OTTAWA, ON: Skate Canada is proud to announce that it has enhanced its safe sport program with the addition of the Trans Inclusion Policy. Inclusion in sport is a fundamental value for Skate Canada and having more diverse participants will only strengthen the sport. The national policy was approved by the Skate Canada Board of […]
OTTAWA, ON: Skate Canada will send an eight-member team to the 2019 ISU World Team Trophy, taking place in Fukuoka, Japan from April 11-14, 2019. The Canadian team will consist of two men, two women, one pair and one ice dance entry. Team Canada will be led by team captains and three-time world medalists Kaitlyn […]
OTTAWA, ON: Canada will have two teams competing at the 2019 ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships this week from April 12-13, in Helsinki, Finland. Canadian gold medallists, Nova, from St-Hubert, Que., will represent Canada for the first time at the world championships. The team finished second at Winterfest and won gold at Mozart Cup earlier […]
OTTAWA, ON: Skate Canada has announced that it will host the 2019 Autumn Classic International in Oakville, Ont. The sixth edition of the event will take place September 12-14, 2019 at the Sixteen Mile Sports Complex. The senior international figure skating competition has previously been a stop on the International Skating Union’s (ISU) Challenger Series […]
KELOWNA, B.C.: All-event tickets for the 2019 Skate Canada International will go on sale to the public on April 5, 2019 at 10 a.m. PT. The event will take place in Kelowna, British Columbia, at Prospera Place from October 25-27, 2019. All-event ticket packages will include all competitions, as well as practices. Fans will be […]
Written by Paul Dore Are you a member of the Skate Canada community and thinking about applying for the David Dore Mentorship Fund? Perhaps you are a judge, coach or a club administrator and a friend or colleague suggested you look into it? Maybe the application seems a bit daunting and you’re on the fence […]
SAITAMA, Japan – Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje produced Canada’s best result at the 2019 ISU World Figure Skating Championships on Saturday with a fifth place finish in the ice dancing event. All three Canadian ice dance teams cracked the top-10. Gabrielle Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France earned a fourth world crown in five […]
SAITAMA, Japan – Gabrielle Daleman finished 11th in the women’s event Friday at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships but for the two-time Olympian it may have been one of the most important competitions of her career. The 21-year-old Daleman, from Newmarket, Ont., has battled with mental healthy issues over the past two years and […]
SAITAMA, Japan – Canadians Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro placed seventh in pairs on Thursday at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships. Wenjing Sui and Cong Han of China won the gold medal with 234.84 points. Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov of Russia were second at 228.47 and their compatriots Natalia Zabiiako and Alexander Enbert […]
SAITAMA CITY, Japan – Canada’s Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro are within striking distance of the podium after Wednesday’s pairs short progam which opened the ISU World Figure Skating Championships. Moore-Towers, from St. Catharines, Ont., and Marinaro, from Sarnia, Ont., are in fifth place with 73.08 points. The only blip on the skate was Marinaro […]
NEUCHATEL, Switzerland – Les Suprêmes, from St-Léonard, Que., climbed to sixth place on Saturday to conclude the ISU World Junior Synchronized Skating Championships. Russian teams were 1-2 with Junost winning the gold with 200.74 and Crystal Ice the silver at 199.99. Skyliners fom the U.S. won bronze at 193.42. Les Suprêmes, ranked seventh in both […]
NEUCHATEL, Switzerland – Les Suprêmes, from St-Léonard, Que., and Nexxice, from Burlington, Ont., stand seventh and eighth after Friday’s short program at the ISU World Junior Synchronized Skating Championships. Russian teams are 1-2 with Crystal Ice first with 79.44 points and Junost second at 76.46. Skyliners from the U.S. are third at 75.79. Les Suprêmes […]