pepsi-cola trophie

CROSS COUNTRY RACING
It was the frosty morn of January 7th,
the crackling stoves radiated their warmth
to the far corners of Fortune Lodge.
Above the good humored bantering, a
voice rang out "Hi fellas, welcome to the
Clinic".
So it was the first Eastern Canada
Cross Country Clinic got under way. The
Ottawa Ski Club as hosts would be working
to capacity for the next 48 hours.
And wasn't this frosty morning as
good a time as any to start? for the
turkey and pudding had gone their way
and the boys from Redbirds, Viking,
Queen's and others were rarin' to go.
What a time they had with fitness lecttures,
technique, training, waxing, discussions,
eating, lectures, movies, eating,
sleeping, yes there was time to sleep.
There is great' satisfaction these days in
knowing that guys will travel 300 miles
or so just to learn more about Cross
Country skiing. Yes, Sir! Our thanks go
out to Halvor Heggtveit, Don MacLeod,
Jack Wahlberg and many others for the
Clinic's success.
Competition started at the Club on
January 8th with a 16 km (10 mile)
Senior and a 8 km (5 mile) Junior race
with a record number of entries (34)
with Don MacLeod (O.S.C.) Jack Wahlberg
(V.S.C.) and Ian McLaren (O.S.C.)
out in front. The Cross Country Racing
schedule resulted in Jim Shearer, Don
MacLeod, Jim Lauder and Currie Chapman
being champions. The O.S.C. took
firsts in the Gatineau Zone & Quebec
Division and a good second in the Canadian.
What of our Club's future? Our
Junior Senior rating is high but we need
a heavy reserve of Midgets and Juniors
to assure us of honors well into the
future. It has been said that the Ottawa
Ski Club has one of the best Cross
Country areas in North America. This
statement is not far wrong when you
By FRANK S. COOKE, Director
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Don Mcleod cross country champion
consider the geography of the Gatineau
Park with almost 180 square miles of
hills, lakes and forest trails and the
Club's well kept trail network totalling
over 100 miles (thanks to Ferdie Chapman
and his bushwackers) . To summarize,
with all this potential, we should in
the near future, be able to challenge the
best, and set tongues awagging from afar.
Someone asked "How are our Midgets
and Peewees?" Well, when we recall that
for the Club's annual Midget Cross
Country Trophy the race numbers went
over the 63 mark for the 2'h mile
course and when we remember the enthusiasm
and good sportsmanship of the
boys and girls we get a kind of warm
feeling inside and can think of only one
thing to say, "Great!"
February 19th was "Black Sunday"
for the Ottawa Ski Club Marathon Race.