club bulletin - the Gatineau Valley Historical Society

JUMPING REPORT
by Fred Morris
The· Ottawa Ski Club jumping program
enjoyed a reasonably successful season.
Snow conditions on the midget, intermediate
and junior jumps were excellent, most
of the time. The 60 metre Lockeberg Jump
was not operable until mid-February because
of poor weather conditions and lack
of snow to profile the landir,g hill ade­
quately.
Rain at the end of January and 1st week
of February caused springs to become
active on the landing hill. Continuous
thawing and freezing contributed to our
headaches. Lack of snow on the in-run
tower didn't help either. This was due
mostly to severe wind conditions that followed
each snowfall.
Despite these problems we enjoyed one
of our most active seasons in the midget,
juvenile and junior divisions. The three
jumps in this category saw an ever increasing
number of our young club members
making full use of these hills at every possible
opportunity. Some of our more aggressive
teen group took their first ride on
the Lockeberg 60 metre jump with amazing­
ly good results. Our coaching staff welcomes
this group to the 60 metre hill this
coming season.
On the competitive scene, our jumpers
have made a commendable impression
while representing the Ottawa Ski Club.
Our boys, some of whom are on Can­
ada's National Team, took part in meets
at Revelstoke, B.C., Sault Ste. Marie, Trois
Rivieres, Mont Ste Anne, Port Arthur,
Westby, Wisconsin and Alta, Utah.
At the Port Arthur Meet Dave Fripp
won the Canadian Junior Championships
title. Kim Fripp (Dave's younger brother)
placed fifth. Peter Wilson won the Junior
division title at Mont Ste. Anne and was
second at Trois Rivieres. Bill Merrill was
fifth at Trois Rivieres.
Gerry Gravelle, Rhea) Seguin and Pat­
rick Morris also made commendable showings,
always within the top ten.
Pat Morris won the Eastern Canada
Senior Championships title at Mont Ste.
Anne. He placed fourth at Revelstoke and
was named an alternate to the Olympic
Team. In the U.S. Nationals at Westby,
Wisconsin he was seventh.
Last February 6, at the Associated
Commercial Travellers dinner and award
night at the Chateau Laurier, Patrick Morris
was awarded the Tom Foley Memorial
Trophy, as the most outstanding amateur
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athlete for Ottawa and District, during
1967.
Three other Ottawa Ski Club members
have won this ward, Anne Heggtveit, Art
Tommy and John Clifford. At the 1967
A.C.T. Dinner, W. G. (Bud) Clark, mem­
ber of the Jumping Committee, was named
as the outstanding sportsman for Ottawa
and district, for the previous year.
The O'Keefe International Tournament,
though not a financial success, certainly
brought a substantial amount of publicity
to the Club and O'Keefe with a full half
hour coverage by CBC-TV Sports. The
other news media also gave excellent cov­
erage to the event and advance publicity
as well. We thank the different news me­
dia for their continued help and support.
Some of the highlights for the coming
1968-69 season include a Christmas training
camp clinic, from Dec. 26-30. It will
be held in the Lockeberg jump hill area
for all categories of jumpers.
The Jumping Committee for the 1968-69
season is as follows: Chairman - Fred
Morris; Chairman of Judges - Russell
Smart, Assistants, Earl Fillman and W. G.
"Bud" Clark; Chairman, Result Calculations
- Raymond Desrochers; Chairman of
Distance Measures - Stig Sjolund, Assistant,
Barbara Sjolund; Head Coach - Ray­
mond Desrochers; Assistant Coaches -
Rhea) Seguin, Fred Morris, Jacques Berniquez,
Russ Smart, Stig Sjolund, Gerry Gravelle,
Patrick Morris; Executive Secretary
- Art Appleby; Development - Arnold
Midgley, H. Rae Grinnell.
On behalf of the Jumping Committee,
we thank the Ottawa Ski Club members
for their support to the jumping program.
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