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Eastern Regional Ability Meet – Results and Pictures

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Congratulations to all skaters who participated in the meet. Here’s how everyone finished:

Andrew Chartrand – 12th (Charlie). Pb’s in the 400m, 500m, and 1000m.
Aidan Vanbeek – 1st (Echo). Pb’s in the 200m and 500m
Nolan Roney – 14th (Echo). Pb’s in the 200m, 400m, and 500m.
Cameron Mackay – 11th (Foxtrot). Pb in the 500m.
Paige Besner – 3rd (Golf). Pb’s in the 200m and 400m.
Andy Giroux – 7th (Golf). Pb’s in the 200m and 500m.
Annella Roney – 10th (Golf). Pb’s in the 400m and 500m.
Ethan Mackay – 8th (Hotel). Pb’s in the 200m, 400m and 500m.

An extra congratulations to Paige Besner for breaking the 60 second barrier in the 400m. Cupcakes were enjoyed by all who were at practice!

Official protocol can be found here.
Personal Best page has been updated and can be found here.

Here are a few pictures from the meet.

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Sharpening Clinic

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7-8 pm on  Tue Oct. 8th and Tue Oct 15th

Attend one of the two upcoming clinics, and learn to sharpen your child’s skates, or refresh yourself on your technique!
Bring yourself, and your children’s skates.  If possible, to make it time efficient, please don’t bring your children to the clinic – we can likely get someone to keep an eye on them at the rink if necessary.

Sharpening is done by hand, and the club has 5 sharpening kits for your use throughout the season.
Ultimately, skate sharpening will take between 15 – 30 min, about once per month.

Club members – please return the sharpening kits to the rink so that they are available for the clinic!

See you there!

Ottawa Pacers Eastern Regional Meet #1 Results

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Great weekend of skating was had by all who attended the Ottawa Pacers meet this past weekend. Overall, each skater set PB’s in multiple distances and 2 skaters reached the podium. Congratulations to Aidan Vanbeek for finishing 1st in the Echo category and Paige Besner for finishing 3rd in the Golf category.  Final results, and more pictures, will be posted once the protocol is released.

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Skin Suits and Jackets

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The “Fit- Kits” have been ordered from Louis Garneau and should arrive later this week. This will allow skaters to try on a Jacket or skin suit for proper sizing. Fitting sessions will be set-up at next week’s practices.

Unfortunately, we do not have enough requests to place an order, so there will be a surcharge. The final cost will also include shipping and tax.

Thanks,

Betty

friese@ripnet.com
613-498-2017

Safety Equipment for Training and Meets

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Just a reminder:

The following safety equipment is not only required in competition but also at every practice! You need protection for Ankles, Eye, Hand, Head, Knee, Neck, Rest of Body, and Shins.  The following document, provided by Speed Skating Canada, has all the details:

Section-D-Safe-and-Welcoming-Environment

Make sure you have all your equipment every time you come to practice so you can participate.

SLSSC Jackets and Skin suits – UPDATE

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I have heard back from Louis Garneau !
Skin Suits- $215.00 plus taxes/shipping—- I need a minimum order of 6
Jackets- $139.95 – I need a minimum order of 12 or there will be a 5% surcharge =  146.95 plus taxes/shipping
The Jacket is a little different from our current Jacket, but still looks good. FYI, ours was discontinued.
I have also asked Lousi Garneau to look into the wear and tear of our last order. They would like pictures, so if any of you have more then normal wear & tear, come show me. I can take the pictures and forward them to LG.
LG will be sending me a “fit Kit” for the skins, and they are checking to see if there will be one for the jackets as well.
If anybody has questions please let me know.
Betty Hogeterp

Eastern Regional Racing Series # 1

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Mark your calendars!

The Ottawa Pacers will be hosting the 1st Regional Racing Series meet of the 2013-2014 season. This 2-day event will take place October 5th & 6th at the Bell Sensplex in Kanata. More information can be found on the OSSA website or by reading the Official OSSA Announcement.

Registration must be completed on-line, with the signed waiver and payment returned to our club Registrar, no later than September 27th, 2013.

Seed times can be found in the Rankings list on the OSSA Racing page. If you do not have a seed time listed, please talk to the coaches this Sunday and they will help you out.

For your SSC #’s (Speed Skating Canada), please contact Heather.

ZT Sports at Free Trial Day

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Zt Sports

Need a pair of cut-proof gloves or ankle cuffs, a neck guard, or new safety  glasses for the upcoming speed skating season? Thinking of buying your own boots or blades?
Gavin Thulien of ZT Sports will have everything you need available for purchase at our Free Trial Day this Sunday pm, 6-9 pm at the Memorial Centre.