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DHOjournal DOWNHILL ONLY CLUB 2015 DHOJournal•2015•1 Contents www.downhillonly.com DHOjournal 3 Editorial Freddie Whitelaw LIST OF ADVERTISERS 4 Disconnected Jottings 79 Alpia Sport Wengen Season 2014/2015 36 Altitude 9 Wengen Manager’s Report Andrew Davies 68 Aspen Hotel 11 Race Results 2014/15 17 Bahnhof Restaurant Kleine Scheidegg 26 Brandegg Restaurant 21 President’s Report 2015 Michael Woodhall 7 Brechin Management Limited 23 Coggins Report 2015 Bob & Rachel Eastwood 36 Central Sport Racing 40 Chalet Stella Alpina 19 Coggins, Eagles & Adult Ski Courses 27 Racing Report 2015 Geoffrey Gay obc D & R Group 27 Junior AICC Races 2015 Freddie Gay 44 Da Sina-Sina’s Pub 30 British Schoolboys Races Richard Berry 22 DHO Merchandise 32 British Schoolgirls Racing Milly Kelly & Sarah Robinson 31 Disability Snowsport UK 37 Madonna Di Campiglio Liz Moore 79 Eigernordwand Restaurant 39 Racing & Training Report Ingie Christophersen 6 Eiger Restaurant 46 Eigergletscher Restaurant General ibc Elemental Adventure 41 90th Anniversary Celebrations Freddie Whitelaw 66 EuroAirport 43 Wengen Worthy - Sina Cova Brian Bollen 14 Hotel Caprice 47 Karl Molitor - An Appreciation Brian Bollen 52 Hotel Falken 53 DHO Spring Tour Ian McCormick 28 Hotel Sunstar 61 First Skis in the Jungfrau Region Freddie Whitelaw 8 Imperial Hotels, The Morton Hotel 31 Jägerstubli Restaurant 65 Wengen Without Skiboots Norman Freund 2 Jungfraubahn 69 DHO Inferno 2015 Brian Bollen 58 Last Frontier Heliskiing 73 Trouble at Montreux Sheena Mackintosh 64 Männlichen Cablecar 75 Powder Skiing in Turkey Lee Townend 20 Mendelssohn Musicweek 77 The Birthplace of Viktor Gertsch John Smith 25 MPI Brokers 80 Obituaries 60 Ocean Wind Sailing 82 Wengen Faces 60 Oxfordshire Glass 17 Paterson/Eiger Residence 85 Wengen Curling Club Iain MacDonald 71 Privat Schneesportschule DHO Club News 2015 ifc Pure Powder 87 Club Notes 20 RabbitRabbit Gifts 88 DHO Calendar 2015/16 79 Raiffeisenbank 60 Roosi Huus Apartmen 88 Officers & Committee Members 56 Scheidegg Hotels 93 New Members 2015 and Membership List 2015 51 Ski Bartlett Photos supplied by: 29 Ski Mojo Sarah Robinson, Freddie Whitelaw, Bob Eastwood, Adolf Schlunegger, Brian Phillips, Hano Tschabold, Kandahar Ski Club, 71 Skiset Alistair Pink, Rico Molitor, Christian Lauener, Richard Berry, Geoffrey Gay, Liz Moore, Grindelwald Folk Museum, 26 Solent Sunbeam Sheena Mackintosh, John Smith, Sanna Lamb, Michael Aldridge, Anne Taylor, Flaine-photozoom/Johan Marrot, Niki Gay, 35 Snoworks Brian Bollen, Iain MacDonald, Harriet Hadfield, Anne Seaman, Rachel Eastwood,L ee Townend, Max Davies. 63 Swiss Made Shop Important Notice: 78 Swiss Ski & Snowboard School Contributions to the 2015 Journal should be sent by June 1st 2016 to: 7 U S Apartment Freddie Whitelaw, The Hon. Editor, DHO Journal, 79 Wengen Apotheke Riverside Cottage, Fellows Lane, Caergwrle, Wrexham LL12 9AU Tel 01978 769333. Email [email protected] 72 Wengen Classic Hotels Advertising: Dermot Gilvary, 6 Harrington Way, Oakham, Rutland LE15 6SE Tel 01572 755550 Mobile 07710 539807 Follow us on Twitter - @DHOWengen Design: Paul Eustice Design, tel: 01209 716151, e-mail: [email protected], www.pauleusticedesign.com Find us on Facebook - DHO Wengen Front cover: Jenny Alban-Davies passing Carol West in the McMillan Cup about half a mile from the finish. DHOJournal•2015•3 Editorial Editor in subdued colours Freddie Whitelaw The 90th anniversary of the DHO has just passed. Such an age for a ski club is pretty Breithorn Editorship unusual. Indeed for an Alpine racing ski club there are only 2 in the world that are older, Apartment and Last year the editor tried to suggest he the Kandahar (53 weeks older) and the Swiss planned to retire, sooner or later. As a club Academic Skiclub (10 weeks older). And all membership we are resistant to change, it may have three of us were born in the area we would something to do with our age profile. So the today call the Jungfrau region. Alpine ski subscriptions response was very much a matter of “do you racing was an essentially British invention, have to go just yet?” To which I replied, although back in the 20s, the Scots, Welsh, The Midyear Newsletter contained “I wanted a successor before the DHO faces Irish and English were all described as information on the putting up for sale of the its centenary, but not just yet!” English rather than British by the rest of the Breithorn Apartment and an announcement world! And the Alpine skiing movement that a committee of worthies is looking at the preceded the formation of those 3 clubs, membership structure and subscriptions. so although it all grew up around Arnold The world is changing, and the DHO is Lunn in Mürren, it became popular enough making changes to keep pace. It is likely to spawn those first 3 racing clubs within a that the various deliberations of our few years. Our clubs did not invent alpine committee will result in proposals being ski racing; it was Alpine ski racing that gave put forward to be voted upon at this year’s birth to our clubs. AGM. Because the gestation period of the Journal is fairly long, we can only hint at So let us be proud of our heritage in what may be happening, but the AGM notice inventing a sport practised around the circulated simultaneously with this Journal world. will have the details as a series of proposals. 4•DHOJournal•2015 DisconnectedJottings Editorial Apology Blowers on In the last Journal, published in 2014, we received a letter that commenced “Dear received a contribution from Brian Bollen Mr Whitelaw” and continued in a very Skiing reporting on the Inferno race in Mürren. pleasant fashion concerning some detail of Not an item the editor heard, but Ed According to that well known rule of a forthcoming European motor show for Perrott was listening to the BBC’s Test happenstance - Murphy’s Law - which he had responsibility. The envelope Match Special at the end of May and “If something can go wrong, sooner or later itself was received with a slight error heard “Blowers” (long time TMS it will”. In this case it did. Despite the fact thereon, it was addressed to Mr F W D commentator Henry Blofeld) talking that we got his by-line correct in the Shitelaw and it had apparently caused much about skiing “I’ve only been skiing Contents page opposite the inside front hilarity in the post-room where letters were once, to Switzerland, a place called cover, we managed to get his name sorted for distribution within the factory site. Wengen and I remember Slip Cartilage incorrect at the heading of the article on corner, oh my word, absolutely page 41, where he mysteriously became The editor has always believed it was terrifying...” Brian Bollom. Apologies are due and freely a simple mis-keying of two adjacent letters offered. on a keyboard. One or two of his then Slip Cartilage Corner is not a name colleagues opined that perhaps it was a heard too often nowadays, but it is Something similar happened to the Editor freudian slip on the part of the sender, who shown on the old maps of the resort and himself many years ago. Working at the was inadvertently showing his private view is on the woodpath at the bottom of the time for a small, but well known motor about the character of the intended recipient. Bumps. Not actually that terrifying manufacturer whose initials are R-R, he either, unless it is really very icy. The Magical Kiosk In the first week of February 2015, we Editorial curiosity ensured a quick nose Built around 1885, the kiosk is one of the were in the week of the 90th Anniversary around, then hunger and (particularly) thirst last remaining, historically authentic and celebration and the editor had a mid-morning drove me onwards. What follows is copied significant buildings of “Old Wengen”. appointment with Rico Molitor. The weather from the Magical kiosk web site. To many children (and adults) it represents was not good - foggy and snowing something precious and “magical”. occasionally - and our “gang” had decided to keep low in amongst the trees. It was A project exists to restore this marvellous decided that a run or two down the Wengen little building to combine with its garden Standard would give better visibility than and a possible themed walk. The kiosk will elsewhere, with lunch to be taken at Mary’s become a platform for different activities Café. featuring history, environment and partnership with nature. After meeting with Rico, the editor decided that a walk through Innerwengen to Mary’s The MagicalKiosk is reachable via a Café in order to meet up with our friends delightful and easy 20 minute stroll from would be easier and quicker than changing the Wengen train station en route to the into ski gear, then taking a train up to “Top of Europe”. The kiosk is located at Wengernalp and skiing down to Mary’s. So 1300 metres, directly under the Jungfrau somewhat contrary to our usual habit (the (4158 m, 13,642 ft) part of a UNESCO editor is not an enthusiastic walker), a walk World Heritage area. was embarked upon. About 80% of the way to Mary’s, there was a little hut/kiosk on the The Bernese Preservation Agency has right hand side. Clearly old, it was also in the classified the Kiosk as historically worthy process of being well tended. The Magical Kiosk and agreed to contribute 60% towards its DHOJournal•2015•5 renovation costs. They are actively raising the remaining 40% together with a small group of dedicated individuals and Old names in new places professional advisors. To enable this project Last year we saw the name Lightfoot either, proudly informed us that son and the future maintenance of this unique appear in the Journal with the first name Alfred (aged 14) had won the Crazy Golf building, they have founded the non-profit of Harry in the cup winner area.