Elisabeth Taylor, of the St. Albert Skating Centre, will perform at the Skate Canada Challenge Championships after placing sixth in the senior women’s event at the Alberta/Northwest Territories/Nunavut Sectionals last week in Calgary.
The Skate Canada Challenge starts Dec. 2 in Pierrefonds, Que.
The St. Albert figure skating club was also represented by the following skaters at sectionals.
Matthew Newnham, juvenile men’s U14: first place.
Brian Popa, pre-juvenile men’s U14: first place.
Newnham and Mychala Collier, juvenile dance: second place.
Kenyon Monahan, pre-juvenile men’s U14: fifth place.
Collier, juvenile women’s U11: sixth place.
Popa and Teana Aubin, juvenile dance: sixth place.
Teryn Coley, junior ladies: 19th place.
Kiera Fischer, pre-juvenile women’s U14: 26th place.
Meanwhile the Edmonton Regional Open will be staged next weekend at the Go Auto and Troy Murray arenas at Servus Credit Union Place.
Approximately 800 skaters, including 32 from the St. Albert club, will be performing.
The STAR Skate competition is open to skaters from Calgary, up north and features all levels from Star 1, beginners in the competitive scene, to the more advanced Star 5, plus senior bronze to gold in the freeskate and interpretive events. The age range is six to 22.
Special Olympics’ skaters will also participate.
The hours for the regional open are noon to 9 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
The St. Albert Nordic Ski Club is waiting for more snow before volunteer groomers perform packing and track setting on the Kingswood Park and Riverlot 56 trail systems.
Skiers have been spotted on the original 10-kilometre layout, plus the addition 1.5 km of trails created over the summer through the joint effort of STANSKI and the Riverlot 56 Natural Area Society.
Visit www.stalbertnordic.com for more information.
Upcoming is STANSKI’s annual rentals’ pick-up on Nov. 30 from 3 to 4 p.m. at Kingswood Park.
The children’s program also begins Dec. 7 from 2 to 3 p.m.
The metro Edmonton division two junior women’s volleyball final between the Bellerose Bulldogs and Archbishop MacDonald Marauders was decided in the fifth set Saturday at Strathcona High School.
The 15-12 clincher completed the MacDonald’s comeback after the Bulldogs won two hard-fought sets to start the best-of-five match.
In pool B the first-place Bulldogs beat fourth-place MacDonald 3-2 Oct.1.
The Bulldogs finished 8-2 (27 GW/12 GL) and MacDonald’s 8-3 (30 GW/14 GL) record included a semifinal victory over the defending champion St. Albert Skyhawks (8-2, 28 GW/11 GL) in five sets at the SkyDome.
The Bulldogs were gunning for their second junior women’s volleyball banner in school history since winning the 2010 city conference final.
Savannah Sillers, Sabrina DeCarolis and Victoria Warner were returning Bulldogs from last year’s 7-4 team that was eliminated in the division two quarter-finals.
