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SUMMER CAMPS:

Cambridge Speed Skating Club:

2nd ANNUAL ‘OVERLAND AND ON THE ICE’ SUMMER CAMP

Friday, July 6, Saturday, July 7 and Sunday, July 8, 2012

Details can be found on the Cambridge Speed Skating Club website: www.cambridgespeedskating.ca

Ellis Edge Summer Camp - Ottawa:

July 7 - 11 Advanced Camp, July 13 – 17 Intermediate Camp

Details can be found at: http://www.ellismethod.net/Camps/info.html

Markham Summer Camp:

August 11 & 12 - for PeeWees, Bantams and Midgets

Details can be found at: http://www.markhamspeedskating.org

Fundamentals SS Camp, Kitcher-Waterloo:

August 18-21, 8:30am to 1:30pm daily, for beginners and novices.

Details can be found at: http://ontariospeedskating.ca/storage/camps/KWCamp2012.pdf

CONGRATULATIONS TO STEPHANIE!!

It is with great pride that we can announce that Stephanie Cook of Special Olympics London and the London Speed Skating Club has officially been selected to the Canadian National Team Program for the 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea in the sport of speed skating.

ANOTHER SEASON DONE

Check back to this page regularly over the summer, we will be posting summer camps as we know about them here as well as details of the upcoming season.

Thanks to all of our coaches, volunteers and parents for a wonderful season.

Thanks to Christine Reymer for organizing the prizes, games and snacks for our last night of skating.

CHRISTINE IN THE NEWS AGAIN!!

Follow the link to the article on Christine in London's "FIVE" magazine:

London's own Golden Girl

LSSC's CHRISTINE NESBITT WINS WORLD CUP TITLES AND GRAND WORLD CUP AWARD!!!

Canadian Christine Nesbitt wrapped-up the ISU World Cup Final in Berlin with victories in the 1,000 metres and the women’s team pursuit, and also claimed the season titles for the 1,000 metres and new Grand World Cup award.

LSSC's CHRISTINE NESBITT SETS WORLD RECORD!!!

From Speed Skating Canada's press release: Christine Nesbitt of London, Ont., broke the 1,000-metre world record today (January 28th) by almost half a second on the first day of competition at the Essent ISU World Sprint Speed Skating Championships 2012 at the Olympic Oval in Calgary. In skating the 1,000 metres in one minute and 12.68 seconds, Nesbitt took off 0.43 seconds from Cindy Klassen’s record of 1:13.11, set on March 25, 2006. “It's really great to do it (world record) here in Calgary,” said the defending sprint champion. “It’s great have a world record in Calgary in front of my teammates, and my friends and family, as well.

A BIG THANKS TO THE POWER WORKERS' UNION

Thanks to the Power Workers' Union local 1000 for their generous donation of $250. Donations of this kind are generally used to replace ageing equipment (think of the circa 1980's skates that are starting to fall apart)

LONDON SPEED SKATING CLUB IN THE NEWS

Thanks to the London Community News and sports reporter John Matisz - follow the link to the article:

Speeding Past Expectations

LONDON HOSTED FIRST WESTERN MEET OF THE SEASON

London Speed Skating Club hosted the first Western Regional meet of the 2011/12 season on October 15th & 16th 2011. The meet was held in the Dorchester Arena. Cindy Van Lierop did her usual outstanding job organizing the meet - thank you Cindy!! and thank you to the dozens of volunteers both within our club and from other clubs who helped to make the meet runs smoothly.

For the 17 London skaters, we had 3 skaters skating thier first ever meet, 3 medals, 16 top 10 finishes and 27 pb's. London skater results can be found on the "News" tab and the full protocol can be found on the "Competitions Registrations/Results" page.

SSC FILM SHOOT IN LONDON

Over the July 25th weekend, seven skaters from the London Speed Skating Club along with three more from the Cambridge Speed Skating Club had an amazing opportunity. Christine Nesbitt, Olympic gold medalist, World Cup champion, and member of the London club, was in town with her coach, Mark Wild, and together the group took part in a day-long film shoot for Speed Skating Canada. Our skaters had the opportunity to perform technical drills and skate with Christine, receiving valuable feedback from both her and Mark.

Christine also signed autographs, answered questions, and posed for pictures.

This opportunity stemmed from other initiatives we had done at the London club in conjunction with the television and film students at Fanshawe College and their instructor, who is a member of the London club. Our work came to the attention of Douglas Duncan at SSC, who saw the possibilities of taking it several steps further. The Fanshawe crew were innovative in their approaches and adaptation of equipment, and were therefore able to capture a lot of great video footage from optimum angles for educational purposes.

When all is done, the video will be added to a bank of web resources that SSC is developing.

THANKS TO INTACT INSURANCE!!

Thanks to the Intact Insurance Podium Tracker Program and Christine Nesbitt's amazing World Cup Season, the London Speed Skating Club was awarded $1,000!

Christine's 15 podium appearances last season benefited 15 speed skating clubs across Canada. Full results can be found at: PodiumTracker.ca