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Skate Ontario is pleased to introduce our September Member Spotlight, Skate Brockville. Skate Brockville has been teaching and promoting skating in their community since 1966 - almost 60 years! SkateBSC's mission is to "foster a love for skating but also...
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By: Debbi Wilkes The official village of Swansea has now been gobbled up by Toronto but when Ann Martin, now Ann Shaw, was growing up, she’d walk on her skates (no guards!) to the outdoor rink in the valley. The...
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By: Debbi Wilkes World and Olympic Ice Dance Coach Marijane Stong (nee Lennie) started skating because her mother had always wanted to skate. [caption id="attachment_115342" align="alignleft" width="318"] Photo Credit: Skate Canada[/caption] When her Mom was a young girl, the family...
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Mississauga SC, winners of the 2024 Skate Ontario Club of the Year Award have earned the very first Skate Ontario Member Spotlight. MSC focuses on building community within their club by offering quality programs, engaging the wider community through events...
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Over the course of the next season I hope you’ll join me once a month to welcome home some of Skate Ontario’s most accomplished individuals to discover their early stories and learn how their skating journeys began. Whether a retired...
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Sioux Lookout, Ontario is a tight-knit community of approximately 6,000 people about 350km northwest of Thunder Bay and home to the Sioux Lookout Skating Club. The Sioux Lookout SC took part in the very first Skate Ontario Club Modernization Pilot...
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It was a busy weekend. Brampton’s Cassie Campbell arena was buzzing with activity as over 700 skaters took the ice for the Skate Ontario provincial Championships. The road to Provincials for these athletes from all of figure skating’s disciplines included...
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There are just a few days left before the start of the Skate Ontario Provincial Championships: the crown jewel in the organization’s Provincial Series crown. Competing at the provincial figure skating championships is a big deal where skaters have had...
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By anyone’s standards, if you have an Olympic Gold medal and 2 silvers as well as three World titles and 10 Canadian national titles, you are in a league of your own. Skate Ontario legend Patrick Chan is that guy...
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After four long years, Montreal will finally get the chance to host the ISU World Figure Skating Championships. Within days of starting the competition in March 2020, the event was cancelled out of an abundance of caution rising from the...
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Skate Ontario is delighted to welcome the Performance and Education Academy as an official sponsor and the official 'Integrated Education' partner of the organization. (performanceandeducation.com ) Performance and Education’s slogan is "Education at the service of athletic performance", where optimizing...
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By: Pj Kwong @skatingpj Walking into the bright and airy Elite Jump Performance (EJP) facility in Markham, Ontario just north of Toronto, I was struck by a couple of things: the claw machine in the corner of the open lobby...
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Skate Ontario is delighted to welcome iSpinner as our latest supporter. “At iSpinner, we are excited to have embarked on a dynamic partnership with Skate Ontario, where our shared joy of gliding on ice meets with artistry and commitment to...
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It seems as if skating and skaters never sleep! No sooner has one event concluded than another one gets under way. In the case of this past week, Skate Ontario skaters have been doing their thing at the ISU Junior...
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Waterloo, Ontario played host over the weekend to the Skate Canada Novice Nationals and Skate Canada Cup where skaters from across the country in all five disciplines competed for top honours. The skaters from Team Ontario did not disappoint. “Watching...
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Waterloo, Ontario, in the heart of Skate Ontario country, is hosting the upcoming Skate Canada Novice Nationals and the second Skate Canada Cup that will feature over 100 competitors over 4 days of competition. Why does this matter? It is...
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Ontario figure skaters have been leaving their mark for as long as there have been competitions to record them. We are #SkateOntarioProud of all of them. Going back in time to 50 years ago or so, a young Toller Cranston...
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“The high note is not the only thing,” said Placido Domingo who ought to know. I only mention this because the final performance of the final event at the ISU Four Continents Championships was a thrill. I am talking about...
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By: Pj Kwong Watching the pairs was a treat. Skate Ontario’s Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud were solid and continue on their upward and very successful progression. At the end of the day, their 5th place finish in the free...
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By: Pj Kwong We all know that childhood game where you move a piece around the board when it’s your turn, and sometimes you go up towards the finish line and sometimes you slide back down and lose ground. I...
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By: Pj Kwong What I liked about watching the events unfold yesterday in the short programs for the men’s, women’s and pairs’ disciplines was the degree to which skaters had prepared to compete. Starting off with the women’s event. On...
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By: Pj Kwong It sure is fun to watch skating and I honestly don’t care at what level as each has its own charm from little Tiffany totally enamored with her first sparkly dress (yup – I was that kid)...
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By Pj Kwong Shanghai, China will be my home for the next week or so as the ISU Four Continents Championships unfold. There are a few reasons why this event is important, not the least of which is that it...
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What a great second day of competition at the 2024 Canadian National Skating Championships in Calgary, AB! There were four Junior National titles up for grabs, and Skate Ontario athletes won gold in all of the events - men, women,...
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I think it’s safe to say that you will find that as often as skaters may leave the sport, they just as often remain involved as they move through their lives. Meet Leslie Ip, the founder of EJP, the newest...
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By: Pj Kwong It’s that time of year again when the world comes knocking at Skate Canada International and Skate Ontario athletes will be there front and centre. The stage has already been set at the first ISU Grand Prix...
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Congratulations to all of the Ontario athletes who represented Canada on the ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit this season! For some, this was their first time competing internationally on the JGP circuit. We are #SkateOntarioProud of all skaters and coaches!...
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Not long ago, Skate Ontario wrapped up its 34th annual Skaters’ Promotional Contest and the Grand Prize was a 2022 Nissan Kicks provided by Skate Ontario Champion partner Scarborough Nissan. Not bad for a two-dollar donation. That unbelievable ‘toonie’ trade...
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Congrats to all on a great season. Now that season 2022/23 is complete we have all started getting ready for the new season, most of us have taken some time off, gone on vacation or simply stayed home and relaxed...
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I want to start by wishing everyone competing at the World Championships in Japan and the Provincial Championships in Stratford good luck this week! My 2022-2023 season did not begin as planned. I entered two summer competitions in Waterloo and...
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It feels as if only yesterday Peter and I met for the first time; shortly after, it became the beginning of our story. This season’s journey is past its halfway point, and it feels surreal to be where we are....
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"Donald Jackson wrote his name into the history books at the 1962 World Figure Skating Championships in Prague when he became the first person to land a triple lutz in competition. The jump would not be performed by another man for 12 years. Jackson had been in second place after the compulsory figures, but the landing of the lutz was just the start of stunning five-minute free skate. He received a record seven perfect scores and was crowned world champion. He ended 1962 winning the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada’s Athlete of the Year." - Canadian Olympic Committee
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