September, 2018
Mt Buller & Mt Stirling’s Newspaper PH: (03) 5775 2115
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Mountain Memories
PAGES 10-11
Social photos
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Buller Wide exhibition
INDEX Skier profile .......6 Real Estate..15-19
HAPPY DAYS: All smiles at the end of the Div 2 Boardercross on Skyline with (from left) Ava Lansell (Geelong Grammar), Jessica Roberts ((Melbourne Girls Grammar) and Chloe Joubert (St Catherines). Turn to pages 4 and 5 for more photos. PHOTO: Andrew Railton/Mt Buller
Sixty one years of interschools
MT BULLER welcomed over 200 schools from across Victoria for the 61st annual Subaru Victorian Interschools SnowSports Championships recently. The resort turned on ideal snow conditions - some of the best seen since 2004 with deep cover all over the mountain and race courses in superb shape for young athletes to test their skills in a lively week of competition
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3000 students flock to Mt Buller
and great sportsmanship. Close to 3000 students competed, from juniors through to Division 1 athletes – some of who are on a path towards Winter Olympic competition. The Victorian Interschools SnowSports Championships were ďŹ rst staged in 1958 at Mt Buller.
The ďŹ rst schools to compete were Melbourne Grammar School and Scotch College. Since the early days of 1958, the Victorian Interschools SnowSports Championships (or Interschools) have grown to become one of the premier school sporting competitions
in Victoria. Over 180 schools compete annually in the event held at Mt Buller. In recent years there have been just under 6000 entries in the event across nine disciplines. A far cry from the ďŹ rst Interschools, which consisted of four boys from Melbourne
Grammar School and four boys from Scotch College competing in an Alpine Giant Slalom event. Today, competitors have the choice of Alpine Giant Slalom, Snowboard Giant Slalom, Snowboard Cross, Ski Cross, Moguls, Cross Country Classical, Cross Country Freestyle Relay, Slopestyle Ski and Slopestyle Snowboard.
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