SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS
OTAGO WINS WIGLEY CUP •Special ro Dailx Times) INVERCARGILL, Sept. 16. The Otago Ski Club won the Wigley Cup from the Southland Ski Club in the teams contest at Skippers Saddle, near Queenstown. The conditions were anything but ideal for ski-ing, there being rain at Queenstown and driving snow on the tops which prevented more than half the competitors and spectators making the trip further than Queenstown. Two full teams from Otago and Southland took part in the Wigley Cup contest in deep powdered snow. The best two performances by the men and women competitors of each team counted, and the aggregate times decided the result. Intending competitors from Timaru and Oamaru, after viewing the course, decided not to compete. The details results were as follows: Wigley Cup.—Otago (Mrs J. Gilkison 52 2-ssec. Miss L. Corbett 111 2-ssec. Mr R. Rodda 110 2-ssec, Mr H. Bewley 142 4-ssec) 423 2-ssec, 1; Southland (Miss J. McCaulay 93 2-ssec. Miss B. Keen 212 sec, Mr G. Ryan 105 1 -ssec, Mr C. Sneyd 122 sec) 533 3-ssec, 2. Southland Championships.—Women s: Miss J. McCauley 93 2-ssec; men’s: Mr G. Ryan 106 l-ssec.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24405, 17 September 1940, Page 9
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192SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS Otago Daily Times, Issue 24405, 17 September 1940, Page 9
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