Thursday night was the Awards Banquet for Tweed & District Figure Skating Club. I LOVE attending the Awards Banquet - it's great to see the kids outside of skating, and they are always so excited to be together for this celebration...and the kids that win awards, to see their excitement and pride, great moment as a coach!
Our Learn to Skate kids getting their certificates from their coach Kristin.
I didn't work with this group at all this season, but I will be
giving Makena private lessons during Spring skating in Belleville (she's
the little one in the dress with the super serious expression!)
Me with the CanSkate girls I taught this season - Payton, Olivia, Erika and Emily (Molly was unable to attend).
Emily was SUPER excited when her name was called as one of two
winners of the CanSkate Champion award. I was so proud of her this
season - she passed two badges (Stage 2 and 3), and competed in her
first skating competition. She is also the type of skater who always
has a smile on her face, and if she falls down, she laughs it off and
gets up and tries again.
Our Advanced CanSkate group - Hailey, Chelsea, Mykelti, Cheyenne and Shelby (not sure why Kendal isn't in this picture?)
Cheyenne and Shelby are two of my private skaters. Cheyenne is doing Spring skating in Belleville, so I still see her once a week...and, every time I've seen her since carnival, she's asked for her badges...but, I made her wait until the awards night. She was so excited to get her Stage 3 and 4 badges. And then...drum roll....I called her name as the
CanSkater of the Year and she hit a whole new level of excitement!
Proudly displaying the medal she was awarded.
Not only did Cheyenne pass two badges, she also competed in her first competitions this year. She received a Gold certificate at her very first competition, and followed that up with a Silver certificate at the second competition.
One of my private skaters, Alyssa, being awarded the Erin Palmateer Spirit of Skating award.
Alyssa has an excellent work ethic and positive attitude - she is always
working hard, and can be seen practicing a certain jump or spin over
and over again, trying to get it 'just right'. She also has a smile on
her face all the time!
Leah received the Award of Merit.
Leah is one of my Senior skaters - when the coaches and I sat down to discuss the awards, we all quickly agreed that Leah deserved the Award of Merit this year. She really matured this year, both as a skater and a young lady. She passed two Senior Bronze dances and her Senior Bronze Skills this season, and she was a Program Assistant to our Advanced CanSkate group on Thursday nights (the kids LOVED her!).
Ella was awarded a trophy for Pre-Junior Proficiency (one of my skaters was taking pictures for me, but wasn't able to get one when Ella was being presented her trophy).
Ella passed her Stage 5 Badge this year - the most exciting thing about passed Stage 5 is that it means you no longer have to wear a helmet, Ella was VERY excited about that!
My three Senior skaters - Jillian, Britteny and Leah.
A group shot of me with all nine of the skaters I taught this season.
Back Row, L-R: Jillian, Britteny, me, Leah, Alyssa, Hannah, Keegan
Front Row, L-R: Ella, Cheyenne, Shelby
And one more fun group shot! Keegan was being difficult (which is typical, he's worse than a girl!) and wouldn't stick around for more pictures, so Travis stepped in instead! This little guy is the younger brother of Hannah and Ella, and I just love him! I taught him a few years ago in Learn to Skate, but he's moved on to hockey now. But, he's still my little buddy - we have this ongoing joke where he calls me Mary Jane and I call him Trevor, he thinks it's HILARIOUS!
Whew, that was a long one...and I included a lot of pictures, maybe too many! But, it was such a great night, I want to be able to look back at this post next year (perhaps in January when the skating season is at it's busiest, and I'm ready for it to end!) and remember how much everyone enjoyed it. So, thanks for sticking with me until the end.
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