Quinte Masters Mini-Meet Nov 26th (Due Nov 16th)

There is an upcoming meet for Masters skaters in Belleville.  See the note below from Paul Pickard of the Quinte Blades.

I hope you, and all your masters skating friends, can come out for this evening of fun racing on Nov 26/11.

http://ontariospeedskating.ca/storage/11-12-meets/MastersChallenge-2011r.pdf

Entries due Nov 16. Please spread the word.

Quinte Blades can provide helmet covers to those who may not have one.

Hope to see you there!

Paul Pickard

Results from Ontario Cup #1 in Cambridge

This past weekend five of our skaters competed at the first Ontario Cup meet in Kitchener.

Aidan VanBeek Pre-Midget Male 1st
Andrew Chartrand Midget Male 17th
Nick Everett Juvenile Male 12th
Sarah Ouimette Open A Female 7th
Anelie Norton Open A Female 8th

Three new personal bests were achieved – the page has been updated.  Congratulations to all!

Here is the protocol as an excel file and as a pdf file.

Shop & Support Gift Cards Have Arrived

Earn back your Fundraising Fee.

Joe LeBlanc will be at the rink with a supply of Loblaws gift cards for purchase.  Each purchase will be recorded and at the end of the season 3% of the total value of your purchases will be refunded up to a maximum of $100 per family.  Joe can also place orders for gift cards for other merchants. 

Keep this in mind when planning your Christmas shopping.

Belleville Meet Results

St Lawrence Rapids speed skatersTwenty skaters from the club competed at the Belleville meet on October 16th – a fantastic turnout with more than 40 personal bests being set.  Here are the race results (pdf).

Special congratulations to Megan Quenneville and Nathan Heuvel for joining the 60 second club.  Great work!

Updates to the 60 second club and the latest PB’s can be found in the “Skaters’ Corner” tab on the Personal Bests page.

Kingston Ladder Meet – Nov 12th (deadline Nov 1st)

The Kingston ability meet is coming up.  It is a one day meet hosted by the Kingston Striders, and it is a fantastic “first meet” if you haven’t been to a meet before.

The meet is Saturday November 12th, but you need to get your entry form filled in and submitted to Heather Chartrand by Tuesday November 1st.  It’s a popular meet and they don’t accept late entries.

Here is a link to the entry form and meet details.  Note that each skater is required to bring their own helmet cover.

The Meets page has some ideas about what to expect if it is your first meet, as well as links to other meets coming up for the year.