Nexxice Senior headed to 2019 Trophy D’Ecosse

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OTTAWA, ON:  Nexxice Senior is headed to Dumfries, Great Britain for the 2019 Trophy D’Ecosse. The event will take place from February 8-10.

Nexxice Senior, from Burlington Skating Club, will be representing Canada. The team brought home the gold medal at this event in 2017. They are coached by Shelley Simonton Barnett and Ann Schelter.

Kathy Psutka of Formosa, Ont., and Debbie Beauchamp of Burlington, Ont., will be the team leaders at the event. Susan Morriss of Victoria, B.C., will be the Canadian official at the event.

For more information, please visit the official event page or isu.org.

Fifteen Canadian skaters headed to 2019 Bavarian Open

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OTTAWA, ON: Team Canada is sending two senior skaters, four junior skaters and eight advanced novice skaters for a total of 15 skaters to Oberstdorf, Germany for the 2019 Bavarian Open. The event will take place from February 5-10.

CANADIAN ENTRIES AT BAVARIAN OPEN 2019

Discipline Name Age Hometown Club Coach
Senior Men Conrad Orzel 18 Toronto, Ont. Toronto Cricket, Curling and Skating Club Lee Barkell
Senior Women Aurora Cotop 16 Thornhill, Ont. Ice Palace SC Ravi Walia
Junior Ice Dance Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha 18/19 Boucherville, Que. / St-Hubert, Que. Montreal International Skating School Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, Romain Haguenauer
Junior Ice Dance Alicia Fabbri / Paul Ayer 17/20 Terrebonne, Que. / Calgary, AB. CPA Terrebonne / Calalta SC Mylene Girard, Julien Lalone
Advanced Novice Men Wesley Chiu 13 Richmond, BC Connaught SC Eileen Murphy
Advanced Novice Women Kaiya Ruiter 12 Calgary, A.B. Glencoe Club Scott Davis, Jeff Langdon
Advanced Novice Women Doriela Lugo Mayrand 13 Rouyn-Noranda, Que. CPA du Cuivre de Rouyn-Noranda Violaine Émard
Advanced Novice Women Mélaurie Boivin 15 Alma, Que. CPA Chicoutimi Marlène Picard
Advanced Novice Women Melody Zhu 14 Vancouver, BC Sunset FSC Joanne McLeod
Advanced Novice Ice Dance Sophia Kagolovskaya / Kieran MacDonald 13/15 Wellesley, Ont. / Wellesley, Ont. Ayr SC / Ayr SC Carleigh MacDonald
Advanced Novice Ice Dance Kiera Kam / Mathew Carter 14/16 Burnaby, BC / Langley, BC Inlet SC / Champs International Skating School of British Columbia Aaron Lowe, Megan Wing

André Bourgeois, Next Gen Director, and Manon Perron of Boucherville, Que., will be the team leaders at the event. Physiotherapist Pat Stanziano of Toronto, Ont., will be the Canadian medical staff onsite. Karen Butcher of Ottawa, Ont., Cynthia Benson of Saint John, N.B., and Janice Hunter of Vancouver, B.C., will be the Canadian officials at the event.

For more information, please visit ww.isu.org.

Les Suprêmes place fifth at French Cup

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ROUEN, France – Les Suprêmes from St-Léonard, Que., took fifth spot on Saturday at the French Cup synchronized skating competition.

Paradise from Russia held onto first for the gold with 230.53 points, ahead of three teams from Finland. Marigold Ice Unity was second at 229.56, Helsinki Rockettes third at 227.11 and Team Unique fourth at 226.27.

Les Suprêmes, also fifth after the short program, earned 221.30. That was nearly 12 points better than their score last week in Sweden where they placed fourth.

Skating for Les Suprêmes are Jessica Allaire, Rebecca Allaire, Karianne Bégin, Julia Bernardo, Laurie Désilets. Olivia Di Giandomenico, Molly Katherine Farber, Lisanne Foley, Laurie Raphaelle Gauthier, Peter Gerome, Giulia Hart-Lewis, Sora Hatano, Grace Carol LeTouzel, Dana Malowany, Agathe Sigrid Merlier, Andréanne Paradis, Martha Maria Pietrasik, Alessia Malissa Pollletta, Florene Poulin and Édouard Tremblay.

“We are very happy with the way we skated today,” said Malowany, the team captain. “We had a great improvement over our score in Sweden. However there are still mistakes we have to fix when we get home.”

In junior competition, Team Junost from Russia was first, Skyliners from the U.S. second and Dream Edges from Finland third.

Gold Ice Juniors from Brampton, Ont., in its international debut, took seventh spot.

Gold Ice Junior

Skating for Gold Ice were: Nethma Aluthge, Allison Brandt, Evangeline Liao, Lora Puliz, Emiko Arshad, Reeya Chahal, Anna Drob, Denika Ellis-Dawson, Gabrielle Emery, Jasmine Gagnon, Rachel Humphrey, Alessia Moreno, Marissa Nadeau, Isabelle Pawlowski, Halle Priester, Olivia Tworzyanski, Emily Vanderberg and Brynn Wilkinson.

“We had to portray a lot of emotion in our long program,” said Ellis-Dawson. “We wanted to show there is a different side to Gold Ice. This was a good preparation for nationals where we hope to be on the podium.”

Full results: https://www.frenchcup.fr/resultat-2019

Les Suprêmes in medal hunt at French Cup

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ROUEN, France – Les Suprêmes from St-Léonard, Que., still have sights on the podium after placing fifth in Friday’s short program at the French Cup synchronized skating competition.

Less than three points separate the top-five.

Paradise from Russia is first at 84.99 followed by three teams from Finland: the Helsinki Rockettes are second at 84.74, Team Unique third at 84.53 and Marigold Ice Unity fourth at 83.75.

Les Suprêmes earned 82.48 which was almost fourth points better than their short program score last week in a fourth place finish in Sweden.

Skating for Les Suprêmes are: Jessica Allaire, Rebecca Allaire, Karianne Bégin, Julia Bernardo, Laurie Désilets. Olivia Di Giandomenico, Molly Katherine Farber, Lisanne Foley, Laurie Raphaelle Gauthier, Peter Gerome, Giulia Hart-Lewis, Sora Hatano, Grace Carol LeTouzel, Dana Malowany, Agathe Sigrid Merlier, Andréanne Paradis, Martha Maria Pietrasik, Alessia Malissa Pollletta, Florene Poulin and Édouard Tremblay.

“It felt just so good, exactly like we did it at home,” said Malowany, the team captain. “When we stepped on the ice we had such confidence and we improved a lot from last week which was our goal.”

Gold Ice Junior

In junior competition, Dream Edges from Finland are first, Team Junost of Russia second and Skyliners from the U.S. third.

Gold Ice Juniors from Brampton, Ont., in its international debut, is sixth out of 13 entries.

Skating for Gold Ice are: Nethma Aluthge, Allison Brandt, Evangeline Liao, Lora Puliz, Emiko Arshad, Reeya Chahal, Anna Drob, Denika Ellis Dawson, Gabrielle Emery, Jasmine Gagnon, Rachel Humphrey, Alessia Moreno, Marissa Nadeau, Isabelle Pawlowski, Halle Priester, Olivia Tworzyanski, Emily Vanderberg and Brynn Wilkinson.

“We felt really great about the skate today,” said Gagnon. “We were confident and comfortable and coming off the ice everyone was super happy. We really pushed through and worked together as a team.”

The free skates are on Saturday.

Full results: https://www.frenchcup.fr/resultat-2019