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Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir
Olympic Gold Medal Ice Dance Champions!

We are so proud that your talent, dedication and hard work helped you achieve a Canadian historic ice dance victory. Bravo! Tessa & Scott - Canada's First Olympic Gold Medal Winners in Ice Dance. From Pat Woods, WO Section Chair

Special Congratulations, Joannie! ...on your Bronze medal performance and the Terry Fox Award at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. You are a special and courageous young lady. Our deepest sympathy to Joannie Rochette and family. Our thoughts and prayers are that memories of your dear Mother will bring you peace and comfort. From Pat Woods, Chair, Western Ontario Section

The first thing is to love your sport. Never do it to please someone else. It has to be yours. Peggy Fleming, 1968 Winter Olympics

2010 Olympians! We're so proud of
Scott Moir, Tessa Virtue and Bryce Davison
Photos with thanks to Skate Canada

The following skaters represented Skate Canada, and our Section at the 2010 ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Jeonju City, Republic of Korea January 25-30, 2010.

A special congratulations to Ice dancers Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje both of Waterloo, who earned their first career victory, winning GOLD. This year they have won bronze medals, first at HomeSense Skate Canada International and then at the BMO Canadian Figure Skating Championships.

• Watch Kaitlin & Andrew's Gold Medal Free Dance

Diane Szmiett of Watford, made her first trip to these championships placing 10th after placing fourth at the 2010 BMO Canadian Figure Skating Championships.

Kirsten Moore-Towers of St. Catharines, and Dylan Moscovitch of Toronto made their first appearance for Canada at this prestigious event in the pair category, placing 9th. This was their first year on the competitive circuit as a team, placing fifth at their first BMO Canadian Figure Skating Championships together.

Congratulations to 17 Skaters who represented WO at the BMO Skate Canada Championships in London, January 14-17, 2010.

BMO Possibilities Award - Kirsten Moore-Towers and Dylan Moscovitch performed perfectly in both their programs and didn’t miss an element and for that reason were awarded the BMO Possibilities Award.

• More from Skate Canada

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, 3 time Senior Dance Champions, set a new Canadian record with an overall total score of 221.95 points.

Possibility Award Winners at Nationals

Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch Senior Pair		Abby Carswell / Andrew Dolman Junior Dance

Photos from Challenge

Daniela-Bella Favot	Erin Scherrer	Kurtis Gaskell / Brittany Jones

Photos with thanks, Erica Armstrong, Skate Ontario

A heartfelt Congratulations to 34 skaters who represented our Section at the BMO Skate Canada Junior National Championships in London, January 11-14, 2010.

BMO Possibilities Award - was given to Junior Ice dancers, Abby Carswell and Andrew Dolman of Western Ontario. They had three solid performances in all three areas and with a second place performance in the free dance. They created a wonderful overall impression, winning the bronze medal.

• More from Skate Canada

2010-2011 Skate Canada Senior National Team

• Diane Szmiett - Watford SC
• Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir - Ilderton SC / Ilderton SC
• Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje - Sault FSC / Kitchener-Waterloo SC
• Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch - WC St. Catharines / Kitchener-Waterloo SC

2010-2011 Skate Canada Junior National Team

• TBA

2010-2011 Skate Canada Synchronized Skating National Team

• Senior – Nexxice
• Junior – Nexxice

[International Assignments & Results]

The following WO skaters competed March 4-7, 2010 in Huntsville. Congratulations everyone!

• Ontario Winter Games Photo Gallery - from Skate Ontario
• Ontario Winter Games Results - from Skate Ontario

WO Team (Singles Skaters & Dance Teams with Team Leaders & Coaches)

WO Team - Everyone!

3 Pair teams were sent to represent Western Ontario at the Indy Challenge 2009, Indianapolis, IN, USA, August 1-2, 2009.

3 Dance teams were sent to represent Western Ontario at the Pikes Peak Classic 2009, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, September 26-27, 2009.

“I would like to thank Western Ontario Section for the opportunity you gave Ben and I by sending us to Colorado Springs to compete in the Pikes Peak Classic. It felt like my first International assignment by having to fly there and skate at altitude. Besides, the competition, Colorado Springs was an awesome place with plenty of things to do and see. The experience was one I’ll never forget and with the monitoring it was a great learning experience. Thank you again for giving me the opportunity.” Kylie Knight

Michaela & Scott Botsford, Kylie Knight & Ben Mulder in Colorado

6 skaters represented Western Ontario at Sask Skate 2009, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, October 9-11, 2009.

Congratulations to these skaters for representing WO section so well!

• Judges Speak Out - What Gives a Competitive Performance the EDGE?