Monthly Archives: January 2011

Hungry for Races?

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In this day and age of disappearing skate races, I think it’s time to pass along some good news that will hopefully inspire at least one of you to help your fellow inliners. This story begins with Peggy Girgenti of Luigino Racing.

A couple of years ago, Peggy got in touch with a friend who was involved with a mini-triathlon in Hemet, California, called the Tinsel Town Tri. Peggy arranged meetings with the race promoter and convinced him to let inline be a part of the event, albeit on a trial basis. They agreed that the skaters would only use a portion of the actual event’s race course, but at that point, Peggy agreed. She had her foot in the door! “My approach with them was ‘you won’t have to do a thing, you will hardly notice us, we will stay out of your hair.’ We didn’t ask for one thing, and I intend to keep it that way. We start, skate, do our own finish line, results, and awards, and hand them a check. It’s a win-win for them and us. I made sure everyone understood ahead of time that we are just guests at THEIR event, and to expect nothing,” Peggy said.

Read more: Glenn Koshi: Hungry for Races?

Skating oval support heats up in Halifax

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Support is growing to make the new Canada Games skating oval a permanent facility in Halifax.

“Now what we can do in the summertime is maybe create a new sport, a new activity on the Commons,” said Joachim Stroink. “Maybe it is [inline skating], maybe it is a track, you know, a rubber track around it for people to do their sprints and running.”

Read more: Skating oval support heats up in Halifax

Roller Sports Canada Nomination Procedure- Selection Criteria for 2011 Pan American Games

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Details for representing Canada at the 2011 Pan American Games in Mexico are now available. The ‘Intent to Compete form’ for speed will be online at a later time.,

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These procedures cover team selection for both Roller Figure Skating (Artistic) and InlineSpeed Skating teams for the 2011 Pan American Games. The Roller Figure Skating Team willconsist of 1 athlete and 1 coach, and will be funded by the COC. The Speed Skating Team willnot be funded by the Canadian Olympic Committee – this is a self-funded event for speedathletes and coaches, although limited partial funding may be available through the individualProvincial Federations.

Read more here.

Vancouver 2011 Outgames Update

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The Board, members, friends and supporters of GLISA North America and the entire LGBTQ community celebrate the termination of the “Don’t ask; don’t tell” policy in the US military. The historic and long-overdue Act of Congress on Saturday, December 18, 2010 ends this policy and permits gay and lesbian individuals to serve their country proudly and with dignity. The United States now joins other countries, such as Canada, Holland, Denmark, Scandinavia, Great Britain, Australia and others where one’s lifestyle does not exclude one from serving in the military.

Vancouver 2011 Outgames Update

The Vancouver 2011 Outgames will include 18 sports, a 3-day LGBT Human Rights Conference, and a week-long Culture celebration supported by the Gay and Lesbian International Sports Association (“GLISA North America”) and Team Vancouver.

Join us at the games as we join the City of Vancouver in celebrating its 125th milestone anniversary of its founding. Vancouver and Whistler were also home of the last Winter Olympics. Whistler will host 4 “mountain” sports including Golf, Alpine Marathon and Half-Marathon, Eco-Challenge, and Mountain Biking.

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