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Salt Lake City Sprint Distance World Cup

Congratulations to Denny Morrison who placed 2nd and 4th in the 1,000m

Watch for Denny January 28 + 29, 2012 in the World Sprint Championship in Calgary.

North American and Oceania Regional Long Track Qualifier

Scott Bickerton finished 10th overall with top 10 finishes in the 1,500m; 5,000m and 10,000m. Tori Spence had top 10 finishes in the 500m, 1,500m 3,000m and 5,000m finishing 8th overall in this 4 country event.

Well done.

Canadian Open Short Track Championship

Jessica Hewitt with a 3rd place finish in the 1,000m and a top 10 in the 500m finished 6th overall in this event to determine the Canadian Team to compete at the upcoming World Cups 5 + 6 and the World Championships.

Long Track - Canadian Single Distance and Canada Cup 2

BC skaters earned a total of 13 medals at this joint event.

Highlighting these impressive results was Tori Spence(1st) and Ashley Nelson (3rd) winning the first ever medals in the CSD Mass start event!

In the CSD, Denny Morrison had two 2nd place finishes (1,000m + 1,500m) and Scott Bickerton was 2nd in the 10,000m and 3rd in the 5,000m. Tori had 2 top 10 finishes as did Josie Spence, Alec Janssens and Nick Goplen and Ashley with one.

In the Canada Cup, 1st place finishes were achieved by Sarah Pousette (3,000m), Nick Goplen (1,500m) and Josie Spence (1,000m). Alison Banwell 2nd (1,000m) + 3rd (1,500m); Elyce Henry 2nd (1,500m) and 3rd (500m) were the other medallists. Top 10 finishes were also recorded by Jeff Kitura, Alison and Ashley.

Well done skaters!

Short Track - Canadian Jr Championships, Calgary

This event was to choose Canada's team to the World Junior Short Track Championships in Februray 2012 in Melbourne, Australia.

Courtney Shmyr is the Canadian Junior Short Track Champion!!!! Congratulations Courtney.

This was achieved by placing 1st in 500m and Super 1500m, 2nd in the 1500m and 3rd in the 1000m.

Michelle Mackay had a strong showing with top 10 placings in all four distance and finishing 5th overall.

Other top 10 placings: Jamie MacDonald - 500m, 1000m + Super 1500m (9th overall); Jesse Keca - 500m and 1000m(10th overall) and Josie Spence - 1500m + Super 1500m (11th overall).

Well done to all!

Announcements

Insurance Information

Very important insurance coverage information!

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BC Skaters Qualified for International Events

Congratulations to the following skaters who have qualified to represent Canada at the following competitions:
Tori Spence - North American and Oceania Regional Qualifier (selection event for World ll Round Championships)
Scott Bickerton - North American and Oceania Regional Qualifier and the World Cup in Hamar, Norway
Denny Morrison - World Cups in Salt Lake City and Hamar and the World Sprint Championships
Well done.

World Jr Short Track Championships

Congratulations to Courtney Shmyr who has been named to represent Canada at the 2012 World Junior Short Track Championships in Melbourne, Australia at the end of February.

Good luck Courtney!

Calgary Olympic Oval Bursary Awards

Congratulations to Ashley Nelson & Courtney Shmyr who received 2011 Olympic Oval Bursary Awards as selected by a committee headed by two-time Olympic Gold Medallist Catriona LeMay Doan. The award is to help with living and training expenses.

Well done!

ACE (Achieving Community Excellence) Coaches BC Award

Congratulations to Sandi Vyse of the Kamloops Long Blades who was recognized by Coaches BC representing "the tireless contribution you make to athletes and your community."

The award is designed for athletes to recognize the great role coaches play in the community. One of her athletes, in the nomination, said....she helped keep me interested in the sport for more than 10years and become one of the best athletes I can be....

Congratulations Sandi!

2011 Howard Carter Award Recipient

Congratulations to Donna Bilous of the Matsqui Blades on being recognized recently by Special Olympics of BC as being the 2011 Howard Carter Award recipient.

Among her many attributes "that embodies the true spirit of the award" she has coached athletes in both winter and summer sports at the National and World Games and is now Team BC's coach for 2012.

Well done Donna!

Links

BCWG Technical Package

The 2012 BCWG will take place in the Greater Vernon area Feb 23-26, 2012. Speed Skating will take place at the Nor-Val Centre in Armstrong. Check the link above to read our sports Technical Package.

Speed Skating Canada's Racing on Skates

A video overview of Speed Skating Canada's Long Term Participant and Athlete Development Model