This article by Peg McMahon was first published in The Age, Women Sport section on 20th of February 1975.
Marian Schnaider a qualified theater sister has made her mark in a comparatively unknown sporting field.
Two weeks ago, in the Victorian gliding championships at Bacchus Marsh, Marian won the women's sports class title.
For the uninitiated like me, that means flying wild and free in an old-type wooden glider. Nothing unsporting like an engine to help.
You are towed by a powerful aircraft until you are about 2000 feet up - then you are on your own, Barney.
So good is Marian that last weekend at Horsham, she took sports class again against a field of 11 men and eight other women.
Sue Martin, of, Waikerie, South Australia, will represent Australia in the international women's championship in Poland in June.
But officials are already hoping to get enough money together to send Marian as well.