Don’t try telling Yvan Desjardins that 13 is an unlucky number. A highly-respected coach at École Excellence Rosemère in Montreal, Desjardins, working with legendary coach Manon Perron in Skate Canada’s High Performance Mentorship Program, recently joined elite status by becoming the 13th Skate Canada coach to achieve the lofty Level 5 certification with the National […]
OTTAWA, ON: Canada will have one team competing at the 2016 ISU Shanghai Trophy in Shanghai, China. Nexxice senior will be the Canadian entry at the international synchronized skating invitational taking place from March 4-6, 2016. Representing the Burlington Skating Centre are the 2016 Canadian silver medallists, Nexxice. They are the defending world champions, and […]
Ottawa, ON: Skate Canada is proud to name Uplifter Inc. as its preferred partner for skating club management systems. Through this partnership, Uplifter technology platforms will play a strong role in implementing Skate Canada’s programs throughout its national network of skating clubs and schools. “Uplifter has been providing valuable business solutions to over 150 of […]
OTTAWA, ON: Skate Canada has selected two synchronized skating teams for the 2016 ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships taking place in Budapest, Hungary, from April 8-9, 2016. Les Suprêmes, from the CPA Saint-Léonard, and Nexxice, from the Burlington Skating Centre, earned their entries to the world championships winning gold and silver respectively at 2016 Skate Canada Synchronized […]
Les Suprêmes looking to dethrone nine-time senior champion NEXXICE in Waterloo WATERLOO, Ont. – Defending world champion NEXXICE will have some work to do if they are to win their tenth consecutive Canadian synchronized skating title. Les Suprêmes of Quebec are in position to end the Burlington, Ont.-based powerhouse’s record run after scoring 74.23 in […]
TAIPEI CITY, Taipei – Patrick Chan earned a personal best score in the free skate to rocket to the gold medal in men’s competition on Sunday at the ISU Four Continents figure skating competition. It was the second international victory this season for the three-time world champion from Toronto. He earned 203.99 points in his […]
WATERLOO, Ont. – NEXXICE’s nine-year winning streak at the Skate Canada Synchronized Skating Championships is over. Quebec’s Les Suprêmes, who led the reigning world champions by almost five points following Saturday’s short program, scored 143.19 in their free program Sunday for a two-day total of 217.42. NEXXICE finished second with 212.59, and Central Ontario’s Meraki […]
Duhamel and Radford withdraw, Osmond climbs to sixth TAIPEI CITY, Taipei – Lubov Ilyushechkina and Dylan Moscovitch of Toronto placed fifth in pairs while world champions Meagan Duhamel of Lively, Ont., and Eric Radford of Balmertown, Ont., withdrew on Saturday at the ISU Four Continents figure skating competition. In pairs, Duhamel skated in Thursday’s short […]
OTTAWA, ON: Tessa Virtue, 26, London, Ont., and Scott Moir, 28, Ilderton, Ont., announced today that they will return to competition for the 2016-2017 season. Virtue and Moir have taken two seasons off following the 2014 Olympic Winter Games, at which they won silver medals in the ice dance event and the team event. “In […]
TAIPEI CITY – Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje of Waterloo, Ont., won the bronze medal Friday in ice dancing at the ISU Four Continents Championships while Patrick Chan of Toronto stands fifth after the men’s short program. In ice dancing, the Americans finished 1-2. Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani took the gold with 181.62 points […]
TAIPEI CITY – Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje of Waterloo, Ont., are in second place after the short dance at the ISU Four Continents Championships in figure skating which got underway Thursday. World champions Meagan Duhamel of Lively, Ont., and Eric Radford of Balmertown, Ont., are also in second after the pairs short program despite […]
OTTAWA, ON: Synchronized skating teams from across Canada are travelling to Waterloo, Ont., for the 2016 Skate Canada Synchronized Skating Championships, taking place from February 19-21, 2016, at the Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex. The event will host approximately 800 skaters and coaches on 40 teams competing for national titles in the senior, junior, open, intermediate […]