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30affiliated to the Ski Club of Great Britain(S.C.G.B.), was held on 8 May 1928 and theCommittee approved a full race programmefor the 1928 / 29 season. Membership hadnow increased to 31 including three foreignmembers.In the summer of 1928, the Mountainsof South America made their call, took theirtoll, and tragedy happened. Jock had beenoverwhelmed by an avalanche whilst climbingalone on skis in the Andes. When hisbody was eventually found there was stillpinned firmly to his jacket his Grisons Bat.As Captain Robertson wrote “A great lightwent out in the Grisons and remained outduring the winter 1928 / 29.” A correspondencefollowed regarding the fate of theChallenge Cups between Col A. W. Marden(representing Jock’s family), Flt. Lieut P.Fl Fullard ( Hon Secretary and Treasurerof Grisons Club) and Arnold Lunn (at thattime President of S.C.G.B. and HonoraryMember of the Grisons Club). This culminatedin Arthur Lunn inviting some membersof the Grisons Club to a meeting on10 December 1929 to the S.C.G.B. roomsin Great Smith Street, Westminster, Londonand it was agreed that in memory of Jock,the Grison’s Ski Club should be renamedMarden’s Club and the H.Q. of the newclub should be in Klosters. Six days lateron 16 December 1929, Marden’s Club formallyopened its season at Klosters with alocal Committee Meeting at which a raceprogramme was drawn up. Eight races werebilled but owing to bad conditions three hadto be cancelled. Of the five races held thebig race of the season was undoubtedly theGrisons Bowl (changed to the Weisfluh-Küblisthe next year) on 3 February. The startwas to be as high up on the Weissfluh Gipfelas was possible to line up the seven competitors(there was no hut or cable car therethen) and, despite bad snow conditions, thefinish was to be the Küblis bridge. It was anexcellent race resulting in a most spectacularfinish. Runner up Henry Puxley wrote:“The only thing that I shall neverforget and the bitterest disappointment ofmy life is when, have held Harold Mitchellthe whole way down the course in the firstWeissfluh-Kublis race, and having arrivedin front of him at the final Chalet roundwhich we used to turn into a short, narrowgully into the road (at the bridge), I relaxedfeeling certain I had won because I couldnot be passed in the gully; but Harold, whohad been doing a bit of shrewd training withthe natives, took a short cut, of which I hadnever been aware, over the wall at the backof the Chalet into the road and beat me onthe post. I shall never get over that one!”The official times for the race, H. P.Mitchell 31 mins. 15 secs. and H. W. L.Puxley 31 mins. 19 secs., were consideredvery good for the conditions prevailing atthe time. Puxley had his revenge by beatingMitchell in that year’s Parsenn Derby by 2min. 20 secs. Mrs. Hordern, the HonorarySecretary, recorded: “A magnificent raceto watch clown the face of the Weissfluh!The times may be better next season, as thefields below Conters were nothing but iceand molehills that day and, I thought, reallydangerous. It will become one of the historicraces of Switzerland, I think; it is actuallythe longest course-downhill-there is.”Before this, no race had ever startedfrom the Weissfluh Gipfel and the distanceto Küblis bridge of seven and a quartermiles made it longer than the Inferno,though approximately 500 feet less in verticaldescent. Sir Harold Mitchell also wonthe first Inferno.Marden’s was fortunate in inheritingnine Challenge Cups and one Shield fromthe Grisons Ski Club and for all these, theconditions had been laid down as well asfor three other races, to which Jock hadalready given names. For two of the racesthe original conditions consisted of threeparts (Downhill, Slalom and Langlauf),another two races were to be Langlauf onlyand two were to be team races. The replicasof the S.C.G.B Championship and the CrossCountry Championship Cups, which hadbeen made for Jock, came into the possessionof the Club in 1932 as a gift from hisfamily, who also presented one of Jock'sown original Grison Bats. In the Club’s firstseason Herr Tommy Hew of the VereinaHotel, presented the VEREINA Cup. It wasnot until 1933 that Foundation Memberspresented the Cup for the Birthday race andMr. F. Edlin of Davos gave the trophy (“TheSilver Brick”) now presented to the Winnerof the WEISSFLUH-KÜBLIS race. Edlin,the initiator of the “Derby” was a tirelesssupporter of Marden’s Club, and he personallyundertook to inform Davos members ofthe times of races and the appropriate trains.In addition, his help as a contact with theDavos Kurverein and Sportbureau was invaluable.Edlin, with his foresight and energywas largely responsible for the amenitiesOriginal members of Grisons Ski Club Major C. A. A. Robertson (right)President of Marden’s Club in 1931 and 1932 and left is Brigadier R.B.S. Reford.President of Marden’s Club from 1933 – 1936.SNOWTIMES 2020DAVOS KLOSTERS
31which exist today; direction posts, “BloodWagons”, the patrols and the SOS telephonecommunications were all the outcome ofhis ideas and it was not only the Club thatowed him a large debt of gratitude but allParsenn skiers too. When Frederick Edlindied in·1947, his ashes, at his wish, were interredin a rock built “Schonblick” erectedon the Parsenn Furka.In that first season the Club openedon December 16th, 1929, with 2 HonoraryMembers, 5 Foundation Members and I OrdinaryMember-a total of 8. It closed its firstseason on March 1st, 1930, with 4 HonoraryMembers, 17 Foundation Members, 36Ordinary Members, and 1 Junior Member-atotal of 58. So started Marden’s Club. Fromthat moment onwards, the “build-up” of theClub continued to its present standing ofover 740 Members. Jock's confidence thenwas not misplaced, and it is not surprisingthat, in 1952, in his Story of Skiing, SirArnold Lunn refers to Marden’s as “thatsplendid racing Club.” The Club has keptits headquarters in Klosters and also thebat emblem Jock Marden designed all thoseyears ago. His spirit is alive and well in ourClub today!The extensive race programme planned for the winter season 1957/58!Posing after the first Weissfluh-Kublis Race, 3rd February 1930(left to right) Henry Puxley who lost the race by 4 seconds to Harold Mitchell but Puxleyhad his revenge by beating Mitchell in that year’s Parsenn Derby by 2 min. 20 secs!Mrs Anthony Highmore-Kingone of the only two originalLady Members of the Grisons Ski Club.SNOWTIMES 2020DAVOS KLOSTERS
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