Wait, you're coming to SCI?!!??! Squeeeeeeeeeeee!
i bought an all event pass for xmas
Wait, you're coming to SCI?!!??! Squeeeeeeeeeeee!
Thank you for the list!
Stephen is competing as a junior internationally for the first time; iirc there is a rule that allows him to compete as a senior at Nats, which he did the last couple years afaik.
I see Conrad is still listed as YRSA. Did the entry deadline come before the (presumed) switch to TCC? I see Corey and Bruce (both as single and dance as usually) are also representing TCC.
Conrad will need to file a change of club with Skate Canada. Likely would not have processed at the time of entry for Minto, but we can expect to see updated information later.Thank you for the list!
Stephen is competing as a junior internationally for the first time; iirc there is a rule that allows him to compete as a senior at Nats, which he did the last couple years afaik.
I see Conrad is still listed as YRSA. Did the entry deadline come before the (presumed) switch to TCC? I see Corey and Bruce (both as single and dance as usually) are also representing TCC.
I would assume that Amelia would move to TCC with Conrad...it this true? I'm interested to see how she'll develop at TCC, as I think they can really help with her PCS.
Piper posted on Instagram that her mother passed away on Monday, from a struggle with brain cancer. Anybody who's on Instagram might perhaps post their condolences.
Sigh...Any upcoming senior Canadian ladies to fill Kaetlyn’s spots? If ever there was a time to turn senior, it’s now!! We don’t know the status of Larkyn, Roxanne, and Michelle, do we?????
Not so concerned about "keeping up" on the Juniors circuit as a system that appears to be promoting skaters at the novice or junior level that have big gaps in either SS or jump technique.I feel like 9-10 years ago, top novice/junior girls were only doing 2 different triples (Alexandra Najarro comes to mind, where I believe she won novice with only 3S and 3T). A triple flip or lutz in juniors was so rare, never mind at the novice level. Now, we're seeing more advanced triples in novice and juniors, and some 2a-3T and 3T-3T combos. Amelia Orzel (ironically coached by Najarro's mother) landed a whole slew of different triples to win novice this past season, so that was really exciting to see. She needs to develop her PCS though.
And even though Canadian women can't keep up with the Russians on the junior circuit (and really, who can right now?), Canadians seem to come into their own in the senior circuit. Neither Kaetlyn nor Gabby had medal-filled junior careers, but both managed to get on the senior World podium.
Yuzurudaughter is now skating out of the Hamilton FSC. Bryce Davison is the club’s head coach and director of skater development, and I can confirm the truth in what TGee said in her last paragraph above. Bryce has held this position in Hamilton since his 2011 retirement, and one of his goals was to promote figure skating as an “acceptable” sport for young boys to take up at the competitive level. I’m not implying any homophobia or “sissy” sport mentality when I say this; Of course, it’s the 21st century, figure skating SHOULD be seen by society of a unisex sport. Fortunately, as mature, educated, rationally thinking adults who are accepting of all genders and sexualities, we know that just because something SHOULD be one way, doesn’t mean it actually IS that way.
Back to my discussion involving Bryce, he’s definitely succeeded with this goal in Hamilton. They have so many young, talented male skaters at all the levels, many of whom took the high performance development track, competing in singles in the pre-juvenile, juvenile, pre-novice, novice, junior and senior levels. Bryce has also revived the interest of training both male and female skaters in competitive pairs, and we all know the pairs discipline is not very deep in Canada. It’s great to see half a dozen male skaters on the ice with Yuzudaughter during her sessions, and this is at just the STAR 3-5 level.
Unfortunately, with a height of exactly five feet at the tender age of nine, Yuzudaughter is already taller than Meagan Duhamel, Wenjing Sui, Kirsten Moore-Towers and Aljona Savchenko, so it’s likely safe to say that becoming a pairs girl isn’t in the cards for her.