SKI-ING COUNCIL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 September 1938, Page 11

SKI-ING COUNCIL

BUSINESS AT ANNUAL MEETING. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) THE HERMITAGE, August 31. The annual meeting of the Ski Council of the Federated Mountain Clubs was held last night. Mr F. H. Drewitt presided and the following clubs were represented: Stratford Mountain Club, Mount Egmont Alpine Club, Otago Ski Club, Ruapehu Ski Club, Taranaki Alpine Club, Aorangi Ski Club, Tararua Tramping Club, Christchurch Ski Club, Canterbury Winter Sports Club, and Hutt Valley Tramping Club. In his address,. Mr Drewitt referred to the success of the visit of the American ski-ing team, which, he said, had stimulated ski-ing in New Zealand. The high standard of skiing shown in this year’s championship was due in a large measure to the visit of this team. The chairman stated that applications for employment as ski-ing instructors had been received from a number of Australian ski teachers, and he hoped that positions as instructors for these men might be found in the Dominion. The council decided to write to the various ski clubs to obtain their opinions regarding the employing of one of these men as a permanent ski instructor. A motion that existing rules be altered to allow for equal representation of the North Island and the South Island on the council was defeated on the grounds that this might hinder the selection of the best men available. A motion from the Mt Egmont Alpine Club for the elimination of the tollemach and jump terms from the. third class ski test was defeated. A recommendation that the rules be amended to allow of the second class test be conducted by one judge and an emergency judge instead of two full judges was approved. The ski council was asked to go into the question of having two prominent jumping hills, one at Mt Cook and one at Ruapehu. It was agreed to hold the ski championships for 1939 at Mt Ruapehu. The election to the ski council resulted: Messrs F. H. Drewitt (Tasman Ski Club), E. C. A. Ferrier (Christchurch Ski Club), R. B. Gray (Tararua Tramping Club), B. E. Murphy (Ruapehu Ski Club), and H. Snowden (Ruapehu Ski Club).