The team skating roster for the 2022 Special Olympics World Winter Games to be held in Kazan, Russia was recently announced. Coach Cathy Skinner excitedly shared with us, “four of the Goulbourn Skating Club’s Special Olympians…
With an awards case that outshines most hall of fame athletes, Stittsville’s skating champion Katie Xu has just added two more!
On November 7, Rock the Rink comes to Ottawa’s TD Place featuring Canadian skating greats – Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, Patrick Chan, Kaetlyn Osmond and Elvis Stojko. This skating production…
(Originally published by Andre Gagne – Earth to Andre) Hey Ottawa, here’s a stat I bet you didn’t know. Right here, in the Nation’s Capital, (are you ready for this?),…
(Gold medalist Michael Raytchev (centre); Bronze medalist Jeff Leung (left); and Silver medalist Eric Pahima (right)) The award of medals for the Special Olympics Figure Skating category of the 2019 Canada Games have…
This article is shared from the Canada Games 2019 web site. This story was written to cover the Figure Skating category for Special Olympians. For all stories on Canada’s athletes…
(All photos by Heidi Pinsent) The Starlight Synchronized Skating team is home from Waterloo, Ontario where they competed in the National Championships last weekend. Although the team didn’t medal, they…
Michael Raytchev is in Red Deer this week participating in Skate Canada’s National Championships at the 2019 Canada Games. Michael has worked extraordinarily hard this past skating season to ensure…
(All Photos: Heidi Pinsent) It has been 15 years since a youth synchronized skating team representing the Ottawa area has competed at the Canadian Nationals for Synchronized Skating. The Starlight…
(Ontario Provincial Police officers indicate Team #1 for our Stittsville Olympians – Katie Xu, Jack Fan and Victoria Ziola as they pose with their medals received at the Ontario Special…
(All photos: Heidi Pinsent) The Starlight Novice team, representing the Goulbourn Skating Club, will travel to Waterloo, Ontario, February 22-24 to compete at the Skate Canada Synchronized Skating Canadian Championships.…
(Photos by Barry Gray) Wednesday, January 23rd was an exciting day for the Goulbourn Skating Club in Stittsville. It was the date to bid our athletes good luck as they…
Every Wednesday at the Katie Xu and Jack Fan Ice Rink on Shea Road, you can find Special Olympians training determinedly at their regular ice sessions in preparation for the upcoming…
It was 11:00pm last night when Alex Gunther arrived on his parent’s doorstep much to their surprise. Alex, as many of you know, is a Canadian Ice Dance figure skater…
