It was a great weekend on the ice in Rossland.
Members of the Nelson Figure Skating Club notched all around strong performances last weekend at the West Kootenay Invitational Competition.
The event proved to be a good test for the team. With a new coaching model, several veteran skaters returning from injuries and others skaters just beginning their competition careers, the Nelson club is currently in rebuilding mode.
“I felt our skaters performed their programs very well and had a lot of fun,” said coach Yoshie Measures.
“I saw a lot of smiles from our skaters coming off the ice and was pleased with the encouragement the rest of the Nelson skaters gave to those who were performing.”
The weekend competition consisted of High Tests held on Friday afternoon, Freeskate programs on Saturday with Dance and Elements tests held on Sunday.
The Skaters will be back in competitive action soon as the West Kootenay Regional Championships take place Janury 31 to February 2 in Beaver Valley.
The following are a list of results for Nelson skaters:
STAR 1:
Aurora Panko-Dool — Silver Rating
Lulu Nyiti — Gold Rating
Courtney Donaldson — Silver Rating
STAR 2:
Tia Berens — Silver Rating
Leo Measures — Bronze Rating
Lila McKechnie — Gold Rating
Helena Keating — Gold Rating
Hannah Corven — Silver Rating
STAR 3:
Isabella Kroker-Kimber — Silver Rating
STAR 4 (13 and over):
Morgan Sabo — Bronze Medal
Courtney Shrieves — 4th
STAR 5 (Under 15):
Charly DeFouw — Silver Medal
STAR 5 (13 and over):
Breanna Tomilin — 5th
Pre-Introductory Interpretive
Charly DeFouw — Gold Medal
Introductory Interpretive
Morgan Sabo — 4th
Courtney Shrieves — 5th
Bronze Interpretive
Breanna Tomilin — 4th
Jr. Bronze Dance Solo
Lila McKechnie — 5th
Sr. Bronze Dance Solo
Courtney Shrieves — Bronze Medal
Sr. Silver Dance Solo
Christina Champlin — Gold Medal
Breanna Tomilin — Silver Medal
Elements 1 - Group 1
Helena Keating — Bronze Medal
Elements 1 - Group 4
Isabella Kroker-Kimber — Bronze Medal
Elements 2 - Group 1
Charly DeFouw — Bronze Medal
Elements 2 - Group 2
Breanna Tomilin — Bronze Medal
Complete results from Rossland are available at nelsonfigureskatingclub.ca.