Speed Skating Ontario

First Provincial East meet complete this past weekend in Kingston.

Congratulations to all our medal winners!

Alpha, Mixed Genders
🥇Addison Branton-Cook
🥈Luc Fohr
🥉Natalee Tracey

Bravo, Mixed Genders
🥇Jonathan Wong
🥈Isaac Wismer
🥉Barento Roubbo

Charlie, Mixed Genders
🥇Noah Logan
🥈Sayan Vasanthamalan
🥉Leon Guo

Delta, Mixed Genders
🥇Shauni Bhatt
🥈Jack Tobin
🥉Simone Thompson

Echo, Mixed Genders
🥇Liam Zhang
🥈Ray Jin
🥉Keito Barnard, Ryan Lockyer

Foxtrot, Mixed Genders
🥇Calil Sobh
🥈Kayden McTavish Kiweewa
🥉Shelina Ally

Golf, Mixed Genders
🥇Basel Sobh
🥈Pedro Mori Madruga
🥉Giovanni Piovezan

Girls 2000m
🥇Addy Hunt, Juliette McKinnon, Amaliia Bushareb, Isla Eltervoog

Boys 2000m
🥇Hansen Lau-Hong, Jacob Leclair, Dylan Lucas, Ridley Harder
🥈Sayan Vasanthamala, Nolan McKinnon, Shauni Bhatt, Dryden Dutkewich

True Sport Give Back Award Recipient: David Logan

This past weekend was the first Ontario Provincial Circuit West meet in Kitchener-Waterloo.

Well done to all the skaters and thanks to all the officials and volunteers who made the event happen.

Congrats to our medal winners

Alpha, Mixed Genders
🥇Matheson Ebel
🥈Xavier Lackan
🥉Julia Patterson

Bravo, Mixed Genders
🥇Heidi Beck
🥈Christina Yager
🥉Andrea Roberts

Delta, Mixed Gender
🥇Jianing Wang
🥈Slade Aru
🥉Lidia Cosofret

Echo, Mixed Genders
🥇Allen Ma
🥈Ashlar Gentile
🥉Charlana Shulist

Foxtrot, Mixed Genders
🥇Logan Willard
🥈Alisher Kumar
🥉Samar Mankar

Golf, Mixed Genders
🥇Liam Zhang
🥈Aaron Liu
🥉Griffin Bering

Hotel, Mixed Genders
🥇Tracy Li
🥈Carisa Lee
🥉Walker Davis

India, Mixed Genders
🥇Zareen Challawala
🥈Rhiannon Brown
🥉Jack Kim

2000m Relays
🥇Maria Lysenok, Charis Lee, Penelope Broad, Chloe Gould
🥈Lidia Cosofret, Fiona Clark-Sykes, Genie Porter, Rachel Fan
🥉Jianing Wang, Charlana Shulist, Sofia Martinez, Blathnaid Donnelly

2000m Relays
🥇Elliot Faulks, Alex Toth, Dominic Fernandez, Allen Ma
🥈Reggie Porter, Isaac martin, Aiden Du, Euan Po***ck

Interested in long track speed skating? Pleas join us on Thursday October 17, 2024 at 8:00PM to find out about long track speed skating, and this season's camps and competitions. Register on the link below and we'll send you a meeting link in advance of the meeting.

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Speed Skating Ontario has FREE upcoming official training opportunities!

Level 1 Official's Clinic (Introduction to Speed Skating)
📅 Wednesday Oct 16th
⏰7pm
📍Virtual
💲FREE
Register
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E-Timing Training
📅 Saturday Oct 19
⏰TBC
📍KW Provincial Meet
💲FREE
Register
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E-Timing Training
📅 Nov 2-3
⏰TBC
📍Cambridge Elite Meet
💲FREE
Register
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Registration available on the SSO website under upcoming events

New blog post on Vincent de Haître OLY can be found on our website under latest news!

https://www.ontariospeedskating.ca/post/vincent-de-ha%C3%AEtre-blog

Written by PJ Kwong

Each year, September 30 marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

The day honours the children who never returned home and Survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities. Public commemoration of the tragic and painful history and ongoing impacts of residential schools is a vital component of the reconciliation process.

Both the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day take place on September 30.

Orange Shirt Day is an Indigenous-led grassroots commemorative day intended to raise awareness of the individual, family and community inter-generational impacts of residential schools, and to promote the concept of “Every Child Matters”. The orange shirt is a symbol of the stripping away of culture, freedom and self-esteem experienced by Indigenous children over generations.

On September 30, we encourage all Canadians to wear orange to honour the thousands of Survivors of residential schools.

Today, on , we honour Rowan Stringer’s legacy and her impact on Ontario’s concussion safety law. Let’s promote safe play and ensure athletes know how to stay safe on the field. Access resources here: https://www.ontario.ca/page/rowans-law-concussion-safety?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=ap_cebscg3jzw

Ontario is a national leader in concussion safety and the first and only jurisdiction in Canada to pass concussion safety legislation

This past weekend we hosted the first Ontario meet of the season in Ottawa for Elite #1.

Well done to all the skaters and thanks to all the officials and volunteers who made the event happen.

Congrats to our medal winners

Open Women A
🥇Emilie Caserta
🥈Allie Hubert
🥉Charlotte Babin

Open Women B
🥇Clara Smits-Talving
🥈Ella Downey
🥉Grace Hansen

Open Men A
🥇Ryan Chen
🥈Andi Guo
🥉Ian Milne

Open Men B
🥇Declan McNamee
🥈Austin Wong
🥉Grant Roney

Open Men C
🥇Evan Hand
🥈Grayson Benton Kearney
🥉Kian Wirtanen

Open Women 3000m
🥇Emilie Caserta, Jack Murray, Sophia Ashley-Martin, Annie Tremblay
🥈Charlotte Babin, Laurie Paquette, Lexy George, Abby Karcher
🥉Charlotte Rockburne, Sylvie Heung, Violet Velicevic, Kal Lantagne

Open Men 3000m
🥇Felix Paiement, Alwyn Wu, Nicholas Waslander, Maxime Letourneau
🥈Ian Milne, Ray Chai, Grant Roney
🥉Cole Gimby, Ethan Chuang, Austin Wong

Registration is now open for Elite Meet #1 in Ottawa! Registration is via Icereg. The link can be found on the Speed Skating Ontario's website under Meet Information

Our Competition Calendar is here!

How did you spend your weekend! SSO's Provincial, Provincial Development team and HUB Program athletes were at our Relay Camp in Newmarket ON. Even in the summer athletes are finding time to get on the ice

Thanks to the Newmarket Jets for all of their camp support!

Speed Skating Ontario has two skaters and one coach named on the Training Squad for the upcoming Special Olympics World Winter Games 2025.

Skaters

Ella Robinson
Ewen Barclay

Assistant Coach

Benton McNicol

Speed skating portion of the games will take place in Grenoble, France, from March 8-17, 2025

Interested in coaching athletes that compete in Ontario Elite Circuit Meets and Canadian Youth Championships? Introduction to Competition is the next step in your coaching pathway!

Speed Skating Ontario is hosting an online Introduction to Competition Coach course on Wednesdays in July. Dates include July 10, 17, 24 and 31, 2024.

In addition to the online course, participants will be responsible for completing several eLearning modules on their own time. Details will be shared following registration.

This intensive online program is for coaches that work with developing athletes in a competitive context. The focus shall be on introducing advanced coaching practices and how these practices
can be applied in a club setting. Topics of discussion shall include tactics, techniques, basic sport psychology, building training plans, analysis of technical skills and the critical influence of equipment on performance. Participants are expected to prepare for each interactive session through prepared readings, videos, surveys and other assigned activities in advance of each session.

The minimum age for this course is 16 years old as of July 10, 2024.

Ontario participants can apply for the NCCP Coach Bursary Program through the Coaches Association of Ontario for this course!

Register below
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScLgIVlMTXSl4LxHWjcuHThbokTBRDK6O8WkupJkA9ZOWR2hQ/viewform

Are you interested in supporting the next generation of speed skaters in Ontario? Become a FUNdamentals Leader or FUNdamentals Coach!

FUNdamentals Leader is an excellent course for:
- junior coaches who currently speed skate and want to help at club practices
- parents who want to help club skaters at practices

This course allows participants to work with skaters in the Active Start and FUNdamentals stages of Long Term Development (ages 3-9 years old).

The course will be held at the Magna Centre on Saturday July 20, 2024 from 9am-6pm. Participants will be on-ice on Saturday afternoon, so please bring your skating equipment. There will be a follow-up online session later in the summer, which will be discussed during the
session in Newmarket.

The minimum age for this course is 14 years old as of July 20, 2024.

Register Below
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FUNdamentals Coach is an excellent course for individuals who are working with athletes participating in practices, club meets and the Ontario Regional and Provincial Circuits.

This course prepares coaches to assume the responsibilities of a head coach with skaters in the Active Start and FUNdamentals stages of development and those entering the Learn to Train stage (approximate ages 3-11 years old).

The course will be held at the Magna Centre in Newmarket on Saturday July 20 and Sunday July 21, 2024 from 9am-6pm. It is a 2 day course which will be delivered over the weekend with one follow-up module delivered virtually in May, which will be discussed during the
session in Markham.

Participants will be on ice on Saturday and Sunday afternoon, so please bring your skating equipment.

The minimum age for this course is 16 years old as of July 20, 2024.

Register Below
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Speed Skating Ontario will like to introduce your 2024-2025 Provincial and Development Team

EARLY BIRD DEADLINE to register for the Summit Performance Camp is TOMORROW May 15th, 2024!

Registration Information can be found on Icereg as well as SSO and SSA's websites.

Speed Skating Ontario is accepting nominations for this year's annual awards.

These annual awards recognize the outstanding achievement during the season of both its athletes and volunteers. The awards are presented annually to individuals or organizations that have made significant contributions to the advancement of the sport of speed skating in the Province of Ontario.

You can nominate recipients for one or several categories.

The nomination form can be found on our website

Nominations are due by May 24, 2024

As part of the Government of Ontario’s Summer Employment Opportunities Program 2024, Speed Skating Ontario (SSO) is hiring a summer student. The intention of the program is to provide meaningful summer employment opportunities for students. Speed Skating Ontario will hire a Program Assistant responsible for providing support to SSO programs and initiatives.

A detailed job description can be found on SSO’s website.

Eligible applicants please send your resume and cover letter to [email protected]http://ontariospeedskaitng.ca/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=ap_tcazi263az by May 24, 2024

Thanks to all of the passionate volunteers working hard to allow our meets to run and grow the sport across Ontario!

With the financial support of the Government of Ontario, Speed Skating Ontario is hiring a Full Time Provincial Short Track Coach.

The Provincial Short Track Coach (PSTC) will be responsible for building additional coaching capacity within SSO. The PSTC will support the development of Train to Train, Learn to Compete and Train to Compete athletes in Ontario. The PSTC will represent Team Ontario and coach athletes at National Competitions.

The PSTC position will support the implementation of SSO’s High Performance Plan Strategy 2024 and Vision 2028 and support our involvement in the Ontario High Performance Sport Initiative (OHPSI) program through the Canadian Sport Institute Ontario (CSIO).

A detailed job description can be found on SSO’s website

Interested applicants should send their resume to Mary Frances Carter at [email protected] by March 26, 2024