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Inaugural ISU International Adult Issue in this issue >>> 54.3 ISU Adult Competition Vancouver Letter from Kurt Browning Coaches Week Club News Thin Ice current topics >>> Inaugural ISU International Adult Kurt Browning Competition Declared a Winner VANCOUVER – The University of British Columbia Thunderbird Arena Facility was What does it feel like to do a triple axel? home to the first ISU International Adult Figure Skating Competition which took place August 30-September 1, 2016 In his own words– the champion himself. Photo - Kiss & Cry Area with Susan Morris, Read on pg. 9 Rhonda Burton, Lenny Scharbach, Murray Anderson, Ron Vincent, Corinne Stewart Kurt Browning visits BC ANCOUVER—―It was a great Asked if the event will return next year, week, well run, and all my expec- Schwartz replied ―I am hopeful but it will be See below V tations have been exceeded.‖ up to the ISU Council to make that decision. Kurt Browning takes the ice on Those were the words of Rhea Schwartz, chair We should know sometime within the next Vancouver Island as he runs a sem- of the ISU working group, following the con- couple of months.‖ inar for skaters from around the clusion of the inaugural ISU International Meanwhile, on the ice, skaters from the USA Province. The seminar took place Adult competition held Au- dominated the five-day event, September 17th, 2016. gust 28-September 3 at UBC winning 31 gold, 38 silver and Thunderbird Sports Centre. “It was a great week, 22 bronze medals. Host Canada, Pictured below: Kurt during the seminar Co-ordinated by the Skate with a team of 84 skaters, won with a group of skaters. Canada BC-Yukon Section, well run, and all my 24 gold, 14 silver and 20 bronze. the event drew 265 competi- expectations have A surprising Mexico, with a team tors from 17 countries and of 22 skaters, won 16 gold, 8 been exceeded.” was the first ISU adult skating silver and 6 bronze medals. Oth- competition to be held outside er countries to take home medals of Europe. were Italy (3), Japan (3), Spain (3), Australia ―The local organizing committee did a fabu- (3), Brazil (1), Germany (3), Turkey (1) Great lous job,‖ said Schwartz, who resides just out- Britain (1) and Czechoslovakia (1). side of Washington DC. ―The BC Section has Of the gold medal haul won by Canada, five a well know reputation of running first rate were double gold, four of them captured by competitions and they certainly did that here. BC skaters. My sincerest thanks to staff and volunteers The most impressive was the performance of who worked so hard to make this inaugural Victoria‘s Gary Beacom, who trains in Germa- event a great success.‖ ny. - Story continued on pg. 8 INSIDE THIS ISSUE Coaches Corner 11 National Coaches Week Featuring Coaches from around the Province Club News 13 Welcome 05 Club Rankings Message From Our Chairman List of Clubs who participated Hilary Quick Club Profiles Club Updates News 06 BC/YK Team Assignments Results from recent International Assignments Gold Feet 31 BC Skaters Achieve Gold Ice Dances Place 5th All across the Province skaters pass Gold Tests At Recent Jr. Grand Prix ISU International Adult Competition a Success Events Calendar 34 Letter from Kurt Browning 2015/2016 Calendar On Landing a Triple Axel Upcoming Competitions and events A MESSAGE FROM OUR CHAIRMAN September 2016 elcome back everyone to By now clubs are in the middle of regis- hope that you post your certificate W another skating sea- tration. This years registration process proudly in your arena. son. The season kicked off with two has been much smoother than last years, successful events: BC Summerskate and hopefully registration numbers are up If you have any questions about any- the ISU Adult Skating Champion- this Fall in every Club, as you continue thing in your Club, please contact your ships. Congratulations to all the athletes to offer quality programming to all skat- Region Chairman, they are always will- and volunteers for outstanding ers. This year the BC government is ing to be of assistance. events. Many BC athletes competed in making major changes to the Societies the new Skate Canada Summer Series Act, we are currently navigating these Have a great Season everyone! and were able to earn byes through to the changes and we will continue to offer Skate Canada Challenge event. Also, we our support to the Clubs that require Hilary Quick have had many athletes compete on the assistance with this process. It is our Chairman BC/YK Section Junior Grand Prix circuit. We are proud objective that every Club have current Skate Canada of these athletes and how they represent and up to date bylaws. Our Club Rank- Canada and the section on the world ing last year was successful and I con- stage. gratulate the Clubs that were ranked. I Mississauga, Ontario October 27 - October 30 Tickets are On Sale Now for 2016 Skate Canada International www.ticketmaster.ca Page 5 >>> INTERNATIONAL BC/YK TEAM ASSIGNMENTS Past Events/ Results Upcoming Events Junior Grand Prix # 1, August 24-28th Junior Grand Prix #6, September 28-2nd St. Gervais, France Tallinn, Estonia Olivia Gran– Ladies 9th Place Emily Bausback– Junior Ladies Ashlynne Stairs/Lee Royer– Ice Dance 7th Place Autumn Classic International, September 29-1st Montreal, QC Junior Grand Prix # 2, August 31-4th Ostrava, Czech Republic Larkyn Austman– Senior Ladies Danielle Wu/Nik Mirzakhani– Ice Dance 7th Place Haley Sales/Nikolas Wamsteeker– Senior Ice Dance Junior Grand Prix # 3, September 7-11th Ondrej Nepela Trophy, September 30-2nd Yokohama, Japan Bratislava, Slovakia Emily Bausback– Ladies 10th Place Kelsey Wong– Senior Ladies Kevin Reynolds– Senior Men Junior Grand Prix # 5, September 21-25th Ljublijana, Slovenia Skate Canada International, October 28-30th Sarah Tamura– Ladies 8th Place Mississauga, ON, Canada Ashlynne Staris/Lee Royer– Ice Dance 5th Place Liam Firus– Senior Men Kevin Reynolds– Senior Men Nebelhorn Trophy, September 22-24th Oberstdorf, Germany Liam Firus– Senior Men 5th Place Emily Bausback Ashlynne Stairs/ Lee Royer Page 6 >>> Junior Ice Dancers Ashlynne Stairs and Lee Royer PLACE 5th IN SLOVENIA JUBLJANA, SLO- were definitely a lot better took bronze with 143.78 fought through it and didn‘t VENIA: The final than our last competition. It points. give up,‖ said Tamura. Lday of competition at the felt a lot stronger and we got Sarah Tamura, 15, Burnaby, Rika Kihira of Japan took ISU Junior Grand Prix event our components higher,‖ said B.C., finished in eighth place gold with 194.24 points, in Ljubljana, Slovenia fin- Stairs. after scoring 89.99 in the free Marin Honda also of Japan ished with the women‘s and Americans Lorraine program for an overall score won silver with 178.75 points the ice dance events. McNamara and Quinn Car- of 141.41. and Alina Zagitova of Russia Ice dancers Ashlynne Stairs, penter took home the gold ―I fought through this pro- won bronze with 177.38 16, Calgary, Alta. and Lee with 148.62 points, Russians gram today, definitely was not points. Royer, 18, St. Albert, Alta Sofia Polishchuk and my best but I know what to On Friday, Joseph Phan, 15, finished in fifth scoring Alexander Vakhnov won the work on for my next junior Laval, Que., finished in fifth 73.62 in the free for an over- silver with 144.76 points, and grand prix in two weeks. It‘s a place in the men‘s category. all score of 124.14 Anastasia Skoptcova and start but I have a lot of things Canada does not have an entry ―Our performances this week Kirill Aleshin also of Russia to work on. I am proud that I in pairs at this event Story from www.skatecanada.ca https://skatecanada.ca/2016/09/junior-ice-dancers-ashlynne -stairs-and-lee-royer-place-fifth-in-slovenia/ Follow more International Assignment stories on www.skatecanada.ca Page 7 >>> 2016 ISU International Figure Skating Competition ADULT Front Page Story—Continued By Brian Pound Beacom won the Masters Beacom had earlier won the capturing gold in Adult Pair Gold I free skate and Masters Elite Men free skate compe- Masters Elite Men A event at Artistic. They also won the women‘s I A. Ontario‘s Car- tition with the second high- UBC. Canada‘s most decorated bronze medal in Masters free ol Ann Lehovich won the est score ever awarded in medalists at this event were dance. Kelowna‘s Donna Bronze women‘s II free this competition since it Diana Barkley and Geoff Bergvinson won gold in skate and A events. began in 2005 (98.90). He Squires of White Rock and Bronze women‘s IV free The competition was for scored the record (99.73) at Langley, who won the Master skate and Bronze IV A. Eva skaters between the ages of the Oberstdorf, Germany, Elite Short Dance and then Davies of Kamloops cap- 28 and 78. competition in June. showed their versatility by tured first place in women‘s Page 8 >>> What does it feel like to do a triple axel? Photo: Kurt Browning working with skaters at In his own words– the champion himself, a seminar hosted on Vancouver Island Sept 17th, 2016. Image credit: J.R. Rar- KURT BROWNING don/PQB NEWS Staff Sally Rehorick, member BC/YK Section—Introduction Kurt Browning is, without a doubt, one of the most influential and adored skaters of our time. In 1989, I was lucky enough to be the team leader for the Canadian delegation to the Paris World Championships. The day before the competition was to begin, the ice in the main arena had melted completely down to the concrete floor for reasons that were technical in nature.
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