Marmora Skating Club

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Skating Success ...Marmora Skating Club brought home a dazzling display of medals from the Annual Eastern Ontario Section Invitationalwhicn was held in Kingston thispast weekend. Seen above from top to bottom are; Devin Harris, mens junior bronze medalist; Jaclvn McCoy, ladies junior bronze medalist; Erica Downes, ladies 1st place, juvenile. These three will go on to represent Marmora at the All Ontario Championships in March. Photo by Ieremy Ashley Mannora skating club claims strong lvov IqCf~ standings at Eastern Ontario Sectionals by Nancy Cuneyworth reduce the number of l Othplace in it very strong Team. She will advance to competitors from 56 to a field of skaters. The long the Eastern Canadian Divi- The Eastern Ontario final event of 16 skaters. programs were skated on sional Championships Sectionals figure skating The 56 skaters were ran- day three and the combined which will be held in competition was held in domly divided into four results of the short and long Thornhill, Ontario from Kanata, Ontario last week- groups of 14 skaters and the programs determined the DecemberlO-13, 1998. end, November 5-8. Mar- top four fmishers from each overall standing. Erica Downes will' compete mora Skating Club sent a flight advanced to the final. skated a personal best pro- against the top four Sec- strong team in both singles Downes squeaked into the gram to finish third in the tional Champions from ad dance. final with a fourth place fin- long program. Her com- Quebec, Central Ontario Erica Downes, 10, pro- ish in her qualifying flight. bined results moved her up and Eastern Ontario. vided dramatic and excit- On day two of their in the final standings to In the pre-novice dance ing skating in the pre-nov- event, the final 16 skaters fourth place. event, Jaclyn McCoy and ice ladies' event. The pre- performed their short pro- As a result of her fourth Jeff Lain finished 6th and novice ladies event re- gram. Downes missed two place finish in the final, Laura Hart and Devin Har- quires a first round qualify- jumps in her program and Downes was named to the ris laced 7th in a field of ten ing competition in order to finished a disappointing Eastern Ontario Division strong teams. Jenna Crothers placed 2nd in her pre-juvenile ladies flight and advanced to the final where she had an excellent skate to fmish 4th in a field of 15 skaters . .- Crothers also competedin the juvenile dance event, wi th. her partner Justin ". O'Shaughnessy.-_:They::-:.. " placed 'Znd in tTle.coinpul::,,:,",_ sory dances and -Ten-Fox" variationto finishZnd.over- ., 'alL,"':, ' , _- .-:AshLey, Tinney -com- _ peted jn the novieeladies ' Skating Club

Continued from page J to compete at the Atlantic Divisional Championship in event and made it through Comerbrook, Newfound- the first round of competi- land in December. tion with a 3rd place tie. Marmora Skating' Club This was Tinney's first op- competitors had a very posi- -- portunity to skate in a fmal tive impact on the judges at event at Sectionals. In a very this event. It was reported strong field of 20 skaters, that the judges were very Tinney placed 12th in the impressed with the quality short program, lOth in the of skating coming out of long program with an over- our area. all 11th place finish. Katelyn Tinney and The coaching staff of the Laura Hart competed in the Club include: Leslie pre-novice ladies' flight McMullen (Erica Downes, where they finished 7th and Jaclyn McCoy, Jeff Lain), 11th respectively. Kim Crothers (Jenna Stephanie Partridge was Crothers), Colleen Carlisle scheduled to compete in the Lockwood (Laura Hart, senior ladies' event but was Devin Harris) .and Nancy forced to withdraw due to a Cunneyworth (Ashley foot injury. She is planning Tinney, Katelyn Tinney). Katelyn Tinney Young skater comp etes C~ As Ifoodas gold: Twelve- rear-old Jucl vn McCov i.1 1IIC\"IIUI/!{C.11 Murntoru I/"I/N iI' ,', Gold Da es ef ort e/ Gold Test. McCov will be competing this ve.tr ill the Pro-Novice catcvorv with I dance pctrtnr r .lefT Lain Irom Ivunlioe./Photo submitted, .~ .' . Thirteen-year-old Katelyn Tinney spent the summer training in Belleville with the Quinte Fi sure Skatinz Sum- mer School and it obviously paid big di'v" idends. '" Marrnora skater completes Gold Working with coach Nancy Cunneyworth of Marrnora. Katelyn tried four tests and was successful in all of them on Dance Test the final test day of the Summer School Aug. 21 st. It was an exciting day for Katelyn as she completed the Gold Jaclyn McCoy is the lat- competitors. McCoy went up-coming competitive S~ Dance Test and the Gold Skating Skills Test. She also .cst Marmora Skatina Club on to the All-Ontario Cham- son. McCoy passed the T passed the Viennese Waltz and the Argentine Tango to member to successful! y pionships where she placed Fox Variation Test in with Jeff partnering her. complete the Gold Dance Test. She \~as partnered bv complete the Gold Dance a respectable 6th place. In Test. professional dance coach Stan Hughes of Kingston. - . April, she won silver medals The young skater passed the Class 2 Skating Skills test A skater must learn and at the Eastern Ontario Spring be tested on a total of 21 THIS WEEK'~ in July, 1998, and she passed the Class 1 (Gold) Skatinc Invitational 'in Whitby and Skills test on Aug. 21. Skating Skills is a new prozram dances. McCoy has been at the, prestigious working on these dances FLYERS Introduced by the Canadian Figure Skatins ...\,~oc:at. ": . , Scarboroush Skate. since she was 5 years old. McCoy~has recently em- (In Selected Areas) replace figures. She passed four Skating SkL:~ 1 csis m ne year. Jaclyn is coached by Nancy barked on a new venture in Cunneyworth of Marmora, skating. She has teamed up Passing these tests makes Katcl vn a double Gold meu- and was partnered by pro- with Jell Lain of Ivanhoe - Marmor allist. Gold pins and certificates fro-m the Canadian Fi sure fessional dance partner Stan and they have formed a new Skating Association will be awarded to Katclvn dt a Huzhes of Kingston. ice dance partnership. They IGA reception which wiil be held in October. Kate(vn also McCoy is 12 years old are coached by Lcslcy completed the Pro-Novice competitive test bv nassinz the and is the youngest Mar- McMullen of Belleville and Pre-Novice Short Program and is now clisiblc to com~",I~te If you or someone you kno mora skater to earn a Gold will be competing in the Pro- did not receive their newspa{1 at the Eastern Ontario Sectional Championships wilier, \\ ill Test. The test day was held Novice category during the please give us a call. be held in Ottawa in November. . /qq'i! at the Marmora arena on June 13, 1998. As well as achieving this Check out our major goal in her ice danc- Midweek section ing career, McCoy also had for the .. ' a successful season in .., * - .:::--' Irceskating. Last February in Kingston, McCoy won 1995-:~~ the Eastern Ontario Invirational Championships H~~STINGSCOUNTY in the Junior Bronze cat- PLOWING M~~TCH egorybyout-performing 127 ','~- Iqq~··,'>~. Skatingclub fairs well at competitions The Marmora Skating Club is currently running a Spring Skating Club. Skaters are putting new programs together, working towards test days and competing in competitions. In April, skaters travelled to Whitby, Ottawa and Scarboro to compete with skaters from Ontario, Que- bec and the United States. The results of the competitions are:

EOS Spring Invitational in Whitby - April 4- 5 Alicia Main - Pre-prelirni- nary A - l st The winners: Back row (from/eft to right) Jacvln McCov, Lindsa» Mvers, Nicki Finch, Jenna Crothers - Prelimi- .Ashlev Tinney.Jennifer Foote, Devin Harris, Front row (from/eft to right) Lisa Jones, nary A - 1st Heather Mcilurdv, Jenna Crothers, Alicia Main, Erica Downes, and Laura Hart.! Photo by Laurie Foiey.- Pre- Juvenile A - 4th Jacyln McCoy - Pre-Juve- Erica Downes - Pre-Nov- nile B - 2nd Janine Munro - Jr. Bronze- -5th ice Long - 4th 5th Heather McCurdy - Juve- Nicki Finch - Novice Long Junior Long Flight - 2nd nile - 3rd -6th Junior Long Final - 10th Jeff Lain - Jr. Bronze - 1st Scarboro Skate - April 24 Lindsay Myers - Novice Laura HartlDevin Harris _ - 26 Jennifer Foote - Jr. Bronze Pre-Novice Dance - 2nd Long - 4th C - 1st Christopher Tesseyman _ Erica Downes - Pre-Nov- Bronze Artistic - 1st Preliminary - 2nd ice Long Flight - 2nd Kate Lowe - Jr. Bronze B - Jaclyn McCoy - Sr. Bronze Pre-Novice Long Final- 5th 4th A - Znd Laura Hart - Pre-Novice Gloucester Spring Festi- Kate Lowe - Sr. Bronze C - Laura Hart - Sr. Bronze A - val- April 18-19 Long Flight - 7th lst 2nd Laura Hart! Devin Harris _ Katelyn Tinney - Sr. Bronze Katelyn Tinney - Jr. Silver Pre-Novice Dance - 8th Heather McCurdy - Juve- - 1st A - 4th nile - 3rd Christopher Tesseyman _ Amber Letwin -Junior Short Pre-Juvenile - lst,

Saturday, March 14, 1998

> .; " ''- k. tneCl b ntl competed in competitions and brought home the The winners- Members of the Marmora F~guor;'RSatkmgAI,u. r~~~ Zichelle Geen, Richelle Clark. Front Row: Nicole do l Back Row' Carlea Merow, Maggie our e, tcta , . _ __ men:h~jocel n Cr~ther Emma McMillan, Brittany' Tinney, and COrrlna Parker. _ Intelligencer photo by Ady Vos Marmora's Magnificent Seven The Marmora Figure Skating club has qualified five the East Sectional in Peterborough. Erica Downes, skaters for the Eastern Divisional championships slated fourth from left, was third in pre-novice ladies, while for Laval, Quebec December 2-6. Coach Colleen Jaclyn McCoy and Jeff Lain placed third in pre-novice Carlisle Lockwood, left, sits next to Devin Harris and dance. Downes, McCoy and Lain are coached by Les- Laura Hart, who placed fourth in pre-novice dance at ley McMullen, riqht, r.o..