Seven speedskaters from across the NWT put their best skate forward at the Canada Western Short Track Speedskating Championships in Edmonton, AB on March 19-20. Jack Coombs from Hay River, Dalton McLeod and Braeden Picek from Inuvik, and Wren Acorn, Allana Bowerman, Arjun Budgell and Lance Dizon from Yellowknife represented the NWT at this exciting … Read more
Many thanks to everyone who helped with last week-end’s territorial meet hosted by the NWTASSA here in YK. Congrats to all the skaters who competed, achieved personal best times and most importantly, had a smile on their face! Special thanks to 62 Degrees North for providing Emergency Medical Response services and to Michael Gilday for helping throughout the … Read more
Thanks to Coach Kerry for organizing a fun afternoon at the YK Climbing Club on February 21st for SS2 and SS3 skaters when the ice was not available. Not only are these skaters fast, but they can climb like monkeys too!
The 2016 NWT Speed Skating Championships will be held Feb 27–28th at the Multiplex, Jeske Arena. This meet is for all ages – those under six (as of June 30, 2015) skate as Rockets at noon on Saturday. Registration is now open and will close Sunday, February 14th.
Our City Council has not yet decided about possibly hosting the Canada Winter Games. Our Club encourages you to let your voice be heard if you’re interested in supporting the Games. There are several public events this week to find out more information and show your support! Please see the below press release from the City: **************************************************** … Read more
A total of 16 skaters from 6 years of age to … well the Master’s level …. represented the YKSSC at this years Edmonton Fall Classic and T2T Single Distance Championship. All of the skaters represented Yellowknife well with super effort and great sportsmanship. On top of that, each skater walked away with multiple PB’s!! … Read more
Great news! City staff have informed us that the YK Arena renovations are nearing completion and ON TIME! Starting Tuesday, November 17th, all REGULAR scheduled skating TIMES and LOCATIONS for all programs will resume. Thanks for everyone’s patience!
On December 5th, the Club will be hosting its first meet of the season so come cheer our skaters on! The Ability Meet involves all ages and abilities of skaters: our youngest skaters (under age 6 as of June 30th, 2015) are free and skate only during the lunch hour in the “Rocket’ category. The fee for all … Read more
Congrats to YKSSC skaters who participated at the Oktoberfest meet in Calgary October 17-18! Lauren Eggenberger, Alex Robertson and Jackson Christie qualified for the National Qualifier meet in Richmond BC next month and obtained Personal Best times. Grace Clark also achieved a PB! A special thank you and recognition to our Club’s own Robin Greig … Read more
Speed skates have a different type of blade than hockey or figure skates and therefore need to be sharpened in a special way. To enable the sharpening of our club skates to enhance skaters’ abilities, skates should be sharpened before the season, at least once a month and before events/meets. Skaters from the Competitive group … Read more
