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JUNIOR TRAINING—Continued
immediately upon the British Ladies' Slalom
Championship, and—to the evident alarm of
some of the Senior Ladies who feared uncharitable
comparisons—down the same course. In the
seniors Sue Holmes became the 1955 British Lady
Slalom Champion, followed, at a very safe
distance, by two D.H.O. members. Lesley
Thompson's performance was nevertheless remarkable
in that she had not been training with
the Seniors at all, being in Grindelwald at the
time solely by virtue of her office of S.C.G.B.
Representative. In the Junior Championships
the Ladies ran first so that it was impossible to
avoid comparison with the Seniors. As will be
seen from the race times printed at the beginning
of this article, they did not disgrace themselves.
With the exception of Carolyn Doran-
Webb, who was dogged by misfortune, the
performance of the D.H.O. Juniors was pretty
well in keeping with their various merits as
revealed throughout the training, although the
exceptionally fine second run of Verity Lawrence,
with which she wrested the Championship from
Sarah Garnett—hot favourite even before she
took the lead in the first run—delighted all
Wengen hearts and sent us back full of jubilation
to our side of the hill. "Training . . . did not pursue the Trainees into the
evening."
SOFT SNOW LAMENT
FOR SALE
A North Country skier named Mark
Took his wife down Oh God! for a lark.
When he said: "1 doan't know
What makes thee so slow."
She cried in despair: "I can't tell 'ee, Mark!"
Lady's SKI BOOTS, size about 6-6J. Handmade
in Austria and unused. Can be seen in
D.H.O. Office, Wengen. £7 or offer. Write
Advertiser, c/o Hon. Editor. P.O. Box 20,
Wednesbury
D.H.O. JUNIOR TRAINEES—WENGEN, 1955
L. TO R.: DAVID FOSTER, Col. ILLINGWORTH, JUILET CRIDLAN, N. WHITE, VERITY
LAWRENCE, ELSPETH WHITLEY, C. MEISTER, M. WHITE, T. ASHBURNER, T. QUIETER,
CAROLYN DORAN-WEBB, JOHN TAYLOR, M. COLETT, P. REICHWALD, JANE
REICHWALD, OSKAR GERTSCH.
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