Downhill Only Ski Club

DHO

Surname	Downhill Only Ski Club
sport	Alpine skiing
Founded	February 14, 1925
Association headquarters	London , UK
Members	1'200
Chairman	Nigel Ley

The Downhill Only Ski Club is the largest alpine ski club in Great Britain . He is based in Wengen , Switzerland .

history

On February 14, 1925, 14 British skiers competed against the Kandahar Ski Club ( Mürren ), which was founded in 1924. Since they lost in slalom and downhill, they founded the Downhill Only Ski Club that same evening. The biggest competitor of the DHO is the Kandahar Ski Club.

Known members

• Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder
• Chris Mackintosh
• Richard Waghorn

successes

• Interclub
  • Silver 1931 Lauberhorn Race
• LFW Jackson
  • Downhill: Silver 1930 Lauberhorn Race
• Richard Waghorn
  • Downhill: Silver 1931 Lauberhorn Race
  • Combination: Bronze 1931 Lauberhorn Race

Web links

• website

literature

• Downhill Only Ski Club (Ed.): Golden Jubilee . 1925 - 1975. Wengen BE November 1974 (British English, online [PDF; 7.1 MB ; accessed on May 26, 2020]).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Contact Us. In: downhillonly.com. Downhill Only Ski Club, accessed January 28, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Downhill only ski club. A big returning family. In: jungfrau.ch. Jungfrau Railway , accessed on January 28, 2020 . 
3. ↑ eas .: Yearbooks of British ski clubs. In: Oberländer Tagblatt . November 25, 1960, p. 10 , accessed January 28, 2020 . 
4. ↑ pd .: 25th anniversary party of the Town Hill Only Club in Wengen. In: Oberländer Tagblatt . February 8, 1950, p. 5 , accessed January 28, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Neue Zürcher Zeitung on 02.02.1931. NZZ, February 2, 1931, accessed on March 15, 2020 . 
6. ↑ No. 4 1930. Retrieved March 15, 2020 (English).