There will be no Int/Sr. Ice on November 13th due to a hockey tournament.

Congratulations Sectional Skaters! 

What an exciting weekend full of great skating.  I am so proud of all five of you on amazing performances.

Results are:

Pre-juvenile - Jordan 6th, Sarah 8th

Juvenile Womans Champion - Daninelle Gitzel

Pre Novice - Brooklyn 4th

Novice - Stacey 2nd

Danielle, Brooklyn and Stacey have all earned spots on this years Manitoba provincial team, as well, Brooklyn and Stacey have qualified for challenge in Missisauga in December.  For Brooklyn's level this competition is the end of the road for pre novice ladies so it will be like a nationals for skaters at that level and for Stacey it is a Canadian qualifying competition.  She will compete against the top skaters in Canada and the top 18(I believe) will move on to the Candian Championships.

Sask Skate Results:

Recently some of our competitive skaters headed to Saskatoon to compete against the top skaters in Western Canada.  Results are:

Sask Skate Invitational

Danielle Gitzel:  Juvenile Ladies - 14th

Stacey Woods - Novice Ladies - 11th Short and 16th overall

Sask Open

Jordan Parker 5th Prejuvenile ladies flight 1

Brooklyn Parker 3rd Pre novice ladies flight 1

Michelle Owen 14th Pre novice ladies flight 2

Congratulations to all of our skaters on a very successful Superskate competition:

Results:

Kaneetah Curry - Entry Elments B - 2nd, Pre-preliminary free A - 7th

Tea Wiebe - Pre-Preliminary Elements A - 5th, Pre-preliminary free A - 5th

Jordan Parker - Pre-juvenile Ladies Short A - 5th, Pre-juvenile Ladies Free A 6th

Danielle Gitzel - Pre-juvenile Ladies Short A -3rd, Pre-juvenile Ladies Free A - 1st

Brooklyn Parker - Open Sectional Ladies Short A - 6th, Juvenile Ladies Free - 1st

Michelle Owen -  Open Sectional Ladies Short B - 6th, Open Ladies Free A - 5th

Stacey Woods - Open Sectional Ladies Short A - 3rd, Open Sectional Ladies Free A - 3rd                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Dominique Froese - 4th (Preliminary Ladies Flight C)

Demara  Froese - 4th (Preliminary Ladies Flight A)

Sierra Gitzel - Entry compulsory 7th

Rebecca Goossen - Jr Bronze short 2nd
                                      Jr Bronze freeskate 8th
                                      Jr Bronze spins 2nd

Sian Kroeker –  6^th Preliminary Ladies Freeskate A

Darian Compton – 2^nd Preliminary Ladies Freekskate A

          -          1^st Preliminary Ladies Spins A

           -          1^st Preliminary Ladies Elements A

Ryley Kowalski - Jr. Bronze Short B 5th,  Jr. Bronze Ladies Free A 4th

Mikaela Thiessen - Jr. Bronze Ladies Short 5th, Jr. Bronze Ladies Free -

Tiffany Owen - Pre-Preliminary Ladies Free -

Renee Friesen - Entry Level Ladies Free - 7th

Zariya Martens - Entry Level Ladies Free - 4th

Kaitlyn Loewen - Sr. Bronze Ladies Short - 2nd, Sr. Bronze Ladies Free

Hats off to our sectional skaters on amazing performances!! 

Results:  Pre-juvenile ladies - Danielle Gitzel 4th, Jordan Parker 10th, Sarah Remple 19th

               Juvenile ladies - Brooklyn Parker 3rd  making the provincial team

               Novice ladies - Stacey Woods 6th

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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