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Arctic Winter Games Territorial Trials start this Friday, January 27, 2012.
The NWT's best speed skaters will be gathering this weekend at the Yellowknife Multiplex (Jeske Arena) for the final trials to decide who will represent Team NWT at the AWG in Whitehorse. Skaters from all six of NWTASSA's clubs will be competing in four age categories: Junior Female, Junior Male, Juvenile Female and Juvenile Male. The final team will consist of four skaters in each age category. The team will be headed by coaches Sharon Irwin of Fort Smith and Shane Clark of Yellowknife.
The speed skating competition gets underway on Friday evening.
Schedule:
Friday, January 27: Set-up starts at 5:30PM. Competition will end at 9:00PM
Saturday, January 28: Set-up starts at 9:00AM. Competition will end at 2:30PM
More information can be found under Competitions/AWG.
Gilday Chosen to skate individual distances at 2012 World Championships
Michael Gilday places 3rd at Canadian Open Short Track Championships
AWG Territorial Trials to be held in Yellowknife January 26-28, 2012.
Thirty four skaters and nine coaches and chaperones from 6 speed skating clubs across the NWT will make their way to the Arctic Winter Games Territorial Trials in late January. Competition will be held to determine the top four skaters in each of the following categories: Juvenile Male and Female; Junior Male and Female. The final team of 16 skaters will join AWG coaches Shane Clark (Yellowknife) and Sharon Irwin (Fort Smith) and the rest of Team NWT at the games in Whitehorse March 3-10, 2012.
For more information on the AWG Territorial Trials for speed skating, click Competitions and AWG above. Further information on the games can also be found at:
Second World Cup Medal of the Season for Gilday - December 5, 2012
Michael Gilday, member of the Yellowknife Speed Skating Club, stepped onto the world cup podium again this past weekend taking the bronze medal in the men's 1000 metre event in Nagoya, Japan. Teammate Charles Hamelin captured the gold followed by Kwak Yoon-Gy of Korea. Gilday was pleased with his result which marked his second world cup medal of the season and the seventh of this career. In the 1500 metre event he finished 2nd in the B Final for an eighth place overall in this distance.
The men's relay team had some misfortune in the semi-final round when Hamelin took a fall in the last half lap causing a penalty to the team and elimination from the final.
Gilday and the team travel next to Shanghai, China for the fourth stop on the world cup circuit. Racing continues December 9-11, 2012.
Full results can be viewed at: www.sportresult.com/federations/ISU/ShortTrack/
AWG Regional Trials in Yellowknife - Results:
Arctic Winter Games regional trials were completed for the Yellowknife Speed Skating Club on Sunday, November 13. The three divisions requiring a competition were very close and featured many great races. Congratulations to all skaters and their coaches on their efforts to train and prepare for this important competition. After all four distances were complete, the successful skaters who will move on to the AWG Territorial Trials in January are:
Junior Girls: Hannah Clark, Monique Chapman, Hannah Latour, Tara Stockton.
Junior Boys: Simon Austin, Dominique Bennett, Eric Chalker, Cullen McLeod.
Juvenile Girls: Kirianne Ashley, Kristin Chapman, Lauren Eggenberger and Rachel Latour.
Juvenile Boys: Daniel Enge, James Thomas, Isaac Wideman.
Full results can be viewed here:
AWG Yellowknife Regional Trials 2011 - Juniors
AWG Yellowknife Regional Trials 2011 - Juveniles
World Cup Silver for Michael Gilday
First medal of the season for Gilday at Intact Insurance World Cup 2 in Saguenay, Quebec.
News Release - Silver Medal for Gilday at World Cup 2
Big Successes and Personal Bests at 2011 Edmonton Fall Classic!
Read the news release here for an exciting recap of events at last week's Edmonton Fall Classic which was attended by 22 skaters from NWT.
News Release - EFC October 2011
Calgary Oktoberfest nets personal bests for Yellowknife Skaters!
News Release - Oktoberfest October 10, 2011
2010-11Season End Results
Canada West Short Track Championships Results:
CWST 3000m Points Race Results
Please see Competitions page for final results of NWT Championships.
Successful Canada Games for Short Track Team
The final day of short track competition saw lots of action with the individual Super 1500 finals and the team relay finals. Most of our skaters raised their ranking over the course of the games, some, such as Simon Austin, Hannah Clark and Jeanne Yurris by 9 places or more!
Hannah Clark, 16 (Yellowknife Speed Skating Club) topped the NWT standings with an impressive 13th place finish overall in a field of skaters where the winners were three years older than Hannah and the other NWT girls!
Among the boys, Simon Austin topped the NWT standings with a very respectable 23rd place finish in a competitive field of 48 boys. He topped two skaters from other provinces who had their start in speed skating at the Yellowknife Speed Skating Club (Michael Marsh - Saskatchewan, Keil Hillis - Alberta).
The boys relay team finished out the competition in a very challenging semi-final against strong teams from New Brunswick and British Columbia.
Congratulations go to all skaters plus their coach and manager who so ably prepared the skaters for this prestigious competition.
Final results can be seen at the following links:
Canada Winter Games Female Short Track Final Standings
Canada Winter Games Male Short Track Final Standings
The Short Track team is pictured below with former national team member Amanda Overland.
Several Special Olympics Medallists at Alberta Provincials.
Three members of the Yellowknife Speed Skating Club's Special Olympics group medalled at the recent Alberta Provincial Championships held on February 11-13 in Edmonton, AB. All three athletes set personal best records in all of their four distances. Coach Vincent Casey proudly reported, " I was very pleased with the performance of each skater. They did their best and really enjoyed the chance to compete against other Special Olympians with comparable skills." Medallists were as follows:
Loic Burns: 2 gold medals
Pierre Lafond: 2 gold medals, 2 bronze medals
Chris Strus: 3 gold medals, 1 silver medal
Congratulations to these hard working athletes, and to their dedicated coaches.
Canada Games Action
NWT Speed Skating proudly entered the Canada Winter Games opening ceremony behind Team NWT flagbearer Connor McLeod. Connor is a member of the boys short track speed skating team and is a member of the Inuvik Speed Skating Club.
In the first day of competition, Hannah Clark (Yellowknife Speed Skating Club) had the best place finish for Team NWT achieving a 5th place finish in the B Final for 11th place overall. Congratulations to Hannah on her achievement!
On Day 2, the fast and furious 500's were the order of the day. Yellowknife Speed Skating Club's Simon Austin had the best place finish blistering through to the D Final for 16th place. Well done, Simon!
Photos below are courtesy of former NWT speed skater, Dayna Polakoff who is attending the CWG as a member of the CWG National Artists Program.
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