Three Canadian Synchronized Skating teams headed to 2019 Mozart Cup

Ottawa, ON: Canada will have three teams competing at Mozart Cup this week from January 17-20, 2019 in Salzburg, Austria. This event is an annual ISU (International Skating Union) sanctioned synchronized skating competition. Canada will be sending one senior team and two junior teams.

Nova, from Brossard, Que., will be the senior team representing Canada. They finished third at the 2018 Skate Canada Synchronized Skating Championships. The team is coached by Marie-France Sirois.

Nexxice junior will represent Canada in the junior category. They train at the Burlington Skating Centre. The team won a silver medal at the 2018 Skate Canada Synchronized Skating Championships and finished eighth at the 2018 ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships. The team is coached by Trish Perdue-Mills.

Nova junior from Brossard, Que., will also represent Canada in the junior category. Nova junior finished fourth at the 2018 Skate Canada Synchronized Skating Championships and they are coached by Nadine Tougas.

Mary Ellen McDonald, Skate Canada Senior Director, Operations will be the Canadian leader at the event. Cheryl Goldie from Ottawa, Ont. will be the lone Canadian judge attending the event.

For results and full entries, please visit the official event website or 2019 Mozart Cup.