London Speed Skating Club - "Home of the Lightning" - Speed Skating Club for fun! - Developing independence, community, body, mind and soul through the practice of speed skating

A BIG THANKS TO THE POWER WORKERS' UNION

Thanks to the Power Workers' Union local 1000 for their generous donation of $250. Donations of this kind are generally used to replace ageing equipment (think of the circa 1980's skates that are starting to fall apart)

LONDON SPEED SKATING CLUB IN THE NEWS

Thanks to the London Community News and sports reporter John Matisz - follow the link to the article:

Speeding Past Expectations

LONDON HOSTED FIRST WESTERN MEET OF THE SEASON

London Speed Skating Club hosted the first Western Regional meet of the 2011/12 season on October 15th & 16th 2011. The meet was held in the Dorchester Arena. Cindy Van Lierop did her usual outstanding job organizing the meet - thank you Cindy!! and thank you to the dozens of volunteers both within our club and from other clubs who helped to make the meet runs smoothly.

For the 17 London skaters, we had 3 skaters skating thier first ever meet, 3 medals, 16 top 10 finishes and 27 pb's. London skater results can be found on the "News" tab and the full protocol can be found on the "Competitions Registrations/Results" page.

SSC FILM SHOOT IN LONDON

Over the July 25th weekend, seven skaters from the London Speed Skating Club along with three more from the Cambridge Speed Skating Club had an amazing opportunity. Christine Nesbitt, Olympic gold medalist, World Cup champion, and member of the London club, was in town with her coach, Mark Wild, and together the group took part in a day-long film shoot for Speed Skating Canada. Our skaters had the opportunity to perform technical drills and skate with Christine, receiving valuable feedback from both her and Mark.

Christine also signed autographs, answered questions, and posed for pictures.

This opportunity stemmed from other initiatives we had done at the London club in conjunction with the television and film students at Fanshawe College and their instructor, who is a member of the London club. Our work came to the attention of Douglas Duncan at SSC, who saw the possibilities of taking it several steps further. The Fanshawe crew were innovative in their approaches and adaptation of equipment, and were therefore able to capture a lot of great video footage from optimum angles for educational purposes.

When all is done, the video will be added to a bank of web resources that SSC is developing.

THANKS TO INTACT INSURANCE!!

Thanks to the Intact Insurance Podium Tracker Program and Christine Nesbitt's amazing World Cup Season, the London Speed Skating Club was awarded $1,000!

Christine's 15 podium appearances last season benefited 15 speed skating clubs across Canada. Full results can be found at: PodiumTracker.ca

CHRISTINE NESBITT HONOURED AS WOMAN OF EXCELLENCE

Christine was honoured along with eight other amazing women at this annual event that pays tribute to the extraordinary women in our community who are inspiring for many in their chosen field.

The YMCA of Western Ontario Women of Excellence Gala is a unique event supporting the YMCA’s goal of developing spirit, mind and body in people of all backgrounds, beliefs and abilities.

Christine and Tessa Virtue are the first ever recipients of the "Outstanding Achievement" Award.

LONDON SPEED SKATING CLUB RECEIVES AWARD FROM THE CITY OF LONDON

LSSC was selected by Pillar Nonprofit Network on behalf of the Mayor through a volunteer selection committee.

The club was presented a mounted certificate by Mayor Fontana at the April 4/11 Council meeting to representatives Doug Mason, president; Cindy Van Lierop, meet co-ordinator; Kaitlyn Reiners, athlete; Cameron Mason, athlete.

The program has been in place since 2002 and recognizes the important contributions of nonprofit organizations and their volunteer members to the community.