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Championships and International Competitions
The principal ski-racing events in New Zealand are the Island Championships and the National Championships. The men's ski-running championship trophy, which is held by the New Zealand men's champion, was presented by the Ruapehu Ski Club in 1932. In 1938 a women's ski-running championship trophy was presented by A. B. Edwardes, herself a former New Zealand women's champion. In addition to these championships, an inter-Dominion contest between Australia and New Zealand is run at two- or three-yearly intervals. The first New Zealand ski teams to compete in the Olympic Winter Games went to Oslo in 1952. In 1960 another New Zealand team competed in the Winter Olympics held at Squaw Valley, U.S.A. Since then two New Zealand women skiers, P. Prain and C. Womersley, have competed in the world championships at Chamonix, France.
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Table of New Zealand Champions
(Combined Ski-running Championships) |
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| Men | Women | ||
| 1929 | B. S. Barnes | ||
| 1930 | R. C. Murie | ||
| 1931 | R. C. Murie | ||
| 1932 | T. W. Mitchell (Australia) | ||
| 1933 | H. H. Elworthy | 1933 | A. B. Edwardes |
| 1934 | T. W. Mitchell (Australia) | 1934 | A. B. Edwardes |
| 1935 | A. G. Wigley | 1935 | A. B. Edwardes |
| 1936 | T. W. Mitchell (Australia) | 1936 | J. Murphy |
| 1937 | Not held | 1937 | Not held |
| 1938 | Not awarded | 1938 | Not awarded |
| 1939 | W. Frank | 1939 | J. Murphy |
| 1940–45 | Not held | 1940–45 | Not held |
| 1946 | P. F. Lawlor | 1946 | H. Alanson |
| 1947 | C. R. Ambury | 1947 | H. Alanson |
| 1948 | T. W. Mitchell | 1948 | C. Gilkison |
| 1949 | N. Kerr | 1949 | H. Alanson |
| 1950 | H. G. Lonsdale | 1950 | C. Gilkison |
| 1951 | Not held | 1951 | Not held |
| 1952 | T. K. McKeon | 1952 | A. Johnson |
| 1953 | S. Lonsdale | 1953 | A. Johnson |
| 1954 | W. F. I. Hunt | 1954 | J. Adams |
| 1955 | W. F. I. Hunt | 1955 | G. W. Fitzgerald |
| 1956 | W. F. I. Hunt | 1956 | W. Rose |
| 1957 | K. Burtscher. | 1957 | J. Huppert |
| Open, W. Angerer | |||
| 1958 | S. Chaffey | 1958 | C. Davey (Australia) |
| 1959 | W. F. I. Hunt | 1959 | P. Hall |
| 1960 | W. F. I. Hunt | 1960 | P. Prain |
| 1961 | A. Coberger | 1961 | P. Prain |
| 1962 | W. F. I. Hunt | 1962 | A. Latham |
| 1963 | P. Quinn | 1963 | P. Prain |
| 1964 | Not awarded | 1964 | Not awarded |
| 1965 | P. Goldstern | 1965 | K. Guy |
