Congratulations goes out to our Morden skaters who were recipients of awards at the 2008 Skate Manitoba Award Gala in Brandon on April 27th.  They are:

Stacey Woods - Sport Manitoba Order of Excellence Award

Brooklyn Parker - Skate Canada Competitive Skate Award & 2008 MB Open Juvenile Bursary

Danielle Gitzel - 2008 Dodie Wardle Award

 We had a number of skaters represent our club at the Stony Mountain Competition the end of March.  See results below.

Danielle Gitzel - Jr. Brozne open- 1 bronze medal

Darian Compton - Pre-preliminary open - 3 gold, 1 silver

Bailey Gitzel - Pre-preliminary open - 3 bronze

Sarah Remple - Pre-preliminary - 3 gold

Aiden Jennings also competed in the event.

A number of skaters represented tclub at the Stony Mountain Skating Competition at the end of March.  See results belAiden Jennings

Congratulations to our Canskater of the year, Miss Emma Doell!  Spirit of skating medals were also awarded to Griffin Muggeridge and Meaghan Sandercock.  Great skating!

Our skaters had a great showing at provincials in St. Adolphe.  Results are:

Darian Compton - 3rd pre-preliminary ladies under final

Sian Kroeker - 9th pre-preliminary under ladies final

Bailey Gitzel -  7th pre-preliminary ladies under flight B

Jordan Parker - 6th preliminary under ladies final

Mikaela Thiessen - 8th preliminary ladies over final

Ariele Kehler - 13th preliminary ladies over flight B

Ryley Kowalski -10th Jr. Bronze ladies under final                      

Congratulations to Darian Compton, Danielle Gitzel, Sian Kroeker, Ryley Kowalski, Brooklyn Parker, Jordan Parker and Tea Wiebe for being selected to the Jr. TOBA provincial team!

We had 10 skaters advance from regionals to the StarSkate Provincials in St. Adolfe the first weekend of March.  Everyone that competed put forth great performances.  Job well done!

They are: 

pre-preliminary 9 & under - Bailey Gitzel, Darian Compton & Sian Kroeker

preliminary 9& under - Danielle Gitzel & Jordan Parker

preliminary 10& over - Mikaela Thiessen & Ariele Kehler

Jr. Bronze 10 & under - Ryley Kowalski

Jr. Bronze 11 & over - Kaitlyn Loewen(associate), Michelle Owen(associate)

Stacey Woods had personal best scores in both her long and short prgram at the Western Challenge in Missisauga placing 19th.  We are very proud of your accomplishments Stacey!

Congratulations to Stacey Woods on a 3rd place finish at the BMO Skate Canada Sectionals in Portage which qualified her to represent Morden at the Western Challenge in Missisauga, Ontario on December 7-9th.  The western challenge competition is a stepping stone on the way to qualifying for the Canadian Jr. Nationals. 

Brooklyn Parker also had a strong showing at the Sectional competition in Portage, placing 4th in the Juvenile ladies event.  Great skating ladies!

Two of our skaters, Stacey Woods and Brooklyn Parker, have recently been chosen by Skate Canada Manitoba to represent Manitoba at the SaskSkate Invitational Skating Competition in Saskatoon at the end of September.  The events will be comprised of the top skaters from the 4 western provinces starting at the pre-juvenile level and going up to Senior.  Your hard work is paying off ladies!  Danielle Gitzel will also be taking part in the preliminary event in the open side of the competition.

5 Skaters represented Morden at the Prairie Skate Competition in Brandon this Summer.  Congratulations go out to Stacey Woods, Brooklyn Parker, Danielle Gitzel, Jordan Parker and Bailey Gitzel for a job well done!

Results:

Stacey - 3rd pre-novice short, 7th pre-novice freeskate

Brooklyn - 3rd juvenile freeskate, 7th Sr. Bronze element, 9th Sr. Bronze Spins

Danielle - 5th preliminary ladies freeskate, 6th preliminary ladies elements, 4th preliminary ladies spins

Jordan - 5th pre-preliminary ladies freeskate, 4th pre-preliminary ladies elements, 3rd pre-preliminary ladies spins

Bailey - 4th pre-preliminary ladies freeskate, 5th pre-preliminary ladies elements, 4th pre-preliminary ladies spins

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