Skate like a Girl is a girl’s only weekend event which is being held August 27-29 at the Olympic Oval in Calgary. This speed skating camp is a joint project between the Alberta Amateur Speed Skating Association and the Calgary Speed Skating Association and was designed to bring together female coaches, athletes and parents. See below for more details.
The Speed Skate Cellar can be reached by calling 403-286-4000 or by email at shop@albertaspeedskating.ca Remember, this store directly supports Alberta skaters. Buy from the Speed Skate Cellar - it is the easiest fundraiser you'll ever have to do!
AASSA president, Blair Carbert credits the growth of speed skating in Alberta to the excitement generated by the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games, “It’s exciting to see how this interest can also result in Alberta gaining another speed skating club, its 14th”. In order to support the new club, AASSA has pledged support in the form of new skates, administrative support, as well as coaching support from Mike Marshall. According to Carbert “Speed skating clubs in Alberta regularly collaborate on coaching programs, camps and meets. With this culture of cooperation and with the benefit of a provincial office providing technical and administrative guidance, we should see the Linaria Speed Skating Club up to speed and operating this year, with skaters starting to participate in camps and competitions around the province very soon”.
The Linaria club is currently looking for skates and mats. If any other clubs in the province have skates they would be willing to donate to the new club or mats they are willing to sell, please contact the president of the Linaria Club, Iman Koeman at LinariaSSC@gmail.com or Nadine Dalheim AASSA’s Vice President of Membership Development at dally099@wy-com.ca.
The AASSA Annual Awards Dinner was held at Jupiter’s Restaurant & Lounge on Friday, April 9th in Calgary and a number of individuals were recognized for their outstanding season. AASSA also took this opportunity to celebrate the Alberta skaters who were named to the 2010 Olympic Team and to recognize individuals who dedicated five years or more to the sport of speed skating in Alberta. Our special evening would not have been complete without expressing our sincere appreciation to Brian Winder at Brandette Well Servicing which supported Alberta Speed Skating this past season.
Alberta Skaters of the Year
Anastasia Bucsis – Alberta Skater of the Year Female Long Track
Jamie Gregg – Alberta Skater of the Year Male Long Track
Jessica Gregg – Alberta Skater of the Year Female Short Track
Liam McFarlane – Alberta Skater of the Year Male Short Track
Alberta Volunteer of the Year
Heidi McMahon
Olympic Salute
Anastasia Bucsis
Jamie Gregg
Jessica Gregg
Tamara Oudenaarden
Jeremy Wotherspoon
Recognition Awards
Cullen Taylor
Announcements and results for meets are available on the calendar of events, just click on the document icons.
Please note that there is a CLASSIFIED section on the Club Connection page. If you would like to post items for sale please go to the Club Connection page and email your request to the AASSA office.
Check out our very own National Development Team skater’s website - www.keithsulzer.com.
Jill Gilday, an Oval Program skater, was chosen as one of four youth ambassadors from across North America to take part in an expedition to raise awareness for the world water crisis. They will be spending ten days running and trekking across the Sahara Desert. The expedition will run between 20 and 30 kilometres per day and cover approximately 300 kilometres during the journey. Learn more; http://impossible2possible.com/tunisia/?s=home
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