November 10th, 2015, Charlottetown – Island speed skaters took home fifteen medals from the Atlantic Cup Speed Skating Championships held over the weekend at the Eastlink Centre in Charlottetown. The home-ice medal haul included five gold medals and was tops in the competition, which
November 5, 2015, Charlottetown – Atlantic Canada’s competitive speed skating season launches in Charlottetown this weekend as Speed Skate PEI plays host to the Atlantic Cup Speed Skating Championships. The two-day event, being held at the Eastlink Centre, will see short track skaters
September 11, 2015, Charlottetown – Speed Skate PEI says it is ready and excited to get on the ice for its 25th season and has extra plans for the anniversary year. The organization announced recently that it will be hosting the Canada East Short Track Speed Skating Championships in C
July 24, 2015, Charlottetown – Speed Skate PEI and the City of Charlottetown (SCORE!) announced today that Speed Skate PEI has won the rights to host Speed Skating Canada’s 2016 Canada East Short Track Championships in Charlottetown. The event will bring the top 11 to 15 year-old shor
June 23, 2015, Charlottetown – A pair of Islanders were among the award winners named recently at Speed Skating Canada’s Annual General Meeting in Winnipeg. Gordon Rogers became the second Islander in four years to win the Jean R. Dupre Administrator of the Year Award from the nationa
Souris, PE, May 29, 2015 – Eastern Kings Speed Skating has been named one of 42 Canadian speed skating clubs to receive a $1,000 bursary from Intact Insurance Company as part of the 2014-2015 Podium Tracker program. Since the start of the Podium Tracker program five years ago, Intact
May 15, 2015, Charlottetown – Carly Connell and Jared Vriends took home the top awards for the 2014-15 season at Speed Skate P.E.I.’s recent annual awards banquet. Connell earned the Nancy White Award as the top female speed skater on the Island, while Vriends earned the top male skat
April 21, 2015, Charlottetown – Speed Skate PEI announced today that it has named its top female athlete award in honour of Prince Edward Island Sports Hall of Famer Nancy White. The award is presented annually and will be presented in White’s name for the first time later this week,
March 27, 2015, Charlottetown – A pair of female skaters led the way for P.E.I. at a pair of recent national short-track events. Miriam Burnett had a trio of 7th place finishes to lead P.E.I.’s eight member team at the Canada East Short Track Championships in Fredericton, N.B., where
March 18th, 2015, Charlottetown – Jared Vriends of Pleasant Grove and Carly Connell of Charlottetown are competing in Toronto at the Canadian Junior Short Track Open Championships #2 this week. The national level event is being held for the first time and is open to the top 14 to 19 y