London Skating Club July Newsletter 2017

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1 1 London Skating Club July Newsletter 2017 LondonSkatingClub P.O.Box9011 Sub.Station40 London,Ontario N6E1V0 (519)681C2640 (OfficeLocatedinEarl NicholsArena) InsideThis Issue Page1: PresidentsMessage, InsidethisIssue Page2: YourBoard, AGMReports Page3: AGMReports Page4: AGMCanSkateReport Page5: StarSkate&Newsletter Report, FundraisingReport Page6: CanPowerSkateReport Page7: TestChairReport Page8: TestResults Page9: SynchronicityUpdate Page10912: Awards2017 Page13: Bursaries&Awards Page14: Discounts,Selectinga PrivateCoach Our 110th Year AWordFromYourPresident 2016C17hascomeandgoneandagainwecometogether asaclubtocloseoffanotherfantasticseasonsoaswegatherto celebratetheaccomplishmentsofthisyear,let stakeaquick lookatsomeofthehighlights: Withrespecttogrowthwithintheclub,ouroverall membershipcontinuestogrowforthesecondyearinarow.we areexcitedaboutthegrowthoftheclubatthecanskatelevel andtheboardwouldliketoextendathankyoutotheamazing coacheswhocontinuetoprovidequalityinstruction,thereby drawingskaterstothelondonskatingclub. Theselectprogramwillnowbeapermanentprogram offeredbythelondonskatingclub.theprogramhasassisted withgeneratingexcitementforcompetinginsinglescompetition. Thisyeartheclubsawmoreskatersthaninyearspast competinginstarskatecompetitions,withsomeverypositive results.thisissomethingthattheclubwouldliketocontinueto fosterandwearehopefulthattheselectprogramwillcontinue toleadthisinterestincompetingwithenthusiasm. WhatanexcitingyearforSynchronicitywhosenttwo teamstonationals.bothteamsskatedtheirheartsoutatthis awecinspiringopportunityandachievedtheirseason sbest scoresformanyoftheskaters,thiswastheirfirstexperienceat thenationalsynchronizedskatingchampionships,anditwasa verypositiveandrewardingone. WealsosawmanyyoungskatersrepresenttheLondon SkatingClubontheCompetitiveSkateside,achievingsuccesson theprovincial,nationalandeventheworldstage. Finally,IwouldberemissifIdidnotmentionourice show CanadaProud,StrongandFree,celebratingour110 th seasonwhatanamazingdayitwasforeveryone;skatersand spectatorscombined.choreographedbyroselledoyleand featuringelvisstojko,alongsidethelondonskatingclub skaters,thisshowwasashowthatmanywilllookbackonfor yearstocome. Onceagain,thankyoutoallourvolunteersandprogram assistants,whomadethisyearasuccess.congratulationstoall skatersandcoachesweareproudofyourachievementsthis yearandlookforwardtoanotheramazingseasonin2017c18. Editors:ZoeEspañol& TaniaGranadillo

2 YourBoard President:MichelleParker VicePresident:MarisaSheardown PastPresident:StephenKomarnicky Treasurer:MarkCraig Secretary:MarisaSheardown TestChair:AmyGleig IceChair:JoséeGoudreaultCSmale UplifterSupport:DebAcatrao WebSiteSupport:KellyMurphyCMyers Marketing:SoniaReis Newsletter:TaniaGranadillo Comm./SocialMedia:StaceyLovell CanSkate: STARSkate1:TaniaGranadillo STARSkate2:ShannineVanDinther Select:StephenKomarnicky CanPowerSkate:JoséeGoudreaultCSmale AdultSkate:BrendaZawaski SynchroSkate:SherryJennings CoachLiaison:JoséeGoudreaultC Smale CoachRepresenttative:PaulMcLean Fundraising:StaceyLovell DressSaleCo9Ordinator:ShannineVanDinther SpiritWear:StaceyLovell AGM Reports H.O.M.ERegion TheH.O.M.E.Regionhashadanotherbusyyearmaintainingaliaisonwithareaclubs,the SectionandSkateCanada.Representativescommunicatepertinentinformationfortheabove totheirhomeclubs.theregionconsistsof18clubsfromthecountiesofhuron,oxford, MiddlesexandElginandmeetthefourthMondayofeverymonth.Thispastyearbroughta closetotheh.o.m.e.regionasskatecanadawesternontarioamalgamatedandarenowone underskateontario. TheregionsponsoredaP.AclinicinSeptember.Twoskaterdevelopmentseminarswereheld inmarchattimkincentreinst.thomasandparkhill.thebursaryawardsweregivenoutat theh.o.m.e.agmonapril24 th atsiloamunitedchurch.londonskatingclubskatersthat receivedbursarieswereevelynwalsh,paxtonknott,patriciaandrew,clarebedford,ella RoseDeMilleandKeiraVanDinther.OurIntermediate,NoviceandBeginner1synchroteams alsoreceivedbursaries.genevaheroldwasrecognizedaslondonskatingclubskaterofthe Year. 2

3 Volunteers TheLondonSkatingClubisanonCforCprofitorganizationanditssuccessislargelytheresultof thosevolunteerswhogivebacktotheclub.thispastyeartheregionhostedthewesternontario SectionalChampionshipsinKomoka,DennisSilverthorneMemorialInvitationalinSt.Thomasand FuturesCompetitionthatwasheldinLucan.Proceedsfromthesecompetitionsaredividedamong theclubsonthebasisofvolunteerhoursworked.ourclubvolunteersreceiveacreditvoucherof $5.00perhourworkedcredittobeappliedtotheirchild sskating.allmembersoftheclubhave theopportunityofvolunteering.ifyouareinterestedinvolunteeringpleasecontactshannine ProgramAssistants WehavealargenumberofskatersthatdedicatetheirtimetohelpoutwithourCanskateprogram throughouttheyear.programassistantsarecompensatedbythelscthroughacreditsystem. Theirassistanceisagreatopportunityforthedevelopmentofleadershipskillsandan understandingofgivingbacktothecommunity.pacreditsareasfollows$4.00cages8c11,$6.00c age12,$8.00cage13and$10.00cage14+.inseptember,amandatorytrainingsessionisrequired andacommitmentof80%attendanceisrequiredtocollectthecreditsunlessotherwiseapproved. Weheldayearendappreciationnightthisyearbyprovidinganopportunitytoattendstarsonice complimentaryoftheclub. DressSale Thereisauseddressrackthatyouarewelcometocheckoutatanytime.Allsalesareona consignmentbasis.thepricesaresetbytheitems owners.a15%commissionfromthesale pricegoestowardthelsc.thesefundsareusedtowardsdifferenteventswithintheclub.this year,someofthemoneywasusedtopurchase27starsoniceticketsfortheprogramassistants.if youwishtosellanyitemsorpickupanyitemsthathavebeenontherackforoverayearplease contactshannine.thedresssalemoniesin2016c2017todateare$ weused$459for starsoniceticketsandhave$119.22carryingforwardtonextyear. 3

4 CanSkate AGM Report The2016C17CanSkateseasonsawcontinuedandsteadyprogressinadvancing our LearnforFun,LivetoSkate,SkateforLife visionofthelondonskatingclub(lsc). TheLSCteam(coaches,parents,volunteerssupervisorsandadministrators)continueto createanenvironmentthatallowsskaterstofullydevelopandreachtheirpotentialin skatingwhichdirectlysupportsskatecanada slongtermathletedevelopmentmodel. TheCanSkateprogramoffered6Fall/Wintersessionsand3Springsessionsthisyear. Thereturnofsmilingskatersattherinkandthequickpaceatwhichsessionshavefilled thisyearisatestamenttothededicatedteam,whocontinuetoimproveonthedelivery ofasolidprogramwhileinstillingapassionforthesportinourmembers.weareproud toofferastrongfoundationatthelscasskatersbegintheir SkateforLife journeyin thecanskateprogram. TheCanskateteamofcoacheshasbeenledthisyearbysupervisingcoaches, PatsyBrown,EmilyGalan,ShelbyKomarnickyandAlexSmith.Thesecoachesputin manyhourstoprepareforsessionsandcontinuetoworkhardbefore,duringandafter eachsession.theyareconstantlysupportingcoaches,andskatersandtheirfamiliesto createapositiveenvironmentandtopromotethedeliveryofhighqualitysessions. Thereissomuchthatgoesonbehindthescenesofanysuccessfulprogram.Kelly Farmer,theCanskateAdministrator,isdedicatedtoensureallaspectsoftheprogram arefunctioningatthehigheststandardspossible.shebringsawealthofknowledgeand experiencetotheteam,andisabletonavigatethroughtheoverallframeworkofthe program,andprovideguidanceandleadershiptoherteam. LastbutnotleastCanSkatecouldnotbeasuccessthisyearwithoutourreliable tablehelpersanddedicatedprogramassistantswhosharetheirskatingknowledgeand loveofthesporttohelpsupportthecoachesandskatersandtheirfamilies. ThisyearmarkedtheLondonSkatingClub s110 th AnniversaryandCanSkatershadthe opportunitytoshowofftheirskatingskillsatthelsc s110 th AnniversaryIceShow featuringworldchampionelvisstojko.thiswasanamazingeventandmemorable experienceforallmanyskatersfromourcanskatefamilyalsoparticipatedinour annualintermissionskatewiththelondonknightsatbudweisergardens. OnbehalfoftheLondonSkatingClub,thankyouforanothergreatyearin CanSkate.Welookforwardtoseeingallskaterscontinuetobeapartofourgrowing CanSkatefamily.IfyouwanttobeattheheatpleaserefertotheLSCwebsitefor informationonthecanskatesummerscheduleandthe2 nd AnnualSummerCamp.See youattherink CanSkateConvener 4

5 LondonSkatingClubStarSkateandNewsletter AnnualReport Successes: ItwasagreatyearforourSTARSkatersthisseasoninregardstoindividual accomplishmentsandgoalsreached.the110thshowwasahighlightoftheseasonwith manyofthestarskatersparticipatinginmultiplenumbers.registrationsremainsteady, Winter2016C ,Spring Challenges: Asmoreskatersareonsessions,ithasbeenachallengetokeepsessionsflowingand accidentfree.skatersareremindedtofollowrightofwayandtorefreshtheruleswith theircoachesiftheyarenotsureaboutthem.higherclevelskatersneedmoreroomfor challengingjumps,theboardisworkingonalternativeiceformorecompetitivetraining. ProgramPromotion: AtrialgroupcoachingsesssionwasrunthefirsthalfofWintersession.AsSkateCanadais encouragingmoregroupcoachingwewillseeanincreaseinthesekindsofsessionsfor STARskaters. TicketIce: Registrationshaveseenaslightincreaseoverlastyear.AvarietyofSTARskatersare usingthesesessions,includingadultskaters,starskatecompetitiveandrecreational skaters. Newsletter: WiththeassistanceofZoeEspanol,anewsletterwassentoutattheendofMarch.The planistosendoutanewslettereveryquarter. FundraisingReport 2016C2017wasaverysuccessfulyearforfundraising.Almost$10,000wasraised.Below,pleasefind descriptionoffunds. Oursuccesswasonlypossiblewiththehelpofmanyvolunteers.ThankYoutoallofyouandthe countlesshoursofvolunteerwork Asweplanfortheupcomingyear,wewishtoextendawarmwelcome:Pleasecomeandhelpuswithour excitingfundraisingopportunities. Description: 1. Promo books sold 359 kept $22.00 in the Club from each booklet - $ profit to the Club 2. Skate Sharpening - $ th Anniversary Ice Show Silent Auction, Program, 50/50, Flowers LSC portion $

6 CANPowerSkate Year End Report London Skating Club AGM TheCANPowerSkateprogramattheLondonSkatingClubhasjustcompleteditsfifthyearoffull programming,offeringthreesessionsinfall/winter,underthecontinueddirectionofcoach CaroleRobinson.ThishighCenergyprogramteachesthefundamentalsofpowerskatingto younghockeyandringetteplayersinaprogressiveandsequentialmanner,through6levelsof skillcbasedcircuits. Successes: Numberofparticipants:Thethreesessionsthisyearbenefittedfromtheexperiencedtwo coachesaswellasdemonstrator,andaprogramassistantonsomesessions.duringthefall andwinter,wehadmanynewfacesinoursessions.therewasalotofpositivefeedbackfrom newparentsandskatersalike,andmanystatingnoticeableimprovementsduringtheirgames. RecordtimesandagesSkatersprogressthroughtheCANPowerkateprogramthroughsix badgelevelsofincreasingskill,complexity,andspeed.whileallofourskatersenterthe programinlevel1,theendofthisyear sfall/wintersessionhasseenanumberofskaters proceedontolevel4andlevel5.wehadafewtalentedyoungskaterssurpasspastrecordsand beattimesinremarkablefashionduringourtesting. PrivateInstructionforCANPowerSkaters:InadditiontoofferingPreCPowerthroughLevel6, throughgroupinstructioninfall/winter,wewerepleasedtooffermembersofour CANPowerSkateprogramaccesstoicetimeforprivatelessons.Thistookplacebothduringthe summerdaytimepreliminary/juniorskatingprogram,andinthefall/winter/springsessionon ournewopensessions anoptionthatiswellcreceivedbyourmembership. Challenges: Lackofschedulingoptions:CANPowerSkateisonlyofferedonasingleeveningeachweek duetorestrictionsiniceandcoach savailability.thisposesaseriousschedulingproblemfor skaterswhomustputtheirhockey/ringettegamescheduleaheadoftheirpowerskating instruction.ifaskater shockey/ringetteteampractices/gamesareinconflictwithourprogram schedule,canpowerskateisnotaccessibletothemforthatseason. Increasedgapinskilllevelsbetweenentrylevelandreturningplayers:Oursuccessin powerskatinginstructionisalsoourdownfall.asreturningplayersprogressintothehigher levelsofpowerskatinginstruction,weareseeingalargerrangeofskilllevelsbetweennewand returningskaters,creatingacontinuedneedtorecevaluateandrecdistributeskatersbetween thesessions.wewouldideallyseeagainthreedifferentlevelsofsessionsavailableforthenext season,butmighthavetoconsiderapriceincreasetoreachbreakeven. Promotion:Thesewerehanddeliveredandpostedthroughoutthearenas,librariesandlocal stores.itshouldbenotedthatthesuccessisspreadingpositivelybywordcofcmouthfrom satisfiedplayerswhoarerecognizingtheedgecanpowerandthewisdomofthecoachesthat runit.weareexploringtheoptiontooffertransitionprogramsoncanskateice,soastolead youngskaterstoourpowerprograms. 6

7 7 WelookforwardtofuturegrowthofCANPowerin2017,andareexcitedtoseehowfarour skatersdevelopintheupcomingsession.skatecanadahasworkedonanewpowerprogram andtrainingforourcoacheswilltakeplacedependingonavailabilityofresources. Test Chair Report Therewereatotalofseventestdaysover,thespring,summer,fallandwintersessions.Weare pleasedtoreportthefollowingskatershavereceivedgoldstatuswithskatecanadasinceour last AnnualGeneralMeeting. GoldDance: DanielleMcDougall, EmmaTiede,Heather Crampton GoldFreeSkate: PatriciaAndrew GoldInterpretive: SarahSemchism,Olivia Pellizzari,BeverlyDodge, StephanieBaxley,Julia Chadwick,ShannonBrownC Campbell,KylieSmale&Keira VanDinther GoldSkatingSkills: LauraVancer,Sarah Semchism,Shannon BrownCCampbell,Ester VanGalen,TaiteHuletGatt, JessicaForanandKeira VanDinther Congratulationsonyourhardwork andachievingyourgoldstatus

8 DANCE GOLD PRELIMINARY Quickstep TaiteHuletGatt Dutch,Waltz MarhaMcDougall CharlieAnderson AvaVerheyen Viennese,Waltz AliciaHarris LeaBrock INTERPRETIVE GiseleAlves Intro McKennaSpitzer Canasta,Tango SiobhanMaharaj AliciaHarris AnaSofiaGuiot MaddisonChute GabrielaPerez Bronze JessicaForan SofiaPerez AliciaHarris EmilyVerheyen VictoriaParker IsabellaCoquitlam MaddisonChute Baby,Blues MatildaCastro McKennaSpitzer CassidyFalconer Gold LauraVancer EmilyVerheyen MaggieRyan MajaJackson FREESKATEELEMENTS RubyFenton Preliminary SydneyPlank NoemieTrottierWarren NataliaMills AlexGuerra PaigeGetty LexaHummerCHealy Jr.,Bronze LydiaZadorsky CarlyCollins Sr.,Bronze ZoeEspanol JR.BRONZE LouiseParker Swing PatriciaAndrews Gold AlyssaNicholls MadylinnLumley FREESKATEPROGRAM CaleyBrown Preliminary SydneyPlank Fiesta,Tango AdriannaKeith MadylinnLumley MyaSheardown NataliaMills IslaSt.John CarlyCollins SR.BRONZE Jr.,Bronze AbigailMcLean Ten,Fox KyanaReisCSantos VitaliaKireev AbbtDonald AbbyDonald SamanthaMacDonald AbbyMoeller Fourteen,step AlliennaSelk MadisonSheardown European LaurenRoblee Sr.,Bronze RachelMarshall AvaGleig SKILLS AdriannaJamesCParker Preliminary NaydeReisCSantos JUNIORSILVER IslaStJohn Rocker,Foxtrot GenevaHerold Jr.,Bronze KyanaReisCSantos Keats PatriciaAndrews PaigeGetty Amercian,Waltz ZoeEspanol AbbyDonald PatriciaAndrews GillianParis SENIORSILVER Sr.,Silver DanicaStewart Starlight, EstherVanGalan Gold GenevaHerold, NicoleKaiser ZoeEspanol Blues, LauraVancer Kilian, KeiraVanDinther T e s t R e s u l t s 8

9 Synchronicity updates - Synchronicity had a fantastic 2016/17 season, with all of our teams doing really well in all of the competitions we attended - Our gala in November was a great success, with many people coming out to support our teams - We are happy to announce that Leslie Ruggeri has joined the Synchronicity coaching staff for next season - The following teams will be fielded for the 2017/18 season: Stars, Beginner 1, Beginner 2, Elementary, Juvenile, Pre-Novice and Adult 1 3rd December2016BillPhillips Elementary 8th Novice Bronze Intermediate 4th Adult1 4th January2017Winterfest Novice 10th Adult1 6th January2017Capers Beginner1Stars 7th Beginner1 5th Beginner2 SilverinGoldFinal Elementary 4thinGoldFinal Novice 4th Feburary2017Regionals Beginner1 Bronze Beginner2 4th Elementary 5th Novice 5th Intermediate 4th Adult1 Bronze NATIONALS Novice 7th Intermediate 8th March2017BernieDeveaux Stars 4th Beginner1 Gold Beginner2 Bronze Elementary Gold Adult3 4th March2017AdultInvitational Adult1 Bronze Adult3 11th 3rd 1st 3rd 3rd 3rd 1st 2nd 9

10 Awards CanSkate Awards: LSC CanSkate Skater of the Year Aya Holzberg LSC Most Improved CanSkate Skater Erik Moeller Teen CanSkate Skater of the Year Stephen Bernier Adult CanSkate Skater of the Year Tania Granadillo Stroking Awards: Abby Donald MI Sunday Junior, Louise Parker- SO Year Sunday Junior, Sarah Semchism MI Sunday Senior, Kylie Smale SO Year Senior Sunday, Paige Getty MI Tuesday Junior Abby Moeller SO Year Tuesday Preliminary & Select Awards Preliminary Skater of the Year Jessica Knight & Maddie Pollock Preliminary Most Improved Skater of the Year Emma Stankiewicz Select Skater of the Year Madison Sheardown Most Improved Select Skater of the Year Sydney Plank Adult Awards ADULT STARSKATER OF THE YEAR: Bev Dodge ADULT MOST IMPROVED SKATER: Heather Crampton Of the Year Awards Program Assistant Awards Program Assistant of the Year U 18 Adrianna Keith Program Assistant of the Year Adult Brenda Zawadzki Junior Awards MOST IMPROVED JUNIOR SKATER: Hailey Jennings JUNIOR A SKATER OF THE YEAR: Kyana Reis- Santos JUNIOR B SKATER OF THE YEAR: Louise Parker Senior Awards MOST IMPROVED SENIOR SKATER: Sarah Semchism STARSKATE SKATER OF THE YEAR: SENIOR SKATER OF THE YEAR: Adrianna James-Parker Adrianna James-Parker & Zoe Espanol COMPETITIVE SKATER OF THE YEAR: Kylie Smale 10

11 Coach of the Year LSC COACH OF THE YEAR: Laura Plank FirstGoldAwards: PatriciaAndrew GoldFreeSkate BevDodge Interpretive JessicaForan GoldSkatingSkills TaiteHuletGatt GoldSkatingSkills LauraVancer GoldSkatingSkills EstherVanGalen GoldSkatingSkills First&SecondGoldAwards: ShannonBrown9Campbell GoldSkatingSkills &GoldIntepretive SarahSemchism GoldSkatingSkills &GoldInterpretive KeiraVanDinther GoldSkatingSkills &GoldInterpretive CanPowerSkate Awards Session A Most Improved CanPowerSkate Miles Girotti Session A CanPowerSkate Skater of the Year Marin & Sebastian Lawrence Session B Most Improved CanPowerSkate Janine Douglas Session B CanPowerskate Skater of the Year James Colquhoun Session C Most Improved - CanPowerSkate Micah Vanderley Session C CanPowerSkate Skater of the Year Grace Moir SecondGoldAwards: JuliaChadwick GoldInterpretive OliviaPellizzari GoldInterpretive ThirdGoldAwards: StephanieBaxley GoldInterpretive HeatherCrampton GoldDance DanielleMcDougall GoldDance KylieSmale GoldInterpretive EmmaTiede GoldDance LSCSpecialRecognitionAwards Beginner1 Synchronicity9BronzeMedalat2017 OntarioRegionalSynchronizedSkating Championships Adult1Synchronicity BronzeMedalat2017Ontario RegionalSynchronizedSkatingChampionships LSCSpecialRecognitionAwards KeiraVanDinther 2 nd place2017skateontario LSCSpecialRecognitionAwards Championships EvelynWalsh9FirstplacefinishinJuniorPairsat PatriciaAndrew 2 nd place2017skateontario 2017NationalChampionships JuvenileU912&2 nd Placepairs2017SkateCanada ChallengeEvent,2ndplacepairs2017Canadian TrenntMicaud FirstplacefinishinJuniorPairs TireNationalSkatingChampionships9Novice at2017nationalchampionships PaxtonKnott 2 nd placepairs 2017SkateCanada Challengeevent,2 nd placepairs2017 CanadianTireNationalSkatingChampionships9 11 Novice

12 EvelynBastowGalaBursaryFundBursaries: AyaHolzberg CanSkateBursary EvelynBastowGalaBursaryFundBursaries: ShelbyKomarnicky AdultBursary 1 st Place AdultInvitational CarrieButterworth AdultBursary 2 nd Place AdultInvitational StephanieBaxley AdultBursary 3 rd PlaceAdult Invitational EvelynBastowGalaBursaryFundBursaries: KeiraVanDinther OntarioChampionships PatriciaAndrews OntarioChampionships EllaDeMille OntarioChampionships LSCSpecialRecognitionAwards KristinChadwick LSCVolunteeroftheYear MaryBurdonAward LSCSpecialRecognitionAwards PatsyBrown925yearsofcoaching KellyFarmer 25yearsofcoaching EvelynBastowGalaBursaryFundBursaries: PatriciaAndrew9GoldFreeSkateBursary EvelynBastowGalaBursaryFundBursaries: PatriciaAndrew Pairs PaxtonKnott9Pairs EvelynWalsh9Pairs TrenntMichaud9Pairs Beginner1Synchronicity NoviceSynchronicity IntermediateSynchronicity Adult1Synchronicity EvelynBastowGalaBursaryFundBursaries: HeatherCrampton 3 rd GoldAward Dance StephanieBaxley 3 rd GoldAward Interpretive EmmaTiede 3 rd GoldAward Dance DanielleMcDougall 3 rd GoldAward Dance KylieSmale 3 rd GoldAward Interpretive EvelynBastowGalaBursaryFundBursaries: ZoeEspanol EvelynBastow LoveofSkating Award 12

13 Bursaries & Awards TheLondonSkatingClubssupportsskaters, pairsandteamsthatqualifyforprovincial STARTSkateChamiponship. Thereisalsosupportforskaters,pairsand teamsthatqualifyforanational Championship. Formoreinformationcontactyourconvener. EvelynBastowAwards Toencourageandsupporttheloveofskating thefollowingawardsareavailablebasedon resultsinthecurrentskatingyearandawarded attheannuallscawardsnight.theamount awardedperawardvaries. Competitiveskaterorpair/dancepair competingatwesternchallengeevent andqualifyingforcanadians SynchronizedSkatingTeamcompeting atregionalsandqualifyingfor Canadians AdultSynchronizedSkatingTeam competingatadultcanadians Skaterorpair/danceteampair competingatcanadiansandplacingin thetop50%inmens,ladies,pairsor dance CanSkateSkateroftheYear TestSkaters ThreeGoldTestsPassed TestSkaters GoldFreeSkatesPassed TestSkaters FourthandFifthGoldTest Passed AdultSingleSkaterscompetingand finishinginthetopthreeatadult Canadians STARSkateForskaterscompetingatStar Skateandqualifyingforprovincialfinals LoveofSkatingAward TheMaryBurdonPostCSecondary SchoolScholarshipBursaryisopentoany eligiblewesternontariosectionskatersthat meetthepostedcriteria.note:withthe mergingofthefourontariosectionsthefund isavailabletoskatecanadaclubsthatfall withintheformerwosboundaries. MaryBurdonpassedawayin2015and partofmary swishesalongwithfamilyand friendswerethatabursarybeestablishedin hername. Maryvolunteeredforover62yearsin manycapacitieswithskatecanadaandthe LondonSkatingClubincludingbeingajudge, dataspecialist,volunteer,boardmemberand PresidentofLondonSkatingClub. In2008MaryreceivedtheProvinceof OntarioSylAppsSpecialAchievementAward andin2015wasappointedhonoraryofficial StatusbytheSkateCanadaBoardofDirectors fordistinguishedcontributionstoskate Canada,andtheOutstandingVolunteer LondonSportingCommunityAwardtonamea fewofheraccolades.maryalsotaughtat ClarkeRoadSSfor34yearsandvolunteered withdraytonentertainmentandiode Todate,theMaryBurdonBursary Committeehashandedoutscholarshipawards forpostcsecondaryeducationtotaling$7,500. TheApplicationandmoredetailsare availableonthelondonskatingclubwebsite at emberscinfo/awardscandcbursaries/ 13

14 DISCOUNTS: There are 2 discounts that skaters may be entitled to. The first is a multi-session discount. If a skater enrols in 2 or more FULL YEAR (Fall/Winter - Sept/Oct through March) sessions, then a 5% discount will automatically be deducted from your invoice when you register online*. The second discount is a large family discount where a 10% discount is given to the 3rd and greater skaters in the family (discount applies to the skaters with the lowest fees). Our online system is currently unable to process this discount automatically. If this discount applies to your family, then please contact our office and we will manually rebate this discount to you. SESSION QUALIFICATIONS: Prior to registering for StarSkate sessions, please review the session qualifications under the Figure Skating menu to ensure that your skater is qualified for the session you are registering for. * Excludes Sept only STARSkate session, and half-year (FALL or WINTER) CanSkate and CanPowerSkate sessions. D I S C O U N T S Selecting a Private Coach AttheLondonSkatingClub,weareveryproudofourcoachingteam.AllcoachesareNCCPCertifiedmembersof SkateCanada(NationalCoachingCertificationProgram).NCCPcoursesprovidecoacheswithtraininginawide varietyofareas.privatelessonswithaprofessionalcoachareaveryimportantaspectofyourchild sskating development.pleasefeelfreetocontactthecoachofyourchoicedirectlyforfurtherinformation.wehighly recommendeveryone All,skaters,K,from,beginners,through,to,the,highest, competitive,level,k,benefit,from,private,instruction., Skaters,choose,private,instruction,for,a,variety,of, reasons:, CTohelpskaterstounderstandanddevelophis/her strengths CTotargetandimproveareasofweakness CToassistskatersthroughthevarioustestlevels CTodevelopskills/talentinthevariousskating disciplines CForcompetitiveskaterswhowishtocompeteat recreationallevelsorhigher HowdoIchooseaprivatecoach? CHavealistofquestionstoaskthecoach CAskparentswhoalreadyhaveaskatertaking privatelessons CAskaboardmemberforinformation CCallpotentialcoachestoarrangeaninterview CConductaninformalinterviewoverthephone CComeoutandwatchprivatelessonstoseeskaters andcoachesinaction 9Selectacoachcarefully.Choosetherightpersonfor theirteachingandcoachingabilities,butalso considerthatthecoachwillbetherolemodelfor yourchild. CTheCoachwillbespendingconsiderabletimewith yourchild,soitshouldbesomeoneyourchildfeels comfortablewith. CCoachesaretheexperts.Worktogetherwithyour coachtocreaterealisticgoalsandobjectivesforyour child. CTaketimewhenselectingacoach.Rememberthata pictureisworthathousandwords.watchthe coachesteachingotherchildrenandseehowthey interactandpresentthemselves. CCoachingfeesmayvaryaccordingtothecertification levelanexperienceofthecoach.askwhatthefees areupfrontsotherearenomisunderstandingslater. Please note that it is the Parent and/or Skaters responsibility to initiate the discussion of private instruction. LSC Coaches and Board Members may not directly refer a specific coach for private lessons nor solicit an arrangement for private lessons, as per the Skate Canada Code of Ethics. 14

15 Special Thanks To All Those Who Contributed To The Newsletter 15