There is a very strong bid from Toronto to host the 2015 Pan American Games. The bid’s website, Toronto 2015, includes information on the venues for roller speed skating and roller figure skating.
USA’s Mike Anderson & Martha Flynn-Kauth Top Results At Winnipeg’s North Of The 49th Marathon
Winnipeg played host to the annual North of the 49th Marathon this past weekend.
- Results [Full marathon] [Half marathon] [Kids on Wheels]
- Report & Pictures from Herb Gayle
- Report- The Collins Report
Top-5 overall women’s marathon finshers- photo from Herb Gayle
World Masters Marathon Champs- Teolo, Italy- September 6th
The date & venue for the 2009 World Masters Marathon Championships has been switched. The most recent announcement informs that the competition will take place in Teolo, Italy on Sunday September 6th. [Full document with information]
Canadians Well Represented At Minnesota Half Marathon & NROC 10K Championship
Canadian skaters performed well at this past weekend’s Minnesota Half Marathon & NROC 10K Championship. The event, which attracted hundreds of skaters, was held over two days.
Morgan Williams led the red & white with top finishes in the Veteran Men’s category by winning both the Half Marathon and the 10km race.
Sarah Hopkins, who recently moved to Calgary, finished 5th in the Pro Women’s race after falling just before the finish. She came back the following day with a 2nd place finish in the 10km race.
New Brunswick’s Nadine Jackson finished 4th in the Master Women’s Half Marathon.
Go to the results & media archive to find results, reports, pictures, and videos. You can also click here to view a collection of links.
Morgan Williams (2nd) ready to take the win the Pro Veteran Men’s 10km- photo from Tour de Photo
Padova, Italy To Host World Masters Marathon Championships On September 6th
Padova, Italy is set to host the 2009 World Masters Marathon Championships on September 6th.
Skaters will meet at the at Piazza Mercato at 7:30am to fill in forms and pay entry fees
The starting line is at the Piazza Mercato Bresseo of Teolo and the competition, which begins at 8:30am, will take place on an 8km circuit.
Age categories include men & women over 30, 40, 50, and 60 years of age. The awards will take place at 12:30pm.
Paisley Perrie Featured In ‘Do You Believe’ CTV Commercial
Harriston’s Paisley Perries will be featured in a commercial on CTV. The commercial will be aired on CTV in conjunction with the upcoming Vancouver Winter Olympics.
View the video here; Paisley Perrie- Do You Believe.
RSO Series Holds 3rd Race Of The Season
The RSO Series held its 3rd race of the season yesterday.
The competition was held at CITC’s 200-meter banked track in Harriston, Ontario.
Despite a small turnout, the races were excting. In fact, Peter Doucet and Morgane Echardour set the series’ best ever 1500-meter time trial times.
Jade Pauley, who won the 500-meter sprint at the Canadian Championships in early July, continued with his winning ways by winning the 500-meter sprint. Peter Doucet won the 1500-meter time trial and the 10km race. Morgane Echardour was the top female finisher in all three distances, including a 4th place finish in the 10km race.
Canadian Skaters Participate And Finish On The Podium At Chicagoland Marathon NROC & Pro Inline Tour
A strong group of Canadian skaters traveled to Chicago this past weekend to compete in the Chicagoland Marathon (NROC) & Pro Inline Tour. Skaters from Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Cambridge, and Vancouver supported the event.
The Chicagoland Marathon was part of the NROC race series. The NROC is a series of North American marathons. The Montreal Roller Marathon held earlier this year in May was part of the series, and this September’s Ottawa Inline Skating Festival is also part of the series. Toronto’s Candy Wong currently leads the women’s standings with Mississauga’s Morgane Echardour tied with USA’s Breanna Kramer.
A number of the skaters earned their way up on the steps of the podium with excellent finishes in the 340-meter group sprint, the 3.2km time trial, the 10km points race, and the marathon. Peter Doucet, Morgane Echardour,Herb Gayle, Sarah Hopkins Morgan Williams were amongst the Canadian podium finishers in the Pro categories.
Go to the results & pictures archive to find all the results, reports, pictures, and videos.
Pro Women’s marathon podium, including Sarah Hopkins (4th place- left) and Morgane Echardour (3rd place, 2nd from right)- photo by Peter Doucet, SpeedSkateWorld.com
Pro Master Men’s marathon podium, including Morgan Williams (2nd from right) and Herb Gayle (right)- photo by Peter Doucet, SpeedSkateWorld.com
Pro Women staring the marathon- photo by Peter Doucet, SpeedSkateWorld.com
Women’s Pro Inline Tour race- Morgane Echardour & Sarah Hopkins tucked in the draft in 8th and 9th position- Hopkins won the race while Echardour came 4th- photo by Peter Doucet, SpeedSkateWorld.com
Skaters from Toronto, Mississauga, Waterloo, and Cambrdige- left to right are Peter Doucet, Morgane Echardour, Brock Howes, Sarah Hopkins, Jesse Pauley, Candy Wong, Morgan Williams, Jade Pauley- photo from SpeedSkateWorld.com
Mississauga’s Peter Doucet (center) with World Champions Jorge Boter0 (Colombia- front) and USA’s Harry Vogel- Doucet finished 3rd in the marathon- photo by Thong Nguyen
Pro Women’s lead pack racing for points at the end of the 2nd of 3 laps during the marathhon- photo by DuffManOhYea
12th Annual North Of The 49th Inline Marathon- August
When: August 30th
Where: Winnipeg, Canada
Why: Great, well run race, closed course with smooth pavement, $1,000 in price money, easy online registration, wonderful way to show your support for Randy Plett (inline racer for Bont who was injured earlier this year in a bicycle accident)
What to bring: Passport, it’s now required to have a passport to get back into the US.
Click here for more information on the event.
Roller Sports Has Greater Chances Of Olympic Inclusion After World Games
Roller speed skating was smash hit at this year’s World Games held in Taipei.
With plently of media covering the exciting races, there is now a great buzz within the roller speed skating community for the sports’ potential inclusion in the 2016 Olympic programme.
Bill Begg, one of roller speed skating’s most passionate advoates, has been sharing his joy and motivating all the associations, clubs, groups, and individuals to lobby and keep strengthening roller speed skating’s presence in the final stretch leading to the desicion later this year.
Some very good & positive news comming out of the World Games, shows we are well in the running with a more than 50 / 50 chance.
Its down to two choices 1/ The Money sports & 2/ The modern sports, as to who will get the nod.
A number of big brockers close to the Olympic power brockers have been present observing the skating & what is happening here is giving our sport a very big boost in the push for Olympic Inclusion.
1/ Chinese Taipei winning has all the TV focusing reports on the skaters.
2/ The Front page of the Taipei Times has seed skating a big coloured photo, showing the ladies 1,000 meters 2nd Semi Final.
3/ On ESPN last night Golf first up, had nothing to offer compared to the exciement & racing spectacle at the Bank Track.
CIC President lost everthing in the big LA Aquilla earthquake & has thrown all his energies into the Olympic bid, it would be a wonderfull reward for Roberto to see his beloved sport gain Inchusion in the October voting showdown.
For sure we are right in there.
Roller Sports Canada 