Fred's, (Used to be Barb's), Board

Ted Barton has been joined by Josée Chouinard for the Novice Men FS, the Junior Women SP and the Junior Free Dance.

Novice Men - Scores (need to be manually refreshed): https://lamp.skatecanada.ca/results/202 ... MenCR.html

Novice Men - Protocols (also need to be manually refreshed): https://lamp.skatecanada.ca/results/202 ... P2DRO.html

Junior Women - Scores (as above): https://lamp.skatecanada.ca/results/202 ... menCR.html

Junior Women - Protocols (as above): https://lamp.skatecanada.ca/results/202 ... P1DRO.html

Last event for day 2 - the Junior Free Dance:

Start order:
Shaelene Katrayan / Jordan Derochie ON
Jessica Li / Jacob Richmond QC
Maia Iannetta / Liam Carr ON
Sydney Embro / Eric Millar ON
Isabel McQuilkin / Jacob Portz AB/NWT/NT

Chaima Ben Khelifa / Everest Zhu QC
Olivia Tremblay / Émile Couture QC
Amelia Boone / Malcolm Kowan AB/NWT/NT
Lily Hensen / Nathan Lickers ON
Sophia Kagolovskaya / Kieran MacDonald ON

Olivia McIsaac / Corey Circelli ON
Jessica-Lee Behiel / Jackson Behiel AB/NWT/NT
Nadiia Bashynska / Peter Beaumont ON
Hannah Lim / Ye Quan QC
Emmy Bronsard / Aissa Bouaraguia QC

Junior Free Dance - Live Scores: https://lamp.skatecanada.ca/results/202 ... nceCR.html

Live Protocols: https://lamp.skatecanada.ca/results/202 ... D2DRO.html

If you missed the live events, the video is being archived - here is what's available so far:

• Novice Men SP: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7qhxjp
• Novice Men FS: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7qjs9h
• Novice Women SP: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7qi33o
• Novice Women FS: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7qji1y
• Novice Pattern Dance 1 (Starlight Waltz) & 2 (Quickstep): https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7qhoe0 & https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7qht0h
• Novice Free Dance: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7qjau8
• Junior Men SP: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7qiepp
• Junior Women SP: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7qk1yd

I missed the Novice Pairs SP while en route to Mississauga. Ted Barton and Josee Chouinard provided commentary on the live stream.
Results: https://lamp.skatecanada.ca/results/202 ... airCR.html
Protocols: https://lamp.skatecanada.ca/results/202 ... P1DRO.html

I got to the hotel time to see the 2nd and third groups of the Junior Pairs SP, again with Ted & Josee.
Results: https://lamp.skatecanada.ca/results/202 ... airCR.html
Protocols: https://lamp.skatecanada.ca/results/202 ... P1DRO.html

Up next, the Junior Women FS with Ted Barton & Liz Manley providing commentary on the live stream.
"Live" results: https://lamp.skatecanada.ca/results/202 ... menCR.html
"Live" protocols: https://lamp.skatecanada.ca/results/202 ... P2DRO.html

And finally, for today, the Junior Men FS with Ted & Liz:
Live results: https://lamp.skatecanada.ca/results/202 ... MenCR.html
Live protocols: https://lamp.skatecanada.ca/results/202 ... P2DRO.html

Another Canadian record was set today - in the Junior Ladies FS. Kaiya Ruiter who set a record in Novice last year (which was broken yesterday), skated to music from Harry Potter and wove her magic to a new record with 7 triples landed, including a 3Lz3T.



A replay of her free program: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDvG_pP ... e=youtu.be

An interview with Kaiya by Elladj Balde: https://youtu.be/kQi6O2HcH04

Bev Smith's article on our new Junior Ice Dance champions: https://bevsmithwrites.com/fast-rise-to ... champions/

The article includes links to their rhythm dance and free dance performances.

More archived videos:

• Novice Pairs SP: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7qlk ... ist=x6l8w8
• Junior Pairs SP: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7qlp ... ist=x6l8w8
• Junior Women FS: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7qlv ... ist=x6l8w8
• Junior Men FS: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7qm3 ... ist=x6l8w8

Later today the novice and junior pairs will have their free skates.

Later today the last two events of the Novice & Junior championships will be on the Dailymotion live streams in English & French.

For your reference:
Novice Pairs FS -
"Live" results: https://lamp.skatecanada.ca/results/202 ... airCR.html
"Live" protocols: https://lamp.skatecanada.ca/results/202 ... P2DRO.html

Junior Pairs FS -
"Live" results: https://lamp.skatecanada.ca/results/202 ... airCR.html
"Live" protocols: https://lamp.skatecanada.ca/results/202 ... P2DRO.html

There has been one withdrawal from the Junior Pairs - Carignan & Pierro have withdrawn; she had a bad fall in the warm-up yesterday and people suspected they might not be able to skate; they did but after they competed he actually carried her off the ice.

Bev Smith article on Corey Circelli who won two medals in two days at Canadians despite a torn meniscus!!
https://bevsmithwrites.com/corey-circel ... s-manager/

Bev Smith article on Kaiya Ruiter: https://bevsmithwrites.com/remember-the ... ya-ruiter/

Nam vs Keegan will one of them go to Worlds?
https://torontosun.com/sports/olympics/ ... mpionships

There will be some non-geo-blocked streaming on Friday from Canadian:

AND for Saturday:

SATURDAY, JANUARY 18
10:30 – SENIOR PAIR FREE PROGRAM (GROUP 1)
11:20 – SENIOR WOMEN FREE PROGRAM (GROUPS 1 AND 2)
13:28 – SENIOR FREE DANCE (GROUP 1)
17:23 – SENIOR MEN FREE PROGRAM (GROUP 1)

From TSN on Twitter:

Check out https://t.co/Oaw99me37v?amp=1

They have numerous pre-Canadians interviews, etc.

Bev Smith articles: https://bevsmithwrites.com/

Zoey's first kiss 'n cry experience!

From TSN on Twitter:

We are here at the Gala and a note that we will air the Gala in its entirety tonight on TSN2 at 6:30 pm ET

Would love to hear your thoughts on Canadians Elizabeth and anyone else who was there. I’ve yet to watch the short programmes, but glued myself to the TV Saturday.

What stands out in addition to our delightful new Jr champion are:
the improvement Roman exhibited, basic skating, secure jumps with amazingly rapid rotation for a tall young man, and he looked fast,
Piper and Paul just look like champions! Edges so deep I don’t know how their boots didn’t scrap the ice.

I got home late last night after my return flight was delayed almost two hours. Today has been a catching up day with some time spent preparing for the skating the rest of the week

Roman certainly skated well but still seems a bit "sloppy" - his history, including a failure to consistently deliver two good programs in the same competition, is probably why there is essentially a "skate-off" for that single spot at Worlds. Skate Canada are, in my opinion, following their pre-published criteria in the World team selection.

The level of skating in the novice women was impressive with some in the junior women - Kaiya was, of course, a standout. The level of skating in the senior women was "interesting" to "disappointing" - some nice results from first-year seniors show future promise. Definitely a rebuilding time. In my opinion, Gabby should not have competed - she claimed she was skating better in practices than in competition but I didn't see that in the practice I saw. Her much-talked about FS tribute to her grandmother was rather embarrassing to watch

The pairs team that I was most impressed by was Walsh-Michaud - both their short and long programs showed a level of improvement that amazed me. It appears that the time they spent training with Maxim Trankov was well spent! Lubov & Charlie weren't as sharp in the FS as in the SP but certainly are doing some unique moves and it's good to seem them competing and so happy to be there

Piper and Paul were wonderful, for sure. I was sorry that Laurence & Nic had to take time off for his knee surgery - they were in attendance but he was still on crutches. They said that they will not "push it" for Worlds as they are looking for him to be fully healed. I was also very sorry for Sales & Wamseeker's error in the rhythm dance.

It was nice to see the level of friendship and support between the competitors, especially those who will be our team at 4CCs.

Just some quick thoughts....

Here's a link to a site with lots of photos from Canadians: http://figureskatersonline.com/news/202 ... pionships/

A little levity (or levitation) from the men's medal ceremony

Rob Brodie articles on Canadians for IFS Magazine:

• Pressure Packed Day 1 at Canadian Nationals https://www.ifsmagazine.com/pressure-pa ... nationals/
• Canadian Teens Sweep National Podium https://www.ifsmagazine.com/canadian-te ... al-podium/
• Moore-Towers and Marinaro Make It Two In a Row https://www.ifsmagazine.com/moore-tower ... -in-a-row/
• Gilles and Poirier Claim First Canadian Title https://www.ifsmagazine.com/gilles-and- ... ian-title/
• Roman Sadovsky Skates to Canadian Gold https://www.ifsmagazine.com/roman-sadov ... dian-gold/
• Skate Canada Defers Naming Worlds Team https://www.ifsmagazine.com/skate-canad ... rlds-team/