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Des Peters, Kenny Dixon and Christa Liewehr managed to find some particles of skiable snow, free from the worst excesses of the elements and other skiers. Matters were enlivened not to say complicated by a generous sprinkling of children from north of the border. The hardy Scottish element which included a well-equipped servicing department formed by Mrs Carmichael and Mrs Clyde, seemed to relish the conditions and put the pampered English to shame. We could admire but not emulate them. New this season were Jane Allison, Barbara Lonsdale, Annie Ross, David Butchart, Alastair Grant, and David Hilton. Wengen conditions no doubt were excellent training for Scotland and we hope they will return. The training group was completed by Coggins graduates and a sprinkling of welcome newcomers—Emma Easdale, Juliet Mabey, Jill Pollock, Caroline Starkey, Donald Hyams, Tim Lovell and Roddie Seligman. This oldie maintains that the standard of trainee behaviour has risen considerably over the years; and he speaks from experience. By December 29th, the weather was letting up. A parallel slalom having already been cancelled we were delighted to hear that the Kurverein would prepare us the Bumps and Switchbacks course for what nowadays is called the Western Trials Giant Slalom. This title is due to the entry of the Kandahar from across the valley. Further down this section of the Lauberhorn race course, piste makers were still at work and, through the kind intervention of our Hon. Member, Mr Ernst Gertsch, a fairly short Giant Slalom of 34 gates was set. To the relief of all, the day of December 30th dawned clear, but how cold. The fastest time for the Sunday Times No-Fall was returned by Tony Foster, a senior Australian racer, closely followed by Peter du Pon, relaxing from British team training in Val d'Isere, and third came Graham Miller. For the Wengen Ladies No- Fall, Antoinette Betts came down first; 0-1 seconds ahead of Sarah Campbell-Preston. The Kandahar brought over twenty juniors for the race. Don Warrington from Canada took home the Sunday Times Junior Cup (boys under 18). In second place came Hugo Holmes, and then Konrad Bartelski (Kandahar). In the open class for Under 19's, Wendy Von Allmen skied most competently to win the Cova Cup for girls, only (M seconds behind Ricco Molitor who won the men's class. In the Schools' Cup, Andrea Cova's fastest time of the day, together with Ricco Moliter's performance, gave the prize to Le Rosey, Gstaad. Not far behind were Harrow represented by Rob Ireland and Graham Miller and then Tah-Dorf, Interlaken (Antoinette Betts and Sarah Campbell-Preston). The following day, the Slalom was set on the Bumps which now provided a hard piste. The first course of 41 gates was set by Rene; the upper part providing a deceptive introduction to the steep tight turns towards the finish, where seventeen of the fiftysix starters came to grief. Page Thirty The overall best time for the first course came from a native of Wengen, M. Niederhauser with a time of 391 seconds with which Rob Ireland's time of 39-7 seconds compared most favourably and gave him second place. The next best was Wendy von Allmen. In the under 15s a spirited performance by Helen Carmichael of 4408 seconds gave her a clear lead over her rivals. For the boys, 13-year-old Martin Panchaud with 44-1 seconds seemed a likely winner. By the time the first course was finished the sun had risen behind the Jungfrau bringing some relief to all concerned. Hunger and cold could only be temporarily assuaged by alcohol. Packed lunches were seized upon and devoured with relish even though the sandwiches were frozen solid. Meanwhile, the second course was being prepared. This course, though shorter, produced slightly longer times overall. Robert Ireland skied steadily down in 40-8 seconds giving him a clear overall lead from Hugo Holmes. Consistent ski-ing by Alistair Grant, squeezed our Martin Panchaud by 0-3 seconds overall to give him the third position in the boys under 18 and also the first prize for boys under 15. For the girls under 18, Antoinette Betts, greatly improved from last year led on both courses ahead of her rival Sarah Campbell-Preston. Helen Carmichael came to grief on the second run which, enabled another promising young skier, Julie Molyneux, from the Kandahar to come in first in the under 16's as well as the third in the under 18's. It was most encouraging to find the under 15 boys and girls jostling their elders. Other young ones who deserve mention: Patrick Murray and Barbara Lonsdale both 14-years-old came high up in the final result. On the combined result Rob Ireland won the Wengen Junior Championships and Antoinette Betts the Elspeth Hankey Cup. In the Hewitt Junior Event, for teams from the Kandahar, the W.S.C. and the D.H.O., the times of Rob Ireland and Wendy von Allmen assured the hosts of a well deserved victory. The next day was also fine; just as well for the fortunate few who were invited—perhaps coerced—• for the New Year Slalom on the Brunner Slopes. It was a fast course which Hansrudi Miiller, Wengen's hope for the Swiss team, completed in 34-9 seconds. Wendy von Allmen's time gave her third place in the girl's class. For the boys, Donald Hyams clocked up the fastest D.H.O. time with 50-4 seconds to be followed by Hugo Holmes (54-2 seconds) and Rob Ireland (54-5 seconds). By January 3rd, Wengen and Lauterbrunnen were beginning to recover as packing commenced for our away matches in Miirren and Brand. We arrived in Miirren for the Kandahar Giant Slalom to find little activity in what seemed at first sight to be the ghostly remains of a lost frontier town. We trudged up from the station, past old and beautiful chalets framed in icicles, to our base camp, the friendly Alpenruhe. It was a grey morning and not until the race was over did the sky clear.
ls' Christmas Training: ft to right, top row, Caroline Starkey, Sarah impbell-Preston, Jaqueline Macey, iarlotte Pollock, ne Fowler, Carol Blackwood, Antoinette Belts. iddle row, Juliet Mabey, Stella Shields, Edith tearing, Denise Quiblier, Wendy von Allmen. ntom row, Ann Ross, Helen Carmichael, l Pollock, nma Easdale, Barbara Lonsdale, Jane Allison. ys' Christmas Training: ft to right, top row, Mark Middletoninds, Tim Lovell, ter Ethrington-Smith, Rob Ireland, igh Clark, Hugo Holmes. iddle row, Richard Starkey, Alistair Grant, ivid Hilton, Patrick Murray. ttom row, Allan Stewart, David Butchart, -.hard Gates, Andy Holmes, Hugh Dryland, n Hargreaves. Ladies' B Team at the Lauberhorn lift: Left to right, V. Sturge, K. Winkler, C. Harrocks, I. Mabey, S. Campbell-Preston, Jean Louis Allard {trainer).
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