Past Awards

Gold Pocket Watch

In 1950 an engraved gold watch was presented to Don Manning, the Club Architect for his very outstanding work on the Mt. Seymour cabin.

Steeplechase

Another long-tradition skiing race, but oriented for cross-country skiing. The annual VOC Steeplehase race first began in the early 30's near VOC's Grouse Cabin. The race started at "the end of Thunderbird Ridge, go over the peak of Dam, over the peak of Grouse, across the Plateau and down to the "Vee-O-Cee" (Grouse) Cabin"[1] and combined multiple "obstacles" on the way. So long was the race that participants had to bring a sleeping bag!

On a particular note: there's a wild speculation that the origin of the name Thunderbird for the UBC teams came during the 1933 race after some skiers suggested the name[2].

Men's Cup

Past Winners

• 1965 Blair Smith
• 1966 Peter Lattey
• 1967 Ron Kot
• 1969 Greg Brown (Snowshoe race instead !)

Pletch & Dorka's Steeple Chase VOC Girls Cup

Pletch & Dorka's Steeple Chase VOC Girls Cup

Past Winners

• 1957 Lynn Webster
• 1958 Sheila Fenton
• 1959 Nadene Gwyer
• 1960 Ginny Willis
• 1961 Ginny Willis
• 1963 Barb Whitaker
• 1965 Nina Locke
• 1966 Claire Fraser
• 1967 Diddi Young
• 1968 Julie Kiraly

VOC Dam(n) Downhill Competition

VOC Ski Championship Downhill Men's Cup

In the spring of 1932, the first annual Dam(n) Downhill alpine classic began on Dam Mountain (beside Grouse). It quickly became the skiing event of the year for the VOC. The race was then held on Mt. Seymour's Unicorn Run, usually in late February, once the club moved to their new cabin on Seymour in the late 40's.

The following winners were obtained from the VOC Journals and/or directly from the trophy.

Past Winners

Mens

Class A 1944 Gerry Lockhart 1945 Bill Howard 1946 Jack Skinner 1947 Abe McCarthy 1948 Harry Smith 1949 Nels Itterman 1950 Art Westaway 1951 Pat Duffy 1952 Pat Duffy 1953 Pat Duffy 1954 Jamie McLean 1955 Stu McKay 1956 Dick Street 1957 (lost plate) 1958 Albert Nickull 1959 Karl Ricker 1960 Kim Deane 1962 Kim Deane 1963 Kim Deane 1965 Bryce Howard 1966 Derek Chokalous 1967 No race 1968 Eric Miglin 1969 Charlie Brown 1970 Lib Coverton (No classes this year) 1971 Cam Pearce & Ted Thiessen

Class B 1959 John Kirk 1960 Stu Fall 1962 George Massey 1963 Ric Sebastian 1965 Dave MacNamara 1966 Ken Hall 1967 No race 1968 No winner 1969 Ed Torupka 1970 Lib Coverton (No classes this year)

Class C 1959 Barry Tyldesley 1960 Hugh Naylor 1963 Dave Hibbetson 1965 Jim Stevens 1966 Len Baker 1967 No race 1968 No winner 1969 Jonathon Wilson 1970 Lib Coverton (No classes this year)

Womens

Class A 1959 Linda Campbell Brown 1960 Dianne Ward 1962 Robin Kennedy 1963 Helen Stirling 1965 Barb Deane 1966 No Winner 1967 No race 1968 Bev Tingley 1969 Sue Sainsbury

Class B 1959 Sue Tatum 1960 Janice Stewart 1962 Marion Gardiner 1963 Gill Broatch 1965 Vera Rosenbluth 1966 Donna Griblin 1967 No race 1968 Sue Laberge 1969 Anna Preto

Class C 1959 Beverley Campbell 1960 Vicki Husband 1962 Pam Thomas 1963 Caroline Yong 1965 Rita van Snellenberg 1966 Poppe Crowe 1967 No race 1968 No winner 1969 Donna Dougan

UBC Outdoor Club Skiing Trophy

Past Winners

Outdoor Club Skiing Trophy

1932 J.J. Fairley 1933 H.S. Fowler 1934 D.V. Manley 1935 P.L. Northcott 1936 S.G. Bruce 1937 Donalk Clark 1939 Allan McDougal 1941 Ernest Mason 1944 Hank Tiedje 1945 J.W. Roots 1946 E.Fredk Root

1947 Harry Smith 1948 Harry Smith 1949 Don Manning 1950 Doug Overhill, Al Hall 1951 Tony Blagg 1952 Pat Duffy 1953 Bob McLean 1954 Sev Heiberg 1955 Lou Moir 1956 Dave Kennedy 1957 Karl Ricker

1958 Karl Ricker 1959 Karl Ricker 1960 Albert Nickull 1961 Nick Close 1963 Robert Nash 1965 Blaire Smith 1966 Peter Lattey 1967 Ron Kut 1968 Len Winter 1969 Greg Brown