The Official Canada Suits can now be purchased from Il Peloton. The Official Canada Suit was one of two winning designs in the Design Canada! Contest. $20 from each suit sold will be donated to the 2008 Canadian World Team athletes. Canadian World Team athletes are responsible for the costs of representing Canada at the World Roller Speed Skating Championships. The costs can run upwards of $4000 per athlete. [Click here to purchase a suit]
Photo from Cor1000
The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) recently unveiled details of its application for groundbreaking English and French amateur sport television networks, which would be a first in Canada if approved. The proposed Canadian Amateur Sports Network (CASN) and le Réseau du sport amateur canadien (RSAC) would provide much-needed exposure and funding for both Olympic and non-Olympic sports. [Press Release] [Press Release- French] [CASN Background] [CASN Background- French]
Tentative dates for the 2008 RSO Outdoor Speed Series have been announced. The dates- which will be confirmed at a later date- include May 10th (Ottawa/ Aylmer), June 14th or 15th (Harriston- CITC), July 19th or 20th (Toronto- CTK), and August 23rd or 24th (Harriston- CITC). [See the dates]
Racing at the 2007 RSO Outdoor Series at Christ The King’s 200-meter track in Toronto- photo from Peter Doucet
The Inline Skate for MS 2008 will be taking place in Thunder Bay on July 27th. Thunder Bay is just under 4 hours North East of Duluth- home to North America’s biggest inline skating marathon- the Northshore Inline Marathon. The course for this year’s Skate for MS uses a road that was paved in 2006- it is relatively straight and flat. [Registration] [Brochure PDF] [Contact for Information]
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Even though news items may not be posted on the main site, the rest of the website’s content is continually being maintained & updated. Recent changes & modifications have been made to various pages including the Links, Coaching & Training Resource, Speed, Speed events, and Achievements.
A few of documents about ‘how to become a RSC member‘ can now be found in the Membership & Forms section.
Roller Sports Ontario’s Indoor Series took place this past Sunday in Mississauga. This was the second of four events. Skaters competed in distances ranging from 300-meters to 1000-meters. The RSO Series is a co-ed ability based series; skaters complete a time trial and are placed in ability groups. Final series age category rankings will determine trophies and cash prizes for skaters. The next competition will take place on March 16th. [300-meter time trial results, 500-meter results, 1000-meter results, stage 2 standings, Peter Doucet’s photos]
2006-2007 RSO Indoor Series awards were distributed this past Sunday- pictured are some of the top-3 age category finishers- seated left to right; Morgan Williams, Jesse Pauley, Sarah Hopkins, standing left to right; Jacky Shu, Alex Maas, Jake Maas, Eric Maas, Peter Doucet, Aaron Arndt, Scott Pauley, Andrew Hegarty- photo by Phillip Morris
You can view some photos of indoor training in Ottawa/ Hull in the post called Indoor Recap thanks to Road Rash Chronicles.
Benoit’s Lamarche in the lead- photo from Road Rash Chronicles
The Toronto Inline Skating Club (TISC) will be holding its Annual General Meeting on the 16th of March. TISC’s long-time president, Gillian Clarke, will be stepping down as President of the club. The club’s membership will be voting on a new board of directors. [more]
TISC’s President, Gillian Clarke, leads her group at the 2007 Ottawa Inline Skating Festival. Clarke is stepping down from the TISC Presidency- Photo from Peter Doucet
You can view a CBC clip on Roller Derby from this January. The clip, which was aired on CBC News Sunday, includes fine commentary and competition footage. The clip features Gillian Clarke, who is currently the RSC Vice President of Roller Derby. [Roller Derby Revisited]
‘Starting with the 2007 tax year, the Government of Canada allows a non-refundable tax credit based on eligible fitness expenses paid by parents to register a child in a prescribed program of physical activity‘ [read more in Children’s Fitness Tax Credit]
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