December 16, 1997 (Tourism, Culture and Recreation) The following is being distributed at the request of Sport Newfoundland and Labrador: Medals for Newfoundland skaters at Atlantics Newfoundland skaters are blushing a proud colour these days and the colour is BRONZE. Roger White (Snowflake FSC, Goose Bay), Stefan Dean and Carla Montgomery (St.John's FSC / Mariposa FSC, Barrie Ontario) are the proud recipients of bronze medals in pre-novice men and novice pairs respectively at the Atlantic Canadian Figure Skating Championships which concluded this weekend in St. Foye, Quebec. White skated to the 3rd place finish out of 10 competitors, with 1, 2, 4 and 5 spots going to Quebec skaters. Dean and Montgomery finished just behind their training mates Kayla Gerrity / Jarvis Uetou (Mariposa FSC, Barrie, Ontario / St. Margaret's FSC, St. Margaret's Bay, NS) who represent Nova Scotia and who finished in 2nd spot. First and fourth places which went to Quebec pairs. Dean and Montgomery train with Doug and Michelle Leigh and their staff of coaches at the Mariposa Club, training ground for Elvis Stojko, Jennifer Robinson, Steven Cousins, Michelle Menzies and Jean-Michel Bombardier. Dean and Montgomery will skate for Newfoundland at the Bank of Montreal Canadians in Hamilton on January 5-11, 1998.
Complete result from Atlantics are as follows: Junior Ladies 10th Lelia Hutton,
Prince of Wales, FSC 12th Adrienne Mercer, Prince of
Wales, FSC Junior Men 8th Stefan Dean, St. John's, FSC Novice Ladies 13th Carla Ryan, Conception Bay South, FSC 14th Kristina Dooling, Mount Pearl, FSC 15th Janelle Dinn, St. John's, FSC 17th Amanda Conway, Mount Pearl, FSC Novice Men 9th Mark Spurrell, Prince of Wales, FSC Novice Pair 3rd Carla Montgomery / Stefan Dean Mariposa FSC /St. John's FSC Pre-Novice Ladies 7th Heather Dawe, Conception Bay North, FSC 8th Virginia Toombs, Prince of Wales, FSC 12th Aimee Collier, Mount Pearl, FSC 16th Nicole Templeman, Prince of Wales, FSC Pre-Novice Men 3rd Roger White, Snowflake FSC, Goose Bay 6th Nicholas Gibbs, Polaris FSC, Labrador City 7th Corey Sutherland, St. John's FSC (Neil Thorne withddrawn due to injury) Pre-Novice Dance 5th Lindsay Hillier/Nicholas Gibbs, Polaris FSC 6th Giselle Belbin/Ben Stokes, Prince of Wales FSC 7th Krista Kirkland/Ryan Sutherland, St. John's, FSC 8th Jessica Pike/John Smith, Silver Blades FSC, Corner Brook Pre-Novice Pair 4th Heather Dawe/Neil Thorne Conception Bay North/ Trinity-Placentia
Contact: Judy Mugford, (709) 781-2036.
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