We are very pleased to announce that our treasurer Norma Row was awarded the Skate Canada Volunteer Award for 2007-2008 for the Edmonton Region. Norma will also be receiving the Marilyn Chidlow award for her service to our club. This award is to honor an individual who went above and beyond the call of duty, has long, dedicated service and is considered a role model for other volunteers. Congratulations Norma!

The buses returning home from Lloydminster were a little heavier from the weight of all the medals! Congratulations to Ice Dream and Ice Excite for their Silver medals and to the Icicles, Ice Excels, Evolution and Ice Edition on winning the Gold medals. Congratulations also to Ice Entice on their fourth place finish in the Adult category.

Our teams represented our club very well at the Western Regional Festival of Synchronized Skating, held in Camrose, Alberta Feb. 1-3, 2008. Our Pre-Juvenile team, Ice Dream, attended Westerns for the first time and captured the Gold medal. Our Juvenile team, the Edmonton Icicles won the club’s seventh consecutive Juvenile Gold medal. The Novice team, Ice Excels placed second among seven teams in their division. Our Junior team, Ice Excite, place fourth in a field of fifteen teams and our Open team, Evolution, won the silver medal. Ice Edition won a Silver medal in the Adult division and Ice Entice placed ninth in this category. Well done skaters and coaches! You should all be proud!

Competition season is well underway and ESSC has already traveled down to Calgary to participate in the 2008 Calgary Rose Bowl Competition hosted by Calalta Synchronized Skating Club. Many thanks to Calalta for once again organizing and hosting a fantastic competition at the Max Bell Arena.

ESSC had a very successful weekend and of course our luggage was a bit heavier on the ride home with our assortment of medals. We were well represented by all our teams and are extremely proud of the way our skaters handle their victories so graciously. Good sportsmanship is a very important part of our team sport.

Results from Rose Bowl for Edmonton Synchronized Skating Club
Open - Evolution: 3rd
Adult - Ice Edition: 1st
Adult - Ice Entice: 5th
Junior - Ice Excite: 4th
Novice - Ice Excels: 1st
Juvenile - Icicles: 1st
Pre-Juvenile - Ice Dream: 2nd

A big congratulations and thanks to all of our coaches for putting together such entertaining and award winning programs! Good luck to all our teams in the upcoming Western Regional competition in Camrose, Alberta on February 2nd and 3rd. Also, congratulations to our coach and the dressmaker of the Novice team for winning the Most Expressive Dress Award.

Congratulations to Head Coach Michele Rowein who was profiled, along with the Edmonton Synchronized Skating Club, in Synchronized Skating Magazine. Click here to read the article.

Congratulations to Head Coach Michele Rowein who is featured as Coach of the Month in the May 2007 edition of “ In the Loop”.