Looking back to 1983 Canadians...

[Elizabeth]

Check out the Skate Guard blog for some "blasts from the past": http://skateguard1.blogspot.ca/2018/04/ ... ating.html

Can't you just picture Kurt's "happy dance"

And there was also a happy Barb & Paul who won their 5th championship

[Kevin]

Very interesting blog post. It was interesting to see mention, and a photo, of Mark Rowsom. I didn't really start following skating until the 1988 Olympics, so I didn't know Mark as a skater. He is, however, a friend of mine here in Kitchener. We met through musical connections (he's actually a very good singer) and I later discovered he had been an elite skater. I've wanted to pick his brain for skating gossip (and I did a little bit), but my feeling is that it is a past life for him, so I backed off. He did return to coaching for awhile at the Preston Figure Skating Club, but stopped a few years ago. If I remember, it was over frustration trying to adapt to the new judging system.

[Elizabeth]

Very interesting blog post. It was interesting to see mention, and a photo, of Mark Rowsom. I didn't really start following skating until the 1988 Olympics, so I didn't know Mark as a skater. He is, however, a friend of mine here in Kitchener. We met through musical connections (he's actually a very good singer) and I later discovered he had been an elite skater. I've wanted to pick his brain for skating gossip (and I did a little bit), but my feeling is that it is a past life for him, so I backed off. He did return to coaching for awhile at the Preston Figure Skating Club, but stopped a few years ago. If I remember, it was over frustration trying to adapt to the new judging system.

I remember Mark as a skater and also knew he was a singer - he sang the anthem at the opening of some skating competition that I attended. He was involved in pairs when there were "fours" competitions.