听 听 听 听 听 听 The Carlyle Skating Club showcased their on-ice talent, their hospitality and their community at the Region 1 and Region 6 Invitational Skating Competition held Saturday, Jan. 14 and Sunday, Jan. 15 at the Carlyle Sports Arena. The club welcomed over 100 competitors, their families and friends-as well as local skating fans- to the two-day event, which featured free performances from competitors of all ages.
听听听听听听听听听听听 Fourteen of the Carlyle Skating Club's 27 skaters competed in the Region 1 competition. They were: Nolan Cameron, Ciara Corrigan, Tiana Delalleau, Maizy Delmaire, Katie Desjarlais, Anna Doty, Kyla Fischer, Victoria Flynn, Nikki Lamb, Jessica Moffat, Ruby Parker, Brittany Rowe, Makenna Slykhuis and Halle Schutz.
听听听听听听听听听听听 鈥淪katers from throughout the entire southeast corner of Saskatchewan came to compete in both the Region 1 and Region 6 competitions,鈥� says Anita Delalleau, Region 1 and Region 6 Invitational Skating Competition chairperson and Carlyle Skating Club president. 鈥淚n Region 1-where our local skaters competed- we also welcomed competitors from Alameda, Arcola, Bienfait, Carnduff, Kennedy, Kipling, Moosomin, Oxbow, Redvers and Wawota.鈥�
听听听听听听听听听听听 鈥淔or our Region 6 competition, skaters came from Esterhazy, Melville, Whitewood and Yorkton.鈥�
听听听听听听听听听听听 鈥淎ll of them are StarSkate-level skaters, so they put on a great show. They competed in freeskate, spins, jumps, interpretive, adult freeskate and team events.鈥�
听听听听听听听听听听听 From the event's inception, Delalleau stressed that hosting a competition of this size and calibre simply would not be possible without the contributions from volunteers, businesses and organizations from throughout the area.
听听听听听听听听听听听 鈥淚 am almost overwhelmed when it comes to recognizing everyone who made the competition a reality for Carlyle- especially with the short timeline we worked with,鈥� she says. 鈥淢y biggest fear is that I'll forget someone and if I do, it isn't because they weren't appreciated. It's because we were so overwhelmed with community support, that the sheer numbers of people we have to recognize is huge.鈥�
听听听听听听听听听听听 鈥淔rom the skaters, the skaters' parents, the club parents who volunteered, the Carlyle Sports Arena for allowing us to host this wonderful event, the Carlyle Curling Club for use of their facility for our Paint Nights fundraisers, to the kitchen staff, to my fellow board members- Karen (Fischer), Dawn (Brady), Nickie (Doty), Katy (Soroka) and Mary (Moffat)- who all went above and beyond.There are just so many people involved in making such a huge undertaking happen.鈥澨�
听听听听听听听听听听听 鈥淭he Carlyle Skating Club is so grateful to everyone who helped make this competition such a success,鈥� adds Delalleau. 鈥淭he sponsors, local businesses and volunteers who supported us, the officials, coaches and of course our skaters who made it all happen on the ice, our visitors and all of the spectators who came out to watch over the weekend.鈥�
听听听听听听听听听听听 鈥淲e'd also like to give a shout-out to Mike Brown, who did all of our weekend announcing, to Todd Brady who was in charge of the skaters' music and Brent Stillwell who always goes above and beyond for our club at the rink- including staying at the rink until 1 a.m. Saturday morning to make sure the arena was competition-ready.鈥�
听听听听听听听听听听听 鈥淎nd from the Carlyle Hooters- Ryan Benjamin, Steve Schultz, Brian Isleifson and Clint Dunn were our muscle when it came up to setting up the judges' stand,鈥� she says.
听听听听听听听听听听听 鈥淭hroughout the weekend, we heard repeated praise about what a well-organized and welcoming event this was. People, businesses and organizations from Carlyle and our Club area really did us proud.鈥�
听听听听听听听听听听听 鈥淗osting Regionals was a once in every 30-years opportunity and our local area really made the most of it.鈥�
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