On November 7 and 8, Manitoba’s new High Performance Figure Skating Team was identified at the 2016 Skate Canada Manitoba Sectional Championship, held at the Morris Multiplex, in Morris, MB. Manitoba’s top skaters were vying for a spot to compete at the 2016 Skate Canada Challenge Competition in Edmonton, Alberta.

In Edmonton, Manitoba’s skaters will compete against the rest of the country’s best skaters at the 2016 Skate Canada Challenge (December 2 — 6, 2015 at the Terwillegar Community Recreation Centre).

The competition will feature Pre-Novice, Novice, Junior and Senior level skaters in Men’s, Women’s, Pairs and Ice Dance. Approximately 500 skaters from across the country will compete at this flagship event.

This is the only opportunity for Novice, Junior and Senior skaters to qualify for the 2016 Canadian Tire Figure Skating Championships, in Halifax, N.S., from January 22-24, 2016.

The following skaters are now members of our 2015-2016 Skate Canada Manitoba Team TOBA High Performance Team and will be representing our province this season:

Senior Women
Deidre Russell – Skate Winnipeg

Junior Women
Madison McCallum - Skate Brandon
Tori Thiessen - Skate Brandon
Kirsten Gutenberg - Skate Brandon

Novice Women
Casey Bertholet - Hartney Figure Skating Club
Dominique Bergeron - Portage Skating Club
Danae Russell - Skate Winnipeg
Lindsey Hopkins - Selkirk Skating Club
Nicole Nordal - Skate Winnipeg

Pre-Novice Women
Andrea Laskovic - Skate Winnipeg
Emma King - Skate Winnipeg
Julia Patenaude - Holland Figure Skating Club
Chanel Cabak - Portage Skating Club
Marijka Popadynetz - Skate Brandon



Additionally, our up and coming skaters competed in Pre-Juvenile and Juvenile figure skating events and the top placements are:

Pre-Juvenile Women U11
Olivia Sawatzky - Morden Figure Skating Club
Lilly MacInnis - Skate Brandon
Breken Brezden - Skate Dauphin

Pre-Juvenile Women U13
Caitlyn Stevenson - Skate Brandon
Dana Hynes - Morden Figure Skating Club
Chloe Howell - Arborg Skating Club

Pre-Juvenile Men U13
Jonathan Scherr - Morden Figure Skating Club

Juvenile Men U12
Yohnatan Elizarov - Skate Winnipeg

Juvenile Women U12
Megan Szabo - Skate Thompson
Robyn Ward - Century Skating Club
Kylie Holmstrom - Skate Virden

Juvenile Women U14
Olivia Orbanski - Arborg Skating Club
Morgan Haerer - Hartney Figure Skating Club
Charlotte Kowall - Skate Winnipeg

Juvenile Dance
Ranae Cabak/Mason Panko - Portage Skating Club

 

 

2015- 2016 Skate Canada Manitoba Team TOBA High Performance Team

Front row (Left to Right):
Kirsten Gutenberg, Danae Russell, Tori Thiessen, Nicole Nordal, Madison McCallum

Back row (Left to Right): Dominique Bergeron, Casey Bertholet, Julia Patenaude, Emma King, Chanel Cabak, Marijka Popdynetz, Lindsey Hopkins, Andrea Laskovic, Deidre Russell


photos by Susan Zuk