Annual general meeting of the Newfoundland and Labrador Figure Skating Association was held May 10 and 12

May 17, 1996
(Tourism, Culture and Recreation)

The following is being distributed at the request of Sport Newfoundland and Labrador:

The annual general meeting of the Newfoundland and Labrador Figure Skating Association took place on May 10 to 12, at The Battery Hotel.

At the awards banquet on May 11, it was announced that Agnes Thistle was the recipient of the Judges/Evaluators Award for Newfoundland. In addition, she has been honoured by the Canadian Figure Skating Association as Judge of the Year for Canada. She will travel to the CFSA annual general meeting to be held May 23 to 25, in Halifax where she and Volunteer of the Year, Wayne Sutherland, from the St. John's FSC will be honoured for their contribution to the sport.

Skater of the Year for Newfoundland is eight year old preliminary skater, Katie Kirkland, from the St. John's Figure Skating Club.

The following other awards were presented:

Section Award - Sandi Facey, Prince of Wales Club
Accountants Awards - Barbara Barclay, Mount Pearl
Coaches Award - Jodi Blundon, Ice Crystals, Marystown
Precision Award - Geri Trainor, St. John's FSC
Canskate/Canfigure Skate Award - Kelly Ann Cribb, Ice Crystals

Appreciation certificates were presented to the following individuals for past effort on behalf of the Newfoundland association:

Brenda Lodge - Silver Wings, Bonavista
Esther Dooling - Mount Pearl, FSC
Allan Scott - Silver Jets, Gander
Phonse Leonard and Clare Eagar - St. John's FS Club
Sandi Facey and Agnes Thistle - Prince of Wales
Kathy Reid and Marian Tucker - Bell Island

Christine Moores was returned for a second term as chairperson along with Lindsey Redmond who continues on as vice-chairperson and Barbara Predham who will remain as past chairperson. In for first term are Sid Woolfrey from Lewisporte as vice-chairperson, Norma Moores of Conception Bay North as secretary and Wayne Sutherland of St. John's FS Club as treasurer.

Returning as directors-at-large are Betty Brett of Mount Pearl and Judy Mugford from Conception Bay South. In for a first term are Tammy Hawkins from Gander, Jean Trend of Grand Falls-Windsor, Paulette Bugden of Corner Brook and Wayne Vallis of St. John's Figure Skating Club.

Appointed as chairpersons of committees are the following:

Accountants - John Dollimount, Stephenville
Evaluators/Judges - Madeline Hillier, Labrador
Precision - Odelle Pike, Stephenville
Competitions - Patricia Clarke, CBN
Recreation - Sid Woolfrey, Lewisporte
Coaches - Kevin Walsh, Mount Pearl

The region directors are as follows:

Avalon - Barb Barclay
Labrador - Bev Power
Western - Odelle Pike
Eastern - Roland Dawe
Central - Joyce Martin-Stuckless

Patricia Clarke, chairperson of the championship committee, announced the awarding of the following competitions:

SunLife Sectionals - November 9, 10 and 11, 1996 Labrador City
Precision - February 15 and 16, 1997, CBN
Central Dairies/ Tropicanna - Provincial - Gander
February 27, 28 and March 1, 1997

Regional competitions will be held as follows:

Central - Springdale, January 11 and 12, 1997
Western - Corner Brook, January 18 and 19, 1997
Avalon - Mount Pearl, January 25, 1997
Labrador - Wabush, February 1, 1997
Eastern - Bonavista, February 1, 1997

National precision championship will be held March 5 - 9, 1997 in Halifax.

Atlantic Canadians will be held December 5, 6 and 7, 1996 in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

A new lottery committee under chairperson Jean Trend has been established to look after raising funds for a new executive director who is being sought for the upcoming skating season.

Contact: Judy Mugford, (709) 729-5100.

1996 05 17 9:35 a.m. /md

All material copyright the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. No unauthorized copying or redeployment permitted. The Government assumes no responsibility for the accuracy of any material deployed on an unauthorized server.
Disclaimer/Copyright/Privacy Statement