This past weekend Champs International Skating Centre and the Scotia Barn arena were host to the 2021 Skate Canada BC/YK Sectionals Super Series Championships that was held in accordance with COVID-19 protocols in place.
Thanks to Ted Barton, the BC Section, and Scotia Barn for creating a safe way for our athletes to compete; physical distancing was enforced at all times, masks were made mandatory when not skating on ice, and detailed time sheets with entry and exit times were created for all groups to ensure capacity was not exceeded. The event was incredibly successful with major thanks to Ted Barton, the BC Section, Scotia Barn, and Champs International Skating Centre who all worked together to make it happen and pave the way for future competitions to continue during this COVID-19 pandemic.
Our Champs athletes were amazing and resilient under these circumstances and there were some great performances that led to Champs winning the BC Team Trophy!
Erighan Dantienn, 2021 BC Sectionals Pre-Juvenile Men Silver Medallist
Alyssa Yip, 2021 BC Sectionals Juvenile Ladies U14 Bronze Medallist
Ashley Pang, Juvenile Ladies U12 Bronze Medallist; Jasmine Coetzee, Juvenile Ladies U12 Silver Medallist; Elia De Phanger, Juvenile Men Champion; Alex Wang, Pre-Novice Men Bronze Medallist
Angelina Guan, 2021 BC Sectionals Pre-Novice Ladies Silver Medallist
Ron Vainer, 2021 BC Sectionals Novice Men Bronze Medallist
Luka Miyake, 2021 BC Sectionals Novice Ladies Bronze Medallist
Brendan Wong, 2021 BC Sectionals Junior Men Bronze Medallist & Shohei Law, 2021 BC Sectionals Junior Mens Champion and artistic award recipient
Emma Szeto, 2021 BC Sectionals Junior Ladies Champion
Aleksa Rakic, 2021 BC Sectionals Senior Men Bronze Medallist and artistic award recipient
Beres Clements, 2021 BC Sectionals Senior Men Champion and Emily Bausback, 2021 BC Sectionals Senior Ladies Champion
Aleksa Rakic, Senior Men Bronze Medallist; Gabriel Blumenthal, Senior Men Silver Medallist; Beres Clements, Senior Men Champion; Emily Bausback, Senior Ladies Champion; Emily Millard, Senior Ladies Silver Medallist
Champs Senior Medallists take a break to show off their medals!
Melody Zhu, Jr Ladies 2021 Skate Canada Challenge qualifier holding the BC Team Trophy. She represents all the Pre-Juvenile to Senior singles competitors and dance teams that train at and represent Champs International.
Thanks to our Champs coaches for all of their hard work!
Elite/Sr A Advanced - Director Joanne McLeod and her Elite/Advanced coaching team of Neil Wilson, Megumu Seki, Megan Wing & Aaron Lowe
Senior A - Joanne McLeod, Neil Wilson, Megumu Seki, Jill Marie Harvey, Miki Mori, Diane Knutson
Senior B - Neil Wilson, Megumu Seki, Jill Marie Harvey, Miki Mori, Diane Knutson, Kevin Reynolds, Julie Zhu, Jeremy Ten, Kathryn Kang