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

March 13th, 2015, Charlottetown – Speed Skate PEI named its team for the 2015 Canada East Short Track Championships today. The Island contingent will consist of eight skaters who will compete against the best 11 to 15 year-old skaters from Ontario, Quebec, the Atlantic Provinces and N

March 10, 2015, Charlottetown – While his younger short-track teammates were busy turning in their best ever performances at the Canada Winter Games and at other major events this winter, Rob Binns of Stratford was busy doing the same in his Masters age group. Binns took home the over

March 6th, 2015, Charlottetown – Just days after returning from the Canada Winter Games in Prince George, Miriam Burnett was the top female skater at the Citadel Cup short-track speed skating competition held in Halifax recently. The Charlottetown skater bettered her own provincial re

February 10th, 2015, Charlottetown – Just days ahead of the 2015 Canada Winter Games, P.E.I. short-track speed skaters took to the ice for a final competitive tune-up in Dieppe, N.B. recently. The Island team, consisting of 30 skaters, including the eight-member Canada Games squad, wo

January 22nd, 2015, Charlottetown – P.E.I. short-track speed skaters raced into 2015 at the region’s first meet of the year in Hampton, N.B. recently. The seven skater Island contingent captured three medals at the one day event which featured over 100 skaters from six clubs. Andrew B