Kitchener-Waterloo Skating Club

“Inspiring A life long passion for excellence”

Inside this issue:

Winter Storm Cancellations 2

75th Ice Show 2/3

75 th Parade and Dinner Recap 3

Spring! At Albert McCormick 3

TCHSS– Staying until Power 4 3

December 21/13

FreeSkate Festival

December 23/13 and December 27/13

Office open from 12-2 pm

December 24-26 2013

Office Closed for Winter Holidays (No skating)

Volume 4, Issue 7

December 2013

The Rink Link

KWSC- Office Hours

Monday Closed

Tuesday 12:00—2:00pm

4:00—7:00pm

Wednesday By Appointment

Thursday 12:00—2:00pm

4:00—7:00pm

Friday 12:00—2:00pm

Saturday 9:30am—12:00pm

1:00pm—3:30pm

Phone: (519) 886-5972 ext 229

Email: Kwsc@Kwsc.org

75th FreeSkate Festival!

Please join us on Saturday December

21st for the KWSC Annual FreeSkate

Festival. Again this year, there is no

entry fee,

FreeSkate Festival gives all of our

skaters a great opportunity to

showcase their individual programs

prior to the holiday break. The team

event will run similar to last year but

watch for an exciting 75th

anniversary twist! We look forward

to seeing you there!

Sign up is open until December 9th

2013. Forms are in CFSC rink, in

front of the announcement bulletin

board and on our website at:

www.kwsc.org/festival

December 28th– January 1st 2014

Office closed for Winter Holidays.

Skating Commences

January 2nd, 2014

Regular Office Hours begin

Special Dates

Winter Recreational Programs

Winter recreational programs are open

for registration until December 31st

2013, on a first come, first served basis.

Please make sure you register early to

avoid disappointment as most Winter

programs sell out quickly.

To keep updated on Sold Out sessions,

please go to our website at KWSC.org

and click on the link below Rec

Programs on the Left side bar.

You can register Online at our website

KWSC.org or in person during office

hours:

KWSC Skaters at

ISU Grand prix final

Congratulations to pairs team Kirsten Moore-

Towers and Dylan Moscovitch, and dance team

Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje who have

qualified for the ISU Grand Prix Final in

Fukuoka, Japan this weekend December 5 – 8.

This competition is the final part of the early

season for both teams as they prepare to compete

for a spot on the Canadian Olympic team. In

January both teams will compete at the Canadian

Championships in Ottawa with the goal of

competing in Sochi, Russia. Both teams have

had an excellent start to the season setting

personal bests in both the Short and Long

programs.

Results will be posted through live scoring on

the ISU website, www.isu.org .

As well, coverage will be available on the Skate

Canada website www.skatecanada.ca .

CBC will be broadcasting the events at the

following times:

Saturday, December 7-

13:00 – 14:30 Pair and Ladies Free Program

Saturday, December 7-

16:00 – 18:00 Dance and Men Free Program

Ontario Winter Games

Congratulations to the skaters who have

qualified to compete at the Ontario Winter

games in Orillia, February 27 – March 2, 2014

Juvenile Ladies u11 Anna Zhou

Juvenile Ladies u14 Olivia Han

Juvenile Men u14 Aidan Wright

Juvenile Men u14 Liam McKenzie

Juvenile Dance Angela Ling & Everest Zhou

Pre-Novice Men Matthew Wright

Pre-Novice Men Yi Zhou

Pre-Novice Dance Paige Nobbs & Andrew McDonald

Pre-Novice Dance Laura Emery & Dean Holbrough

Novice Dance Sarah Burns & Jansen Otten

Today’s coaching spotlight is on one of our veteran CanSkate

coaches, Debby Norris. Debby started as a youngster with

KWSC and ended up with the title of Canadian Novice Pair

Bronze Medalist. She spent time touring with “Ice Follies”

and later in the TV production of “Stars On Ice”. Debby

returned to the club as a STAR and Competitive coach

during the 80’s. She now has a full time job outside of

skating but still continues to coach in the club on our

Saturday and Sunday sessions. Debby gives up her spare

time to coach so she can “see the smiles on the skater’s

faces.” This tells her they are enjoying their time on the ice.

Debby, we are honored to have you as part of our coaching

team!

Congratulations to the following

Gold Test Recipients:

Carolyn Moss Gold Dance test

Rachel Gojmeric Gold Dance test

Nicole Loucas Gold Skill test

Olivia Han Gold Skill test

GREAT JOB!

Coaches Spotlight Corner

Winter Storm Cancellation Report

If you are concerned about Skating cancellations in the winter season,

please check out:

KWSC.org (lastest news)

KWSC voicemail- (519) 886-5972 ext 229

News 570/ CHYM FM radio stations

TCHSS– Staying until Power 4

Twin City Hockey Skating School (TCHSS) is a technique based

power skating program run by certified coaches. Power-skating is a

critical part of a young hockey player’s development. With a strong

skating platform, other skills such as stick handling and shooting are

much easier to develop. As a player continues through the Twin City

Hockey Skating School program he/she is introduced to new skills

which develop and improve the speed and accuracy of their play.

Continuing to improve skating can make the difference later on so

skaters are encouraged to stay in the program till Power 4. For more

information on our programs visit us at www.twincityhockeyskating.ca

Spring! At Albert McCormick

KWSC will be delivering its skating programs from the Albert

McCormick arena for 8 weeks in the spring. This is to avoid the

usual congestion that occurs at RIM Park during Volleyball and

Skills sessions that are run out of that location. Further

information will be sent to our membership during the winter

President’s Message

As always, this issue of The Rink Link is filled with exciting

events and impressive skating accomplishments. I am amazed

by how much we can achieve when we work together. Thank

you to our volunteers, coaches and staff for your tireless

work. You provide much more than an opportunity to

improve our skaters’ fitness, skills and coordination. To those

who train with passion and seriousness, skating also builds

important life skills such as perseverance, goal setting, mental

focus, achievement, and self-confidence. Our coaches, staff

and volunteers aren’t just supporting our sport. They are

building the future leaders of tomorrow. If you haven’t

already joined our volunteer team but want to make a

difference, please contact me. I would love to hear from you.

As the saying goes, “I can’t…but WE can”.

Update on Competitive Group Training Sessions

Kris Wirtz, who runs the new competitive group is happy to

report that the group sessions have been going great. The

skaters have been working hard and since sectionals everyone is

working on either triples or new jumps for the skaters who are

not yet doing triples. “The team is bonding nicely” says Wirtz.

All coaches involved are happy with the skaters progress to

date. With sectionals behind us the focus will be on stretching

each skaters’ limits with a focus on new skill development.

KWSC 75th Ice Show

The KWSC 75th Ice Show will be presented on April 12th, 2014 at the Waterloo

Memorial Recreation Complex. We very excited to have Figure Skating

Boutique as our presenting sponsor. Skaters across all of our programs are

welcome to join the performance. Registration forms and ticket information

can be found online at www.kwsc.org/iceshow or in the KWSC office. The

cost is $20 for which you receive a credit for one adult ticket. Skater

registration deadline is January 15, 2014. To see a snippet of the last Ice

Show, please watch the video on our web site KWSC.org

75th Anniversary Dinner

On September 28th, KWSC held a dinner for members and alumni to

officially open our 75th year anniversary celebrations. Guest speakers

included ice dance sensations Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje who

recalled their fond memories of training at KWSC. Shown in photo

below: Olympic hopefuls- Dylan Moscovitch, Kirsten Moore-Towers,

Andrew Poje, Kaitlyn Weaver, KWSC Past Presidents- Lesley

Germann, Flora Cross, Marilyn Johnny, Don Johnny, Susan Taylor,

Mark Psutka, Bill Poje, long time KWSC supporter Carolyn Fedy, and

KWSC current President Paul Mallet.

Santa Claus Parade

On Saturday November 16th, our skaters and supporters rode the

KWSC float and waved to a crowd of thousands in the Kitchener-

Waterloo Santa Claus Parade. KWSC members Kirsten Moore-

Towers and Dylan Moscovitch led the float along with long-time

KWSC volunteer Carolyn Fedy. Many thanks to Martha

D'Agostino and her team for their hard work building the float.

The skaters had a great time at this event.

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University Avenue East

Kitchener-Waterloo Skating

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Phone: (519) 886-5972

E-mail: kwsc@kwsc.org

Passion Lives Here

Visit our

website

www.kwsc.org

President

Paul Mallet

president@kwsc.org

Executive Director

Marie Pringle

mpringle@kwsc.org

Skating Programs Manager

Paul MacIntosh

pmacintosh@kwsc.org

Athletics Manager

Dale Bellaire

manager@theathleticcentre.ca

Accountant

Debbie Weber

dweber@kwsc.org

Membership Coordinator Justine DeRabbie

jderabbie@kwsc.org

Recreational Program

Coordinator

Carolyn Allwright

callwright@kwsc.org

Twin City Hockey Coordinator

Scott Strachan

sstrachan@twincityhockeyskating.ca