Home Rink:
Glovertown Gardens
Club Coaches:
Claudia Drover
Véronique LaSalle
Canskate Program
Canskate is a learn to skate program, not a figure skating program. It is offered to both boys and girls who want to learn to skate. The program focuses on fun, participation and skill development as children progress through stages 1-7. Badges are awarded as each stage is successfully completed.
Parents of Canskate children must have someone at
the arena that is responsible for your child while they are skating. i.e.
- if a child leaves the ice, the coach or program assistant cannot go with
them, they are responsible for other children on the ice.
Skaters in stages 5, 6 & 7 are eligible to
compete at the Junior Provincial Competition held in March. If you require
further information on this competition or have any questions on the
Canskate Program please contact Jennifer Felthem.
TBA
Program Assistants are vital to the success of the Canskate Program. These assistants receive a training session offered by our professional club coach free of charge & the club covers the cost of insurance. If you are interested in volunteering as a program assistant ( PA ), with our club this year, please contact Jennifer Felthem.
Skater Development is about providing your child with every opportunity possible to improve and perfect skating skills. Terra Nova Tornadoes Skating Club is committed to providing every skater with opportunities to improve skating techniques. Our club is skating for its 8th season, and we offer all skaters 2 sessions per week. This keeps our club affordable to everyone and is often enough if your child is skating for the love of skating and has no desire to skate in competitions. When we skate at competitions our children are often competing with children that skate 3-5 sessions per week, doing 2-3 off ice sessions per week, combined with private lessons. To provide children of Terra Nova Tornadoes equal opportunity to compete with children from other clubs we have a list of opportunities that your child may participate in.
Extra
Skating /
Off Ice Opportunities
Private
ice time will be offered to TNT club members on Tuesday and Friday from 3:30 to 4:00. This is a chance to
receive one on one instruction
from a
quality coach (Claudia Drover or Véronique LaSalle). Time on the ice, private lessons and
cost of lessons will be divided among the number of skaters interested.
Also Saturday and Sunday skating will be available through the TNT.
If interested, please contact Andrea Doucette 674-0060
or Bev Burry 533-6752.
At this level you work on Preliminary skills - Free Skate, Dance and Skills
Need to pass Preliminary Free Skate before you go to that level (Preliminary).1) Free Skate ***
Elements ( in isolation ) Program ( to music )
2) Dances
Dutch Waltz Canasta Baby Blues
3) Skills
Edges / Turns ( Done to music )
*** Need to pass two sections of free skate. You can pass one section and will be tested again for the other one at a later date.
Need to pass all three before you can compete in that level, i.e. complete Free Skate, Dance and Skills and you compete in Preliminary level.
If Dances and Skills are completed and you still need to complete the Free Skate, you will work on elements in the Free Skate in your level but you can do the dances and skills in the next level.
) Free Skate ***
Elements ( in isolation ) Program ( to music )
2) Dances
Swing Tango Willow
3) Skills
Edges / Turns ( Done to music )
This year our StarSkate Program is divided into four groups. Fees for each group are outlined below.
October TBA
January TBA