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February 2010 Congratulations to: ...Dan Carruthers, Adam Morrison, Jacob Wright, Bennett Wiancko, Genevieve Carruthers, Sarah-Lynn Reilly, Joshua Pimpao and Madi Wright, all of whom qualified for the Ontario Winter Games, March 5 - 6 @ Countryside Arena in Sudbury! (View complete list of athletes)
January 08, 2010 - THE CANADIAN PRESS We will be welcoming the Olympic torch as it passes through Cambridge.
View the Olympic Torch Relay Route (PDF).
View the Olympic Torch Relay Cambridge Community Stop Celebrations (PDF)
All are welcome to come join us.
Click here to vote:
The Chunky MVC will win $25,000 in prizing for their athletes and community.
A block of rooms are booked at The Albert At Bay in Ottawa for the Provincial Championships in Glouster.
Date: Friday, March 12th and Saturday, March 13, 2010 Please Note:
Family and friends are welcome to join us for skating from 5:30-7 p.m.
CONGRATULATIONS to Kristy Shoebridge who placed third overall, entitling her to race individual distances at next month’s World Junior
Championships, in Taipei, China, and to Keri Morrison, who finished 4th overall entitling her to race the relay.
If you have any BINGO related questions, please contact Val Reilly by email, vrstellar@live.ca
Date: Dec. 11th and 12th
Rate: $115.00 per night, fridge included
Phone: 905-576-5101
NOTE:
One parent from each family should really attend this course (free of charge) to obtain their Level 1 certification.
This is an informative meeting for parents learn of the new racing format, hosted meets, fundraising etc.
This is a wonderful opportunity for new and existing skaters to gain a feel for what racing would be like.
Phone: Toll-Free: 1-800-267-6644
For further information please contact a Cambridge Speed Skating Club Representative, or send an email to: gloves@cambridgespeedskating.ca.
Short Track Speed Skaters Vie for Olympic Berth
Canada's top short track speed skaters are in Vancouver for the next two weeks,
hoping to get the chance to represent their country at next year's Olympic Winter
Games. The Bell Short Track Team Selection event will run from August 9th to the
18th at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, the same venue that will be home to the
events of the 2010 Olympic Games next February.
This will likely be the toughest competition of the year for Canada's short track
skaters, as the country can only send 10 representatives – 5 men and 5 women – at
the Olympic Games, but many more athletes from the National and Development teams
have proven over the last seasons that they are worthy to compete against the best
in the world.
Speed Skating Canada (SSC) invited the top 32 skaters from all parts of the country
to compete in the Bell Short Track Team Selection. Among them, only 5 women and 4
men will be nominated for Canada's Olympic Team, as Charles Hamelin (Ste-Julie, QC)
already secured his spot, thanks to his third place finish at last season's World
Championships.
The athletes will take part in five racing days in Vancouver (August 9, 12, 15, 17
and 18), over which they will skate each distance three times. Athletes will be
ranked per distance, using their top-2 results. All athletes finishing first overall
in a distance should automatically be nominated for the Olympic Team. Overall, 4
women and 3 men will be selected based on their results, and the last position will
be filled with a discretionary choice determined by SSC's High Performance
Committee.
Competition will be fierce at the Pacific Coliseum, and all bets are off. "This is
an exceptional situation for us to be in", explained Yves Hamelin, SSC's Short Track
Program Director, and short track team leader for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. "We
have so much depth and talent in our team, so many of our athletes have won medals
on the international scene over the last few years, that it's very hard even for me
to say who will be nominated for our Olympic Team. At this point, almost any athlete
taking part in the selections could make it – that's the beauty of short track speed
skating!"
Camp format has changed a bit this year to address some of the
suggestions and comments received from previous camps. We have some important information that you must read. We have received fewer than anticipated applications for camp.
As a result the organizing committee has changed the format of camp to a single three-day camp. This means that the skaters will be divided into a single Set of three Groups and all will attend camp on August 24-25-26, Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday only.
Each Group will now have 6 X 1½ hour ice sessions over the three days. There will be no reduction to the content of camp everyone will just fit into the first Set of three Groups.
We hope this has not caused any difficulty for the attending families. Registration will still be on Sunday, August 23 from 3:00p.m. until 5:00p.m. at Hespeler Memorial Arena, 640 Ellis Rd., Cambridge.
If you have any questions, please contact me.
Blake Morrison |
Cambridge Speed Skating Christmas Skating Party
Lost and Found
Special THANKS to Gary Whetung!
A block of rooms are booked at the Holiday Inn Oshawa Whitby Conference Centre, 1011 Bloor Street East, Oshawa, ON L1H 7K6
Officials Clinic
Parent Meeting
Mini Fun Meet
Cambridge Speed Skating Club gratefully acknowledges the
financial support of the Ontario Trillium Foundation.
