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Post by Laura (Lori) on Jan 21, 2011 22:37:07 GMT -8
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Post by Laura (Lori) on Feb 19, 2011 23:37:13 GMT -8
Canadian Emma Hobson competed at American Cup 3 in Midland, MI (February 12-13, 2011). Here are her results:
15th Overall 1500M – 3rd (C Final) 500M – 2nd (C Final) 1000M – 3rd (D Final) 1500M Superfinal – 3rd (C Final)
Tags: Emma Hobson / Short Track Speedskating
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Post by dose on Aug 16, 2011 2:03:12 GMT -8
Speed Skating Canada welcomes Apogee as its new high performance apparel partner Date posted: 06/14/2011 Speed Skating Canada is pleased to be welcoming Apogee as its new high performance apparel partner. Apogee, a Canadian company, will be providing Speed Skating Canada’s Short and Long Track National Teams with its competition and training apparel through to the 2014 Winter Olympics. John-Paul Cody-Cox, Chief Executive Officers for Speed Skating Canada, is extremely pleased with this new partnership: ‘ We have vetted a variety of options for performance apparel and determined with our staff and research partners that Apogee was the best company to provide us with the highest level of performance wear for the team and the athletes. Apogee has demonstrated a level of commitment and set of similar values with SSC that made this deal something more than a sponsorship – they are a company dedicated to excellence and the community. I know our athletes and coaches as well as our membership are truly looking forward to this new partnership.’ The team of experts at Apogee along with the continued partnership with the NRC (National Research Council) will ensure that Canadian athletes will be stepping to the start line with confidence in having world class technology, innovation and design in their racing suits. Stéphane Roy, Apogee’s President, stated: ‘ We are thrilled to start working with the best high performance athletes on ice in Canada and to create a stimulating environment where everyone feels they get what they have been expecting from Apogee sports. We have been working very closely in the past few years with the best Fabric Company Worldwide to be able to provide new and tested development fabrics. We are stepping to another level of high performance apparel and we are thrilled to give this new technology to Speed Skating Canada and their top athletes.’. Speed Skating Canada welcomes Apogee to the speed skating family and has no doubt that this partnership will bring success to both companies, as well as to the national Canadian speed skating teams. www.speedskating.ca/index.cfm?id=2549
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Post by dose on Aug 16, 2011 2:05:07 GMT -8
Speed Skating Canada Rewards Deserving Athletes and Volunteers Date posted: 06/19/2011 Speed Skating Canada has rewarded this year’s most deserving athletes and volunteers at the SSC Banquet held at the beautiful Westin Calgary, tonight. The organization holds its award ceremony each year during the course of its Annual General Meeting in order to celebrate the successes of the past season and thank those who made a difference To the Relentless Pursuit of Excellence, from coast to coast. National Team members Charles Hamelin (Ste-Julie, QC), Marianne St-Gelais (St-Félicien, QC), Lucas Makowsky (Calgary, AB) and Christine Nesbitt (Calgary, AB) were all named Skaters of the Year, respectively for Short Track and Long Track, Male and Female. Hamelin’s second place overall at the World Short Track Championships made him the first official member of Canada’s Men Short Track team fighting for the champion title. He and his teammates reached the podium on every World Cup circuit this year, including 3 gold medals at World Cups for the overall title and the World Championship title. Hamelin has been a strong leader on Canada’s short track team for many years now, winning the Male Athlete of the Year title for the fifth year in a row. Marianne St-Gelais was the queen of the 500m this past year winning 5 gold medals out of the 5 World cup competitions in which she was a participant, and also earning 5 podium finishes with our women’s relay team. She has one of the fastest starts in the world and is one of the pillars of the Canadian Short Track Women’s Team in reaching their best performance in 5 years with 19 medals. In long track speed skating, Christine Nesbitt has been shining on the international stage once again this season, capturing no less than 12 medals on the World Cup circuit. She took the Overall World Cup title in the 1500m, and finished 2nd in the 1000m. She was the gold medallist at the World Sprint Championships and silver medallist at the World Allrounds Championships. Makowsky started this year’s season with an injury, but recovered quickly to build his way up to a wonderful ending, capturing a bronze medal at the World Single Distance Championships in the 1500m and a silver medal in the Team Pursuit. He is also ranked first in Canada in both the 1500m and 5000/10000m. Two rising stars are normally recognized at the event, one in long track and one in short track speed skating. This year, only a long track skater was recognized; Laurent Dubreuil (Quebec city, QC). Among his most brillant accomplisments, we must mention his title of World Junior Vice-Champion in the 500m and his 5 medals, from which 3 are gold at the 2011 Canada Games held in Halifax. Dubreuil is definitely a rising star! The dedicated work of many volunteers was also recognized at this 124th SSC AGM Banquet. Other people recognized were: Coaching Excellence Awards: recipients of the award this year were Phil Byrne of Prince Edward Island, Bill Gendron of Manitoba and Rachael Quinn of New Brunswick. Coach of the Year – Derrick Campbell (Cambridge, ON): Each of the athletes under his direction during the 2010-11 season achieved at least one individual podium on the World Cup circuit, with several achieving multiple podiums. His experience, leadership and dedication were critical in developing a strong team evironnement with new coaches coming into the Short Track Program. Officials Awards of Excellence: recipient of the award this year is Sharon Zorman from Calgary, Alberta. René Marleau Official of the Year Award – Bob Ireland (Winnipeg, Manitoba): He served as the Manitoba Speed Skating Association (MSSA) Vice President of Coaching for 2 terms, and as President for a subsequent 2 terms. To name only a few of his contributions with the MSSA, he has served on the finance committee, national competition hosting committees and long track oval upgrades. He is a dedicated committee volunteer and assists in the development of officials in the province by mentoring both on and off the ice at competitions, as well as hosting starter clinics. The Gagné Family Award went to the Holthuis family of Canmore, Alberta. It is awarded to a family that has made an outstanding contribution to the development of the sport of speed skating. The Holthuis family have been providing guidance and support throught the last few years and continue to volunteers at many events. The two youngest are still active skaters. The Jean Grenier Award, presented to an individual that has assisted the sport of speed skating in Canada as a volunteer, for a long period, went to Gilles Dufour of Québec. Dufour has been an incredible marking figure for Quebec, and it is under his presidency that Quebec achieved its impressive objective of 50 clubs-500 members. Under his leadership, Quebec hosted many international events and he is also very dedicated to the ongoing project of the covered oval in Quebec. The province of Québec earned the Pat Underhill Shield as the top short track province at the various national events, while British Columbia was awarded the Doreen Ryan Shield, as the top long track province at the various national events. The recipients of the Peter Williamson Bursary, a bursary for promising skaters who best combine athletic and scholastic achievements, were short trackers Guillaume Bastille (Rivière-du-Loup, QC) as well as long trackers skaters Jamie Gregg (Edmonton, AB), Gabrielle Waddell (Red Deer, AB) and Danielle Wotherspoon (Red Deer, AB). www.speedskating.ca/index.cfm?id=2551
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Post by dose on Aug 16, 2011 3:34:17 GMT -8
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Post by dose on Aug 16, 2011 5:39:09 GMT -8
London and Cambridge Speed Skating Clubs worked on a special project with Christine Nesbitt Date posted: 07/28/2011 This past weekend, seven skaters from the London Speed Skating Club along with three more from the Cambridge Speed Skating Club had an amazing opportunity. Christine Nesbitt- Olympic gold medalist, World Cup champion, and member of the London club- was in town with her coach, Mark Wild, and together the group took part in a day-long film shoot for Speed Skating Canada. The youngs skaters had the opportunity to perform technical drills and skate with Christine, receiving valuable feedback from both her and Mark. Christine also signed autographs, answered questions, and posed for pictures. This opportunity stemmed from other initiatives the London Club had done in conjunction with the television and film students at Fanshawe College and their instructor, who is a member of the London club. Their work came to the attention of Douglas Duncan, Director Leadership Education at SSC, who saw the possibilities of taking it several steps further. The Fanshawe crew were innovative in their approaches and adaptation of equipment, and were therefore able to capture a lot of great video footage from optimum angles for educational purposes. When all is done, the video will be added to a bank of web resources that SSC is developing. www.speedskating.ca/index.cfm?id=2563But I feel a little strange! Christine Nesbitt is a speed skating athlete. I think that they are different technologies about long track and short track. Can you distinguish that they are long-track players or short-track players? I think that they are short track skaters. Because they wear helmets and their ice shoes's ice skates tube be sealed. The ice skates tube has two points to fix on the ice shoes. But did not look the special material on the their left hands gloves fingers. Or these club skaters are speed skating players?
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Post by dose on Sept 17, 2011 3:06:56 GMT -8
Canada Short Track Season Starts with Fall World Cup Selections The speed skating season gets underway this weekend in Montreal as the Maurice-Richard Arena plays host to Speed Skating Canada’s Fall World Cup Selection for short track. The top 16 male and 15 female skaters will compete in the 500-metre, 1,000-metre and 1,500-metre races starting Friday, Sept. 16 at 1 p.m., and wrapping up on Sunday, Sept. 18 at 3 p.m. with the relays. The selections event will be used to identify the team for the first four World Cup competitions. All 31 athletes will compete twice in each of the three distances. Friday is the first 500-metre and 1,500-metre races. Saturday is the 1,000 metres and 1,500 metres disciplines, and Sunday is the 500-metre, 1,000-metre and relay races. The complete schedule is listed below. Follow the competition on SSC’s Twitter account, www.Twitter.com/SSC_PVC. Admission is free for the three-day competition at the Maurice-Richard Arena in Montreal. About the Short Track Fall World Cup Selection schedule and athletes list and so on, may read more: www.speedskating.ca/index.cfm?id=2572
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Post by dose on Sept 17, 2011 3:20:43 GMT -8
2011-12 Fall World Cup Selections Results Sixteen (16) male and 16 female skaters are competing twice in each of the 500-metre, 1,000-metre and 1,500-metre races. Sept. 18’s competition featured the 500- and 1,500-metre disciplines. Sept. 16’s competition featured the 500- and 1,500-metre disciplines. St. Félicien, Que., native and Olympian Marianne St. Gelais won both the women’s 500 metres and 1,500 metres races. She posted a time of 44.979 seconds in the 500 and 2:26.758 in the 1,500. Olivier Jean edged 2010 Olympic teammate Charles Hamelin to take the 500-metre race. Jean, of Lachenaie, Que., won with a time of 42.247 seconds. In the 1,500-metre final, Michael Gilday of Iqaluit also took first place ahead of Hamelin with a time of 2:18.466. Sept. 16’s standings in the 500-metre and 1,500-metre events were as follows: www.speedskating.ca/index.cfm?id=2574Sept. 17 is the 1,000 metres and 1,500 metres. The second day of short track speed skating’s Fall World Cup Selections in Montreal featured the 1,000-metre and 1,500-metre races and wins in both by Marianne St. Gelais (St-Félicien, Que.) and Charles Hamelin (Lévis, Que.). St. Gelais and Hamelin also claimed the 1,500-metre overall title with the most points in the two races. In the women’s 1,000-metre, St. Gelais beat out Valérie Maltais (La Baie, Que.) and Marie-Eve Drolet (Chicoutimi, Que.). In today’s 1,500-metre race, St-Gelais again edged out Maltais and Drolet. In the men’s 1,000-metre Hamelin out-skated Michael Gilday (Yellowknife, N.W.T.) and Guillaume Bastille (Rivière-du-Loup, Que.), and in the 1,500 Hamelin was first in front of Bastille and Rémi Beaulieu (Alma, Que.). The total points standings after two 1,500-metre races were St. Gelais taking gold, with Maltais and Drolet tied for silver. In the men’s, Hamelin took gold, Bastille had silver and Gilday bronze. Sept. 17’s standings in the 1,000-metre and 1,500-metre events were as follows: www.speedskating.ca/index.cfm?id=2576The selections wrap-up Sunday with the second 500-metre and 1,000-metre races, and relays. After three days of competition at the Maurice-Richard Arena in Montreal, Canada’s top 16 male and 16 female short track speed skaters competed for six earned spots on the national team for the fall 2011-12 World Cup schedule. The three women earning places on the squad with the most points this weekend were Marianne St. Gelais (St-Félicien, Que.), Valérie Maltais (La Baie, Que.) and Marie-Eve Drolet (Chicoutimi, Que.). Charles Hamelin (Lévis, Que.), Olivier Jean (Lachenaie, Que.) and Michael Gilday (Yellowknife, N.W.T.) were the top three men point-getters. Speed Skating Canada’s high performance short track committee will meet in the next week to select the other three women and three men who will represent Canada at the first four stops of the World Cup circuit. The season opens Friday, Oct. 21 to Sunday, Oct. 23 in Salt Lake City, Utah, quickly followed by the second competition in Saguenay, Que., from Friday, Oct. 28 to Sunday, Oct. 30. The third World Cup will be held in Nagoya, Japan from Dec. 2-4, and fourth will be in Shanghai, China the following weekend, Dec. 9-11. The final day of competition for the Fall World Cup Selections featured the second races in the 500-metre and 1,000-metre disciplines. The last events of the weekend were the women’s 3,000-metre and men’s 5,000-metre relays. In today’s women’s 500-metre final Maltais won in a time of 44.846 seconds, beating St. Gelais and Drolet coming in third. The men’s 500-metre saw Charles Hamelin return to the top spot in a time of 42.018 seconds, followed by François-Louis Tremblay (Alma, Que.) and François Hamelin (Ste-Julie, Que.). The point standings after the combined 500-metres from Friday and today see Maltais and St. Gelais tied for gold and Drolet taking bronze. In the men’s, Charles Hamelin takes gold, followed by Jean with silver and bronze for Tremblay. In the women’s 1,000-metre, Maltais took first in a time of 1 :33.814, followed by Drolet in second and Jessica Hewitt (Langley, B.C.) in third. St. Gelais did not finish the 1,000-metre competition for precautionary reasons (thigh). In the men’s 1,000-metre, Charles Hamelin recorded a time of 1:28.834 for first place, beating Jean and his brother François. The point standings after two 1,000-metre races for women have Maltais taking gold, Drolet silver and St. Gelais with bronze. For the men’s 1,000-metre, Charles Hamelin earned gold, followed by Jean with silver and bronze for Gilday. Sept. 18’s results in the 500-metre and 1,000-metre were as follows: www.speedskating.ca/index.cfm?id=2579
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Post by Laura (Lori) on Sept 19, 2011 18:12:37 GMT -8
Canada held their Fall World Cup selection competition this past weekend - 6 men and 6 ladies will represent Canada in the first 4 World Cups. The top 3 per gender earned automatic spots, and the final 3 are discretionary and will be announced next week - those who've qualified automatically are: Ladies: Marianne St-Gelais; Valerie Maltais; Marie-Eve Drolet Men: Olivier Jean; Charles Hamelin; Michael Gilday Tony Chung was there, and recorded the races - he's posted some of them on his YouTube channel. Keep checking, 'cause he may be posting more over the next few days... www.youtube.com/user/shorttrackhd
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Post by Laura (Lori) on Sept 25, 2011 12:50:46 GMT -8
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Post by dose on Oct 8, 2011 4:06:02 GMT -8
Speed Skating Canada names short track teams for first two World Cups
World Cup #1: Oct. 21-23, Salt Lake City, Utah
Women: Marianne St. Gelais (St. Félicien, Que.) Valérie Maltais (La Baie, Que.) Marie-Eve Drolet (Laterrière, Que.) Caroline Truchon (Chicoutimi, Que.) Gabrielle Waddell (Red Deer, Alta.) Jessica Hewitt (Langley, B.C.)
Men: Charles Hamelin (Sainte-Julie, Que.) Michael Gilday (Yellowknife) Guillaume Bastille (Rivière-du-Loup, Que.) François Hamelin (Sainte-Julie, Que.) François-Louis Tremblay (Alma, Que.) Gabriel Chiasson-Poirier (Laval, Que.)
World Cup #2: Oct. 28-30, Saguenay, Que.
Women: Marianne St. Gelais (St. Félicien, Que.) Valérie Maltais (La Baie, Que.) Marie-Eve Drolet (Laterrière, Que.) Caroline Truchon (Chicoutimi, Que.) Gabrielle Waddell (Red Deer, Alta.) Jessica Hewitt (Langley, B.C.)
Men: Charles Hamelin (Lévis, Que.) Olivier Jean (Lachenaie, Que,) Michael Gilday (Yellowknife) Guillaume Bastille (Rivière-du-Loup, Que.) François Hamelin (Sainte-Julie, Que.) François-Louis Tremblay (Alma, Que.)
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Post by Laura (Lori) on Nov 16, 2011 12:37:37 GMT -8
Quite a few Canadians skated at American Cup 2 in Cleveland, OH (Oct 29-30, 2011). So many, in fact, that AmCup 2 could easily have been re-named Am-Can Cup! Special congrats to Keri Morrison, who WON the Ladies' Division, and to Courtney Shmyr with a win in the 500M. On the men's side, Sasha Fathoullin was third overall. Here are their results: Keri Morrison (#65) on the inside at AmCup 2 - also pictured, fellow Canadian Gillian Richmond (#49). Photo Credit: Jerry Search See more of Jerry's photos at: www.nationalspeedskatingmuseum.org/Photo%20Albums/JerrysAlbums.htmLADIESKERI MORRISON 1st Overall 1500M (5th, A Final) 500M (Did Not Finish, Heats) 1000M (1st, A Final) 1500M Superfinal (1st, A Final)COURTNEY SHMYR 4th Overall 1500M (1st, D Final) 500M (1st, A Final)1000M (3rd, A Final) 1500M Superfinal (4th, A Final) GILLIAN RICHMOND 5th Overall 1500M (3rd, A Final) 500M (2nd, A Final) 1000M (1st, B Final) 1500M Superfinal (1st, E Final) ANA PACANINS 8th Overall 1500M (3rd, B Final) 500M (1st, B Final) 1000M (3rd, B Final) 1500M Superfinal (7th, A Final) ELIZABETH GORDON 9th Overall 1500M (4th, B Final) 500M (2nd, D Final) 1000M (4th, A Final) 1500M Superfinal (6th, A Final) JAMIE MACDONALD 11th Overall 1500M (2nd, C Final) 500M (2nd, B Final) 1000M (3rd, C Final) 1500M Superfinal (2nd, B Final) SAMANTHA MORRISON 17th Overall 1500M (Penalty, C Final) 500M (3rd, E Final) 1000M (2nd, D Final) 1500M Superfinal (2nd, C Final) LAURA CRACK 19th Overall 1500M (2nd, D Final) 500M (2nd, E Final) 1000M (3rd, E Final) 1500M Superfinal (3rd, D Final) NICOLE MASEJA 21st Overall 1500M (5th, D Final) 500M (2nd, F Final) 1000M (4th, E Final) 1500M Superfinal (4th, D Final) TESSA COLLARD 22nd Overall 1500M (Penalty, C Final) 500M (4th, D Final) 1000M (2nd, F Final) 1500M Superfinal (1st, D Final) EMMA HOBSON 25th Overall 1500M (6th, D Final) Emma’s time indicates that she may have taken a fall in that 1500M D Final, and she isn’t mentioned again in any of the results (not even a DNS) - not sure what happened… MENSASHA FATHOULLIN 3rd Overall1500M (4th, A Final) 500M (1st, D Final) 1000M (2nd, A Final) 1500M Super (3rd, A Final) SCOTT BEAMISH 6th Overall 1500M (2nd, B Final) 500M (4th, A Final) 1000M (1st, C Final) 1500M Superfinal (5th, A Final) JACOB MCKENZIE 9th Overall 1500M (1st, C Final) 500M (2nd, A Final) 1000M (Did Not Start, D Final) 1500M Superfinal (Did Not Start, Semifinal) ROBERT WATSON 13th Overall 1500M (Penalty, Quarterfinal) 500M (1st, G Final) 1000M (1st, B Final) 1500M Superfinal (1st, C Final) MATT SZOSTAKIWSKYJ 16th Overall 1500M (4th, C Final) 500M (1st, C Final) 1000M (1st, F Final) 1500M Superfinal (2nd, C Final) HENRY THRISCUTT 20th Overall 1500M (4th, D Final) 500M (3rd, C Final) 1000M (1st, F Final) 1500M Superfinal (2nd, C Final) KEEGAN CHRIST 22nd Overall 1500M (5th, B Final) 500M (1st, F Final) 1000M (1st, E Final) 1500M Superfinal (5th, D Final) DAMIAN KONOTOPETZ 26th Overall 1500M (Penalty, D Final) 500M (4th, E Final) 1000M (2nd, E Final) 1500M Superfinal (4th, E Final) ALPHONSE OUIMETTE 30th Overall 1500M (Penalty, Quarterfinal) 500M (Did Not Finish, Heats) 1000M (3rd, F Final) 1500M Superfinal (1st, F Final) TROY HENRY 31st Overall 1500M (3rd, C Final) 500M (Did Not Finish, Heats) 1000M (Did Not Start, Heats) 1500M Superfinal (Did Not Start, E Final)
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Post by sunshine on Jan 13, 2012 14:29:54 GMT -8
The Canadian Open Championships are this weekend in Saguenay, QC. The event website is www.saguenay2011.ca/To view the live stream, click in the message "Regardez en direct" Today was the 1500m. Results: 1.Marie Eve Drolet, 2. Valerie Maltais, 3. Caroline Truchon 1. Olivier Jean, 2. Charles Hamelin, 3. Michael Gilday Saturday is the 500m ,racing begins at 2:10 Eastern Sunday is the 1000m and 3000m, racing begins at 9:40 Eastern The live stream commentary is about 75% French and 25% English, enough to understand what is on the screen: the skaters names, their positions, the results and the event.
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Post by Laura (Lori) on Jan 13, 2012 16:45:49 GMT -8
What's become of Francois Hamelin? We haven't seen him all season, have we?
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Post by sunshine on Jan 13, 2012 17:55:11 GMT -8
From the 1500m first round results it looks like Frankie fell and ended in the bottom group. He finished 1st in that group, 20th overall, as best as I can figure.
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