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Fuller Lake skaters rewarded for prosperous 2018-19 season

Top skaters, improvement and sportsmanship attributes acknowledged
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Eli Lamirande is rewarded for being Fuller Lake Skating Club’s CanSkater of the Year. (Photo by Cassandra Taylor)

Fuller Lake Skating Club members flooded the stage to conclude a highly-successful 2018-19 skating season with the presentation of awards at the Bethel Tabernacle in Ladysmith.

Following were the recipients:

CANSKATE AWARDS

Precan of the Year – Cooper Smith; Most Improved Precan – Helena Kilvert; Most Enthusiastic Precan – Carter Pearson; Canskater of the Year – Eli Lamirande; Most Improved Canskater (Boy) – Oliver Brooks and Carter Stauffer; Most Improved Canskater (Girl) – Caitlin Varcoe.

FIGURE SKATING AWARDS

Pre-Junior Skater of the Year – Ruby Berends; Most Improved Pre-Junior – Isla Fink; Pre-Junior Sportsmanship – Malia Hart and Chloe Wilson; Junior Skater of the Year – Skyla Lewis; Most Improved Junior – Jayda Watson; Junior Sportsmanship – Bridgett Watson; Intermediate Skater of the Year – Jasmine Taylor; Most Improved Intermediate – Mica Torres Hernandez; Intermediate Sportsmanship – Jasmine Taylor; Senior Skater of the Year – Olivia Stuart; Most Improved Senior – Isabel Anderson; Senior Sportsmanship – Sophie Dawe; Dancer of the Year – Brooklyn Puska.

POWER SKATING AWARDS

Pre-Power Skater of the Year – Dylan Ashcroft; Most Improved Pre-Power – Brayden Kerr; Pre-Power Sportsmanship – Oliver Brooks and Lewis Christian; Junior Power Skater of the Year – Griffin Brooks and Rylee Wing; Most Improved Junior Power – Markus Stamatiou; Junior Power Sportsmanship – Nolan Smith; Senior Power Skater of the Year – Angus Donovan and Gavin Lewis; Most Improved Senior Power – Max Mountain; Senior Power Sportsmanship – Kingston Jany.

SPECIAL AWARDS

Program Assistant of the Year – Brooklyn Puska and Aran Mills; Commitment to Excellence in Memory of Barb Knott – Lucy Street and Leah Brown; Volunteer of the Year – Kari Rose.

Following are the 2019 Skate-A-Thon winners:

MOST MONEY PLEDGED

First Place – Angus Donovan $365; Second Place – Ella Donovan $360; Third Place – Cooper Smith $230.

$100 RAISED OR MORE

1. Daisy Troise - $150; 2. Liam Troise - $150; 3. Sophie Dawe - $125; 4. Jasmine Taylor - $133.05; 5. Isla Fink - $121.30; 6. Carter Pearson - $120.10; 7. Skyla Lewis - $120; 8. Brooklyn Puska - $114; 9. Alexandra Fernau - $110; 10. Helena Kilvert - $100.

MOST LAPS

Pre-can – Aiden Deane and Carter Pearson 20; Canskate – Eli Torres Hernandez 47; Pre-Juniors – Ruby Berends/Isla Fink 39; Pre-Power – Oliver Brooks 32; Juniors – Skyla Lewis 78; Junior Power – Griffin Brooks 42; Intermediates – Jasmine Taylor 82; Seniors – Sophie Dawe and Lucy Street 91; Senior Power – Jake Grooms 32.

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Olivia Stuart is honoured as the Fuller Lake Skating Club’s Senior Skater of the Year. (Photo by Cassandra Taylor)
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Fuller Lake Skating Club’s Senior Power Skater of the Year Gavin Lewis, who shared the honour with Angus Donovan. (Photo by Cassandra Taylor)


Don Bodger

About the Author: Don Bodger

I've been a part of the newspaper industry since 1980 when I began on a part-time basis covering sports for the Ladysmith-Chemainus Chronicle.
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