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JASPER PARK, Feb. 24, 25, 26,

1961

THE OTTAWA SKI CLUB YEAR BOOK Official Publication of the Ottawa Ski Club

SEASON 1960-61

Publisher:

J. W. CURRIE: 569 Helen Street

Editor:

W. L. BALL: 28 Wendover Avenue

Club Photographer:

FERDIE CHAPMAN

FRONT COVER:

ANNE HEGGTVEIT; Photo by ERIC FERRAT, Editor

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

OTTAWA SKI CLUB

1959-1960

HONORARY OFFICERS

Honorary President - SIGURD LocKEBERG

Honorary Vice-Presidents:

SENATOR NORMAN PATTERSON - FRANK BEDARD

EXECUTIVE

President: A. GEORGE McHuGH, Q.C.

First Vice-President: Second Vice-President:

RoN LEFFLER Russ SMART

Chairman Ladies' Executive: JESSIE FEAR

H on. Secretary: Treasurer:

1. S. CuDMORE BoB McGJFFIN 13 Blackburn Ave.

Auditor :

LLOYD STEVENSON

DIRECTORS

HERBERT MARSHALL -Past President W. L. BALL - Ski Instruction

J. S. BLAIR - Liaison with Hull City Transport

FRANZ BAIER -Ski Jumping

GARRY PERKINS - Ski Patrol & First Aid

W . G. (Bun) CLARK - Liaison with The Gatineau Zone

FERDIE CHAPMAN - Trails

JoHN FRIPP - Publicity

ELMER CASSEL - Cassel Lodge D AVE MmoELY - Competition

JoHN BROWN - Trail Riders

CLUB MANAGER

JOHN CLIFFORD

Typography By LE DROIT

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EDITORIAL

Here we are with the seventeenth issue of the Year Book. Again there was some question in the minds of . your directors whether we should attempt it but, thanks to a generous offer of Mr. J. W. Currie, for some years our advertising representative, we are back again. Last year the Book was published at a cost of about $1200 to the Club and the directors decided that in the light of our financial situation we should economize. Mr. Currie has undertaken to publish the Year Book at cost of only $500 to the Club.

He also persuaded me to continue as editor by promising to take off my shoulders the frustrating task of houndling the directors and other contributors for their reports. This year I have received the copy comparatively painlessly.

Last year was probably in every way the greatest in the history of the club. Perhaps as a fatuous parent will sometimes try to contain his pride in the per­formance of a precocious child, our president in his conservative legal way has admitted that "it was, in many respects, an extraordinary year". He could have been forgiven if he had become a little more maudlin.

Ferdie Chapman, indefatigable Director of Trails, makes a modest report on a big season of trail maintenance and improvements.

Dick Simpson takes over as Captain of the Trail Riders from John Brown whose studies at Carleton University are keeping him busy.

Mr. Bill Baker, the Weatherman, again turns back the pages of the Experimental Farm Weather Record and reviews the past winter for us. Just recalling the cold and snow of winter makes him shiver but he knows that his prayers would never be heard among those of 10,000 oppositely-minded Ottawans.

In "After Your Accident" I offer some fatherly advice based on 40 years of twisting, spraining and breaking on the ski slopes.

Garry Perkins, Director of Ski Patrols, recounts the sad tale of some 564 injuries which indicates that skiing is not becoming any less dangerous. It may be some comfort to know that due to the increasing proficiency of the patrol you will receive even better attention than in the past if you should be injured.

Andy Tommy, who managed the Canadian Team at Squaw Valley, gives a first person account of what it feels like when a member of your team wins an Olympic Gold Medal.

Franz Baier, Coach of the Olympic .lumpers, tells of their training and compe­tition in Europe and creditable performance at Squaw Valley.

Paul Berniquez gives an amusing and informative account of jumping on the home front.

In my account of the Midget Program I describe the biggest year yet for the "small fry" which culminated with an entry of nearly 200 '·for the .Skimeister in March.

Still on the subject of children's skiing is Harry Rosewarne's story of the Gatineau Zone's plans for Midget and Juvenile Skiing.

In case you should forget that accidents are always with us I return with an analysis of accident statistics in the Fortune Area.

Because attendance at the Annual Meeting rarely exceeds 100, we are trying to reach more members by publishing the Financial State~e.et in the Year Book.

Bob McGiffin follows the Financial Statement with an account . of our arrangements with our concessionaires.

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Jessie Fear gives us a rollicking account of the square dance fun. Each year Jessie declares a profit of some $100 which is quickly used to decrease other deficits.

Bert Marshall recalls the. highly successful carnival we had at Fortune and the party at Lansdowne Park to celebrate our 50th Anniversary.

John Clifford again gives an accounting of his and the Club's expansion and points cut what we are getting for our money.

Dave Midgely took over the job of keeping tab on competitions and his report shows that we had the most active season ever in this category. You won't find the saga of the "Has Beens and Never Weres" listed under competitions. We are not forgotten, however. Ski Magazine has generously offered to print our story in its February issue.

Finally, Alex McDougall, long time authority on technique, tells us how the wheel has turned and we are back to where we were shortly after the war.

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THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

Our 50th Anniversary Year will presently come to a close. It would b:: an understatement to say that it was a good year. It was, in many resp::cts, an extra­ordinary year. Improvements too numerous to mention were made to our existing hills and to our lodges. The old Pink's Lake Lodge was moved to C:tmp Fortune and set up as accommodation for our midget skiers and th 2ir escorts. Quite fittingly, it was named the Cassel Lodge in recognition of the many years of supervision and care given it by our director, Elmer Cassel. There was, also, the development of the Skiskule, or Sky Line area and the setting up cf a Poma Lift there. The extension of an electric power line into the Camp Fortune area was also a decided step forward.

However, it was not only for improvements and construction of facilities that th:: Anniversary Year was noted. We had the great pleasure and the great honour to have cur own Anne Heggtveit win the Olympic Medal at Squaw Valley, a fitting sequel to her earlier success in the Kandahar Race in Europe.

More recently, another big improvement has been made in the services rendered by the John Clifford Ski Tows in installing the Ottawa area's first chair lift which takes passengers from the level of the Meach Lake Road to the top of th~ Ski­skule Hill. This chair lift is of the most modern design and construction and has been highly praised by those who have already had an opportunity to ride on it.

At the end of each year, we usually conclude that there will not be too much new construction to be undertaken in the following year. I hesitate to make any such prophecy as invariably such a prophecy has been misleading. There is need for some final work on the ski jump which is well under way at the present time and there is also going to be a great need for additional lodge accommodation on the Sky Line.

The progress of the Club is reflected in the tremendous increase in memb::rship which now amounts to approximately 10,000 members. With the new facilities, there is every reason to expect that even this figure will be passed in the coming year.

I must express my sincere thanks to the members of the Club's executive who have had a particularly active year and whose efforts have made our Anniversary the success it has been. As usual, we have been spurred on to greater efforts by the imagination and drive of our property manager, John Clifford. We hope that you will be with us again this year and we suggest that, even before the season starts, a visit to the Skiskule area and the Camp Fortune area would prove rewarding.

A. GEORGE McHUGH, President, O.S.C.

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TRAIL SKIING By FERDIE CHAPMAN, Director of Trails

The past winter, with more than enough snow and not too low on the temperature side, was one of the best on record for the trail skiers.

The trail committee assisted the Trail Riders in their arduous task of keeping the trails open and was responsible for maintaining the Western Trail and re­moving a large amount of heavy limb; and brush that came down on the trails early in the season when wet snow, that iced on the branches, fell. The members of the committee are carrying on in the tradition of its pioneer members who did so much voluntary work on the trail system. The Club owes a debt of grati­tude to these members and their pre­decessors. The Trail Riders had a monu­mental task trying to keep up with the numerous snowfalls, especially in Febru­ary. They were able to meet the situation by packing with snowshoes - an inno­vation last winter.

A number of long distance cross coun­try trips were organized during the season in the hope that more members could be encouraged to enjoy the beauty of the Gatineau Hills. Many skiers who stick to tow hills don't appreciate the wonder­ful network of trails that laces the Camp Fortune Area. Some of these trips were from Fortune to the Luskville fire tower, Fortune to Wakefield, to the Alpine hut on the Luskville escarpment, Wakefield to Wrightville via Fortune and other shorter trips in the McCloskey area. While it is disappointing that more did

not participate - fourteen was the largest turnout - and the average for the longer trips was four - it is hoped these will spread the good word and that their members will be doubled this season.

A program for putting the trails back on their original lines was started this spring through the voluntary efforts of the trail committee. Diversions, caused by heavy trees which had come down over the years, required correction. It is hoped that most of these detours will have been cleared up before the ski season begins and that improvements will be complete.

It would be well for the novice on the trails to heed the warning not to venture out alone, to carry a spare cable on the longer trips, etc. Also, in the case of an accident, check the scene for num­bers on the trees. The accident points have been marked during the past season to assist the first aid patrols in locating casualties.

In closing, I wish to thank members who wrote in with suggestions and com­ments for improving the trails. I mention especially Penelope Level-Trail and Ez­merelda Herringbone who made fre­quent trips out Western during the past season and all those who gave of their time and energy in assisting the G atineau Ski Zone in packing the course and act­ing as checkers on the 16-mile cross country race.

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Trail Rider Report

By RICHARD SIMPSON, Captain

The Trail Riders are an organized group of skiers with a membership of twenty. They are mainly high-school lads with a good knowledge of the trails which they maintain. The upper half of Lockeberg is used as a "home away frcm home", with the boys cooking and sleeping overnight.

The winter of 1959-60 with its heavy snow-falls has passed successfully. The crunching snow-shoes, the swish of waxed skies and the increasing number of trail skiers made it rewarding work.

The sound of · busy scythes, brush­hooks, axes and · saws could be heard during the fall week-ends as the trails were cleared and brushed in preparation for winter skiing. Two important bridges

were built; one on the Log Cabin trail and another on the Western.

With the coming of the "powder" we donned skiis or snow-shoes and kept the trails packed for week-end skiing. The trails for cross-country races were maintained for competition.

In addition to these duties, the Trail Riders participated in the O.S.C. anni­versary celebrations by putting on a tcrch-light parade and by distributing pamphlets.

For the coming year we are boosting our membership to 25. A Sunset Patrol to check the main trails each Sunday afternoon will be introduced. We again invite all comers to enjoy our wonder­ful trails and the delights of trail skiing!

A Guided Tour For

Beginning Trail Skiers

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THE WEATHERMAN REPORTS By F. W. BAKER, Central Experimental Farm

In the last Year Book I made the observation that the man who dared to pick up the torch dropped by "J.S.P." would inherit a heavy task. It was ob­viously a hot torch but Dr. Ball held it well for the Golden Anniversary Year of this great Ski Club. This year, Mr. J. W. Currie, publisher of the Year Book, took on the job of obtaining my report. My commiserations and congratulations go to him and Dr. Ball in their under­standing.

Down through the pages of the O.S.C. Year Book it has always been a hard job to get Winters started. It has been difficult to separate the failing days of Fall from the freshening days of Winter. There is a see-saw battle of Nature that goes on at this season and my favourite always loses out in the struggle.

Winter made its first intrusion into the Realm of Warmth at an unusually early date this past season. A snowfall recorded on Oct. 18 was the second earliest in the history of the Central Experimental Farm. This was the more notable in that the first sharp tempera­ture fall had occured only four days ear­lier. This interesting paradox suggests the fantasy of Summer and Winter reach-

. ing out a long arm to shake hands over the head of the Fall season.

On the 3rd day of November Winter returned again with nearly two inches of snow and those who had scoffed at the ridiculous early fall of October 17 were much more respectful of Mother Nature's whims and fancies. These early starts were part of the pattern of what was to come and we hadn't long to wait. Snow reappeared during the night of November 17 and was recorded on nine of the last twelve days of Nov. On Nov. 30 the temperature dropped to -1 o F. and with it dropped the last thoughts of Summer.

The Weather Man

At the first of December there was six inches of snow on the level fields and if your T .V. was on you would likely have heard thae immortal words "He scores - the Rocket on a pass from the Pocket!" Yes, Folks, these were the words of doom to the Summer lovers and it was in such a melancholy atmosphere that these thoughts and statistics were recorded for incorporation into the pages of the Winter Lovers' Year Book.

On the third day of December, Winter seemed to hesitate, as it were, and for eight days in a row daytime temperatu­res were above freezing with one day of rain and snow combined. This was a setback for winter but it inexorably got into gear again with nearly seven inche.s of snow on December 11 and 12. This gave the countryside a definite Winter flavour which was weakened only a little by light rain on the 15th. From this date onward it was truly Winter - not severe cold and not much snow right up to the last three days of the month when 7.8" were recorded. The month ended with a good ten inches of snow on the fields. The lowest temperature re­corded up to now was a modest 5o below

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zero. So far, so good, folks, an:! with a Happy New Year to you all we will turn over the page that places us plumb in the middle of Winter - ·good old January that seems like an eternity to some of us.

Well, a quick glance down the daily statistics that spell out the character of this particular January and the first thing we see is the complete absence of rain and none of us mind. The raindrop3 that are such a blessing in Summer bring only misery in Winter. Now absence of rain in a Winter month could easily mean severe cold or heavy snowfall but neither visited us in this kindly January of 1960. A moderate cold spell set in on the 6th and lasted a week with a low of -18°. This proved to be the low of the season and it was 10.5° higher than the average winter low. Only 17 .2" of snow were recorded during the whole month - the average is 21.5". This snowfall was well distributed through the month to maintain a snow level of 9-11" on the field. January 1960 was a wonderful Winter month all the way.

So much for the longest month in the year and we turn over the page to greet the shortest one. February can hand out some fierce Winter weather but strangely, for the last decade has been remarkably fine. It is a month of sur­prises. Last February with 47.7" of snow­fall created the outstanding record since

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tu3lly fell on 22 days - running from a trace to 17 .8". The heavy fall came during the daylight hours of the 19th -a great day for snowplows!

The month was another in a string of mild Februarys broken only by 1959. The lowest temperature was 5 degrees above zero. The month ended clear and cold with a good 22" of snow covering the fields. Not all the moisture in February came down as snow. There were two rainy days on one of which over an inch fell.

The first half of March put on a better show of Winter than either of the three previous months. In the first 15 days there was not a drop of rain or a flake of snow but sunshine was in abundance. It must have been a bonanza for the skiing world. The snow level on the fields remained stationary at 19-20". Remark­ably, there was not a thaw - an unu­sual state for March. In the second half of the month 8.3" of snow fell and there were four days of light rain. Day tem­peratures never got out of the thirties and the average was 28 o. The average daily low was 1r - a nippy March that dragged out the Winter and ran too far into Spring for some people's taste.

The cold of March continued into the first ten days of April and the snow cover was 100% gone only by April 14 - a situation which probably did not displease the skiers.

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AFTER YOUR ACCIDENT By W. L. BALL

It is one of the ironies of life that many of our pleasures and interests, al­though generally beneficial, may have unpleasant or undesirable reactions.

In no field of activity is this more true than in athletics. Baseball, football, tennis, etc, are recognized as healthful by virtue of the physical exertion they call for in the fresh air and sunshine. When winter rolls around to the snow belt, skiing is king of the outdoor sports and Canadians in ever increasing num­bers are aware of this fact.

Much as we try to shrug off the fact, however, we must admit that skiing, with 5% of its participants receiving injuries that are treated and reported in the skiing area and an .estimated equal number which are treated by their own physi­cian, or not at aU, is a dangerous sport.

Even though the odds are 1 to 10 that we will be injured this winter, not many of us intend to give up. It is the calculat­ed risk we take and we feel the stakes are weJI worth the possible penalty.

If, however, you happen to become one of the unlucky 10% there are posi­tive steps you can take to decrease the time of your convalescence and the after effects of your injury.

In the case of an immobilizing injury, such as a broken leg, the whole matter is out of your hands and the experts -

the ski patrol, St. John people, ambu­lance driver and finaJly doctor - take over. It is the less incapacitating injury which, because it does not immobilize you, may be aggravated by your subse­quent action.

It is obvious that heavy bleeding must be stopped and this usuaJly requires im­mediate assistance. Injuries to the upper limbs which may be breaks should re­ceive early attention. If the pain is severe, movement limited and you feel faint or nauseated a break should be suspected. Send or call for the Ski Patrol. While you may be able to hobble down the hill on a badly sprained ankle or a knee with torn cartilages, this should only be resorted to when help is not available. The already weakened joint can be more seriously injured.

Sometimes you continue to ski on what seems to be a slight twist or sprain but after you get home the joint begins to swell and pain. It is wise to let your doctor have a look at it. Chipped or cracked bones have been detected several days after an injury.

All injuries are not ascribable to acci­dents and some may result from the normal movements of skiing. Spinal twists and dislocations leading to chronic back pain may result from postures which are specific for certain sports.

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Bowlers and golfers develop sacroiliac slip which causes pain in the lower back. A skiing injury I have received is the stiff neck which results from a heavy fall with a snapping of the heaj, This is similar to the "whip lash" injury which may result when someone slams into the back of your car. Due to the leverages set up by skiis and rigid bindings, skiing results in a unique set of twists, sprains and dislocations.

The after effects of some of these strains are frequently not immediately evident and even when they appear are misleading to the layman. For instance a slipped or crushed intervetebral disk may manifest itself as the familiar "scia­tic" pain which runs down the leg. Such signs are correctly read by the doctor, osteopath or chiropractor, and proper treatment instituted.

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THE GATINEAU SKI PATROL By GARRY PERKINS, Leader

I NCREASED membership in the Ottawa Ski Club was reflected in

a very busy winter for Ski Patrol mem­bers. Between the St. John Ambulance Brigade and ourselves 534 recorded ca­sualties were treated in the Camp For­tune and Skyline area. An estimated additional 30 injuries which occurred during night skiing and other than week­ends were treated but, due to pressure of work or other reasons, patrolmen were unable to make a report on these.

Examination of the reports indicates that the majority of injuries are caused by inexperience and failure to ski under control. Many novices attempt slopes that are beyond their ability. Others, perhaps somewhat . more experienced, fail to realize that one should stay under control at all times.

The full role of the St. .John Ambu­lance Brigade in first aid work in the Gatineau Area is perhaps not fully un­derstood by the general skiing public. Before the season starts Patrol members attend a 2 months' course provided free of charge by Brigade instructors. During the season, members of the Brigade con­tribute their time freely in staffing the first aid posts thereby releasing Patrol-

Casualty

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men for work on the slopes and trails. In addition the Brigade provides emer­gency ambulance service for injured skiers.

During the week-ends of the ski sea­son, two members of the Ski Patrol are on duty at all times at each of the Camp Fortune and Skyline Ski Patrol Head­quarters buildings. Telephone connec­tions between these posts and all lodges and tow shacks make it a simple matter to report an accident and summon aid with the minimum of delay. In the past, complaints of slow arrival of patrols have arisen from failure on the part of persons assisting injured skiers to take advantage of this telephone hook-up.

In closing, the Ski Patrol would like to remind skiers of a few safety rules:

1. Take time to learn the fundamentals of skiing before going out on the hills and trails alone.

2. Ski under control. Be sure you can stop if necessary.

3. Do not stand in the middle of slopes or trails. Move over to the side if a pause is needed.

4. Do not ski alone in remote areas.

5. Do not remain on the hills and trails after the tows and lifts shut down.

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An injury at such a time could lead to a long delay before we reached you.

6. Do not use poles without rings. They sink into the snow and can give you a serious fall.

7. Use safety fittings but be sure your safety straps are fastened. Runaway skis are dangerous projectiles.

8. Give Ski Patrol equipment the res­pect it dt!serves. If you remove or damage it the patrol may be de­layed in treating an accident (the

accident might be your own!).

Sleighs, blankets and sleeping bags

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1958-59 Male Female Total

0 0 2 0 0 0 2

45 4

I I3 91 58

I 0 7 8

I5 3 3 4 3 I 4 0 I 0 0 0 0 0

265

I 0 0 0 0 0 0

33 I

2 6

81 20

0 I 9 3 6 3 0 2 2 4 3 0 0 I I 1 0 0

176

1 0 2 0 0 0 2

75 5

3 19

172 78

1 I

16 11 21

6 3 6 5 5 7 0 I 1 I I 0 0

441

Camp Fortune First Aid Post

Gatineau Park Skiing Area

CASUALTIES

FRACTURES

Nose Facial bones Shoulder Collar bone Ribs Pelvis Upper limbs Lower limbs

DISLOCATIONS

SPRAINS & STRAINS

Shoulder Upper limbs Lower limbs

WOUND & HAEMORRHAGES

MISCELLANEOUS

Heart failure Warts Headaches Burns Blisters Head injuries Eye injuries Upset stomachs Fatigue Back injuries Frost bites Sore throats Slivers in hand Toot aches Ruptures Shock Ear aches German measles

TOTAL

1959-60 Male Female Total

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53 II

2 21

104 86

0 0 6 4 8 I 5 0 I I 4 I 0 1 0 3 1 0

32 1

0 0 0 0 1 1 0

34 2

5 15 90 32

0 0

10 3 5 4 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1

213

0 I 1 I 2 ~ 2

87 13

7 36

194 118

0 0

16 7

13 5 6 3 5 I 4 1 0 1 0 5 1 1

534

Safety bindings release better in high speed falls it has been found by actual experience.

Earl Miller used to demonstrate the effectiveness of the Hanson Release Binding by doing intentional falls.

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ANNE'S GOLD MEDAL By ANDY TOMMY, Jr.

Manager of the Canadian Olympic Ski Team

Q NNE HEGGTVEIT'S gold medal ,..__.. in the Olympic Slalom and her World Championship at Squaw Valley came as no surprise to those of us who have closely watched her racing pro­gress. You members of one of the great­est racing clubs in the world had a part in her success and know of the many discouragements and setbacks she went through. I will, therefore, recall only a few of the incidents of this last year.

A few years ago Anne and Lucille Wheeler began to follow the European competition circuit as the result of our new idea that racing in Canada and the U.S.A. only would never develop world champions. Anne's trips were financed

at great sacrifice on the part of her parents and by money raised by the Ottawa Ski Club, the Gatineau Zone, the City of Ottawa and private individuals.

Anne had been racing in Europe for five years and placing well consistently. She set such a high goals for herself, however, that she tended to blame her­self for any performance less than the best. Being very conscientious she felt she was letting down those who had sponsored her. Thus, when she had bad luck she sometimes became depressed and her skiing was affected.

On the surface, Anne's Olympic vic­tory appeared to be the logical outcome of years of training and experience.

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Actually it was not a smooth path. This was the big year and all would be won or lost by small strategy differences. The pressure was terrific. The C.A.S.A. real­ized this was Anne's year and sent her to Pepi Salvenmoser in Austria early in the winter. Pepi had guided Lucille Wheeler to a World Championship and had trained Anne previously. He be­lieved that she was world championship material. He also knew that if they made any mistakes or had bad luck all would be lost. Even with the best of training and aptitude many things can go wrong before a race. A racer may completely break down frcm the tension or have an accident. It was Pepi's job to guide Anne through all these pitfalls and bring her to racing peak for the Olympic games.

In Europe, Anne and Nancy Holland trained with top men racers such as Toni Sailer, Ander! Molterer, Egan Zimmer­man and others. Anne's first mishap came in Grindelwald where she had gone for the Lauterhorn race. A hill maintenance man struck her on the leg with a shovel as she sped by. The fact that it was probably not malicious did not make it any less serious for Anne who was already having trouble with her legs. She didn't perform up to her best in Europe and Pepi didn't force

her. He had to overcme the effects of her injury both mental and physical and prepare her to give even more than her previous best at Squaw Valley. He told Anne that their strategy would be to throw up a smoke screen and let it be known that she was in poorer shape than she actually was. This tended to pro­duce over-confidence in other racers and took some of the pressure off Anne.

When Anne, Nancy and Pepi joined me and the rest of the team in Alta, Utah, Anne was not in top shape after excessive travel and three weeks' layoff. Pepi told her she didn't have to race in the Nationals but she entered and easily won the slalom and giant slalom. This restcred her confidence and she started the drive for the top. The next week she won both slalom and giant slalom for the Roche Cup at Aspen. We then went to Squaw Valley for the finals. At Squaw Valley she trained as if every practice run was a race. Pepi couldn't keep ahead of her she was so keen.

Anne is equally good at giant slalom and downhill. Luck was not with her in these two events but she came into her own in the slalom. She had been ranked first in the world and at the seeding meeting I drew no. 2 for her. We believed she could win but knew that until the race was over anything

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could happen. I remember standing at the finish line in the officials' roped off section with Terry Kielty and Bill West­wick. We were keeping times ·and could tell immediately where any racer stood at any time with respect to Anne. She was over two seconds ahead in her first run which is miles in a ski race which is measured in tenths of a second. We wrote off this one and that as they came down.

In the second run Anne would be under the most severe tension. The Olympic Championship was within her grasp if she could keep up the pace. Wil­ly Bogner had won the first run of the men's slalom only to have 3 falls in the second. As she came out of the starting gate we could see she was going to do it. Her timing and co-ordin­ation were perfect. She even seemed to be doing it too easily and when she finished we know that it was just a formality for the other competitors to run.

The rest of the Canadian girls were in tears when they finished they were so

happy and Anne herself was in a daze. She had reached the top and won in one swoop both the Olympic Slalom and the World Championship. She was crushed by photographers, reporters and well wishers. She was the toast of the sports world. After her phone to her father you at home joined in the congra­tulations.

I believe that one of the most moving spectacles I have seen· is the presenta­tion of the Olympic medals. It is one of the most inspiring traditions of our age, and to have one of your own standing at the centre of the triple pedestals with the fanfare of trumpets and finally hear your national anthem and watch your flag being raised makes you realize what Anne had done.

It seems to me that the fire and de­termination shown by the 1960 Olympic Champion was already evident only a few years ago in the little girl who used to ride up the slalom hill tow on her father's back. Anne's example should be an inspiration to all Canadian children.

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THE OLYMPIC JUMPERS By FRANZ BAIER, Coach

£1 ANADA'S 1960 Olympic Jumping 'l....\ contingent was composed of three competitors and a coach. Gerry Gra­velle was one of the jumpers and I was the coach, thus giving Ottawa a large share of the team.

We left Canada on December 8 and took up residence in the Austrian winter sport resort of Riezlern, a mountain village at 4000 feet altitude. Snow con­ditions were excellent when we arrived and both 45 !lnd 65 meter jumps in good shape because the German national team had just finished training there the previous week. We were able to start training the next day.

Our daily program started with gym­nastics and a 10 to 15 minute run with snow tramping exercises. After break­fast we prepared the jump and did some fast skiing to get used to speed. After­noons we practised on the 45 meter hill and . I made suggestions and corrections after each jump. The boys, Gerry, Jacques Charland and Louis Moser, came along well at this stage. Gerry had a few falls and broke two pair of skiis but was not injured. I could see, however, that they needed a lot of practice and better physical condition.

Before the first internotion ­al meet in Oberstdorf,

Germany. The Canadian team from left: Gravelle, O.S.C., F. Baier, coach,

O.S.C., J. Charland, S.C., Three Rivers, L. Moser,

Toronto, S.C.

Photo: Ruth Baier

On December 30 our team competed with other Olympic and National Teams in a pre-olympic jumping competition in Oberstdorf and on January I at Gar­misch, Germany, in a second interna­tional meet. From Germany we went, on January 3, to Innsbruck, in Austria, the scene of the 1964 Olympics, where we jumped on the 75 meter jump. Our next competition was January 6 at Bischof­shofen, Austria, on a 90 meter (nearly 300 feet) jump. We then went on to a International Meet in Semmering in Austria on January 10. Jacques Charland placed well in these meets and Gerry showed continued improvement. Louis Moser, however, hurt his knee in Inns­bruck and when it failed to improve I sent him home to Toronto. In Cortina. Italy, we jumped in the Konsberg and Campary Cup tournaments on January 16 and 17. We then went to Urach in Germany for the Kurrikalla Cup, an­other international meet, en January 24th. This was our last European com­petition and Gerry had his best placing when he was lOth among 52 jumpers from 9 nations.

We returned to Montreal on January 26. Jacques and I went on to the U.S.

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Nationals at Iron Mountain, Michigan, but I gave Gerry a four day holiday to see his young wife. He met us in Chi­cago from where we went to Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Here we met Irvin and Clarence Servold, two Nordic Com­bined members of Canada's Olympic Team. We practised on the Steamboat Springs jump for 5 days and Gerry began to show real form, and exceeded 300 feet.

We left for Squaw Valley on February 8 and met Louis Moser in Denver, Colorado. The boys had three weeks of continuous jumping on the Olympic Hill. Charland and Gravelle looked good in comparison with other Olympic jum­pers. Moser was still not fully recovered from his leg injury, however. A few days before the Olympic Jumping both Jacques and Gerry had falls. Gerry

After the International Jumping meet (Cup Kongsbergl on the

Olympic Jump in Cortina, Italy. From left: Charland, Three Rivers, S.C.; Baier,

coach O.S. Club, G. Gravelle O.S. Club

Photo: Ruth Baier

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twisted his ankle and lost some of his confidence. As a result his jumps of 70 and 79 meters were short of the 80 and 85 he had reached in practice. He, how­ever, placed 34th against Charland's 33rd which is perhaps as good a perform­ance as an Ottawa jumper made. (In 1936 Tom Mobraaten of Vancouver was lith. Ed.)

After the Games we travelled via San Francisco to Banf for the North American Nordics on March 6. After the pressure of the Olympics this meet was a pleasure. We then went to Fort William for the Canadian Nordic. Here, Charland won the jumping and Gravelle was third.

Gerry improved greatly but it is not possible to become an international champion in one winter.

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In conclusion, I wish to say that the 1960 Winter Olympics was a grand and unforgettable experience. I hope that other O.S.C. jumpers will become good enough to be National Team

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Franz Baier soars over the tree tops at Cortina,

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SKI JUl\IPING By PAUL BERNIQUEZ

Jumping Chairman

I N January 1960 we had our first meet of the season. The OSC trophy

was at stake. Rhea] Seguin again dis­tinguished himself by taking the honours in A Class and in the general standing. Don McLeod took B Class, whilst Jean Yves Richer topped C Class and Andre Leduc the Junior Class. It should be noted here that Richer was second in the overall standing.

The second meet took place in Feb­ruary 1960 and, once more, it was Rheal Seguin who led in A Class as well as the overall standing. However, in this latter, he was closely followed by Richer who narrowed the margin to 6/10 of a point. All eyes are now on Richer to see if he can wrest away some of the laurels that seem to "be­long" to Seguin. In B Class, it was Colin Bergh (Colin knows that practice makes better). C Class was again won by Richer with the junior going to Martial Ranger. Andre ( Chesty ) Leduc thought he had a monopoly in the Junior Class!

The Hull City Championship was held in early March 1960. It was all Seguin's again, closely followed by Jean Yves Richer. The latter was upgraded to B Class due to his outstanding per­formance in previous meets this season. Other individual honours went to Peter Guy in B Class and Andre Leduc in Junior Class. Peter Guy should give jumping a better try, say for a whole season. 'How about it, Peter?'

The end of March 1960 saw the Nor­land Jumping Meet and the return of Gerry Gravelle from the Olympic Games at Squaw Valley. Needless to say that Gerry was by far the best jumper. 'Keep your head, Gerry, and I am sure that you have the ability to become the next Canadian Champion. Franz Baier took second spot and Seguin found himself

in the third slot. "Chesty" Leduc in­stalled himself in the fourth position with two long jumps (no landing). "Ches­ty has promise and we hope he will show us next season. Richer dropped to sixth place and I thought I saw a trace of indifference on that day. There is no doubt that he lacked his usual enthu­siasm during this last competition. Let's hope this was only a temporary let down. The desire and the will to better oneself must always be present in the competitive skier's mind. If you couple these qualities with diligent and serious training, you have some of the attri­butes of a champion. All you require then is ability!

Last season was one of the best, not only from the point of view of the abun­dance of snow and prevailing good weather, but also from the organizational side. The Committee of jumpers com­pcsed of Raymond Desrochers, Fred Magrichuk, Maurice Landry, Jean Yves Richer, Colin Bergh, Rhea! Seguin, Dave Marcellus (a much improved junior) , Raymond Pare, Martial Ranger, Andre Leduc and Jacques Berniquez worked re­lentlessly in packing the three jumping hills and had quite a time keeping pace with Mr. Snowfall. Claude Legault, our publicist, did a good job and we hope that he will continue in his present ca­pacity. All meets were well looked after by the different sub-committees and my sincere thanks go to all.

As in past years, the judging was done by Bob Wallace and Earl Filman, assisted by Art Lavigne. They were sometimes joined by Russ Smart. We extend our appreciation and sincere thanks to all. The markers were the Marcoux brothers and other friends to whom we are grateful.

The junior jump finally became a reality. It was built by six jumpers, i.e.,

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Desrocher, Richer, Landry, Pare, Jac­ques Berniquez and myself. Many youngsters availed themselves of this jump.

We are grateful to Franz Baier who drew the plans for the new Lockeberg Jump which, if the plans are followed, is to be in accordance with FIS standards. Franz put in many evening hours in the preparation of the plans. Every mi­nute detail had a reason for being in­serted thereon.

The Intermediate Jump which was built by Seguin, Desrochers, Richer, Pare, Benoit, Pariseau, Landry, Jacques Berniquez and myself, at the cost of two months of steady and hard week-end work, is proving its worth, if not in gold, at least in the development of young jumpers. This could never have been accomplished on the Senior Jump. There is no doubt in the mind of many that it was just "the shot in the arm" needed to create new enthusiasm in jum­ping. Since it was built, in the fall of 1956, we have seen the remarkable pro­gress of Rhea! Seguin, who represented Canada at the World Championship in Fallum, Finland in 1957, Gerry Gravelle who, although he did . net win a Gold Medal, represented Canada, the Ottawa Ski Club and the Gatineau Zone in a commendable way. He was every bit deserving of the support accorded him

by the CASA, the OSC, the GSZ and the Hull supporters. We have also wit­nessed the sudden surge of Jean Yves Richer to the fore, and the noticeable improvement of Andre Leduc, Dave Marcellus, Maurice Landry, Martial Ranger, Raymond Pare, et a!. Now that the interest is revived, let's join hands and keep it that way. There is great potential amongst our jumpers -all they need is proper encouragement. All in all, the Intermediate Jump is proving a valuable asset.

So, in 1961, we hope to give the spec­tators just what they have been craving for, that is, jumps of over 200 feet. When the new season opens in the fall of 1960, the pass word will be "Orbit". I am sure we can beat the scientists in orbiting a human satellite!

In the 1959 Annual of the OSC, a mistake was inadvertently printed. It was stated that Franz Baier had had the longest official jump, i.e., 193 feet for a hill record. However, this distance, unfortunately, was not recorded during a meet. So, it follows that the longest official standing jump, during an official meet at Camp Fortune, was made by Art Tockle of the USA back in 1951 when he soared 189 feet. Raymond Des­rochers leaped 207 in 1951 but fell. Another long standing jump was made by Rhea! Seguin when he soared 204

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feet during a meet in 1956. However, the judges of the meet must have had frozen eyelids when they declared that Rheal had touched the ground with one hand on the flat part of the outrun and called the jump a fall. I am not belitt­ling the judges in saying this, because their job is a difficult one and, at times, very trying. They have to stand in sub­zero weather for as long as three hours, pencil in hand, recording the flight of each and every jumper. I have nothing but admiration for the judges, but since they are mortals they are not in­fallible.

Overheard after a meet at Fortune last season: "Hey! Raymond (Desro­chers) did you see the new satellite which was launched from the pad of the Intermediate Ski Jump?" Someone from the crowd : "That was Gerry Gra­velle on his way to Squaw Valley!" We have more of those satellites. So, when at Camp Fortune, look up for the sen­sational!

Here's wishing all skiers the best season ever.

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THE MIDGET SKI PROGRAM

1959-1960 by W. L. BALL

Last winter marked the sixth year of the Midget Program and by all odds its biggest and best. An excellent winter and a club membership which exceeded 10,000 brought out a record crowd of 6 to 13 year olds. The executive was well prepared, however, and 70 trained amateur instructors were on hand to greet them. A strong nucleus of veterans and about 30 new instructors made up the staff. All of these had received the course sponsored by the Ottawa Citizen and directed by John Fripp and Bud Archibald.

An average of 500 children attended the six instruction classes and some Sa­turdays in excess of 600 were on hand.

The executive which organized the program was the following :

W. L. Ball ............ Director of Program

Thor Weibust .... Director of Ski School

Paul Lajoie ..................... : ..... .. Secretary

Chuck Ballard . . . . .. . .. .. . ... . .. . .. . . . Marshal

Phyllis McLaren ... Assistant to Marshal

Senior Instructors

Harold Fawcett Bill Peterson Don Holman Phyllis Klotz

Paul Lajoie

The instruction program again was composed of three categories:

1. Basic Instruction and Safe Skiing under the direction of Thor Weibust.

2. Racing Instruction divided into three sections:

(a) Jumping - under Colin Bergh.

(b) Cross-Country racing handled by Tony Stolfa.

(c) Slalom and Downhill Racing by Bill Ball assisted by Lorry Wedd and Doug Irwin.

3. The third part of the Program -competition- was ably co-ordinated by Harry Rosewarne, Chairman of Midget Racing for the Gatineau Ski Zone.

No less than nine preliminary races preceded the boys' Four Way Skimeister for the Newt Barry and the girls' Three Way competition for the Emil Danjaw Trophy.

Summary of Preliminary Races

Winners Date Race Location Boys Girls

Jan. 17 Slalom Fortune C. Chapman H. Quipp Jan. 24 Downhill Kingsmere c. Chapman H. Quipp Jan. 31 Slalom Wakefield c. Chapman A. Rowley Feb. 7 Jumping Fortune H. Parsons Feb. 14 Cross Country Kingsmere T. Stolfa A. Rowley Feb. 21 Downhill-Slalom Wakefield C. Chapman A. Rowley Feb. 28 Cross Country Fortune T. Stolfa A. Rowley Mar. 6 Slalom Kingsmere C. Chapman H. Quipp Mar. 13 Slalom Wakefield c. Chapman H. Quipp

The first racing death in America was that of Sigurd Hall who was killed in the Mt. Ranier Downhill in 1940.

Skiing was introduced in Canada in 1879. The Montreal Ski Club was form­ed in 1904.

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The Skimeister, held, on March 19 and 20 at Camp Fortune under bright sun on fast snow, drew a staggering entry of nearly 200 boys and girls. This is probably the largest number of com­petitors that has ever been seen in a Canadian ski competition but Harry Rosewarne, ably assisted by instructors, club executives and parents, master­minded the most successful Skimeister in the club's history.

Shortly after each event was finished John P. Taylor's team of mathematicians was able to issue mimeographed lists of the results and at the conclusion of the jumping on Sunday afternoon winners were declared in each of four categories. Prizes were distributed by Anne Heggt­veit. This was a fitting honour for Anne whose Olympic victory in the slalom has been an inspiration to young Otta­wa skiers.

Currie Chapman of Kingsmere culmi­nated a season in which he was un­beaten in some 10 slalom and downhill races by winning the Newt Barry Tro­phy for the 4 way combined.

Heather Quipp also of Kingsmere rounded off a successful year by win­ning the Emil Danjaw Trophy for the girls 3 way combined.

The boys 10 and under was won by Gerry Quipp and the girls 10 and under by Jean Irvin.

Summaries

Boys 13 and under 4 way combined 1 Currie Chapman, Kingsmere 374.1 2 Derek Denton, Sedbergh 365.3 3 Jamie Burpee, Sedbergh . 365.1 4 Bob Edwards, Kingston 361.7 5 Alasdair Hunter, Sedbergh . 353.7 6 Andrew Broadhead, Sedbergh 346.9 7 Alex Taylor, O.S.C. 346.7 8 Brian Scully, O.S.C. 345.3 9 Bruce Fawcett, O.S.C. 338.9

10 Glen Morrall , O.S.C. 337.9 Girls 13 and under 3 way combined

l. Heather Quipp, Kingsmere .. 294.8 2 Anne Rowley, O.S.C. 279.6 3 Carol Veit, O.S.C. 284.1 4 Ann Blair, O.S.C. 262.6 5 Margo Mackenzie, O.S.C. 251.4 6 Elspeth Fordyce, O.S.C. 249.9 7 Barbara Cummings, O.S.C. 236.2 8 Jean Chambers, O.S.C. 233 .3 9 Vickie Fawcett, O.S.C. 223 .3

10 Barbara Cruickshank, O.S.C. 221.5 Boys 10 and under 4 way combined 1 Gerry Quipp, Kingsmere 344.1 2 Tim Cooke, Kingsmere 334.1 3 Geof Bowie, O.S.C. . 315.4 4 David Fripp, O.S.C. 314.4 5 David Dyer, O.S.C. 306.9

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CHILDREN'S SKI PROGRAM FOR 1960-61 HARRY ROSEWARNE, Chairman, Midget Committee,

Gatineau Ski Zone

For some years the Gatineau Ski Zone Committee of the Canadian Ama­teur Ski Association has been keenly interested in the promotion and organ­ization of skiing for all youngsters with­in the zone. The major guiding princi­ples have been, and still are, to help the young people to begin their skiing correctly and to provide initial training in racing fundamentals to those interest­ed. A steady widening in the scope of the program has been achieved from year to year. The plans which are being formulated for this year should reach more children and improve future organ­ized activities.

The most important addition will be the introduction of a Juvenile program to be directed by John Fripp. The Ju­venile age limits are 13 to 15 inclusive. In past years most of the children's work was carried on in the Midget Program. The Midget ages were 6 to 13 years inclusive. With the introduction of the Juvenile class, the Midget age limit has been lowered to 12 years. Between the two programs a wider age group will be eligible for instruction and training.

The first item on the Midget calendar will be the Midget Ski Instructor's School

to provide the staff for the Midget Schools. This has become an annual affair sponsored by the Ottawa Citizen. Thor Weibust will organize the school and John Fripp and Bud Archibald will look after instruction and examination. The school is open to ski clubs that have joined the Zone and are planning a Midget program. It will be conducted over the Christmas holiday season, probably at Camp Fortune. The second part of the program will be ski schools organized within each participating club and assisted by technical advice from the Zone Midget Committee as requested. Where possible, each club assumes the cost for its school so that free instruct­ion and training is provided for the children. Usually six lessons are given each season. The last item on the program is a series of organized races in Slalom, Downhill, Cross-Country and Jumping. Harold Fawcett will be in charge. Each race will be an invitation meet held at one of the participating clubs. These competitions will provide an opportunity for the youngsters from each club to compete against each other and put into practice the training anJ coaching they have received. The program will finish with a two day Ski

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Meister to determine a four-way com­bined winner for the boys and a three­way winner for the girls. The older girls will compete for the Emil Danjaw trophy while the older boys will try to capture the Newt Barry trophy. The younger girls and boys will compete for the John Bracken trophy which was awarded for the first time last season.

It is tentatively planned that the Juvenile program follow much the same pattern as the Midget program except that the emphasis will be shifted towards competition . There will be a Juvenile ski school to teach control skiing which is not, however, expected to assume the pre-portions it has in the Midget program since there will be fewer juveniles just starting to ski or who are improving their control skiing technique. The em­phasis will be placed on competition training, coaching and practical exper­ience in racing. It is important to note that this competitive schedule will be designed for the beginner as well as for the more experienced racer graduat­ing from the Midget program. It is hcped that the competition part of the program will provide a continuation for the competitor from the Midget program and at the same time provide an ex­cellent starting point for a youngster just beginning to race at Juvenile a!;e.

The ski clubs which are expected to be active in these programs for the 60-61 season are: Ottawa, Kingsmere, Vorlage, Edelweis, Sedbergh Boys' School, Beamish and possibly some others.

It should also be mentioned that the Zone committee is active with the Ottawa Municipal Ski Council in provid­ing technical assistance and in training instructors for the Municipal schools at Rockcliffe, Hogsback and Carlington.

I think the time has ccme when skiers should be graded before they are allow­ed to venture out on the slopes. This will be difficult to administer but wi!l eventually come.

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THE STATISTICS AND MECHANICS

OF SKI INJURIES

By W. L. BALL

In last winter's Year Book I reported a study I had made of the effectiveness of release bindings. This year I have attempted the more ambitious project of analysing the statistics to find what are the factors and conditions which lead to accidents. The results of this survey <:ombined with a consideration of the dynamics of falls give us some insight into ski injuries. There remains much to be learned, however, and the accident iree winter is still a long way off.

Following Garry Perkins' report on the Ski Patrol are the St. John Ambu­lance Brigade summaries for 1958-59 and 1959-60. The first fact you will notice is that there were 534 injuries re­ported last year against 441 in 1958-59. This increase does not reflect a higher rate of accidents but is, in fact about what we would have expected from the 2,000 increase from 9,000 to 11,000 in those estimated to have used the area. Last year's 97 fractures were in about the same ratio as the previous winter's ·so but the increase was almost entirely

. due to males. Sprains and strains were .as predicted. Wounds and haemorrhages increased but miscellaneous injuries

were down. As found before, 65% of all injuries were to the lower limbs and the injured were 60% male and 40% female - about in the estimated ratio of club memebrship. Although last win­ter had more skiing days than the pre­vious one it must be concluded that we have not greatly reduced the rate of skiing injuries in the Camp Fortune Area.

I also analysed the data from some 150 accident reports prepared by the Ski Patrol. These were for week-ends only. Week days and nights were not included. The following table shows per cent distributions of injuries against time of day, month, etc.

Per Cent Distribution of Injuries

Time 10 11 12 2 3 4 % 6 7 15 15 19 24 14

Month Jan. Feb. March % 26 40 34

Snow Hard Soft % 43 57

Binding Safety No Safety % 15 85

Age 5-10 11-15 16-20 21 andover % 8 32 38 22

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From the table it can be seen that injuries increase in number until 3 to 4 o'clock and then decrease as people stop skiing. February was the worst month, possibly because it offered the most good skiing days. Soft snow claimed more victims than did hard. When it is realized that about 90% of our skiing is done on hard snow it is evident that soft snow with 57% of the injuries is a "killer". Safety bindings with only 15 % of the injuries again demonstrated their worth as it is estimated that over 50% of our skiers now wear some form of release. Teenagers account for more than their share of injuries.

Some of these figures require a second look. For example, the 60/40 ratio of males to females injured does not mean that men and women are equally injury prone when we consider that men put in probably twice as many ski hours. Also teenagers run off far more mileage than any other age group.

We haven't learned much from this analysis that we hadn't already suspected. Accidents increase in frequency as the day progresses; soft snow is more dan­gerous than hard; teenagers are more accident prone and safety bindings are a good investment. I think the ladies will agree that they ski less and slower than the men. If so, it is unanimous that the ski slopes are one place where they live more dangerously.

Now let us take a look at the mecha­nisms of ski falls. There is a good paper en the subject by Dr. Erskine in the

American Journal of Surgery for May 1959. A normally built person weighing 150 pounds and moving at 30 miles an hour develops a momentum of 6,600 foot-pounds per second. This means that the combination of his speed and weight could raise a 6,600 pound object off the ground. Now if it took him 2 feet to stop, when he fell, the stopping force would be 2,250 pounds or 15 G (15 times the pull of gravity). If this tre­mendous force is exerted in such a way that the skis act as levers, the force could be increased many times. If he has release bindings, the skis will come off and prcbably only his ego will be bruised. If the bindings do not release his forward motion carries in an arc, if the tips of the skis are fixed, and the full thrust of the momentum is trans­mitted through the legs to the ankles. Something has to give. It may be the achilles tendon, the leg or only the skis. When the tips of the skis are free a for­ward fall results in an "egg beater", an amusing expression for an unpleasant experience. If this happens, the energy is dissipated over a considerable distance and some time and the fall is not usually as damaging as in the case of a dead stop. This kind of fall possibly results in a dislocated humerous (the bone of the upper arm) only or, less frequently, a spiral fracture of the leg bones. The fracture occurs as the victim rolls with his skis crcssed . As much as 600 pounds twist may be exerted. Cuts and lacerations from the poles or skis edges may also occur.

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Accidents that occur during turns are more interesting to the anatomist. Here we have a rotational motion, that results in torque, to complicate an already com­plex pattern of forces. Because' the tips of the skis do not skid around, but re­main more nearly fixed, they act as the fulcrum and two moments come into play. One of these is the distance be­tween the tip of the ski and the ankle and the other that between the skier's centre of gravity and his ankle.

When the skier catches the outside edge of his outer ski or the inside edge of his inner ski, momentum tends to carry his body in its original direction but the ski is fixed. As a result, the free ski crosses over it causing the skier to fall while pivoting on his fixed leg. The torque developed on the tibia (the larger of the two lower leg bones) is great and may result in a spiral fracture. Sometimes the upper end of the fibula {the smaller bone) is broken off and injury to the knee occurs as well. Be­fore these things happen the experienced skier has usually thrown himself side­ways and has freed both skis from the snow as he slides on his back or chest. The beginner, fearing a fall, stays with

Cutting the triple ribbon at the

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From left to right: Oswald Parent,

M.L.A., Hull, Hon. George Hees,

Alan Hoy, N.C.C., Chairman,

John Clifford

the disasterous tum too long and sustains a wrenching leg injury.

There is some evidence that release bindings operate more successfully at higher speeds. There is a difference in the pattern of high and low speed inju­ries. The slower a skier is moving the lower is the break on the tibia likely to be. When the speed is not great enough to produce a fracture, injuries to the knee occur.

There is a wide open field for investi­gation into the psychology of ski injuries or rather those who sustain them. Fa­tigue is well established as a factor, dulling as it does the senses and reflexes. A second factor is fear, a purely psy­chological one about which we know little. A relaxed and confident skier rarely gets hurt. When he meets a situa­tion with which he is not adequately equipped to cope he becomes nervous and frightened, his reaction times slow down and · his muscular responses are poor. Such situations arise when he finds the hill steeper or icier than he expected or an unexpected obstacle suddenly appears in his path.

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Ottawa Ski Club Inc. BALANCE SHEET

AS AT JUNE 30, 1960

Assets Current:

Cash on hand .... .... ..... ......... .. ... . Acccunts receivable .... .... .... .. .. .. .. Inventory - fuel, wood Unexpired insurance premiums

Other: Life insurance

- Cash surrender value - Accumulated dividends

Work in progress Fixed:

Land Buildings Ski jump Equipment Electrical installations

Improvements to hills Less Amounts written off

Current: Bank overdraft Accounts payable

Cost

$ 6,534.75 99,121.95

7,758.97 3,272.81 7,587.83

$124,276.31

Liabilities

Accrued interest payable .. . .. ......... .. .... .. .. Treasury and demand notes payable -

due in current year . .. ..... Owing to Ladies' Committee -

Square Dance Proceeds

Long term:

Accumulated provision for depreciation

$ 35,158.83

7,757.97 1,317.89

493.69

$44,728.38

$27,176.20 13,482.25

Mortgage payable - 6% due August 1, 1962 Treasury notes payable - due 1962 .

Surplus

$ 50.00 2.97

2,400.00 2,270.46

$ 170.00 200.00

Net

$ 6,534.75 63,963.12

1.00 1,954.92 7,094.14

$79,547.93

13,693.95

$15,950.90 3,784.79

895.02

8,600.00

301.61

$10,000.00 10,500.00

$ 4,723.43

370.00 12,549.B

93,241.88

$110,884.44

$ 29,532.32

20,500.00 60,852.12

$110,884.44

This is the balance sheet referred to in my report to the President and members dated, October 21 , October.

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G . Lloyd STEVENSON Chartered Accountant

The President and Members, Ottawa Ski Club Inc., OTTAWA, Ontario.

October 21. 1960

I have examined the balance sheet of the Ottawa Ski Club Inc. as at June 30, 1960 and the statement of revenue and expenditure for the year ended on that date. My examination included a general review of the accounting procedures and such tests of the accounting records und other supporting evidence as I considered necessary in the circumstances.

In my opinion the attached balance sheet and statement of revenue and expen· diture and surplus present fairly the financial position of the Club as at June 30, 1960 and the results of operations for the year ended on that date.

G. Lloyd STEVENSON Chartered Accountant

Ottawa Ski Club Inc. STATEMENT OF SURPLUS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1960

Balance at credit, June 30, 1959 ... deduct:

Write off of original "club ski tow" ............................ .. Transfer Square Dance Proceeds to Ladies' Committee ...... ..

add: Excess of revenue over expenditure for the year

Balance at credit, June 30, 1960

$ 1.00 301.61

$42,740.41

302.61

$42,437.80

18,414.32

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Ottawa Ski Club Inc. Fixed assets

Land Camp Fortune Dome Hill .. .. . .

Buildings:

Alexander Chalet Camp Fortune Caretaker's Quarters Cassel Lodge Locke berg Lodge Membership sales -

check room Mort's Cabin

Straight line

5% 5% 5% 5% 5%

:5% 5%

Cost

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Depreciation June 30, 1959

s; 4,684.75 $ 1,850.00

$ 6,534.75

38,958.86 3,443.12 20,808.57 12,207.96

1,811.55 1,295.73 8,334.11 4,230.54

14,185.00 6,363.76

1,144.37 821.05 419 .71

St. John Ambulance H.Q. 5% Ski Patrol -

1,985.50 163.38

Alexander area 927.18 927.18 Ski Patrol -

Sky line area 5% 1,624.42 943.93 Stable - Camp Fortune 5% 662.83 253.77 Sky Line - Lodge . 5% 7,858.51

$99,121.95 $30,249.08

Jump

Sigurd's 10% 7,758.97 7,443.92 --- - -

Equipment: Sun benches, Racks,

Toboggans 10% 1,209.30 601.42 Furniture - interior 10% 692.38 Livery 10% 347.15 346.15 Office equipment ... 10% 87.50 84.58 Addressograph plates 10% 936.48

3,272.81 1,032.15 -----

Installations: - electrical

Area phone - network 5% 955.57 Power distribution system 5% 6,632.26 114.30

7,587.83 114.30 ---- -

Hills:

Fortune - Valley Area . 20% 18,902.61 8,047.01 Sky Line Area 20% 8,273.59

June 30, 1960.

1Z months Depreciation

1960

$

1,941.94 1,040.43

90.58 416.71 709.25

57.22 41.05 99.28

81.22 33.14

392.93

Accumulated Prov. for

Depreciation June 30/60

$

5,391.06 13,248.3:1

I ,386.31 4,647.25 7,073.01

57.22 460.76 262 .66

927.18

1,025.15 286.91 392.93

----------$ 4,909.75 $35,158.83

314.05 7,757.97 - - - --

120.93 722.35 69.24 69.24

346.15 1.92 86.50

93.65 93 .65

285.74 1,317.89

47.78 47.78 331.61 445.91

- ----379.39 4:n.69

3,780.52 11,827.53 1,654.72 1,654.72

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The Partnership of the O.S.C. and its Concessionaires By BOB McGIFFIN, Treasurer

Have you ever wondered what the arrangements are between your club, a non profit organization, and the several private profit making enterprises that operate on dub property?

First lets see what the club does with the money it collects in membership fees. The most tangible evidence of money spent is your spacious and com­fortable lodges with their furniture and other equipment. Roads and bridges must be maintained to service these and caretakers and checkers provided to look after them. The hills are free, but in their natural state aren't much use to the modern "Wedel" skier. Trails and slopes must be cleared and smoothed. An example of the cost of this work is the $25,000 the club has spent to date in subduing the Skyline Area. Re­building the Lockeberg Jump has cost $15,000 and another $10,000 will be required to finish it.

The Ski Patrol and First Aid Services are the club's responsibility. They are provided free, whereas in some areas the injured skier· is required to pay the cost of getting to the hospital himself. Free instruction is provided to some 600 children every year by the Midget Ski School. You receive the Year Book and News Bulletin free of charge. The ex­penses of .competitors who represent the club in out of town meets are paid by the club. Competitions in slalom, down­hill, cross-country and jumping are provided for club members.

In the days before "tow hill" skiing, people climbed under their own power and slid with their remaining strength. Now they use just as much energy but conserve it all for the slide. At this point John Clifford Ski Tows, an enter­prise which exists because of people's desire to be hauled up hill, steps in. J r hn has huge sums invested in his various lifts. For instance, there is $115,000 worth sitting on the Skyline

Area alone. It is Clifford Ski Tows' responsibility to keep the hills groomed once they have been built by club money. In case the snow fall should be small, John has spent $25,000 on the installation of snow making equipment. For the exclusive right to provide this service to club members, John pays us 2% of his gross receipts.

Anoth~r important company in the area is Camp Fortune Ski Services Li­mit::!. This organization provides and rents lockers, runs the ski shop, provides the professional ski school and a number of other services. It also pays the club 2% of its gross revenue.

With the huge increase in club membership has come the need for more parking areas. As a great conve­nience to skiers, extensive lots have been bull-dozed from the hills rights at the foot of the ski lifts. These were expensive to build and require consider­able maintenance during the winter. They are controlled by the Hull City Transport Company that pays us 10% of its gross receipts.

Last, but not least, is BO'LANDS, the organization managed by Charlie Bo­land, which stocks and staffs fine cafe­terias in several lodges. For this con­cession Charlie pays us 4% of his gross income as rental.

In the background of this busy ski scene is the National Capital Commis­sion whose land surrounds that owned by the club. Most of our cross-country trails lie on N.C.C. territory and in recent years many have been re-located and improved by N.C.C. crews. The N.C.C. also provides us fire fighting, road building, snow plowing and snow sanding service.

Canada's oldest active skier is H.S. (Jack Rabbit) Johannsen - 85 years.

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Square Dance Fun at Fortune By JESSIE FEAR, Director of Ladies' Activities

You can allemande left like an old cowhand,

And you're pretty darn slick with a right and left grand;

But remember, pard, there's more to know

Than a promenade and a do -si -do.

So hitch your wagon to a Texas star, And keep on dancin' wherever you are: If you're balled up before your done, Remember folks it's all in fun.

Last season's square dancing at Camp · Fortune was off to a good start with a well attended hoedown held on Novem­ber 24th. The evening round-up began with sets being squared at 9 p.m. and our top-drawer caller was none other than our old friend Jack Zoubie, whose reputation has spread throughout the Ottawa Valley. Also in attendance was an old-time square dance orchestra to encourage the friendly spirit of square dancing.

Throughout the winter we held three more dances, one in January and Feb­ruary and another in March to wind up the season. With enthusiasm so keen,

. these gatherings have done much to foster club spirit among the members and to introduce their friends, who are not skiers, to the Ottawa Ski Club.

The blazing torches lining the road from the parking lot to Fortune Lodge and the old-time music echoing through the hills give these dances a mystic

atmosphere. The lodge also lends a homey touch which blends with gay shirts, jeans and what-have-you. Many of the crowd are seasoned hoedowners and are on the floor at the sound of the fiddle. But you don't have to be an expert, because a feature of these dances is the instruction everyone gets from Jack before he calls a number. Dancers of all ages attend, from the teens to some of our longtime ski club members. Swings and turns are the stock in trade of skiers and the welcome mat is always out for new recruits.

If you like square dancing I am sure you will love the experience of square dancing at Camp Fortune with its rustic atmosphere. This is a pastime built on fun and good fellowship.

A new feature, that helped, was the addition of electricity to the lodge. There was no wondering whether the generator would stall, the Coleman lamps burn out or someone in their enthusiasm bump their head on one of these old-timers.

A note of thanks again should go to John Clifford for his efforts in helping to make these affairs a success. Also to Charlie Boland for opening the cafeteria to supply the thirsty dancers with soft drinks.

Throughout thl! winter there will be a monthly dance as in the past. Watch. for the yellow posters around Camp Fortune and listt!n on the radio for the dates.

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The Ottawa Ski Club's 50th Anniversary Celebrations By BERT MARSHALL

The 1960 anniversary celebration was a noteworthy event in the Club's history. At the outset the Executive agreed that it should take various forms. There was to be a Carnival, a Smorgasbord and a dance, and publicity was to be given to salient features of the Club's history.

Since the Winter Carnival, held for some years at Beamish Hill, was being discontinued there would be no dupli­cation in holding one at Camp Fortune. Also, since it would be held on Ottawa Ski Club property, it character, date and disposition of proceeds, would be entire­ly within the jurisdiction of the Club's executive. On the decision of the Exe­cutive it was included as one phase of the anniversary celebration.

A small committee was appointed to organize the events. It decided early that the events should be offerred at as low a cost as possible so as to bring them within the rea~h of a large number of members. It was hoped that there might be a surplus from the combined receipts less expenses. There was a surplus but it turned out to be small.

There are two hazards ccnnected with events of the kind chosen. One is the weather and the other the uncertainty as to how much interest the members will show in view of competition from other attractions. As to weather, we had to announce over the radio on the day set for the Carnival that it would be postponed on account of unfavourable conditions. Fortunately it could be post­poned and held the following day which was a Saturday and it was a success in every way.

As to arousing interest, the Com­mittee agreed to a vigourous advertising campaign. This was carried out through several media. Posters were put into windows and displayed at Camp Fortune at an early date. Handbills were inserted

under the windshield wipers of cars in the parking lot. The newspapers gave us good publicity. Our friend Eddie Mc­Cabe gave us enthusiastic support in his radio talks and otherwise. The Journal devoted a whole page in a Saturday edition to an account of the history of the Ottawa Ski Club including a number of pictures bringing back glimpses of the past. Sigurd Lockeberg and the writer appeared on television. We had generous co-operation from radio stations, especially CFRA which not only helped us with arranging the program for the Smorgasbord but gave us spot announcements with increasing frequency as the date of the event ap­proached. There was a radio interview on CFRA.

An important medium through which the Anniversary was brought to the attention of our 10,000 members was the Ski Bulletin. Several issues kept the members informed as to the arrange­ments which were being made and em­phasized the bargain which was being offered in the price of the tickets. The price of the Carnival ticket included parking and free ski-tows. The Smorgas­bord was an even greater bargain. For $2.00 one had a meal which cost $1.50, a concert and, finally, a full dance program.

At the outset there were some who thought that if 200 attended the Smor­gasbord at the Coliseum we should do well. At least one thousand was the objective of the committee. Good pu­blicity and an energetic ticket selling campaign in which a number of members participated, enabled the objective to be achieved. A thousand people sat down at the tables which occupied the whole of the large Coliseum floor, with the exception of the part occupied by the platform.

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We were not sure even on the day of the event just how many would turn up. Allowance had to be made for people who would come at · the last minute. The caterers had to be given a final figure on the morning of the appointed day. We set it at 1100 but we overestimated by roughly 100. Of course we had to pay for 1100 but at any rate there was no shortage of food.

The matter of numbers was embar­rassing in other ways. The Coliseum has a scale of rates depending upon the numbers attending. We contracted ori­ginally for 500 and our estimates of costs became too low when we exceed­ed that number. Capital guards had to be on hand to attend to parking, take tickets, watch the entrances, and gene­rally assist in keeping order. With the increased sale of tickets we had to double the number. In the end, the expenses of the Smorgasbord were considerably larger than the early estimates and a deficit resulted. It was offset by the surplus from the Carnival with a little left over.

Even if we had had an overall deficit the celebrations would still have been worth while.

To John Clifford and his committee all credit is due for the success of the Carnival. On the writer and his com­mittee was the responsibility for organ­izing the Smorgasbord entertainment and it was a thrill to see members and friends filling the great floor of the Coliseum and enjoying this historical social event. Morrison-Lamothe handled the catering very efficiently. During the meal there was background Alpine music. When the meal was over the tables were removed expeditiously, and all eyes were turned on the head table, tastefully decorated by Mrs. Klotz and her assistants, not to mention those honoured to sit at it. His Worship Mayor Nelms was the guest of honour.

It had been agreed that speeches would be fe\\· and brief. In fact two minutes each was the edict of President

McHugh. He set a good example and Mayor Nelms also spoke briefly. The writer's task was to speak about the fifty years history of the Ottawa Ski Club in two minutes! He did manage to restrain himself to the extent of limit­ing himself to five minutes. Sigurd Lockeberg also exceeded the speed limit in a breezy address.

Next came the entertainment devised especially for those who did not wish to dance. Ken Reynolds and the Happy Wanderers took charge. They were assisted by the Almrauch Folk dancers, the Concordia Male choir, tapdancing, community singing and other interesting performances.

Then the dancing was in full swing including both square and round dances. A special feature was a competition in old time waltzing. At its conclusion the winners were presented with prizes. Also the draw was made for the door prizes.

Well after midnight this 50th anni­versary celebration ended. It will remain for a long time a happy memory for all those who were fortunate enough to attend. Many expressed the wish that there could be more of the same. Un­fortunately, their organization is a form­idable task.

Alex McDougall seems to be taking his work seriously !

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Economy Skiing - Camp Fortune Style By JOHN CLIFFORD

Do you know that there is no ski area in North America comparable in size to Camp Fortune that offers the fa­cilities that the Ottawa Ski Club uoes for a low lift rate of $3.00 per day? To name a few areas and their charges :

Per day

Toronto Ski Club at Collingwood $6.00 Mont Gabriel .... .... .. ...................... $5.50 Mont Tremblant .. .. ... ...... ...... .. ....... $5.00 Stowe, Vermont ... ......... ....... ........... $6.50 When the cost of your membership is pro-rated against the number of times you use the tow facilities, you will wonder how the ski club and the tow concessions can offer tow skiing at this low rate.

The Club and the Ski Tow Co. spend thousands of dollars each season to pro­vide free instruction for children and the most complete competition pro­gramme in Canada. The Ottawa Ski Club is probably the only ski area on this continent which supplies all round ski facilities to the low income person.

Many exciting improvements can be made at Camp Fortune in the future to benefit members, such as spacious lodges, improved cafeterias etc. Also many of our gentle slopes such as Mid­get, McHugh, Morts and Paradise Val­ley can be extended three times longer and widened and their rope tows re­placed by long ski lifts.

Also, we hope to see paved roads to Camp Fortune, free parking on week­ends, and good accommodation with the resort atmosphere. With the above men­tioned additions the Ottawa Ski Club would have a ski recreational area fit­ting for the National Capital.

The following are some of the changes you will see at Camp Fortune this season:

A 900 per hour capacity Double Chair Lift which will operate year round on

·weekends and daily for the winter season, at the same two rates as the T-Bars.

A 15' x 120' addition to the Skyline Lodge will ease the situation somewhat and parking for another 200 cars has been arranged with the Sparks family across the Meach Lake Road.

The sum of $22,000.00 was put into the widening and grooming of the R. P. Sparks Trail, the Bud Clark, and the Canadian. The Anne Heggtveit Slalom Hill, the finest slalom hill in Canada is useable, but needs a little more work.

With the Double Chair Lift and recent grooming this Skyline Area can now handle 2000 skiers, and this on the mi­nimum of snow. This is an amazing feat for a non-profit Club.

The Camp Fortune Valley itself has seen some major changes too. These in­clude a concrete and steel artificial landing for the Sigurd Lockeberg Jump. This widened landing is the first stage of a 60 meter (220 ft.) hill designed by jumping Director Franz Baier. Future plans call for a short inrun tower of 38 feet in height, also a new judges' stand. This will be the only jump east of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario capable of holding Jumping of International. calibre. The $9,000.00 spent this summer in­cludes 200 tons of concrete footing which combined with the steel rails will be an asset that will not rot away like the structures of the past.

Other improvements are additional parking for 400 cars, widening of the Alexander and Malcolm McDonald Hills, and repairs to bridges, lodges, etc.

Free parking on weekdays and night skiing 6 nights per week, excluding Sun­day night, will be welcome to quite a few of the members.

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two limited companies, John Clifford Ski Tows Ltd. and Camp Fortune Ski Ser­vices Ltd., the latter operating the Ski Shop managed by Reg Toomey with Peter Jessen handling the repair depart­ment, also, the Camp Fortune Ski School with Alex McDougall as director.

John Clifford Ski Tows Ltd. is entirely responsible for providing the tows and lifts, and the hill maintenance including the snow making installation which has been improved and will certainly get a work out this coming season, even if its only to put down a base. We have pro­vided a Viking type Chalet for our Assis­tant Manager/ Accountant Dave Midgley so that when he is working those 18 hour days, he hasn't far to go to get home.

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We will be providing daily ski condi­tion reports with a Telephone Answering Service hook up. It is sometimes diffi­cult to aim at a happy medium with these reports. As 60% of our member­ship are beginners we base the report on their requirements. "Pcor" and "Fair" reports may still be excellent skiing for the Expert and Intermediate skier. The Phone Number for this service is CE 9-9533, and it is listed under the Ottawa Ski Club in your Telephone Directory.

We take pleasure and pride in provid­ing you with the best in facilities at the lowest price, and we hope that you will always be proud to be an Ottawa Ski Club member.

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Competitive Skiing 1960 By DAVID MIDGLEY

Looking back at the 1959 report and predictions in the year book brings back memories of last winter's problems and joys.

On the joyous side nothing could beat the afternoon we sat and listened anxiously for the result of Anne's se­cond run in the slalom at Squaw Val­ley and the elation and "I told you so's" that quickly made the rounds of Ottawa's ski world.

Almost as important as Anne's win was the successful training program held for the National Alpine Team at Ross­land and Kimberley. For many years people in the know have been advocating a national team and a proper training camp. This past winter the dream came true and our national ski team and training became a reality. The progress achieved by this one training scheme can be seen in the Olympic results with all our racers placing consistently in the low twenties. This has never been done before and augers well for the future. If our skiers are to compete on an in­ternational level this team and training scheme must be maintained and in­creased. To do well or even passably in today's international competitions re­quires training with and races against the best skiers in the world. Presently, that can only be done in Europe. Our second teams can train here in Canada and in the U. S. A. but the top raters must go to Europe, not just in Olympic or FIS years but every year.

This brings us to the problem section. The Gatineau Zone didn't quite manage to finance the winter's program, there being some accounts still outstanding. The bulk of the money was raised but only by a terrifc amount of work by the Zone's financial committee. The big­gest problem that the Zone, and, indeed, the entire Canadian Amateur Ski Asso-

dation have to solve is how to raise enough money every year to keep this national team and the lesser racing pro­grams going so that one day we will be able to point with pride, as Canadians, to our showing at Winter Olympics and World Championships.

This year we again have several no­minees to the National Team and we hope they will train hard and take advantage of this new found program and show that Ottawa has produced and can still produce both World Me­dalists and good ambassadors of skiing.

Following are the winners of the 1960 season at Camp Fortune:

Fridtjof Nansen skied across Green­land in 1888.

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Following are the winners of the 1960 season at Camp Fortune:

OSC Championships

X-Country Senior Junior

Jumping Senior A Senior B Senior C Junior

Alpine Combined Senior A Senior Ladies Junior B Ladies Junior c Ladies Senior B Men Senior c Men Junior B Men Junior C Men Juvenile

Canadian Alpine Championships

Slalom Ladies 2 3

Giant Slalom Ladies 1 2 3 4

Slalom Men

Giant Slalom

Men

Combined Alpine Men

1 2 3 4 5 6

11

2 3 3 5 6

10 11

1 2 3 4 5

First Don MacLeod John Irvin Rheal Seguin Don MacLeod Y. Richer A. Leduc

Art Tommy Marjorie Hanna M. Shearer V. Rutledge P. Sneyd M. Allen R. Shirley M. DesBrisay M. Irvin

Second M. Ellis Ian MacLaren Ray Desrosiers J. Berniquez T. Klotz

Sue Veit D. Simpson .T. Heney J. Irvin P. Quinn

Sue Holmes Ski Club of Great Britain Jac. Thibault, Victoriaville Ski Club Vicki Rutledge, OSC Sue Holmes, G.B. Vicki Rutledge, OSC Jac. Thibault, Vic. Ann Parsons, OSC Arnold Midgley, OSC Thorlief Bogen, Ptarmigan L. Nelles, Revelstoke Fred Tommy, OSC B. Gratton, Mt. Snow and Ottawa S. Fripp, OSC Peter Guy, OSC

Fred Tommy, OSC J. Lessard, Hillcrest Arnold Midgley, OSC R. Legare, Mt. Tremblant B. Gratton, Mt. Snow S. Fripp, OSC I. Fripp, OSC Peter Guy, OSC

Arnold Midgley T. Bogen Fred Tommy Bob Gratton S. Fripp

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Away from home in the Laurentians the results in the Ryan Cup and the Kandahar were as follows :

Ryan Cup Ladies 3rd. Marjorie Hanna Men 3rd. Arnold Midgley

7 Shaun Fripp 10 Art Tommy

Kandahar Giant Slalcm Men 4 Darcy Marsh

6 A . Midgley 9 S. Fripp

10 Art Tommy 12 Peter Guy

Ladies 7 Marjorie Hanna Slalom Men 3 Darcy Marsh

6 Art Tommy 10 Peter Guy 14 A. Midgley

Combined

Men 3 Darcy Marsh 5 Art Tommy 9 Peter Guay

10 A. Midgley

Gatineau Zone Races Klotz Memorial Giant Slalom Ladies 1 Marjorie Hanna

2 P. Irvin

Men A . Tommy 2 P. Guy 3 S. Fripp 4 P. Sneyd

Zone Championships - Journal Trophy Combined Senior A Men

Slalom

1 S. Fripp 2 P. Sneyd

Senior A Men 1 P. Sneyd 2 S. Fripp 3 P . Guy Senior B Men 1 G. Gibson 2 J. Shearer 3 F . Tanner Junior B Men 1 J. Irvin 2 R. Clark 3 J. Budden

Downhill

Junior C Men 1 Paul Quinn 2 S. Clark 3 D . Lyon

Senior Ladies 1 M. Hanna 2 I. Hanna

Junior B Girls 1 A. Parsons 2 V. Rutledge 3 M. Shearer

Junior C Girls 1 J. Klotz 2 M. O'Keefe

Senior A Men 1 P. Guy 2 T. Klotz 3 S. Fripp 4 P. Sneyd

Senior B Men 1 M. Clegg 2 R. Simpson 3 L. MacDougall Senior Ladies 1 M. Hanna 2 I. Hanna

Junior B Girls 1 V. Rutledge 2 A. Parsons 3 L. Waddell

Junicr C Girls 1 M. O'Keefe 2 J. Klotz

Junior B Men 2 J. Irvin 3 I. McLaren

Junior C Men 1 R. Lowes 2 M. Debrisay 3 P. Quinn

Zone C Class Championships Combined

Junior B Girls 1 A. Parsons 2 J. Klotz 3 V. Rutledge 4 L. Waddell 5 M. Okeefe

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Junior C Girls 1 P. Irvin

Midget Girls 1 Heather Quipp 2 J. Chambers 3 M. MacKenzie

Senior C Men 1 P. Ardill 2 M. Ault 3 P. Benoit 4 C. Camsell

Junior B Men 1 M. DesBrisay 2 R. Swan 3 J. Hartin

Zone C Class Championships

Junior C Men 1 B. Dore 1. Pat. Quinn 3 G. Costello

Juvenile Men 1 M. Irvin 2 J. Stephenson 3 D. O'Keefe

Midget 1 C. Chapman 2 L. O'Brien

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THE CYCLE OF SKI TECHNIQUES By ALE McDOUGALL, Director, Camp Fortune Ski School

This article is not to condemn Wede­len but to remind some of the older racers that in the days of Herman Gad­ner there was a technique called the Alpine which was not too far off the present day Wedelen or racing style.

Gadner, who was a disciple of Anton Seelos, had a style in which economy of movement, making for speed was of advantage to the experts yet in its sim­plicity placed no barrier in the path of the beginner. An important item was the fact that all turns except steered ones were taught by skiing down the fall line (direct descent of the hill) fol­lowed by the turn off this imaginary line. The success of the technique was in the elimination of unnecessary move­ments such as over-turning, counter­turning, exaggerated shoulder movement and too much down up movement. Gad­ner's technique on a slalom course or an open hill could only be appreciated by seeing him in action. He remained always in contact with the snow, if in flags, displacing his body to avoid the flag, but always moving forward down the hill with fluid grace.

Another instructor who left an impres­sion on Canadian skiers was Benno Ra­byzka who was from the H annes Schneider school and had in his teach­ing a bending from the waist featuring

the uphill stem with lots of rotation to complete the turn. This was a much slower type of technique than modern competitive skiing. Luggi Foeger, an­other Austrian gentleman from the Hannes Schneider school, taught more the downhill stem with strong rotation and the definite bend in the waist with arms forward and bent.

The man who really jumped racing ahead in Canada was Emile Allais who in his racing style brought in the appelle rouade, rotation, the call (wind up), the retraction of skiis, blocking of hips, and then rotation, this done with skiis parallel. Emile also insisted that his pu­pils be able to skate down anything and he incorporated this into his slalom run­ning to gain speed on starts or to get up high for combinations of flags. He also used it to advantage in some of our narrow twisting downhill runs. Good examples of his coaching on this side of the ocean are John Clifford and Ernie McCulloch who skied with him in Chile, and Pierre Jalbert who skied with him in Canada and the States.

Then the racing fraternity had a chance to watch the French Olympic Team of '48 with their national hero, H enri Orieller. Naturally the team copied his style which included a quick transfer of weight to the outside ski of

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the turn, then with instant lifting on the inside ski the body would square itself off to the direction of turn or be dis­placed if in tight slalom combination. This style worked very well on ice or steep slopes.

The next exponents of a technique on this continent were the Austrians after their clean up in the '56 Olympics -Molterer, Reider, etc. Their style was composed of all lower body movement with the upper body facing mainly downhill, and they would square off their upper body to the new direction if more direction was needed to complete the turn. Pole action was used strongly cut of an:i between flags. depending on speed an:i steepness of the slope. This style was fascinating to watch as it eliminated unnecessary exaggeration of upper body movement and emphasized the importance of positive movements of the lower body.

In summary I would like to state that Herman Gadner had developed a racing technique based on lower body control of

the skis and economy of movement that was similar to modern racing style and

that we have gone around the complete

circle in Canada and the U.S.A.. We

passed from the Alpine, through the Art­berg, French and Austrian techniques,

depending on who were the current com­petition winners and who we saw skiing.

The younger generation have had this great advantage of jumping into a tech­nique without having had to pass through

many and varied intermediate ones.

My closing sentiment - it was lots of fun completing the cycle !

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