OTTAWA, ON (October 1, 2024) – The ISU Challenger Series continues this October with three more events and more opportunities for Canadian figure skaters to perfect their routines while competing for podium positions as they embark on their 2024-2025 season. The month kicks off with the Denis Ten Memorial taking place in Astana, Kazakhstan from […]
The figure skating community descended onto Calgary, Alberta and the Tsuut’ina First Nation from September 18-21 for the 2024 ISU North American International Adult Figure Skating Competition held at the 7 Chiefs Sportsplex, and as the first international skating event held on First Nations land, the event organizers were eager for participants to engage with […]
OTTAWA, ON (September 30, 2024) – The sixth ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) event of the season is set to take place in Ljubljana, Slovenia from October 2-5, 2024, and will see six young Canadian skaters looking to make their mark on the international stage. Layla Veillon and Alexander Brandys will headline the ice dance […]
Gdansk, POL (September 28, 2024) – Canadian NextGen skaters had a fantastic week in Gdansk, Poland at the fifth stop on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) circuit, with Sandrine Gauthier and Quentin Thieren capturing silver in ice dance, and Julia Quattrocchi and Simon Desmarais taking their second bronze of the season in pairs, qualifying […]
CALGARY, AB (September 24, 2024) – The 2024 North American International Adult Competition wrapped up on Sunday in Calgary, Alta. and saw Canadian skaters bring home 120 medals, including 49 gold. Hosted at the 7 Chiefs Sportsplex & Chief Jim Starlight Centre, a facility owned by the Tsuut’ina Nation, the event is the first international […]
OTTAWA, ON (September 23, 2024) – The ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit continues this week with its fifth stop in Gdansk, Poland from September 25-28, 2024, and Canada is sending a full team of skaters to challenge for the podium. Headlining the team are pair skaters Julia Quattrocchi and Simon Desmarais who are fresh off […]
Oberstdorf, GER (September 21, 2024) – Reigning pairs world champions Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps made their 2024-2025 season debut this weekend at the Challenger Series Nebelhorn Trophy in Oberstdorf, Germany and showed they are on course for another great season, bringing home silver for Canada. Stellato-Dudek of Chicago, USA, and Deschamps of Vaudreuil-Dorion, Que., […]
Photo Credit: International Skating Union Ankara, TUR (September 21, 2024) – Jazmine Desrochers and Kieran Thrasher showed they are the pairs team to beat on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) circuit this season as they won gold on Friday at the fourth stop on the circuit in Ankara, Turkey. Desrochers of Mississauga, Ont., and […]
It’s safe to say that for Keegan Murphy, being a figure skating coach is in his blood. Coached by his mother, Eileen Murphy during his competitive career that saw him represent Canada internationally on the Junior Grand Prix Circuit, Keegan has now been a coach himself for over 14 years and recently realized a life-long […]
OTTAWA, ON (September 17, 2024) – The upcoming ISU Junior Grand Prix in Ankara, Turkey will see five young Canadian skaters make their debuts on the Junior Grand Prix circuit while the pair team of Jazmine Desrochers and Kieran Thrasher will look to climb onto the podium for the second time this season. The competition, […]
OTTAWA, ON (September 16, 2024) – The 7 Chiefs Sportsplex & Chief Jim Starlight Centre, proudly owned by the Tsuut’ina Nation and located on the outskirts of Calgary, Alta., will play host to over 275 skaters from 14 countries at the 2024 North American International Adult Figure Skating Competition from September 18-21, 2024. At 228,000 […]
Bangkok, THA (September 14, 2024) – It was a week of learning for Canada’s NextGen figure skaters at the third stop on the ISU Junior Grand Prix Circuit in Bangkok, Thailand with Chloe Nguyen and Brendan Giang’s fourth-place finish in the ice dance competition as the top result for Canada. Nguyen and Giang, both from […]