| October 2011 Meet Form Available:
Ontario Cup #1
For Skater Eligibility, please refer to the 'Technical Bulletin 2011-2012 Season'.
July 2011 DRYLAND CANCELLED
The dryland training for this coming Thursday July 21, has been cancelled.
The forecast calls for 37 degrees with a humidex of almost 50 degrees,
URGENT MESSAGE!!! DRYLAND CANCELLED
UPDATED: 2 Summer Weekend Camps
Program Director: Ernie Overland
Ernie will hand out the invitations at the AGM.
Revised Guest Skater Policy
The Cambridge Speed Skating Club has established criteria for skaters from other clubs to join the elite team for the Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday ice sessions. Please view our revised policy: Policy #: 2011 / 11 Approved February 08, 2011 (PDF)
TRY B 4 U JOIN - SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
ON ICE SKATING
Safety equipment required: Helmet, bib-style neckguard, cut resistant gloves, knee pads and shinguards.
For more information: Please email mariska@cambridgespeedskating.ca.
A sea of red will overtake the Pearson International Airport on Feb 10, 2011 at 4:30 am as the members of Team Ontario Winter Sports, wearing red winter jackets, fly out to Halifax.
Cambridge Speed Skating Club is very proud of the Coaches and Athletes for their commitment to this incredible ice sport.
Dan Carruthers (Cambridge) 18 year old – selected to represent Team Ontario – Men. Dan finished his 2009-2010 season as the Ontario Intermediate Male Champion. Dan also attends the University of Guelph, balancing his studies and sport. Dan’s goal for this season was to make the Canada Winter Games 2011.
Keri Morrison (Burlington) 18 year old – selected in January to represent Team Ontario - Women. Keri was given a bye in November due to an ankle injury and was named to the team last week following the Ontario Cup Racing Series # 3 in Belleville. Keri as with Taylor represented Team Ontario in 2007. Keri is in Nursing School in Ottawa while training.
July 2010 Cambridge Speed Skating Club, Senior Head Coach Ernie Overland named as Canada Winter Games Team Ontario Short Track Head Coach – having raised three Olympians (Amanda Overland, Cindy Overland and Kevin Crocket) and coaching many athletes to this competition over the years, Ernie Overland (Kitchener) has worked with the Provincial Development Team over the summer and fall getting ready for selections and Halifax.
Also from Cambridge Speed Skating, Novice Head Coach and Elite Team Manager - Marg Oliveira (Kitchener) is named as the Canada Winter Games Team Ontario Team Manager. Marg has managed teams for many national competitions over the years and was team Ontario Team Manager for the Canada Winter Games in 2007.
Alternates Named (Cambridge Speed Skating Club’s):
I hope everybody is enjoying their Christmas holiday and that everybody starts the New Year happy and healthy. With the first half of our season over, we already have a lot to be proud of. We can celebrate many large and small successes. I want to mention some of our accomplishments.
Dan Carruthers, Shan Shukla, Josh Pimpao, Taylor Schmidt, Serena Shukla, Sarah Lynn Reilly and Madi Wright all qualified for the Canada Winter Games short track Trials in Ottawa, while Bennett Wiancko qualified for the long track Trials in Quebec.
Dan Carruthers and Taylor Schmidt both made the Ontario team and they are off to Halifax in February. We hope Keri Morrison will be completely healed from her injury so she can join them to compete. Madi Wright was selected as an alternate. We wish you all the best at the Winter Games.
Our coach Ernie Overland was selected as the Ontario Short Track Team coach for the Canada Winter Games and Marg Oliveira was selected as the Short Track Team Manager. Congratulations on this selection and I know the Ontario Team will benefit from your knowledge and guidance.
Dustin Miller and Hayley Roberts were selected for the Provincial Training Team.
Dan Carruthers, Sarah Lynn Reilly, Madi Wright and Bennett Wiancko were selected for the Provincial Development Team.
Taylor Schmidt qualified for the Canadian Junior Trials in Quebec. She finished in 9th place, well done Taylor!
As his dad, Bob Miller said..."It was the third week of being in China and the 4th World Cup Shanghai. He was asked to skate the Men's 5000M Relay 1/4 final. With this he then qualified to be part of the team to go on to the podium for the silver medal. Canada was leading the last ten laps of the Final until Korea passed us with one lap and then Mike Gilday passed the Korean back but they caught us at the line. Silver was .02 seconds from Gold.
We wish our skaters who sustained serious injuries this season, Keri Morrison, Hayley Roberts and Ben Macdonald, a full recovery and we hope to see you back on the ice soon.
Along our seasoned competitors, many of our new skaters have also started to compete and are enjoying the competitions.
Here is a list of our skater’s achievements so far this year.
Thanks to our skaters and parent and coaches support, we are a dynamic club with lots of good things happening all the time.
I wish you all the best in the New Year and hope you will all enjoy a safe and successful second half of the season. Good Luck!
Mariska Vergeer
Watch World Cup Short Track Speed Skating on CBC!
The World Cup Short Track Speed Skating season is underway! The first two stops of the 2010-11 circuit are in Montréal and Québec City this weekend and the next. If you can't be on site to watch live action at the Maurice-Richard Arena and Pavillon de la jeunesse, tune in to CBC or watch live on the web!
CBC Broadcast and webcast schedule:
...who participated in our Elmira Poultry fundraiser. We sold 165 cases and raised $825.00 for the club. The proceeds will be set aside for the safety mat improvement project.
A big thank you to Tracey Mooney for all her time and effort to make this a success.
Your support will assist our athletes (Cambridge Speed Skating Club "Short Track" Speed Skaters) to follow their dreams to reach the highest levels in international and national events as well as National Senior and Junior selection competitions.
In conjunction with the Cambridge Speed Skating Club, we are planning on operating a silent auction to raise funds to support both former & current athletes of the club, who now currently train not only locally but in Calgary and Montreal.
At this time we would like to request a donation of an item for the silent auction. Big or small we will take them all in support of this opportunity.
The auction will be run during the first Ontario Cup provincial competition, sanctioned by Speed Skate Canada and Ontario Speed Skating Association.
The meet will be held at the Hespeler Arena, Ellis Road, Cambridge We welcome you and your family to come out and watch the competition and see the next group of young athletes compete. This competition is very important to some of our skaters to get qualifying times for the Canada Winter Games Selection that will be taking place November 27-28th, in Gloucester.
Dustin Miller from our Cambridge Club has qualified to compete for Canada in the World Cup 3 & 4 competitions in Asia.
Richard Shoebridge (formerly from Cambridge) now skating for Great Britain, will compete in World Cups 1 & 2 in Montreal and Quebec, as well as World Cups 5 & 6.
We wish you both all the best from everybody here at the Cambridge Speed Skating club.
Cambridge Speed Skating has added an additional 1.5 hours of ice this year as a trial.
This ice session is available to age second year Juvenile and above skaters, who are competing at a high level. We are hoping for a strong core group of skaters to push each other as they prepare themselves for such competitions as the Canadian Junior Championships, Senior Trials, Canada Winter Games Trials and Ontario Cup Racing Series.
The extra ice will be offered starting In October on Wednesday mornings from 6:30 – 8.00 am.
The training program will be provided by Ernie Overland, Senior Head Coach.
Please note that this ice session will only be available should a core group of interested skaters be identified.
If you are from another Club and are interested, please speak to your Coach to help determine if this extra ice would be of value to you.
If you are interested in finding out more information, please contact Mariska Vergeer, CSSC president, at
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2010-2011 Speed Skating Season Fall/Winter Registration
You are INVITED to attend our Level 1 Officials Clinic
The Cambridge Speed Skating Club is pleased to host this clinic for all parents who have not yet been to this information session about our sport. This course is also open to our older skaters who feel they would like to help out and give back to the sport. We strongly encourage you to attend so you can learn more about the rules and regulations of speed skating, and the role of the numerous volunteers who make it possible for our skaters to compete. After you have finished this course, you will receive a certification, so you too can help out and be part of the sport that your child is so excited about.
In order for us to know how much course material to bring, please confirm your attendance with Mariska at mariska@cambridgespeedskating.ca or register on our registration dates in September.
For all details and the registration form, please click here.
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Taylor Schmidt (Kitchener)18 year old- selected to represent Team Ontario –Women, Taylor represented Ontario at the last Canada Winter Games in 2007 at age 14. Taylor is attending University of Guelph, balancing studies and sports in big comeback year making Team Ontario.
Dustin Miller represented Canada in World Cup 3 and 4 and came home with a silver medal from the 5000m relay. Congratulations Dustin! 
Thank you to everybody
Help Support Local Athletes in Achieving Their GOALS!
CONGRATULATIONS TO DUSTIN MILLER AND RICHARD SHOEBRIDGE
Jacky Shoebridge will teach the course free of charge. (Don’t worry, there is no exam)