Success for Champs Athletes at 2022 Skate Canada BC/YK Sectional Championships!

Congratulations to all of our Champs athletes that competed at the 2022 Skate Canada BC/YK Sectional Championships! There were so many incredible performances and personal achievements!

Congratulations to our medallists:

(L to R): Senior Ladies Bronze Medallist Emily Millard, Junior Mens Champion Shohei Law, Novice Ladies Champion Kara Yun

Pre Novice Ladies Silver Medallist Sanuli Loku

(L to R): Juvenile Ladies U15 Champion Lily Rayner, Pre Novice Mens Silver Medallist Alex Wang, Juvenile Ladies U12 Champion Kathy Wang

Additional congratulations to Lily Rayner for winning the Anderson Memorial Artistic Award!

(L to R): Pre juvenile Mens Bronze Medallist Merkus Lam & Pre Juvenile Mens Silver Medallist Alexander Ge

Congratulations Shohei on winning the White Rock Skating Club Artistic Award

Well done to all of our Champs athletes! We are very proud of you!

Happy Halloween from Champs!

Our skaters had a great time at our Champs Halloween Parties! We loved seeing all the skaters dressed up in their costumes for Halloween this year!

Below are some fun moments captured by the coaches. Congratulations to all of our “Best Costume” winners!

SR B HALLOWEEN PARTY

INTERMEDIATE HALLOWEEN PARTY

INTERMEDIATE BEST COSTUME WINNERS

JR ACADEMY HALLOWEEN PARTY

JR ACADEMY - BEST COSTUME: ORIN, RYAN, CHARLOTTE / BEST PERFORMANCE: OLIVIA

HAPPY FEET HALLOWEEN PARTY

HAPPY FEET BEST COSTUME WINNERS

HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM CHAMPS!

Champs' Emily Bausback Making Her Senior Grand Prix Debut at 2021 Skate Canada International!

Join us in cheering our very own 2020 National Champion Emily Bausback at her first Senior Grand Prix competition! Emily will be competing at the 2021 Skate Canada International competition this October 29-31 at Doug Mitchell Arena at UBC in Vancouver.

Tickets are on sale now via Ticketmaster. We hope to see you there enjoying the live skating and cheering on Emily!

Congratulations to all Champs Competitors at 2021 BC/YK Autumn Leaves Super Series Competition!

Congratulations to all of our Champs athletes that competed in Chilliwack at the 2021 BC/YK Autumn Leaves Super Series competition for our first competition back for the season!

There were some incredible skates and wonderful results. Champs is very proud of you all!

2021 Autumn Leaves Medallists

Senior Men
1st - Beres Clements

Junior Men
1st - Aleksa Rakic
2nd - Shohei Law
3rd - Bryan Chen

Junior Women
1st - Emma Szeto

Novice Women
1st - Kara Yun
2nd - Angelina Guan
3rd - Brookelynn Pollock

Pre-Novice Men
3rd - Alex Wang

Pre-Novice Women
2nd - Sanuli Loku
2nd - Nayali Liu

Juvenile Women
3rd - Alicia Liu

Pre-Juvenile Women
1st - Abigail Fu
1st - Chantal Wong
2nd - Justina Chen

Champs skaters dominate at the 2021 BC/YK Summerskate Competition!

Congratulations to our Champs athletes for their great performances at the 2021 BC/YK Summerskate Competition!

Congratulations to the following Champs medallists:

Novice Ladies:
Kara Yun - 1st
Angelina Guan - 1st
Brooklyn Pollock - 3rd

Pre-Novice Ladies:
Nayali Liu - 1st
Sanuli Loku - 2nd

Pre-Novice Men:
Alexander Wang - 2nd

Juvenile Ladies:
Alicia Liu - 3rd
Madeline Breau - 1st
Lily Rayner - 2nd

Pre-Juvenile Ladies:
Abigail Fu - 1st
Chantal Wong - 3rd
Kanae Honjo - 1st

Congratulations Champs skaters at the 2021 Victoria Day Virtual Event!

Congratulations to all of our Champs skaters that competes at the 2021 Victoria Day International Competition! Champs is very proud of you.

Erighan Dantienn - Gold (Juvenile Men), Alyssa Yip - Gold (Juvenile Ladies), Alex Wang - Gold (Pre-Novice Men)

Brookelynn Pollock, Kara Yun, Sanuli Loku, Angellina Guan - GOLD (Pre-Novice Ladies)

The quad is the most important jump for female skaters today!

Champs had a “quad” of gold medals won at the 2021 BC/YK Victoria Day Virtual Competition held on May 20-23. 

Hopefully, these special female gold medalists aspire to land the quad jump in their promising future!

-Joanne McLeod, Skating Director

2021 Champs International Linda Brauckmann Jr Academy Competition

Congratulations to all of our skaters that participated in the 2021 Champs International Linda Brauckmann Jr Academy Competition! It was a wonderful way to show off all of your hard work from a great Winter Term.

We look forward to seeing you in the Summer!

SESSION 1 - GROUP 1

1st: Nicole Mah, 2nd: Chloe Chen, 3rd: Kailey Au, 4th: Ethan Yuen

Members of Session 1, Group 1

SESSION 1 - GROUP 2

1st: Judy Zhou, 2nd: Kayley Au, 3rd: Mila Pehl, 4th: Orin Liu

Members of Session 1, Group 2

SESSION 1 - GROUP 3

1st: Lev Sidorenko, 2nd: Teodora Tokic, 3rd: Emily Liu, 4th: Pearson Lui-D’Souza

Members of Session 1, Group 3

SESSION 2 - GROUP 1

1st: Ryan Yan, 2nd: Caelyn Du, 3rd: Alexis Wu, 4th: Melanie Shi

Members of Session 2, Group 1

SESSION 2 - GROUP 2

1st: Laura Zhou, 2nd: Halena Ngo, 3rd: Timothy Ngo, 4th: Trini Li

Members of Session 2, Group 2

SESSION 2 - GROUP 3

1st: Evelyn Xing, 2nd Nikolas Johnson, 3rd Scarlett Shi, 4th Olivia Ontiveros

Members of Session 2, Group 3

Champs International StarSkate Theatre On Ice Workshop!

This past Wednesday was the Champs International Star Skate Theatre On Ice workshop for our Champs star skaters. The workshop was held by Champs coaches Jill Marie Harvey and Jeremy Ten.

Skaters were challenged to explore movement and expression with various pieces of music hand selected by the coaches.

Beautiful pose from Elena!

Albert showing us his low levels!

Below are some highlights and the winners of each group:

STAR 2 GROUP (WINNER - LOUIE LIU)

Star 2 skaters

Louie - Star 2 winner

Amber putting her creativity on display!

Hanna showing off her stuff!

STAR 3 GROUP (WINNER - NORAH LIU)

Star 3 skaters with Coach Jill & Coach Jeremy

Norah - Star 3 winner

Violet in a beautiful lunge

Alexis turning heads with her great smile!

STAR 4 GROUP (WINNER - AUDRINA KENWORTHY)

Star 4 skaters and Coach Jill and Advanced skater Ron

Audrina - Star 4 winner

Lina and Avery show their fun side!

STAR 5 GROUP (WINNER - EFFIE LI)

Star 5 skaters with Coach Jill and Advanced skater Ron

Effie Li - Star 5 winner

Devesh takes a knee in his performance!

Abigail with a beautiful soft expression!

SO MUCH FUN WAS HAD!!

Thank you to Jill, Jeremy and our demonstrator Advanced skater Ron Vainer for their work! Well done to all of our skaters!

Well done to all skaters at the Champs Star Skate Assessment!

Thanks to Champs Senior Coach Jill Marie Harvey for all her input and effort towards this special day for our Champs Star Skaters.

Congratulations to every skater in Star 2, 3, 4, and 5 for their excellent effort and wonderful performances.

It was a great day, and thanks to our Champs coaching staff for pulling together to make this work with all safety and Covid sport guidelines.

-Director Joanne McLeod

STAR 2

Top 3 performances (L to R: Isabella, Albert & Jacob)

All Star 2 Skaters (L to R: Isabella, Giada, Louie, Jacob, Albert)

STAR 3

Top 3 Performances (L to R: Violet, Norah, Alexis)

All Star 3 Skaters (L to R: Anna, Annie, Sophia, Blaire, Grace, Violet, Kyle, Alexis, Araya, Norah, Alice, Olivia, Sophia, Hinako, Flora, Alice)

STAR 4

Top 3 Performances (L to R: Elena, Alex, Sophia)

All Star 4 Skaters (L to R: Lina, Sophia, Gavin, Audrina, Justina, Rosetta, Avery, Elena, Alex)

STAR 5

Top 3 Performances (L to R: Michaela, Devesh, Effie)

All Star 5 Skater (L to R: Camille, Jun, Effie, Michaela, Devesh, Aleksei, Eva, Alondra)

Congratulations to all of our skaters!

We are so proud of your continued development!

Champs Athletes Take Home Team Trophy at 2021 BC/YK Sectionals Championships!

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

Congratulations to all of our Champs skaters!