2021 Champs International Linda Brauckmann Jr Academy Competition

Congratulations to all of our skaters that participated in the 2021 Champs International Linda Brauckmann Jr Academy Competition! It was a wonderful way to show off all of your hard work from a great Winter Term.

We look forward to seeing you in the Summer!

SESSION 1 - GROUP 1

1st: Nicole Mah, 2nd: Chloe Chen, 3rd: Kailey Au, 4th: Ethan Yuen

Members of Session 1, Group 1

SESSION 1 - GROUP 2

1st: Judy Zhou, 2nd: Kayley Au, 3rd: Mila Pehl, 4th: Orin Liu

Members of Session 1, Group 2

SESSION 1 - GROUP 3

1st: Lev Sidorenko, 2nd: Teodora Tokic, 3rd: Emily Liu, 4th: Pearson Lui-D’Souza

Members of Session 1, Group 3

SESSION 2 - GROUP 1

1st: Ryan Yan, 2nd: Caelyn Du, 3rd: Alexis Wu, 4th: Melanie Shi

Members of Session 2, Group 1

SESSION 2 - GROUP 2

1st: Laura Zhou, 2nd: Halena Ngo, 3rd: Timothy Ngo, 4th: Trini Li

Members of Session 2, Group 2

SESSION 2 - GROUP 3

1st: Evelyn Xing, 2nd Nikolas Johnson, 3rd Scarlett Shi, 4th Olivia Ontiveros

Members of Session 2, Group 3

Champs International StarSkate Theatre On Ice Workshop!

This past Wednesday was the Champs International Star Skate Theatre On Ice workshop for our Champs star skaters. The workshop was held by Champs coaches Jill Marie Harvey and Jeremy Ten.

Skaters were challenged to explore movement and expression with various pieces of music hand selected by the coaches.

Beautiful pose from Elena!

Albert showing us his low levels!

Below are some highlights and the winners of each group:

STAR 2 GROUP (WINNER - LOUIE LIU)

Star 2 skaters

Louie - Star 2 winner

Amber putting her creativity on display!

Hanna showing off her stuff!

STAR 3 GROUP (WINNER - NORAH LIU)

Star 3 skaters with Coach Jill & Coach Jeremy

Norah - Star 3 winner

Violet in a beautiful lunge

Alexis turning heads with her great smile!

STAR 4 GROUP (WINNER - AUDRINA KENWORTHY)

Star 4 skaters and Coach Jill and Advanced skater Ron

Audrina - Star 4 winner

Lina and Avery show their fun side!

STAR 5 GROUP (WINNER - EFFIE LI)

Star 5 skaters with Coach Jill and Advanced skater Ron

Effie Li - Star 5 winner

Devesh takes a knee in his performance!

Abigail with a beautiful soft expression!

SO MUCH FUN WAS HAD!!

Thank you to Jill, Jeremy and our demonstrator Advanced skater Ron Vainer for their work! Well done to all of our skaters!

Well done to all skaters at the Champs Star Skate Assessment!

Thanks to Champs Senior Coach Jill Marie Harvey for all her input and effort towards this special day for our Champs Star Skaters.

Congratulations to every skater in Star 2, 3, 4, and 5 for their excellent effort and wonderful performances.

It was a great day, and thanks to our Champs coaching staff for pulling together to make this work with all safety and Covid sport guidelines.

-Director Joanne McLeod

STAR 2

Top 3 performances (L to R: Isabella, Albert & Jacob)

All Star 2 Skaters (L to R: Isabella, Giada, Louie, Jacob, Albert)

STAR 3

Top 3 Performances (L to R: Violet, Norah, Alexis)

All Star 3 Skaters (L to R: Anna, Annie, Sophia, Blaire, Grace, Violet, Kyle, Alexis, Araya, Norah, Alice, Olivia, Sophia, Hinako, Flora, Alice)

STAR 4

Top 3 Performances (L to R: Elena, Alex, Sophia)

All Star 4 Skaters (L to R: Lina, Sophia, Gavin, Audrina, Justina, Rosetta, Avery, Elena, Alex)

STAR 5

Top 3 Performances (L to R: Michaela, Devesh, Effie)

All Star 5 Skater (L to R: Camille, Jun, Effie, Michaela, Devesh, Aleksei, Eva, Alondra)

Congratulations to all of our skaters!

We are so proud of your continued development!

Champs Athletes Take Home Team Trophy at 2021 BC/YK Sectionals Championships!

This past weekend Champs International Skating Centre and the Scotia Barn arena were host to the 2021 Skate Canada BC/YK Sectionals Super Series Championships that was held in accordance with COVID-19 protocols in place.

Thanks to Ted Barton, the BC Section, and Scotia Barn for creating a safe way for our athletes to compete; physical distancing was enforced at all times, masks were made mandatory when not skating on ice, and detailed time sheets with entry and exit times were created for all groups to ensure capacity was not exceeded. The event was incredibly successful with major thanks to Ted Barton, the BC Section, Scotia Barn, and Champs International Skating Centre who all worked together to make it happen and pave the way for future competitions to continue during this COVID-19 pandemic.

Our Champs athletes were amazing and resilient under these circumstances and there were some great performances that led to Champs winning the BC Team Trophy!

Erighan Dantienn, 2021 BC Sectionals Pre-Juvenile Men Silver Medallist

Alyssa Yip, 2021 BC Sectionals Juvenile Ladies U14 Bronze Medallist

Ashley Pang, Juvenile Ladies U12 Bronze Medallist; Jasmine Coetzee, Juvenile Ladies U12 Silver Medallist; Elia De Phanger, Juvenile Men Champion; Alex Wang, Pre-Novice Men Bronze Medallist

Angelina Guan, 2021 BC Sectionals Pre-Novice Ladies Silver Medallist

Ron Vainer, 2021 BC Sectionals Novice Men Bronze Medallist

Luka Miyake, 2021 BC Sectionals Novice Ladies Bronze Medallist

Brendan Wong, 2021 BC Sectionals Junior Men Bronze Medallist & Shohei Law, 2021 BC Sectionals Junior Mens Champion and artistic award recipient

Emma Szeto, 2021 BC Sectionals Junior Ladies Champion

Aleksa Rakic, 2021 BC Sectionals Senior Men Bronze Medallist and artistic award recipient

Beres Clements, 2021 BC Sectionals Senior Men Champion and Emily Bausback, 2021 BC Sectionals Senior Ladies Champion

Aleksa Rakic, Senior Men Bronze Medallist; Gabriel Blumenthal, Senior Men Silver Medallist; Beres Clements, Senior Men Champion; Emily Bausback, Senior Ladies Champion; Emily Millard, Senior Ladies Silver Medallist

Champs Senior Medallists take a break to show off their medals!

Melody Zhu, Jr Ladies 2021 Skate Canada Challenge qualifier holding the BC Team Trophy. She represents all the Pre-Juvenile to Senior singles competitors and dance teams that train at and represent Champs International.

Thanks to our Champs coaches for all of their hard work!

Elite/Sr A Advanced - Director Joanne McLeod and her Elite/Advanced coaching team of Neil Wilson, Megumu Seki, Megan Wing & Aaron Lowe

Senior A - Joanne McLeod, Neil Wilson, Megumu Seki, Jill Marie Harvey, Miki Mori, Diane Knutson

Senior B - Neil Wilson, Megumu Seki, Jill Marie Harvey, Miki Mori, Diane Knutson, Kevin Reynolds, Julie Zhu, Jeremy Ten, Kathryn Kang

Congratulations to all of our Champs skaters!

"Emily Bausback aims to be back in hunt for National figure skating crown"

Champs skater and 2020 National Champion Emily Bausback featured in the Vancouver Sun and Global News with Champs Skating Director Joanne McLeod.

To view the complete article, please click here.

Good luck to Emily and all Champs athletes competing at the 2021 BC Sectional Championships being held at Scotia Barn beginning tomorrow!

Happy Halloween from Champs!

Our skaters had their annual Halloween Scramble at the end of their sessions on October 30th. It was a great day with some awesome costumes!

SR A

SR B

Champs’ very own hippie, Coach Megumu!

Guess who?

INTERMEDIATE GROUP 1

INTERMEDIATE GROUP 2

JR ACADEMY

HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM CHAMPS!

2020 BC/YK Autumn Leaves Results

The BC Section did an amazing job staging a virtually judged 2020 Autumn Leaves competition! Our Champs skaters and coaches worked hard from the summer test event to perform their best!

Big congratulations to the following Champs members who medalled at this event!

-Joanne McLeod

From L to R: Shohei Law (Bronze; Junior Men) Beres Clements (Gold; Senior Men) Emma Szeto (Silver; Junior Ladies) Melody Zhu (Bronze; Junior Ladies)

From L to R: Kara Yun (Bronze; Pre-Novice Women G1) Brookelynn Pollock (Gold; Pre-Novice Women G3) Luka Miyake (Silver; Novice Women G2)

From L to R: Tamara Vainer (Silver; Pre-Juvenile Women U11) Alexandra Ye (3rd Place 2019 Super Series;Juvenile Women U14 G1) Alyssa Yip (Silver; Juvenile Women U14 G1)

From L to R: Erighan Dantienn (Gold; Pre-Juvenile Men) Lily Rayner (Gold; Pre-Juvenile Women U13) Sabina Lim (Gold; Pre-Juvenile Women U11) Rachel Wang (Gold; Novice Women G1)

From L to R: Julia Datsky (Bronze; Pre-Novice Women G3) Alex Wang (Bronze; Pre-Novice Men) Ashley Pang (Gold; Juvenile Women U12) Elia De Pangher (Gold; Juvenile Men) Alisa Goncharova (Gold; Juvenile Women U14)

Celebrating Emily Bausback 2020 Canadian Champion!

Thank you to our Champs family for coming out to support Emily Bausback and her win at the 2020 Canadian Championships and for making the 2020 World Team.

Emily loved the support from all of the Champs skating members, coaching staff, parents, admin, and the Canlan facility.

Congratulations Emily!

Your Champs family is so proud of you!

Great Results for Champs Skaters at 2020 Star Skate Final Competition

Congratulations to all of our athletes that competed at the 2020 Star Skate Final Competition in Kelowna this past weekend. It was a wonderful weekend of skating filled with awesome skates and personal best scores!

Big thanks to Coach Jill and Diane for taking care of the skaters!

Juvenile Ladies

1. Ashley Pang
2. Alyssa Yip

Juvenile Men

1. Nathan Feng

Pre-Juvenile Ladies U11

2. Sabina Lim
3. Jasmine Coetzee

Pre Juvenile Ladies U13

1. Alisa Goncharova

Star 5 Ladies U10

3. Tamara Vainer

Star 5 Girls U13

2. Lily Rayner

Congratulations to our Champs Athletes at the 2020 BC Winter Games!

Congratulations to all of our Champs skaters for their excellent results at the 2020 BC Winter Games in Fort St. John this past weekend. Big thanks to Coach Diane for taking care of our Champs athletes!

Juvenile Ladies
Nayali Liu - 3rd
Sanuli Loku - 4th

Juvenile Men
Nathan Feng - 2nd

Pre-Novice Women
Rachel Wang - 2nd
Yena Oh - 5th
Jessica Liang - 9th