The Club sent a strong team to the 2012 Lamontagne Skate Canada Newfoundland and Labrador Provincials held in Grand Falls, returning with 12 medals.
On Friday, Maria Downey won a silver medal in Preliminary 9 and under with Anna Carter 8th, and Chloe Whitridge 9th. Katrina-Lynn Picco finished 7th in Preliminary.
On Saturday Nicole Burt won gold medals in gold skills and freeskate; Ashley Morgan captured gold in Novice short (Nicole Chan 6th), and Breaunna Miller a bronze in PreNovice short, with Kaitlin Harte 7th. Lauren Stringer placed 3rd in Senior Silver. Erin Maher finished 10th in Junior Bronze and Gillian Bowering 14th in Senior Bronze.
On Sunday, Nicole Burt won Gold Interpretive, Marrian Kamel Bronze Adult and Sandy Walsh PreNovice men as single entries. Ashley Morgan won a second gold medal in Novice free. Nicole Chan won a bronze in pre-novice long, with Breaunna Miller 5th. Amber Boutcher fdinished 7th in Juvenile. Elin Maskova won a bronze medal in PreJuvenile, with Taylor Druken 5th, Serena Piercey 7th and Mikalyla Downey 11th.
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Synergy team member Melanie Bingle was featured in the Western Star last week in this article by Dave Kearsey
Her time to shine – Melanie Bingle to perform on national synchro skating scene with Synergy
Growing up as a competitive athlete, Melanie Bingle always dreamed of representing her province on the national stage.
She spent countless early-morning hours honing her skills in singles skating with the Deer Lake Skating Club since the age of three, but never experienced skating in front of a national audience during her amateur career.
After so long, she just gave up on the idea.
However, things changed when the 19-year-old Deer Lake native relocated to St. John’s back in September to begin her pursuit of a commerce degree at Memorial University of Newfoundland.
A desire to skate still burning in her belly, Bingle eventually found herself lacing up the blades to give synchronized skating a whirl for the first time. She became a member of the Prince of Wales Skating Club’s Synergy synchronized skating team — helping the 16-member squad to gold at the provincial synchronized skating championships in Corner Brook last week.
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The club’s top synchronized skating team, Synergy, is competing at the national synchronized skating championships for the third straight year. They competed against twelve other teams from across Canada in the Intermediate category. They had a good first skate on Thursday and scored 21.26. They scored slightly lower on their second skate (40.51) for an overall score of 61.97, and finished 12th, their best finish of their three trips to Nationals.
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. The team finished 14th at last year’s nationals.
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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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The Avalon Region will be offering Canskate Spring and Fall sessions in Mount Pearl
Spring Session: Saturday, April 28th -Wednesday, June 6th
Fall Session: Saturday, September 3rd – Wednesday, September 28th
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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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Tax Receipts are now available, for pickup from our club office, located at Twin Rinks, Mon, Tues, Thurs & Fri – 9:00-4:30pm or Wed 10:30-6:30pm.
OR
If you would like to download and print your own receipt, you can call the club office, 579-1923 and we can provide you with your child’s Skate Canada #.
Below is the step-by-step procedure to download your receipt. If this receipt is for your child’s participation in our programs, it can be used for the Child Tax Credit claim on your Income Tax.
You can also print your membership card from this same screen.
HOW TO OBTAIN YOUR CHILD TAX CREDIT RECEIPT
You can print your tax receipts from the Skate Canada members Only web site as follows:-
1. Log on to Skate Canada Website (www.skatecanada.ca)
2. Hit “Members Only” login (top of home page)
3. Members Login # – enter your/your child’s Skate Canada Number (10 digits) (Call club office 579-1923 to obtain your child’s number).
4. Password – your/your child’s last name (you will then be prompted to change this password).
5. Hit – Login
6. Hit – Personal Profile
7. Hit – General Information
8. Hit – Child Tax Credit Receipt
9. Hit- Print Receipt.
