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Downhill Only Club 2012 DHOjournal DOWNHILL ONLY CLUB 2012 DHOJournal•2012•1 Jungfrau at night Contents Front Cover: Front www.downhillonly.com DHOjournal 3 Editorial Freddie Whitelaw LIST OF ADVERTISERS 4 Disconnected Jottings 43 Alpia Sport Wengen Season 2011/2012 59 Altitude 9 Wengen Manager’s Report Sheridan Killwick 22 Amstutz 11 An Introduction to the next Wengen Manager Andrew Davies 63 Bikecation 12 Race Results 2011/12 8 Brechin Management Limited 17 President’s Report 2012 Max Davies 48 Central Sport 20 Coggins Report 2012 Bob Eastwood 63 Chalet Stella Alpina Racing 16 Coggins, Eagles & Adult Ski Courses 23 British Schoolboys Races Lauren Maynard 25 DHO Flat 26 British Schoolgirls Racing Anne Taylor & Sarah Robinson bc D & R Group 31 Racing & Training Ingrid Christophersen 53 Da Sina-Sina’s Pub 33 Amateur Inter Club Championship Liz Moore 19 DHO Merchandise 35 Wengen Worthies 1, Fredy Fuchs Freddie Whitelaw 64 Emily Holt/Roosi Huus 36 Flindall Apartment General 8 History of Ski Jumping 37 British Ski Racing Publicity Tim Ashburner 14 Hotel Caprice 39 The Expedition Freddie Whitelaw 53 Hotel Falken 44 Volcanic Skiing Phil Smith 29 Hotel Jungfraublick 47 Ski Touring Report Kit Erhardt 30 Hotel Sunstar 51 Ski Equipment over the years Ingie Christophersen ibc Imperial Hotels 54 The Shackelton Traverse Janey King 2 Jungfraubahn 61 The Hills Are Alive.... Robert Stewart 22 Männlichen Cablecar 65 Wengen Faces 36 Martin Gertsch 70 Obituaries 29 Mendelssohn Musicweek DHO Club News 2011 59 Oxfordshire Glass 74 Officers & Committee Members 43 Paterson/Eiger Residence 75 DHO Calendar 2012 10 Privat Schneesportschule 76 Spring Tour Programme ifc Pure Powder 76 New Membership List 2012 63 Raiffeisenbank 77 Membership List 2012 7 Ravenglass Railway 7 Roosi Huus Apartment Photos supplied by: 38 Solent Sunbeam Sarah Robinson, Sheridan Killwick, Richard Berry, Freddie Whitelaw, Max Davies, David Swindells, 50 Snoworks Bob Eastwood, Adolf Schlunegger, Mike Easley, Daily Express, Kieran Stevens, Brian Phillips, 60 Snow Swappers Lauren Maynard, Anne Taylor, Flaine-photozoom, Liz Moore, Phil Smith, Janey King, Robert Stewart, 43 Swiss Made Shop Ingie Christophersen, Rolf Wegmüller, Kandahar S C, Basil Brindley, Natalie Mayer, Alan Norris, Fredy Fuchs. 21 Swiss Ski & Snowboard School Important Notice: 7 Ullswater Steamers Contributions to the 2013 Journal should be sent by June 1st 2013 to: 32 U S Apartment Freddie Whitelaw, The Hon. Editor, DHO Journal, 59 Wengen Apartment Riverside Cottage, Fellows Lane, Caergwrle, Wrexham LL12 9AU 64 Wengen Apotheke Tel 01978 769333. Email [email protected] Advertising: Norman Freund, Barnwell, High Street South, Tiffield, Northants NN12 8AB tel/fax: 01327 353166, e-mail: [email protected] Follow us on Twitter - @DHOWengen Design: Find us on Facebook - Paul Eustice Design, tel: 01209 716151, e-mail: [email protected], www.pauleusticedesign.com DHO Wengen 2•DHOJournal•2012 DHOJournal•2012•3 Editorial Freddie Whitelaw Only after very careful consideration and future he and Eden will have more time in DHO Journal discussion was the post finally offered to, Wengen away from the politics inevitable in and accepted by Andrew Davies, who lives any club and can just enjoy themselves. 2012 in Edinburgh, and is currently working as a As most will know, Sheridan Killwick has Senior Development Tutor with the Venture New rules and Articles of Association resigned as Wengen Manager. She has an Trust in Scotland. He is BASI 2 qualified, Professional advisers have put in many ageing mother and her partner Sean has has many years’ skiing experience, and in man-weeks of work on consulting others ageing parents who live very close to them addition has hosted skiing holidays of both within the club and outside. both of whom are in need of frequent varying kinds – including several in the Of particular note, Ed Perrott and Huw attention. Jungfrau Region. He and his delightful wife Alban Davies put in many hours without Hayley (who also met and had discussions cost to the club and whilst it would perhaps They both feel it inappropriate to be away with the interviewing team) have just had be unfair to mention every person who for up to 3 months of the year and thus it their first child, Lachlan. All three of them contributed to their discussions, it might be was with sadness that the Directors and will be coming to Wengen early in December appropriate to mention Tony Davis whose Committee accepted Sheridan’s resignation 2012, where Andrew will prepare for the contributions have been significant. towards the end of last season. She has opening of the ski season. done a superb job for us and was not always Club Room Rules as well treated by every member as she Max Davies departs as President There is one unwritten rule by which deserved. She is being replaced by Andrew After a 7 year stint as president, Max has members are expected to abide. Consumer Davies (who we hasten to add is unrelated decided to call it a day. He is expected to be of alcoholic beverages or not, you are to either main committee members Max and replaced by Michael Woodhall who will be expected to place something behind the bar Susie Davies, who are themselves unrelated proposed as Max’s successor at the AGM. of at least a half drinkable standard. to each other!). Andrew was chosen from an Max has supervised the club’s fortunes over If you consume 2 drinks a night of anything, application list of 22 candidates and some of its most exciting and turbulent then place another bottle there after 3 days. eventually made it to a short list of 6 who years. We left the old Curling Club Hut and Some (mercifully few) have been seen to were interviewed by Skype. This resulted acquired our own magnificent premises in take drinks, but never actually place a bottle in a final short list of 3, who were then the Eiger building. Max’s extensive behind the bar. We don’t keep a tally, but interviewed face to face by Max Davies, experience in the property market was often those who do abide by the rules are Michael Woodhall and Susie Davies, instrumental in making this possible due apt to notice if someone takes and never President and vice Presidents respectively. to our having a man at the helm who gives. understood the market. We hope that in 4•DHOJournal•2012 Wengen Curling Club in this year’s Journal. We rather half- You could argue that since we no longer The Wengen Curling Club long precedes us heartedly attempted to solicit a report but share premises with them, perhaps now is as a Wengen based club, having last year without success. as good a time as any to cease to include celebrated its Centenary since it was formed WCC reports in the DHO Journal. in 1911. So it was 14 years old when the Over the years Ken Foster and others have Personally I feel that we have no reason to DHO was formed and 25 years old when thanked the WCC for their help and assist- change the habits that commenced in 1936 the DHO Journal first appeared. Most years ance over many matters which we in the and although reports have missed a year since then, we have included a report on the DHO have been most lucky and grateful to or two occasionally, it would be a pity to happenings of our older colleagues. Last year have received. Not least of these has been entirely cease publication. Perhaps DHO Fred MacKenzie, a regular contributor to the their generously sharing with us THEIR hut members who are also WCC members (the Journal, retired as secretary of the WCC and (despite our immediately christening it the Patersons spring to mind) might like to see we suppose that may be the reason why we DHO hut!) for close to 30 years. which way the land lies. received no report from them for inclusion DisconnectedJottings Jungfraubahn Centenary On New Year’s Eve, 2011, visitors to Rolf Wegmüller, head of the Wengen Wengen could see the white cross on a Tourismus was up at Männlichen on the red background of the Swiss National flag evening of 11th January and took the above projected onto the Jungfrau. And each night photograph, which he was happy to give us thereafter for some 2 weeks. permission to reproduce in the Journal. DHO Membership as a Christmas present... Timothy Trembath was planning a skiing The photograph shows Timothy with his holiday in Wengen this last season. His presents at Christmas before he had a daughter Charlotte Clark, a member since chance to use them in Wengen. 2004 organised to buy him a membership and a DHO tie as a Christmas present. Dundee Ski Club In the interest of inter-club relationships Jamieson, 99 years old and still skiing, she David Verden Anderson asked our skied in Meribel this year. Better known, President Max Davies as his guest to attend perhaps, to our members as the mother of the Dundee Ski Club 75th anniversary those great skiers, the Jamieson sisters, dinner. Max is seen seated with the DSC Helen, Val and Sheila. All 3 of them skied surviving ex-presidents (David is not an for Scotland. ex-president and therefore not included in the photo), but adjacent to Max is Hilda DHOJournal•2012•5 Forthcoming happenings in the Club Room Brian Phillips, chairman of the Club Room sub-committee which is responsible for all happenings in the Club Room announces 2 new items for this year. Photographic Competition During McMillan week, the Club Room Committee will be organising a photographic competition. Subjects Art Exhibition should be ski related and can be submitted to the Wengen Manager at any Caroline Ponsonby, an artist who has visited nearby mountains.
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