Skate Canada members honoured at 2016 Achievement Awards Gala in St. John’s

OTTAWA, ON: This past weekend, Skate Canada recognized 21 award winners during its annual Achievement Awards Gala, part of the 2016 Skate Canada Ice Summit in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.

The winners received their awards on Friday night at the annual Skate Canada Achievement Awards Gala and Banquet. The winners were presented their awards by 2016 Canadian champions, including three-time world champion and two-time Olympic silver medallist Patrick Chan, Canadian champion Alaine Chartrand, two-time world champions and Olympic silver medallists (team) Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford, two-time world medallists Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje, and team co-captain of Canadian champions, Les Suprêmes, Claudia Sforzin.

The Skate Canada National Awards Program honours dedicated members of the skating community who have donated their time to help contribute to improving the quality of skating in Canada.

The 2015-2016 recipients were:

 

Marilyn Kreuzinger, Mile Zero FSC,
British Columbia/Yukon Section

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yvan Desjardins, École Excellence Rosemère,
Quebec Section

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Susan Blatz, Burlington Skating Centre,
Western Ontario Section

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Susan Thistle, Prince of Wales SC,
Newfoundland and Labrador Section

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leanna Caron, Timmins Porcupine FSC,
Northern Ontario Section

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Skate Canada also presents a volunteer award to one member of each of the Skate Canada sections. The following exceptional volunteers were awarded the 2015-2016 Skate Canada Section Volunteer Award of Excellence:

Gail Weber, Fort St. John FSC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Heather Glazier, Foothills FSC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carla Laevens, Leader SC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Heather Hollinda, Roblin FSC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Julia Mullins, Fort William FSC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steve Scherrer, Kitchener-Waterloo SC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Karen Syme, Skate Canada Brampton-Chinguacousy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sim Callewaert, Oshawa SC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michèle Godbout, CPA Rosemont

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steven Keith, Saint John SC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Juanita Gallant, O’Leary FSC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Susan Casey, Dartmouth SC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keith Woodford, CBS Skating Club

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three additional section awards were recognized in the CanSkate, STARSkate and CompetitiveSkate athlete areas, as representatives of all section winners in those categories:

Scarlett Sherlock, Mount Pearl-Paradise SC, Newfoundland and Labrador Section

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Claire Bennett, Mount Pearl-Paradise SC, Newfoundland and Labrador Section

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anna Carter, Mount Pearl-Paradise SC, Newfoundland and Labrador Section

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Skate Canada congratulates all award winners, nominees, and countless invaluable volunteers.