Skate Thompson hosted the Candy Land 2017 Skate Canada Manitoba Regional STARSkate Competition & FunSkate Feb. 3-5 at the Vale Regional Community Centre.
Eighty-two skaters from The Pas, Flin Flon, Gillam and Thompson attended the competition.
Events started at 8 a.m. on Friday morning and ran through 5 p.m. on Saturday. An official opening ceremony was held at 1 p.m. on Friday. Members from the R.D. Parker Collegiate Junior band played “O Canada” and then the four Norman skating clubs were introduced to skate around the ice with their Norman banners.
Skate Thompson CANSkaters dazzled and amazed the assessors with their glides, crosscuts, turns, jumps and spins. Skate Thompson was well represented in the CANSkate Element Event. This event is geared towards skaters in the CANSkate program. It is a great chance for the skaters to showcase their new skills in a fun and interactive environment. After each skater performs the element, the referee will call an assessment of gold, silver, bronze or merit according to the criteria for CANSkate standards. Skaters received a report card and a ribbon. Skaters also participated in the CANSkate team and CANSkate improv event. Awesome and amazing skating, Jace, Muhammad, Piper, Dharmendra, Emily, Jaclyn, Kayla, Kiarra, Amy, Jenna, Jaxon, Levi, Kayla, Ava and Regan! Very proud of you all!
Megan Szabo and Ramona Pelland skated in the gold freeskate, spins and elements, team events, creative improv and duo freeskate and Megan also performed a STAR 9 short program. The skaters were scored CPC and will be ranked. Four components will be scored: skating skills, transitions, performance/execution and interpretation. The girls had really great skates and achieved personal best scores! Anna Krokosz-Boychuk participated in the gold team event. Amazing layback, Anna!
Amy Shier skated in STAR 6 freeskate, STAR 7/8 spins and elements, STAR 7 short program, team event, creative improv and introductory interpretive to “Playing Outside with my Friend.” Super skating, Amy!
Emily Penney and Taylor Chartrand skated STAR 6 freeskate, spins, elements, team events, creative improv, duo freeskate and Emily performed a bronze interpretive to ”Waking up Christmas Morning.” Emily earned a gold for this performance. Great skating, Emily! Megan Wischnewski skated in the STAR 6 freeskate, elements and team event. Megan had a superb performance!
Kassia Wolanski-McGirr skated in the STAR 5 freeskate, spins, elements, team event and a silver interpretive performance themed the “The Hatter’s Tale.” Kassia earned gold for this interpretive program. Congratulations, Kassia!
William Hart performed a Level 3 Special Olympics program. William achieved his personal best score. William also skated in STAR 2 spins, elements, team events and creative improv. Great skating, William!
Hailey Fudge, Ava White, Bridgette Caddy, Sydney Power, Jenna Shier, Elizabeth Phillips, Avery Lagimodiere, Kaitlyn Krentz and Sara Phillips skated STAR 3 freeskate, spins, elements, creative improv, team events and duo freeskate and group shadow skating.
Ava and Sydney delighted the audience with their STAR 3 duo freeskate skated to “Lime in the Coconut!” Wow, what a performance that was! Elizabeth and Jenna, Avery and Kaitlyn skated STAR 3 duo freeskate the girls wowed the audience with their speed and grace on the ice!
Bridgette, Summyr and Sara performed a group shadow to Lady Gaga. The girls had the audience dancing and singing. Awesome skating, girls! Hailey Fudge performed an introductory interpretive to the theme ”My Journey through the Forest” that was very well skated!
Jessica Smud and Summyr Fudge skated STAR 2 freeskate, STAR 3 spins, elements, team events and creative improv. It was Jessica’s first time performing an interpretive program and she received gold for her performance, “Auditioning for the Circus.’’ Great skating, Jessica!
Arianna Vokey performed STAR 2 spins, elements and team event. Arianna and Jessica performed a STAR 3 duo freeskate to “Chandelier.” What a magical skate!
Jade Brooks and Harper Caldwell competed in the STAR 1 freeskate. Each skater completed eight elements including: stroking exercise (forward crosscuts on the centre circle in both directions) three jumps (a Waltz jump, Salchow and a toe-loop), two spins (forward and backward upright spin). The skaters had to do a forward spiral sequence on a circle and a creative expression routine. The skaters in the STAR 1 freeskate element scored to standard (merit, bronze, silver or gold). Well done, girls! Jade also skated in STAR 2 spins and elements.
Ava Rose and Regan Dunn competed in the Stage 6 CANSkate Events. Ava and Regan also skated in the STARSkate 1 duo freeskate. The girls had an amazing performance!
The 2017 Skate Canada Manitoba Norman Region Achievement Awards were presented at the banquet Friday night by Betty Anne Wilkinson (Norman regional rirector) and Erin Krokosz (regional competition chair). This year’s recipients are: best new program a ssistant - Emily Penney; most enthusiastic CANSkater - Piper Hibbs; most dedicated CANPower athlete -Makenna Steeves; Norman Regional Director’s Award - Avery Lagimodiere; most dedicated STARSkater - Megan Szabo; region volunteer award - Terry Lynn Kempers; and most dedicated coach Agnes Szabo. Congratulations to all the winners!
A sweet thank-you to all the officials that have volunteered and travelled to the North to be here with us this weekend! A delicious treat – thank you!
A sugary thanks to all our community sponsors, volunteers, parents, program assistants and assessors in the CANSkate events, members of the regional committee, Shaw TV, Thompson Citizen and the rink staff for the time you have committed to organizing this delightful event for our region. Your patience, creativity and encouragement to all skaters and the club are deeply appreciated.
A honey of a thank you to our divine coaches for their commitment and dedication to the sport of skating. Thank you for guiding and supporting our skaters to help see them through to personal successes.
A mountain of scrumptious good fortune to all skaters with a cherry on top! We wish you the most tangy and sweet of luck in your skating! Keep smiling and cheering yourselves on.
On behalf of the Skate Thompson organizing committee! Thank you!
Skate Thompson is busy preparing for an ice review and Stony Mountain Competition in March. And our final test day for the season will be in April. To register for Pre-CANSkate, CANSkate, CANPowerSkate, STARSkate and adult skate contact us at [email protected].
