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Minto Skating Club News

Fall/Winter Canskate Registration - Form

Fall/Winter Ice Registration - Sept 2nd, 2008 to May 2nd, 2009

Ice Schedule Off Ice Schedule* Registration Form Guest Skate Form* Volunteer Form

**** New this fall

"Minto Juniors" group figure skating lessons, two 15 week sessions

Session 1- Sept 2- Dec. /08

Session 2- Jan. 6- April 21/09

Tuesdays at 6pm-6:50pm (An exciting opportunity designed to meet the needs of young skaters who wish to further pursue figure skating.

This program offered in a group setting, will meet the needs of those skaters who are ready to advance from the canskate program .

*Not Yet available

Congratulations to Minto Skaters Representing Canada

2008-09 International Competitions

I.S.U. Intenational Competition Dance Event

Siobhan Karam / Kevin O’Keefe

Nebelhorn Trophy

Obersdorf, Germany

Sept. 25^th – 28^th 2008

and

I.S.U. Junior Grand Prix Event Ladies Singles

Dana Zhalko-Tytarenko

Mexico City, Mexico

Sept 10^th – 14^th 2008

Extra Ice - Aug 26, 27, 28 - More Info

Minto Summer Skate - July 31 to Aug.3^rd

Congratulations to all the Competitors at Minto Summer Skate

Results

Minto is please to announce the availability of a Choreographer - Julie Brault

See Resume and More Info for details

To ensure that Julie’s involvement is part of the overall development strategy for a particular skater/team, it is recommended that contact with her is coordinated through the athlete’s head coach.

The new Minto Handbook for 2007-2008 is ready! - Click Here for More Info

Skating News

ISU Junior Grand Prix - 2008-2009

The first event of this season's Jr. Grand Prix takes place in Courcheval, France from August 27-30. Canadian skaters are participating in all three of the disciplines which are part of this event - Ladies, Men and Ice dance. Entries, schedule and results can be found here.

2008-2009 international skating season begins

The calendar for this season of international events is now on the ISU website. It includes events from August 2008 through April 2009, beginning with the first event of the Junior Grand Prix in Courcheval, France on August 27th.

The Senior Grand Prix will begin with Skate America in Everett, WA in late October. The HomeSense Skate Canada International (Sr. GP event) will take place at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa Oct. 31-Nov. 2nd, 2008.

The 2008-2009 season will include the World Team Trophy in Tokyo in April (following Worlds in Los Angeles), a new ISU event.

2008 ISU International Adult FS championship

The annual ISU international adult championships took place in Oberstdorf, Germany May 29-June 1, 2008. A large Canadian team travelled to Germany to participate in this event for individuals aged 28 to 71. The team included several individuals who skate at Minto and the team captain was our own Don Jackson.

A report on the success of the CDN team along with photos can be found on the Skate Canada website.

For the complete results of the competition, go here.

2008 STARSkate & Adult Championships

This season's STARSkate & Adult nationals took place in Brampton, ON from April 2-6, 2008.

STARSkate results may be found here.

Adult results may be found here.

CONGRATULATIONS to all the skaters who represented Minto in the Adult event - their results were impressive!

ISU World Synchro Championships

The World Synchronized Skating Championships took place in Budapest March 26-29, 2008. Results and protocols can be found here. Congratulations to the Canadian team which won a bronze medal.

2008 ISU World Championships

The culmination of the 2007-2008 season took place in Göteborg (Gothenberg), Sweden from March 16-23, 2008. The results and full protocols can be found here.

TV coverage in Canada was on CBC and CBC Country Canada (a digital channel). Archived video (on demand) of the full event, specific skates plus news stories (including a CBC Newsworld interview with Jeff Buttle) are available on the CBC website.

CONGRATULATIONS to the Canadian team for producing the best CDN results in many years! Their performances produced one medal of each colour (in 3 of the 4 disciplines) with a top 5 result in the other discipline!

2008 World Junior Figure Skating Championships

World Juniors took place in Sofia, Bulgaria. The official website is here. Results and detailed protocols can be found here. Various articles, backstage photos and archived video can be found here by registering (for free).

Congratulations to the CDN skaters who will be bringing home a silver medal (in dance) and several top-ten placements.

2008 Junior Canadian Championships

The "Junior Canadians" for Juvenile, Pre-novice and Novice skaters took place at the Nepean Sportsplex in Ottawa from 30 Jan. to 2 Feb. 2008.

Results can be found here.

2008 Four Continents Championships

This season's Four Continents Championships took place in Goyang City, Korea (Feb. 11-17, 2008). Results and full protocols are here.

Canadian skaters received a gold medal and two silver medals in the event.

2008 US National Championships

US Nationals took place in St. Paul, MN from Jan. 20-27, 2008. The official website is here. Independent reports & the placements in Novice, Junior and Senior may be found here.

The senior men's event produced a tied total score after the free skate with the gold medal being awarded to the winner of the free skate.