Posted by Peter Doucet on November 10, 2009
Click here for a file containing all the necessary information for the first of the TAZ Roller Cup events taking place on Saturday November 28th.
Entry fees are only $20 if you register before November 20th.
To register, send your name, phone #, e-mail, and short resumé of your skating experiences to simon.clement@24roller.com
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Posted by Peter Doucet on November 6, 2009
TORONTO — After years of disappointments, Toronto has finally won a major international sporting event, beating two South American cities to host the 2015 Pan Am Games.
Read more here; Toronto wins bid to host 2015 Pan Am Games.
Mississauga’s Morgane Echardour (left) shares her reaction with the media, after news of the bid’s success was announced. Echardour along with Peter Doucet were on hand at the Hosting Decision Announcement event at Toronto’s Labatt House
Posted by Peter Doucet on October 24, 2009
Cross-Canada trip on rollerblades helps visually impaired kids-
Some 5,000 kilometres – and four pairs of blades – later, he reached the finish in Vancouver on Oct. 16. More importantly, he had reached his goal of raising money and awareness for hockey for the visually impaired.
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Posted by Peter Doucet on October 22, 2009
(Ottawa, Ontario – October 8, 2009) – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) would like to issue a correction to its August 18, 2009 Advisory Note. No athlete has received a four-year sanction for the use of the prohibited substance Geranamine. The CCES regrets this error.
Read more here; CCES Issues Warning against the Use of Supplements, including Geranamine.
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Posted by Peter Doucet on October 21, 2009
Jordan Belchos won the 10km long track speed skating race for Canada’s long track speed skating fall World Cup Team trials. You can read more about the competition here; Clara Hughes’s Second Victory; Jordan Belchos Wins the 10 000m event.
Belchos represented Canada at the World Junior Roller Speed Skating Championships as well as the Pan American Championships prior to taking on ice long track speed skating.
You can find results here.
Finishing first in the 10 000m event gave Jordan Belchos his first victory at a national selection competition. Skating at the same time as Mathieu Giroux, the 20 year-old athlete was satisfied with his performance. “We were close throughout the race, but I had the lead. I knew that Mathieu would speed up towards the end, so I had to create a gap – I expected the race to go that way.” Belchos has already qualified for the 5000m event at the World Cups, and has just qualified for the 10 000m event.
“I like the 10 000m, because you can establish a rhythm and try to hang on; that’s the event I prefer.”
Belchos is a former in-line skater, where he participated in two World Championships. It was only in February 2006 that he began speed skating, in part thanks to the Own the Podium program.
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Posted by Peter Doucet on October 11, 2009
Toronto’s Herb Gayle placed 1st overall in the 52-mile distance at Athens to Atlanta earlier today.
Fredericton’s Nadine Jackon was the 4th woman to cross the line in the 87-mile distance coming in 6-hours 34-minutes, good enough for 31s overall.
Colombia’s Luis Carlos Meija and USA’s Marcy Turek were the champions in the 87-mile distance.
The event, which starts in Athens, Georgia, and finishes in Atlanta’s Piedmont Park, attracted about 160-skaters this year.
Past Canadian winners of the legendary event, include Aaron Arndt, Martine Charbonneau, and Dominique Laroque.
Results [87 mile overall] [52 mile overall] [38 mile results]
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Posted by Peter Doucet on October 7, 2009
Tyler Congdon- Roller Sport Canada’s Vice-President for Speed- and his work with helping to grow roller speed skating in Cameroon is recognized-
I do express sincere gratitude to my supervisors, Jonathan Seutter, Tyler Congdon, Remi Hubert for their professional, guidance and technical support which help me enormously in the accomplishment of skating in Cameroon.
You can read more about skating in Cameroon here; Speed skating Developments in Cameroon.
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Posted by Peter Doucet on October 4, 2009
*PLEASE NOTE- DATE IS NOW SATURDAY NOVEMBER 28th*
Montreal’s The TAZ (Inline speed club) will organize the first ever competition to be held at the 200-meter indoor track in Montreal. The first TAZ Roller Cup will be held on Sunday November 29th.
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Posted by Peter Doucet on September 30, 2009
The 2009 NROC, a multi-race series with events in the USA and Canada, concluded this past weekend with the New York 100k.
Skaters from all around Canada participated in the series, which is organized by the Inline Planet.
Morgane Echardour was crowned overall Pro Women’s champion with her 2nd place finish in New York while Peter Doucet finished second overall in the series with a 9th place finish in the 100km race.
Canadian women claimed 3 of the top-5 placements in the Pro Open Women’s category. Three other Canadian skaters won their age groups including Benoit Letourneau (Pro Master Men), Morgan Williams (Pro Veteran Men), and Brigitte Beaudry (Advanced Master Women).
You can find complete 2009 standings here.
Here are Canadian results-
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Posted by Peter Doucet on September 30, 2009
New Brunswick’s Nadine Jackson took the dive into roller speed skating this past February.
Along her young journey, she made stops in Duluth, MN, and New York City after training with USA’s legendary Eddy Matzger.
Jackson spent time trianing with Matzger at his SkateFarm located in Virginia.
She wrote about her experiences here; Huge Smiles and Thanks to Eddy and the Skatefarm.
On February 20th, 2009 I put my first pair of inline speed skates on. I live in the eastern part of Canada where the snow banks are as high as the telephone poles.
In June I was rolling down the hills of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, home of the Skatefarm. I decided that since I was very new to this sport that I should get a few lessons. This was an understatement. What I received was bigger than a few lessons. Eddy has this innate ability to explain the technical aspect of skating. But what really stood out is Eddy’s enthusiasm and love of this sport. This is what made me a better skater. I went home with a totally new perspective on skating. I was more confident with my abilities and I was more confident with my in-abilities.
Nadine Jackson was part of the re-do crew at the 2009 Northshore Inline Marathon. Along with 5 other skaters including Eddy Matzger & 3 other Canadian skaters, she skated the NSIM 42km twice for a total of 84km’s- once to race and a second time to cheer on the skaters still on the course!!
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