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Clara Hughes Named Canada’s Flag Bearer for 2010 Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony Date posted: 01/29/2010  Ottawa, January 29, 2010 – Speed Skating Canada (SSC) wishes to congratulate Clara Hughes (Glen Sutton, QC) on being named Canada’s flag bearer for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony. The announcement was made by the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) moments ago in Richmond, BC, home of next month’s speed skating competitions. [ ... Read more ]
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Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium Brings Vancouver 2010 to Canadian Communities with Five-City ‘CTV Olympic Celebration’ Event Date posted: 01/26/2010 The Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games are coming to five Canadian communities this February as part of the CTV Olympic Celebration – a free, one-day festival-style event taking place in Calgary, Winnipeg, Toronto, St. John’s and Quebec City during the Games. Created by Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium, the events are yet another initiative by the Consortium that delivers to Canadians a unique Olympic Games experience. [ ... Read more ] |
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Campbellton launhes website for 2010 CACST Date posted: 01/25/2010 Campbellton NB Success attracts Success! Campbellton is proud to once again host a national sporting event which will be held March 26-28th, 2010. OPEN YOUR COMPUTERS and LAUNCH yourself in a VIRTUAL ADVENTURE on our NEW Web site of the CANADIAN AGE CLASS SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING CHAMPIONSHIP. [ ... Read more ] |
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BC Speed Skating Association Announces Canada’s Newest Indoor Oval Ready to Host Sanctioned Competitions Date posted: 01/21/2010 – City of Fort St. John Eyes Future Development of BC’s Athletes, Hosts Provincial Long Track Championships – Canada’s newest indoor long track speed skating oval, located in Fort St. John BC, home to National Team members Denny and Jay Morrison, will begin the new year by hosting its first ever BC Speed Skating Association (BCSSA) sanctioned event. [ ... Read more ] |
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Tyler Derraugh Has Fun and Earns 17th Place Date posted: 01/17/2010 Long track speed skater Tyler Derraugh (Winnipeg, MB) finished in 17th place in the overall Men’s Classification in his first-ever World Sprint Championships, held in Obihiro Japan. Alberta’s Tamara Oudenaarden (St. Albert, AB) took 19th place in the final Ladies’ Classification. [ ... Read more ] |
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Oudenaarden and Derraugh Top Canadians in Obihiro Date posted: 01/16/2010 Tamara Oudenaarden (St. Albert, AB) and Tyler Derraugh (Winnipeg, MB) were the highest ranking Canadians on the first day of the Long Track World Sprint Championships today, in Obihiro, Japan. Oudenaarden is currently ranked 15th in the preliminary Ladies’ Classification after round one of the 500m and 1000m events, where she skated to 12th and 20th place finishes, respectively. [ ... Read more ] |
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Olympic Oval Working Group Update Date posted: 01/15/2010 As you may know, Calgary's Olympic Oval has been encountering some financial challenges of late. This past Fall, the President of the University of Calgary (UofC operates the Oval) hosted a meeting with WinSport (formerly CODA; the legacy funding body from the 1988 Olympics) and SSC, with the objective of coming up with a plan for speed skating use at the Oval for the next 20 years. As one of our main roles in this exercise, SSC was called upon to work with the UofC staff to come up with a sustainable programming plan for the years ahead. That process has recently started through the formation of a Working Group that represents all of the speed skating interests (ST and LT) at the Oval. [ ... Read more ] |
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Long Track Speed Skaters Nominated to Vancouver 2010 Canadian Olympic Team Date posted: 01/11/2010 At a press conference in Calgary, today, Speed Skating Canada (SSC) nominated 16 long track speed skaters to the Canadian Olympic Committee for participation in the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games. This nomination followed the Olympic Selection competition held at the Calgary Olympic Oval from December 27 to January 2nd. [ ... Read more ] |
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Canada Takes 5 More Medals at World Junior Short Track Championships Date posted: 01/10/2010
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Two Medals for Canada in Taipei Date posted: 01/09/2010
Throughout the day, the two Canadian skaters were never threatened, Gélinas-Beaulieu always led his races to cross the line first. “Everything went really well, I had great starts today, which helped me a lot as I was able to get ahead from the start. In all of my races, except in the final, I was able to start first and finish first,” said the 17 year old athlete. [ ... Read more ] |
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