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6kiing ha long been a tradition. both in the area and at Collingwood Collegiate. The year 1935 marked the construclron of trails at Blue Mountain for the purpose of skiing and along with thr development came the creatron of the first Collingwood 6kl Club. Thrs group compnsed both r rdenls o f the town and sludenls of lhe hool. While this aclrvrty was pnmarily Alpine in rls initiBI focu . Nordic kiing was soon to develop from Lhese beginnings. A mterestgrew. C.D.C.I. developed it own ·collegiate 6ki Club' which mcluded both types of skiing. Many skied striclly for recreational purposes. but being lyprcal Collingwood athletes. they also entered lhe world of compelrlron.
The ordrc divrsion·s dedicatron and the quality of its' members have alway been highly recognized. One such case was the
kr meel of 1945. m ~·hich Marie Qobinson Qrsebrough. placed second in cross-country compelilion while winning both Lhe downhill and the lalom. Four years later. she again competed in provincial competition. nearly ~'lnnmg agamsl Olymprc hopeful. Anne Heg- glveil. Throughout lhe 1950's and early '60' . mosl of lhe skiing wa focussed on t\lpme compelilion although some general in- lere l slill remamed in Lhe ordrc area. This was qurckly changed in Lhe second half of lhe 1960's when membership m lhe ki club doubled. By 1972. lhe firsl mdependenl cro -counlry ki learn had been formed. IL ~·a a irl's learn wilh 6 members. By l9T7. lhe learn had won lhe OfooA combined trophy . Interest continued lo grow as more
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