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Circelli takes the high road

January 19, 2021 By Beverley 2 Comments

  In the grey of winter, and the stillness of days, Corey Circelli was on watch: for his costumes. They didn’t come in time for the videotaping of his routines for the Skate Canada Challenge. They were to be the icing on the cake of all he had done during a pandemic. In fact, they […]

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Andrea Bocelli, Brian Orser, Conrad OrzelA, Corey Circelli, David Wilson, Joseph Pfan, Skate Canada Challenge, Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club, Tracy Wilson

A Challenge to the Finish

January 18, 2021 By Beverley Leave a Comment

“Show me a garden that’s bursting into life,” go the words to the song “Chasing Cars,” a hypnotic tune done by the Irish/Scottish rock band Snow Patrol. And so goes Roman Sadovsky, who won the senior men’s event at the Skate Canada Challenge event on Sunday. After winning his first national title last year – […]

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Corey Circelli, Joni Mitchell, Nam Nguyen, Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier, Roman Sadovsky, Skate Canada Challenge

Madeline Schizas Aiming High

January 17, 2021 By Beverley Leave a Comment

Perhaps we can’t technically call Madeline Schizas a Canadian champion. The national championships were cancelled. But effectively, she is, after her decisive win Saturday in the Skate Canada Challenge. The Challenge is all we’ve got to figure out who is tops in the country right now. Schizas, 17, won the women’s event at Challenge with […]

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Alison Schumacher, Gabby Daleman, Madeline Schizas, Skate Canada Challenge

Light in a Dark Place: Seniors

January 16, 2021 By Beverley Leave a Comment

  Reigning Canadian champion Roman Sadovsky found it hard to watch himself, remotely, at home in front of a screen, competing at the Skate Canada Challenge – which being that the national championships have been cancelled due to COVID-19 – remains the closest thing to it. When Sadovsky performed his virtual routines about six weeks […]

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Allison Schumachernlisonaalle, Conrad Orzel, Corey Circelli, Emily Bausback, Joseph Pfan, Kaiya Ruiter, Nam Nguyen, Roman Sadovsky, Skate Canada Challenge

Just a Fleeting Glimpse

January 14, 2021 By Beverley Leave a Comment

Were we dreaming? Was it a mirage: the vision of young men classified as juniors sliding down the ice to impress? It all happened last weekend at the Skate Canada Challenge, an event with no venue, no spectators, no judges, no skaters, except by way of online streaming, firmly in the virtual world. They skated […]

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Brendan WongEl, Matthew Newnham, Rio Morita, Shohei Law, Skate Canada Challenge, Wesley Chiu

Moore-Towers, Marinaro in a Virtual World

January 8, 2021 By Beverley Leave a Comment

  An injury, a pandemic, and all that entails, proved to be the sticky points for two-time Canadian pair champions Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro during a season beyond compare. COVID-19 scuttled their hopes of competing at the world championships in Montreal last March. Then, during the first wave of the pandemic, Marinaro’s grandmother died […]

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Kirsten Moore-Towers, Michael Marinaro, Skate Canada Challenge, virtualael

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