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FIXTURE LIST • SEASON 1955-1956
The abbreviation Str. is used for 'Straight Race' and Sim. for 'Slalom'.
Tha signification of the letters in italics after each event is:—
#15, 17 etc. Open to British boys under the stated age (15 years, 17 years etc.) on the advertised day of the race.
DH. Open to members of the DHO only.
DH-\ Open to members of the DHO who are over SOGB 2nd. Class Standard.
DH-2 Open to members of the DHO who are SCGB 2nd Class Standard or under.
.DK. Open to skiers who are amateurs under British rules and who qualify under the Duke of Kent qualifications set out in the
SCGB "Officials' Handbook".
F. Bun under the FIS rule which provides that the start list for the Slalom should be the finishing order of the Straight Race
reversed.
GI5, I7efc. Open to British girls under the specified age. (As Bib).
O. Open to all comers.
iV. Open to Kovices (i.e. those who have never won a ski race AND who are below SCGB 2nd Class standard).
T:i2. For Teams of 3 (2 to count). Competitors must be under 18j and either still at a Public School or having left at the end of
the Christmas term. They must also be visitors to the Wongen, Murren or Grindelwald districts.
IF. Open to visitors to Wengen district (i.e. Lauterbrunnen to Scheidegg inclusive).
Dec. 18 D.H.O. Office opens in Wengen and full Winter Train Service starts.
19 D.H.O. & S.C.G.B. Intermediate Training starts.
„ 23 Odling Cup (D.H.O. No-Fall).
„ 23/26 Christmas Jumping Handicap (D.H.O./S.C.G.B.).
„ 2.5 WENGEN CHRISTMAS SLALOM—O.
„ 27 Halford Hewitt—T43; Sunday Times Junior Cup (Str.)—B\9-DK; B.O.B. Cup (Str.—Men)— W;
W.A.B. Cup (Str.—Ladies)— W.
Dec. 30/Jan. 2. New Year Jumping Handicap (D.H.O./S.C.G.B.).
Dec. 30 Scalded Cats Cup—DH-\; Scalded Kittens Cup—DH-2.
Jan. 1 WENGEN NEW YEAR SLALOM—O.
3 Wengen Junior Championship (Str. & Sim.)—BX1-F; Baidland Cup (Str.)—732; Elspeth Hankey
Cup (Str. & Sim.)—G18; Craft Cup (Str. & Sim.)—S15-F; Ladies' Ski Club Spoon—Gl 5.
6 DUCHESS OF KENT CUP (at Grindlewald).
„ 8/9 26th INTERNATIONAL LAUBERHORN CUP (Str. & Sim.)—O.
9 Wengen Curlers' Cups for Coggins Senior (BGH) and Junior (SG10) Championships (Str. & Sim).
„ 11 Finnigan Cup (Sim. or Giant Slalom)—DH.
„ 12 BRITISH JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP at Gstaad.
„ 14 BRITISH LADIES CHAMPIONSHIP at Murren.
„ 16 SUNDAY TIMES CUP (30th WENGEN NO-FALL CHAMPIONSHIP)DK; Wengen Ladies'
No-Fall Cup—DK.
„ 21-22 BERNESE OBERLAND SKI CHAMPIONSHIP.
From January 16th there will be a Straight Race on Mondays and a Handicap Slalom on Wednesdays
throughout the season (weather permitting). See D.H.O. Notice Board for details. The following Cups will be
raced for when there is a suitable entry:—McMILLAN CUP (Str.)—DH; POLYTECHNIC MEN'S &
LADIES' CUPS— W-N; JARVIS CUP (Str.)—DH40; HEINZ CUP (Str., No-Fall & Sim.)— Wand WENGEN
GOLDEN SKI (Str.)—IK.
WENGEN STANDARD
The Wengen Standard will be held weekly down the usual course (1£ miles in length and 1,650 ft. drop).
Times required are: Silver Standard .... 6 minutes for Men, 7 minutes for Women.
Gold Standard .... 4 „ „ „ 5 „
Racing Class .... 3 „ „ „ 3J „ „ „
RULES OF THE DOWNHILL ONLY CLUB
(Revised Rules as approved at Extraordinary Meetings on 13th July, 1953 and 18th October, 1955)
The name of the Club shall be "The Downhill Only Club."
The objects of the Club are the encouragement of racing and
the promotion of good ski-ing and good fellowship among
skiers in the Wengen district. The Club will also co-operate
with the Wengen Kurverein to provide the best possible
facilities for ski-ing in the district.
The Club shall consist of: (a) Ordinary Members ; (b)
Foreign Members ; (c) Honorary Members ; (d) Junior
Members (Coggins) and (e) Associate Members. Members in
categories "a", "b" and "c" above shall enjoy the full
privileges of membership subject to the proviso that entry
for certain races may be restricted to British members of the
Club. 5?or categories "d" and "e" the privileges of membership
shall be as hereinafter provided.
The management of the Club shall be vested in a General
Committee assisted by a Wengen Committee, the members of
which must also be members of the General Committee,
The General Committee (hereinafter referred to as "the
Committee") shall consist of:
(a) The Officers of the Club, namely the President, two
Vice-Presidents, the Honorary Secretary, the Honorary
Treasurer and the Honorary Editor. (The offices of
Honorary Secretary and Honorary Treasurer may be
held by the same person and the office of Honorary
Editor may be combined with any other office).
(fi)
Not more than 12 Elective Members as provided by
Rule 5.
(c) Not more than 3 Co-opted Members as provided by
Rule 7.
The powers of the Wengen Committee shall be confined to the
election of Ordinary Members (as Rule 3 "a"), the award of
Silver Badges, the routine organisation of ski-ing and racing
and the discharge of any duties specifically delegated to it
by the Committee. The Wengen Committee will not make
any decisions altering the general policy of the Club nor will
it commit the Club to any expenditure oxitside the scope of
the grants already made by the Committee for racing, touring
and entertainment. If, however, not less than 5 members of
the Committee (of whom two must be Officers) are present,
the Wengen Committee may function as the General
Committee.
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