Members of the Calgary Rollercade Inline Skating Club recently competed at the 2008 Auburn Winter Invitational Speed Meet in Washington, USA. Mark Virtue from the USA took pictures of the races. [view the Auburn photo gallery]
A CRISC skater in the senior men’s long distance final in Auburn- photo by Mark Virtue
You can view a photo album of one of CRISC‘s practice this past January. [click for photo album]
The dates for the RSC Speed Nationals & RSO Speed Provincials are now confirmed.
Roller Sports Canada will hold its annual speed championship at the Canadian Inline Training Centre in Harriston, Ontario. The 200-meter banked track will play host to the Canadian Championships from June 27th to the 30th. The official practice will be on Friday and racing will take place on Saturday and Sunday. Monday will be held as a rain date.
The Canada Day Marathon will take place in Cambridge on July 1st.
Roller Sports Ontario will host its annual provincial speed championship May 30th to June 1st. The Ontario championship will take place at Christ The King 200-meter flat track, the training venue used by the Toronto Inline Skating Club. Friday will serve as the official practice day. Racing will take place on Saturday and Sunday.
More details on these events will be posted at a later date. Forms and information will be posted in the information bar on the left-hand side.
The Roller Sports Canada website mysteriously re-appeared on the internet earlier today.
There will be a number of update throughout the next few weeks- stay tuned for more news.
We have no idea why the RSC site has been down. We are looking into the problem. Thank you for understanding.
The North London Optimist Community Centre (NLOCC) located in London, Ontario opened its doors on January 2nd. The venue features a beautiful wood floor.
The NLOCC is an important addition to Canada’s far-and-few roller skating facilities. Every facility has the potential of being home to a club- Could this rink be the future home of a new speed, roller figure skating or roller derby team?
If you live in the London area and you’re interested in starting up a club, contact us if you would like help.
RollerSkatin.ca has more photos & details about the grand opening.
Photo from RollerSkatin.ca
Thank you for visiting Roller Sports Canada’s website. This is the first time in its history that RSC has a site that will be maintained on a regular basis, featuring Canadian content and general interest items.
The website will remain fairly basic for now. It will serve as a communications tool to the Canadian skating community and a promotion tool for roller skating disciplines.
This web site will aims at consistently keeping the Canadian roller skating community informed about the dates, venues, locations, & information of National & Provincial competitions. Roller Sports Canada’s website will be used to announce World Teams and to publish results from RSC Nationals. Rules will also be added.
You can now contact RSC Board Members thanks to the Contacts section. The Links database is slowly growing to provide you a portal into the wonderful world of all roller skating disciplines.
There are plans to eventually include resources for coaches and athletes. As per past suggetions, you can look for an archive and history of Canadian results, World results, Canadian records, and Canadian skater achievements.
Two very important goals for the RSC website include recruiting volunteers to help support and develop the roller skating disciplines and to promote the people and organizations that support RSC and roller skating.
Between 1996 and 2001, Montreal was home to an indoor multi-sport facility called Le TAZ. After its doors were closed in 2001, a group of administrators- including Paula Barsetti et Michel Comeau- dedicated efforts in finding a new location for a new facility.
After many years of consultations, potential site searches, and working with the three levels of government including the City Of Montreal, it has been announced that there will be a ground breaking this March.
The facility will feature an indoor 200-meter flat track. A future expansion of the TAZ may allow for a F.I.R.S. regulation banked track to be added to the multi sport facility.
The TAZ, which will be built on a site near Papineau Street and ‘La Métropolitaine’ highway, will lay claim to being part of Montreal’s 2nd biggest park. [Le TAZ website]
Currently, Canada’s only dedicated roller speed skating venue is a 200-meter outdoor banked track at the Canada Inline Training Center in Harriston, Ontario- about 1 1/2 hours north-east of Toronto.
The Design Canada results are in!
Roller Sports Canada & Il Peloton would like to thank all of the entrants and all of the voters in making the Design Canada! competition an unqualified success. 22 entries were received along with hundreds of votes. Many of you took the time to express your enthusiasm for the contest and shared your comments:
After tallying the votes, we are pleased to announce that the winners are. . .
(to enlarge click on the skinsuit)
Design #12 will become the suit for the Canadian World/Pan Am Team and will undergo modifications to meet the teams’ requirements. The final version will be posted at a later date.
Design #20 will become what is called the Official Canada suit. It has already been given some finishing touches, including the application of elements from Design #4, a very popular design in the competition. You can see the final version of the Official Canada suit below:
This suit will be available for sale at Il Peloton, including on the website, starting in March 2008. Matching jerseys and shorts will also be available a little later on in the season. Anyone who wishes to represent Canada while racing or skating anywhere in the world now has the ability to do so. Proceeds from the sale of this clothing will be donated by Il Peloton to support the athletes on the 2008 Canadian World Team.
Once again, a huge thank you to all of the people who contributed, promoted, visited, and voted. It has been a fantastic experience and everyone involved is very proud to have been part of Design Canada!
Your Design Canada! Team
Il Peloton Ltd. & Rollersports Canada
The Roller Sports Ontario Speed Series will be holding an indoor series this year. The first of four indoor competitions is scheduled for this Sunday, Ferbruary 3rd at Mississauga’s Scooter’s Roller Palace. [RSO Speed Series website] [Dates and details]
Photo submitted by Peter Doucet
Sarah Hopkins from Toronto- in front wearing the red & black canadian colours- leads a Roller Speed Skating practice. She practices in Mississauga at the Scooter’s Indoor Speed Club. She represented Canada at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Roller Sports Canada 