The Grande Prairie Skating Club Monthly Newsletter

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1 The Grande Prairie Skating Club Monthly Newsletter Thank you so much to everyone for your continued support of our club! Our recent Peace Open Competition was a roaring success! Not only did all of our volunteers pull off a very well-run competition, but our skaters had an excellent showing as well! We are so proud of a job well done from all our members!! We also would like to welcome Ashley Spry back from her maternity leave! Ashley is currently coaching on Senior and Competitive Day Ice. Please note that due to difficulties with Skate Canada s servers, our website is currently offline. We are working at rectifying this ASAP. March Important Dates March 20 th No Friday Skating March 27 th - Last Friday Morning Skate Competition Results: 2015 Edmonton Open Star 2 Kaydence Seward Silver Rochelle Beekman - Bronze Star 3 Averie Villiger Silver Kate Paton Bronze Cassidy Guenther Bronze Haleigh Tufford Gold Gold Interpretive Brooke Yanishewski 2nd Introductory Interpretive Haleigh Tufford,- Silver Nathalie Rheaume 5 th Laralee Rizarri Bronze Averie Villiger 4 th Vicki Guenther 6th Star 4 U10 Laralee Rizarri - Bronze Maggie Fitzpatrick 6th Star 4 U13 Vicki Guenther -7 th

2 Star 5 U13 Nathalie Rheaume - 9th Hilary Lueken 3 rd Star 5 13&O Cassidy Slemp - Silver Peace Region Open Star 2 Haylie Richer Merit Alexis McLeod Merit Sierra Corfe Bronze Kaydence Seward Silver Isabella Seward Bronze Rochelle Silver Quinn Goudreau Bonze Naomi Bronze Star 3 Purnachandra Viswananthan Gold Talia Peters Bronze Cassidy Guenther Bronze Camilea Bronze Alaisa Bronze Star 4 U10 Laralee Rizarri Silver Kayla Welygan 4 th Maggie Fitzpatrick 5 th Star 4 U13 Averie Villiger 4 th Haleigh Tufford Gold Abigail C 6 th Abby Krause 4 th Victoria Guenther 7 th Laine Johner 8 th Star 4 13 & O Kate Paton Bronze Adanna 5 th Rielly Holland 7th Silver Interpretive Darci Wilson - Gold Sam Beida Silver Bronze Interpretive Abby Fitzpatrick Gold Cassidy Slemp - Silver Introductory Interpretive Laralee Rizarri - Gold Averie Villiger - Gold Purnachandra Viswananthan - Silver Haleigh Tufford - Gold Kate Paton Gold Abby Krause - Silver Laine Johner 8th Adanna 7th Victoria Guenther 4 th Rielly 4 th Bronze Interpretive Nathalie Rheaume 4th Chloe Hennebury - Silver Cassidy Slemp - Bronze Abby Fitzpatrick - Gold Raquel Kwiatowski - Silver Hilary Leuken 4 th Silver Interpretive Nicole Sharrott - SIlver Cassidy Rheaume - Silver Cassidy Connell 4 th Myah Hills - Bronze Amanda 5th Takara Dei Gold Carlye Dyrkach - Gold February/March, 2015, Gold Freeskate Brooke Yanishewski Silver Sam Beida 5th Sr Bronze Ladies Abby Fitzpatrick - Gold Jr Silver FS Darci Wilson - Gold 2

3 3 Star 5 U10 Leighanna Rizarri Gold Star 5 U13 Nathalie Rheaume 5 th Hilary Leuken Gold Star 5 13 & O Myah Hills 4 th Amanda Silver Cassidy Slemp Silver Cassidy Connell Silver Gold Interpretive Darci Wilson - Silver Sam Beida - Silver Brooke Yanishewski - Gold Bronze Creative Skills Nicole Sharrott - Silver Silver Creative Skills Darci Wilson - Gold Senior Bronze FS Chloe Hennebury Gold Carlye Dyrkach Silver Junior Silver FS Nicole Sharrott Gold Sr Silver FS Darci Wilson Silver Gold FS Samm Beida Silver Brooke Yanishewski Gold Novice Short Program Cassidy Rheaume Silver Novice Long Program Cassidy Rheaume Silver Totem Competition Intro Elements Trina Mayer Bronze Kaydence Seward 4 th Isabella Seward 4 th Elements 1 Alaisa Briones 3 rd Victoria Guenther 4 th Purnachandra Viswananthan Gold Juvenile U14 Abby Fitzpatrick - Gold Raquel Kwiatowski - Silver Pre-Novice Short Program Takara Dei - Gold Danielle - Bronze Sarah Dyrkach- Silver Pre-Novice Long Program Takara Dei - Gold Sarah Dyrkach - Silver Danielle Bronze Junior Short Program Cassidy Stromberg - Gold Pre-Intro Interpretive Talia Peters 3rd Alaisa Briones 2nd Intro Interpretive Abigail Cabot 6th Abby Krause - Silver Laralee Rizarri - Gold Averie Villiger - Gold

4 4 Haleigh Tufford - Gold Kayla Welygan Silver Abigail Cabot Bronze Abby Krause Gold Elements 2 Nathalie Rheaume 4 th Carlye Dyrkach - Bronze Cssidy Slemp Silver Cassidy Connell 4 th Leighanna Rizarri 4 th Myah Hills Silver Hilary Lueken Silver Elements 3 Nicole Sharrott Gold Darci Wilson Silver Open Elements Sarah Dyrkach - Bronze Takara Dei Gold Cassidy Rheaume Silver Sam Beida 5 th Star 2 Quinn Goudreau Bronze Sierra Corfe Silver Kaydence Seward Silver Isabella Seward Silver Madison Van Soelen Silver Trina Mayer - Silver Star 3 Purnachandra Gold Talia Peters Bronze Cassidy Guenther Silver Camilea Massier Bronze Alaisa Briones Silver Kate Paton Silver Star 4 U10 Laralee Rizarri Gold Kayla Welygan 5 th Purnachandra - Gold Haleigh Tufford Gold Rielly Holland 5 th Victoria Guenther 4th Cassidy Guenther 4th Kate Paton - Silver McKenzi Lizotte 5 th Bronze Interpretive Cassidy Slemp - Silver Nathalie Rheaume - Bronze Raquel Kwiatkowski - Gold Hilary Lueken - Silver Silver Interpretive Myah Hills 4th Takara Dei - Gold Nicole Sharrott - Silver Cassidy Rheaume - Gold Carlye Dyrkach Silver Gold Interpretive Darci Wilson Bronze Sam Beida 5 th Sr Bronze FS Carlye Dyrkach Silver Gold Solo Dance Lorisha McAmmond - Gold Jr Silver FS Nicole Sharrott - Gold Sr Silver FS Darci Wilson - Gold

5 5 Star 4 U13 Victoria Guenther Bronze Averie Villiger 4 th Haleigh Tufford Silver Abigail Cabot 4 th Abby Krause 5 th McKenzi Lizotte 7 th Star 4 13 & O Rielly Holland 6 th Pre- Juvenile U14 Nathalie Rheaume 5 th Juvenile FS Raquel Kwiatkowski Gold Novice FS Cassidy Rheaume - Silver Novice Short Cassidy Rheaume Gold Star 5 13 & O Cassidy Slemp Silver Cassidy Connell 4 th Star 5 U10 Leighanna Rizarri - Gold Star 5 U13 Hilary Lueken Silver Gold Freeskate Sam Beida Bronze Pre-Novice Short Takara Dei - Silver Danielle Budgell Bronze Emily Curtis 4 th Sarah Dyrkach Gold Pre-Novice Long Takara Dei - Gold Sarah Dyrkach Bronze Danielle Budgell Silver Emily Curtis 4 th Pre Novice Results Overall Takara Dei Gold Sarah Dyrkach Silver Danielle Budgell Bronze Emily Curtis 4th CONGRATULATIONS! The Club wishes Congratulations to Abigail Fitzpatrick who has been invited by Skate Canada: Alberta- NWT/Nunavut to become a member of the Skate Canada: Alberta-NWT/Nunavut Junior Development Team (JDT) for the season! This invitation is based on her results at the 2015 Sectional Championships along with the JDT criteria. The JDT is comprised of a select group of the best young skaters within Alberta-NWT/Nunavut. Becoming a member of the Junior Development Team is a wonderful accomplishment that Abigail should be very proud of! We are proud of you too, Abigail! J

6 6 PA CORNER: The PA of the Month Award goes too: DARCI WILSON (January) CASSIDY SLEMP (February) Congratulations, and thank you for your help with our CanSkate programs! FROM THE BOARD: Our Next Open Board meeting will be held March 3 rd, 2015 at 5:45 pm in the club office. Everyone Welcome!! The Ice Show will be April 25 th. The show will start at 4pm. Dress Rehearsal and setup will be held earlier in the day. The week prior to the Ice Show will be used for choreography and practice of Ice Show programs. Costumes are now available to picked up as advised by Crystal Welygan via . We will also coordinate skater photos with the Ice Show. Group and individual photos will be available. Thank you to Barb Paton for organizing this! We are excited to announce that we have had 2 new members join our board! Thank you to Lisa Peters for training to be next year s Test Chair; and Kim Vetter for being a member at large! J Please note that we are still looking for someone to fill our Vice President position, our Treasurer position, as well as our Fundraising Chair position!

7 February/March, 2015, 7 We are currently working on Spring and Summer packages. We will be forwarding them to you once the details become available! Please note: in our continuing efforts to cut costs and avoid more fee increases, the club no longer has an office phone number. Please contact the club, or any board member, by . Want to speak with one of us? Here is who you can look for! We are still looking for new faces to fill the board! Acting Presidet, Chantal Dyrkach kingskid@telus.net The president shall appoint Standing and Ad Hoc Committee Chairs who shall look after duties assigned to them. All Committee Chairs must submit the names of their Committee Members to the President for approval. The President shall be an ex-official member of all Committees. Vice-President, Vacant The Vice President (President Elect) shall assume the duties of the President in the absence of the President and shall assume such other duties as assigned by the Board. Treasurer, Vacant (Our paid bookkeeper acts as Treasurer) The Treasurer shall be responsible for the safe control of all Club funds, for preparing and submitting to the board an annual budget and keeping such records as are required for audit. All cheques and legal documents shall be signed by any two of the designated members of the Board. gpsc@telus.net

8 8 Secretary, Ginger Krause The Secretary shall deal with all correspondence subject to the approval of the President or his delegate, shall issue all notices for Board, General or Special Meetings, shall take minutes at all meetings and shall be responsible for submitting to Skate Canada and the Section, such reports as are required by Skate Canada Rules or other regulations. Test Chair, Lisa Peters (Training under Annette Yanishewski ) This person is responsible to oversee the conduct of test session, be responsible for accurate record keeping and preparing reports which will be submitted to the Section Judges Chair and Skate Canada National Office. Other responsibilities include: Collecting of Test Fees and ice time Booking Judges, evaluators, and ice time Making travel and accommodation arrangements for judges and evaluator Scheduling the day and informing test participants Enlisting volunteers to effectively run a test day Competition Chair, Jennifer Johner jenniferjohner@mac.com This person is responsible for chairing the committee that would organize any competitions that the Grande Prairie Skating Club would sponsor during the year. This person would work with the Tech Ad, book judges, and make travel accommodations arrangements for the judges. This person would also be responsible to ensure that all competition forms have been distributed, completed and forwarded to outside competition committees. Other responsibilities include: Copying and distributing to the coaches competition packages

9 February/March, 2015, 9 Assisting with online registration as required Assisting in the resolution of competition scheduling errors Communication Chair, Charice Villiger cvilliger@telus.net This person is responsible for distribution of information, the publication of the Club newsletter and developing connections with the different groups within the club. This person may or may not be a member of the Board. Other responsibilities include: Maintaining the website Contact person for Media (Newspaper, radio, television) Membership Chair, Kim Tufford kimtufford@hotmail.com This person is responsible to oversee the membership records of the Club and remain current with Skate Canada policy regarding membership. This person shall implement and inform Board and general membership about fees and policies regarding membership and work in close association with Program Director. Other responsibilities include: Registering all members (Competitive skaters by the deadline) Creating an active registration list for all 4 sessions offered and providing to the coaches Maintaining a current list of which skaters skate on which days Fundraising Chair, vacant This person is responsible for chairing the committee that will create and implement the fund-raising activities of the club. Other members who will assist the Fundraising Chair as support members are as follows: Treasurer Registration/Membership Chair Program Director gpsc@telus.net

10 10 Fundraising Events Thank you to those who participated in our Bottle Drive in January! For a few hours of work, you raised $3038!! Thank you again for your contributions and efforts to help the club be successful! Upcoming Competitions STARSkate Championships, Calgary AB March 6-8, 2015 STARSkate Sunsational Combined Invitational, Edmonton AB April 10-12, 2015 STARSkate and Competitive Wildrose Combined Invitational, Edmonton AB July 31-August 2, 2015 STARSkate (STAR 5) and Competitive *Other competitions may be added as coaches see fit.

11 February/March, 2015 Our Coaches Ashley Spry ISPC Certified (NCCP 2) Gold Freeskate Elements, Gold Dance, Gold Skating Skills 12 years coaching experience (780) Cheryl Jobson ISPC Certified (NCCP 2), Partial NCCP 3 Junior Silver Freeskate, Gold Dances, Gold Skating Skills, Bronze Rhythm Dance 10 years coaching experience cheryljobson14@gmail.com (780) Diana Lazoruk NCCP Level 1 Certified / Partial ISPC Level 2 Senior Bronze Freeskate, Junior Silver Dance, Skating Skills Class 5 11 years coaching experience camdihome@gmail.com (780) Jessica Novakowski- Program Director ISPC Certified (NCCP Level 2) Senior Competitive Singles, Gold Free Skating, Senior Bronze Dance, Senior Bronze Skating Skills 3 years coaching experience jnovakowski21@gmail.com (250) Nicole Sunde NCCP Level 1 Technical Gold Free Skating, Senior Silver Dance, Senior Silver Skating Skills, Gold Interpretive 2 years coaching experience nicole.sunde@gmail.com (780) Brittany Straker NCCP Level 1 Certified Gold Freeskate Elements, Senior Silver Dance, Gold Skating Skills, Gold Interpretive 9 years coaching experience brittany.straker@gmail.com (306)