Olivia Burke award: Canpowerskater of the Year
Congratulations to all on a very successful ice show. The following awards were presented at the show:-
Program Assistant of the Year: Marlee Rae
Program Assistant Award of Excellence: Kim French & Breauna Miller
Olivia Burke Award (CanPowerSkater of the Year): Ronan Whitten
John Hall (Volunteer Award): Christine Morgan
CanSkater of the Year: Jake Billard
CanSkater Spirit Awards: Grace Parsons & Connor Flaherty
Past winners
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Princettes- Cornel Trophy
The 2013 Synchronized Skating Championships were held 16 February at the Jack Byrne Arena in Torbay, NL hosted by the club. Congratulations to the Princettes who won the gold in juvenile and were awarded the Cornell Trophy as best team. This is the fourth time a team from the club has won the trophy (Princelles in 1989, Synergy in 2009 and 2011). Synergy had a good skate as single entrants and were voted the Butt Trophy (most spirited and sporting team) by the other teams in the competition (last won by the Princelles in 2001). InSync won a bronze in Adult 2. Symmetry were single entries in Adult 1, but skated well with a score of 44.15, the fourth highest total in the competition. Our other teams had excellent skates. The Lollipops were fourth in a strong beginner 1 group, and the Princelles were also fourth out of seven strong teams in Pre-novice. The Popstars finished 5th in elementary but were only 0.8 points behind the silver medalists. Thanks to co-chairs Dana Boutcher and Kim French, plus all the volunteers for a fantastic competition.
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Atlantic champions
Our Intermediate synchro team Synergy competed at Atlantic Divisionals this weekend and beat from PEI and Nova Scotia to win gold. They had a lead of less than a point after scoring 18.05 on their first skate but improved to score 20.53 in their second skate, and their final total of 38.58 gave them the win by three points. The team has not been beaten by Atlantic Canada competition since 2007.
Results
Julia and Wesley at Canadians (Skate Canada photo)
Club member Julia Mercer and partner Wesley Killing competed in Junior Pairs at the Canadian Figure Skating Championships. Approximately 250 skaters in the women’s, men’s, pair and ice dance disciplines were entered at the senior, junior and novice levels at the Hershey Centre, Mississauga, Ontario from January 13-20. They skated their short programme on Tuesday, scoring 35.43. On Wednesday they scored 60.35 in the long for a total of 95.78, and 8th place.
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Starting orders/ Results
Julia and Wesley on top of the podium
Prince of Wales skaters are in Regina, Saskatchewan for the Skate Canada Challenge Event, December 5-9, 2012.
Julia Mercer and partner Wesley Killing won the gold medal in novice pairs with a superb freeskate. They were in second place after the short, but their score of 63.54 was over 7 points better than any other.
Dylan Short competed in PreNovice men. He was 11th after the short, then had an excellent long programme, scoring 50.61. This was the second best long of the night. Dylan’s overall score of 75.75 beat his own provincial record by over 12 points, and earned him 6th place.
Ashley Morgan and Julia Mercer competed in Junior women. Ashley Morgan had an excellent short programme on Wednesday, beating her personal best by 4 points with a score of 34.84. Ashley was placed 25th and Julia 34th (scoring 31.22) in a field of 48. in the long programme, Julia scored 54.51, 85.73 overall, to finish 36th. Ashley Morgan scored 62.97 for a total of 97.81 overall, a provincial record, and finished 28th.
Kaitlin Harte is competing in PreNovice, and is in 55th place. She will be looking to improve with her freeskate on Saturday.
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Amber was presented with the award by the Pack family
The club had a strong entry at the Rebecca Pack Memorial Friendship Skate that took place on Saturday September 29, 2012 at the Jack Byrne Arena, Torbay, NL. Amber Boutcher was presented with the “Rebecca Pack Memorial Award”. This commemorative award in honour of Rebecca is presented annually at the Rebecca Pack Memorial Friendship Skate competition. The award is presented to the competitor, who in the opinion of the Competition Judges, demonstrates tenacity, a love of skating, and good sportsmanship.
Amber finished 5th in Juvenile, with Jenny Biles 6th and Mikayla Downey 8th. Nicole Chan placed 3rd in Novice; Kaitlin Harte was 5th in PreNovice with Dylan Short winning gold as a single entry. In PreJuvenile Maria Downey won the bronze medal, Anna Carter was 5th, Elin Maskova 6th, Taylor Druken 7th, Serena Piercey 8th and Chloe Whitridge 9th. Erin Maher won the Senior Bronze category; and Alison Randell was 4th in Junior Bronze. Claire Bennett won gold in Preliminary, with Dayton Fifield 2nd, Abbey Moores 3rd, Rebecca Combden 5th, Brooke Coffey 6th and Abby Pace 8th. Mikayla Fennelly won gold in PrePreliminary U19, with Leah Peckham 3rd, and Barbara Kate Cavell won gold in Pre-preliminary U9.
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Sophie Bennett
Katie Blagdon accepts award from Matt Power and Robin-Lynn McGrath
6-year old Sophie Bennett was named Skate Newfoundland and Labrador Canskater of the year at the Section awards banquet. Congratulations to Sophie, and also to Katie Blagdon, named as Section volunteer coach of the year. In addition Kim French was elected to the provincial board, and the club was awarded the rights to host the Provincial Synchronised skating competition next season.
Congratulations to all our skaters who competed at the 2012 Avalon Region Interclub Competition, and our volunteer team for hosting the event. We are very proud that the following skaters competed, many for the first time, and represented our club at this competition:
Livi Allen, Gemma Andersen-Jones, Sophie Bennett, Danielle Bolger, Barbara Kate Cavell, Madison Chambers, Skye Coffey, Abby Cook, Kathleen Curran, Takoda Druken, Jena Dyer, Mikayla Fennelly, Catherine Guzwell, Amy Learning, Grace Lee, Chelsea Masterson, Sarah Muzychka, Leah Peckham, Lauren Quinlan, Gracyn Rowe, Katie Warford, Sarah Evans.
Congratulations to Leah Peckham (gold) and Gemma Andersen-Jones (silver) in Pre-Preliminary 1 – 9 years; Mikayla Fennelly (silver) in Pre-Preliminary 1 – 10 years; and all our skaters for their achievements in the Canskate events.
Results
A record seven synchro teams competed at the Provincial Championships in Corner Brook. The Lollipops won a gold medal in Beginner 1 (setting a provincial record in the process), as did the Princettes in Juvenile, breaking their own provincial record. The Popstars won bronze in elementary, and the Princelles placed fourth in Pre-Novice. Synergy (Intermediate) and Symmetry (Adult 1) were single entries, and Insync won silver in Adult II.
The board thanks Ruth Noel for an outstanding job coordinating the attendance of 7 teams; and the managers, volunteers and coaches for their hard work. We also thank Silver Blades for an outstanding competition.
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Photos follow; thanks to Delano Decker for the action shots.
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Atlantic Champions
Our intermediate synchro team, Synergy, traveled to PEI, for the 2012 Atlantic Regional Synchronized Skating Championships, January 27-29. They beat teams from PEI and Nova Scotia for the Atlantic Championships and will represent the Atlantic region at the Canadian Championships February 23-25 in Windsor, Ontario. They scored a total of 68.59 points, with their second skate a slight improvement on their first.
The team members are Carly Austin, Valerie Ball, Melanie Bingle, Nicole Burt, Laura Doulton, Susie Doulton, Suzannah Healey, Jenna Hillyard, Sarah Hogan, Lana McCaw, Stephanie Nevin, Jennifer Noel, Samantha Phelan, Clara Pollard, Hayley Porter, Marlee Rae, Tiffany Whynot, and Siobhan Wilkins; coach Shirley Thistle, and managers Donna Burt and Lisa McCaw.
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