November 6, 2014, Charlottetown – Short track speed skaters from across Atlantic Canada will be converging in Charlottetown this weekend for the Atlantic Cup Speed Skating Championships. The two-day event, being hosted by Speed Skate PEI at the Eastlink Centre, is the first major comp
September 4, 2014, Charlottetown – With the Canada Winter Games only five months away, the coming season holds special significance for a number of P.E.I. speed skaters. Up to ten P.E.I. skaters could be taking to the ice for Team PEI in Prince George, B.C. in February. The group has
April 29, 2014, Charlottetown – Warren Grove native Scott Beamish has announced that he is retiring from competition in short-track speed skating. The announcement comes after a season that Beamish was not able to complete. Beamish sustained season ending injuries in a car accident on
April 22, 2014, Charlottetown – Jared Vriends and Carly Connell have been named the top male and female speed skaters on P.E.I. for the 2013-14 season. The awards were handed out recently at Speed Skate P.E.I.’s 15th annual spaghetti dinner and awards banquet in Charlottetown, with mo
April 18, 2014, Charlottetown – P.E.I. short-track speed skaters closed out their competitive season at a pair of meets in Quebec and Ontario recently. A contingent of six Islanders were among over 120 of the top 11 to 15 year-old skaters from Ontario, Quebec, Nunavut and the Atlanti
March 28, 2014, Charlottetown – P.E.I. speed skaters captured podium finishes and new records at a trio of recent meets on both the long and short tracks. Jared Vriends of Pleasant Grove set three new provincial records for Junior Men during a recent Canada Cup long track meet in Calg
November 7th, 2013, Charlottetown – Seven P.E.I. speed skaters earned medals at the recent Season Opener meet for the region in Halifax, N.S.. The medalists were among thirteen Island skaters in the field of over 80 short-track speed skaters from across the Maritimes. Kristen Binns o