Champs is congratulating Emily on her amazing performance at the 2019 Warsaw Cup in Warsaw, Poland this past weekend. Emily skated an awesome short and long program to earn herself a 6th place finish and total score of 172.48!
We are so proud of you and your great work Emily!
Ekaterina Kurakova from Poland sharing a laugh with Emily after exchanging pins!
Congratulations to all of our athletes that competed at the 2020 BC/YK Sectional Championships in Kelowna, BC (November 7-10). We are so proud of all of our athletes and their awesome results.
1. Elia De Pangher
1. Kara Yun (BC Coast Region Awards; Connie Patterson Artistic Award; Super Series Champion)
3. Angelina Guan
1. Alex Wang
(Bill Neilsen Memorial Award; Dr Hellmut May Artistic Award; Super Series Champion)
2. Ron Vainer
(Super Series Champion)
3. Luka Miyake
(Super Series 3rd place)
1. Shohei Law
3. Terry Jin
4. Brendan Wong
2. Emma Szeto
4. Faith Benko
4. Emily Millard
2. Gabriel Blumenthal (White Rock Club Artistic Award; 2nd place Super Series)
3. Shuma Mujii (3rd place Super Series)
3. Sarah Tamura
(Super Series Champion)
1. Aleksa Rakic (Jean George Award)
2. Alexander Lawrence (Epp Family Artistic Award)
3. Beres Clements
Super Series Standings:
2. Nayali Liu
Also congratulations and good luck to our 16 Champs athletes that will be heading to the 2020 Skate Canada Challenge next week! We will be cheering you on!
Congratulations to all of our athletes that competed at the 2019 BC Super Series Autumn Leaves competition in Chilliwack, BC. Big thanks to Coach Jill, Megumu, Kathryn, and Diane for being the team coaches at this event.
Congrats on your awesome results & keep up the good work!
2. Gabriel Blumenthal
1. Emma Szeto
1. Brendan Wong
2. Shohei Law
3. Jessica Liang
2. Rachel Wang
1. Kara Yun
3. Nayali Liu
1. Ashley Pang
1. Jasmine Coetzee
1. Alyssa Yip
2. Alisa Goncharova
1. Alex Wang
3. Mai Anne Fujii
2. Erighan Dantienn
It was a very fun Halloween day at Champs - there were so many great costumes!
Wishing the best of luck to Champs ice dancers Haley Sales & Nik Wamskeeter and their coaches Megan & Aaron as they head to the 2019 Skate Canada International Senior Grand Prix Championship!!
Skate Canada International is taking place this year in Kelowna, BC at Prosepera Centre. Haley & Nik will take the ice for their short program on Friday, October 25 and their free program on Saturday, October 26.
For full event details, please visit: https://skatecanada.ca/2019-skate-canada-international/
Champs athletes were busy on the ISU circuit with Aleksa Rakic competing at the 2019 ISU JGP Croatia Cup, and Haley Sales and Nikolas Wamsteeker competing at the 2019 Nebelhorn Trophy.
Well done to Aleksa for a good come-back long program and good job to Haley & Nik at their first international competition of the season! We are looking forward to cheering them on at Skate Canada International! (October 25-27).
Aleksa after the long program with Russian skaters Daria Usacheva & Anna Frolova
Champs International SC of BC - Skater of the Month Recognition Award
“Presented in recognition of a skater’s dedication, focus, and work habits for skating success and achievement in training and competition”
August 2019
This month’s awards goes to Ron Vainer!
Ron Vainer
Champs International Skater of the Month!
Ron worked very hard this summer and earned himself two medals at both his summer events. He has accomplished landing his triple salchow, and with determination, he is soon to have more triples!
Ron is very gifted with musicality and rhythm… one can see this every time he skates!!
Summer Achievements
Wildrose Competition: Bronze Medal
BC Summer Skate: Gold Medal
Congratulations Ron from the Champs Coaching Staff for your Summer 2019 achievements and on your recognition of Champs International Skater of the Month!
Champs is very proud of our Junior Ice Dancers Miku Makita and Tyler Gunara on their 4th place finish at the fifth ISU Junior Grand Prix event in Gdansk, Poland. This was Miku and Tyler’s second JGP assignment of the season.
Congratulations Miku & Tyler!
Congratulations to our Champs athlete Marissa Wu and coach Miki Mori for representing Taipei at the ISU JGP in Chelyabinsk, Russia!
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It was Marissa’s first Junior Grand Prix competition and it was a wonderful experience! Congrats Marissa!
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Congratulations to all of the Champs skaters that competed at the 2019 Golden West Championship in Irvine, California August 30th-September 1st.
Below are the results:
Novice men
Shohei Law - 2nd
Bryan Chan - 7th
Novice Women
Faith Benko - 6th
Jr Women
Phoebe Yan - 15th
Penny Chan - 16th
Big thanks to Coach Megumu Seki for taking the Champs skaters to this event!
