions being very misty and there was an exceedingly cold wind. It was- necessary for large numbers of Ruapehu Ski Club members to stand round the course at short intervals to direct the competitors. The results were :—B. McMillan, Stratford Mountain Club, 66min. 51sec, 1; R... Gelling, Australia, 68min. 54sec, 2; B. Murphy, Ruapehu Ski Club, 72min. 2 2-ssec", 3. The next to finish were J. Loveridge. Tongariro Ski Club, 76min. 53 4-ssec.; B. Clarkin, Tongariro Ski Club, 83min. 25 2-ssec.; W. Annabel, Australia, 85min. 59 3-ssec.; 11. Sole, Taranaki Alpine Club, 86min. 59sec.; P. Scbwieters, Stratford Mountain Club, 88min. 35sec. ; J. C. McComish, Ruapehu Ski Club, 88min. 39 3-ssec.; D. Stogdale, Australia, 93min. 3 3-ssec.; J. L. Hopkins, Ruapehu Ski Club, 94min. 38 3-ssec.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19104, 27 August 1936, Page 5
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