OTTAWA, ON: Skate Canada will send three entries, for a total of four skaters to Skate America, the first event on this season’s ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. Canada will have one entry per category in men’s, ladies, and pair. The competition, which is the first of six ISU Grand Prix stops, will take […]
TORONTO, ON: Skate Canada will hold flower retriever auditions for the 2017 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships this Friday, October 14 at the Bob MacQuarrie Recreation Complex in Ottawa, Ontario. Young skaters from the ages of nine to 13 applied through an online application process. Those who met the requirements were eligible for an audition. […]
OTTAWA, ON: Tickets for the 2017 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships will go on sale on Friday, October 14, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. (ET). The event will take place Ottawa, Ontario at The Arena at TD Place from January 16-22, 2017. The championships will be the first sporting event in Ottawa’s year-long celebration of Canada’s […]
Time to give thanks for all the little things that bring us joy. Great first day for our Pre-CanSkaters!! #csc #cranbrookskatingclub #cranbrook #skatecanada #precanskate A photo posted by Cranbrook Skating Club (@cranbrookskatingclub) on Oct 3, 2016 at 6:41pm PDT We hope you ate a lot this weekend to make you wobble, (video) #Jakub #jake […]
DRESDEN, Germany – Conrad Orzel of Woodbridge, Ont., climbed from fifth spot after the short program to win the silver medal on Friday at the seventh and final stop on the ISU Junior Grand Prix figure skating circuit. Jun Hwan Cha of South Korea took the gold with 220.54 points, Orzel followed with a personal […]
ESPOO, Finland – It was a gold medal day for Meagan Duhamel Lively, Ont., and Eric Radford of Balmertown, Ont., in pairs and Kaetlyn Osmond of Marystown, N.L., in women’s singles in their season debut on Friday at the Finlandia Trophy figure skating competition. In women’s competition, Osmond roared from third spot after the short to […]
We were a small but lively team of four Canadian athletes competing at the 24th Ondrej Nepela Memorial in Bratislava for the 5th stop in the ISU Challenger Series. It was an exciting week, and marked a nice way to start off my season with invaluable overseas competition experience. After landing in Vienna and just […]
On any given day, I am a pretty emotional person. But when I stood out on the ice, took off my team Canada jacket, and heard the announcer call “from Canada, Michelle Long”, I couldn’t help but feel overwhelmed with emotions: pride, anticipation, and pure joy. With only 30 seconds to hit my beginning pose, […]
Canada kicked off the first skating event of the 2016/2017 season with the Autumn Classic International #ACI16 My first International has come to an end? Thank you Skate Canada for the opportunity to represent Canada?? this was an experience I will never forget❤️ #ACI16 A photo posted by Amanda⛸?? (@amandatobinn) on Oct 2, 2016 at […]
OTTAWA, ON: Skate Canada will send three entries, for a total of four skaters to the 21st annual Finlandia Trophy, the sixth event on the 2016 ISU Challenger Series. The competition runs from October 6-10, 2016, at the Espoo Metro Arena in Espoo, Finland. Canada will have one entry per discipline in men’s, ladies and […]
OTTAWA, ON: Skate Canada will send seven entries, for a total of eleven skaters to Dresden, Germany, for the final event of the 2016-2017 ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit. Canada will send two entries per discipline in men’s, pair and ice dance, and one entry in ladies to the competition taking place from October 5-9, […]
PIERREFONDS, Que. – Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir completed a triumphant return to competition on Saturday winning the gold medal in ice dancing at the 2016 Autumn Classic International. It was also a golden return for Julianne Séguin of Longueuil, Que., and Charlie Bilodeau of Trois-Pistoles, Que., in pairs. Alaine Chartrand of Prescott, Ont., added […]