2009 - D T Price - the DHO

A Fitting Farewell
Norman Freund
Downhill only Journal 2009
It has become a sort of tradition for D.H.O members to sit down at dinner in the Bären Hotel dining room after the
MacMillan Day prize giving. This year, the attendance at the dinner packed the dining room as never before. The
occasion was a demonstration of D.H.O members’ appreciation of the work done by Paul and Maree Zvegintzov
during Paul’s many years as Wengen Secretary.
President Max Davies delivered the main speech and
presentations. He emphasised how much the Club had grown
during Paul’s tenure and, as a result, the huge number of people
Paul and Maree had shown around the mountains. He pointed
out that Paul had from the outset made the case for the D.H.O
finding its own, more spacious premises, and that it was so
fitting that Paul and Maree were there to see this ambition
fulfilled before the end of their tenure. The presentations
included a cheque to which so many members had contributed,
and a large, colourful cuckoo clock which (mercifully), can be
switched off at night.
Paul thanked everyone for a fine dinner and send-off, along
with the presentations. He promised that Wengen and the
D.H.O had not seen the last of him and Maree.
Paul’s successor, Sheridan Killwick, expressed her appreciation
for the welcome Paul and Maree had given her and for the
smooth handover.
Like all occasions of this sort, the evening was an act of
celebration tinged with the inevitable sadness of saying “au
revoir”, certainly not farewell, to someone who had become a
friend of everyone in that crowded dining room.
President, Max Davies delivers the main speech at the
Presentation Dinner.
Wengen Secretary Paul Zvegintzov at the Presentation Dinner.
Marre and Paul Zvegintzov inspect one of the items presented to
them at the Dinner.
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