Bedford Skating Club

Tickets for the "Winter Blah Basket" Fundraiser
This is the last week tickets are being sold for the "Winter Blah Basket". Tickets will be sold on Tuesday (9 Mar), and Thursday (11 Mar) evening at the Canskate sessions. The draw will take place later Thurday evening during the Bedford Test Day. The winner will be notified by phone if they are not present at the rink.

Bedford Skating Club Newsletters
The new Club and Canskate newsletters for February are now available on the website. The Newsletter page is located under Notices & Policies on the top menu, or just click on the link below to go to the newsletter page:

Click here to go to the Newsletter page

Congratulations to all skaters who represented Bedford Skating Club at the BMO 2010 Skate Canada Nova Scotia Sectionals held at St. Margarets Bay, Nov 7-8 2009

Left to right above - Louise Mathers, Sheila Dwyer, Jaclyn Macneil, Haley Warnica, Katherine Short (Pre-Novice Team Member to the Eastern Challenge), Delaney Henderson (Pre-Novice Team Member to the Eastern Challenge) and Nancy Harvey

A Big Day for Delaney Henderson at NS Sectionals!

Delaney Henderson is pictured above accepting the Francis Glenwright Award for the Section's most artistic free skate. Delaney was the Nova Scotia Pre-Novice Bronze Medalist and has been selected as a Pre-Novice Team Member to the Eastern Challenge competition to be held in Mississauga ON December 2-6 2009

l-r: Jim Hartlin (BSC Facilities Manager), Louise Mathers (BSC Club Program Manager), Virginia Murray (BSC Vice President), HRM Mayor Peter Kelly

14 Oct 2009 - BSC Executive attended the official announcement and groundbreaking of the new 4-Pad Arena Complex, 61 Gary Martin Dr. Bedford. The new facility is scheduled for opening in the fall of 2010.

Test Day in Antigonish 27 February 2010
Congratulations to the following Bedford Home Club skaters who tested in Antigonish on February 27th. Well done girls!

Tests passed:

Laura Mock - Killian & Starlight Waltz
Jennifer Frail - Paso & Quickstep
Haley Hartlin - Viennese & Westminster Waltz
Fallis Thompson - Westminster Waltz & Silver Interpretive

Congratulations to all skaters representing Bedford Skating Club at the 2010 StarSkate Provincial Championships 19-21 February 2010. Pictured above from BSC are (left to right) Daisy Fitzgerald (1st Place), Andrea Murray (1st Place) and Jenna Hooch-Antink (2nd Place) - Preliminary Women Groups 1 and 2.

Full results for Bedford skaters are located here:
Click here to go to the Results page

Robert McCall Memorial Open Competition 2010, Dartmouth NS
Congratulations to all skaters who participated in the Robert McCall Memorial Competition 29-30 January 2010.
Here are results for Bedford Home Club Skaters:

Pre-Preliminary Women Group 1
- 7th Anna Postill
Pre-Preliminary Women Group 2
- 10th Gemma Postill
Pre-Preliminary Women Group 3
- 5th Maria Bouhabib
Preliminary Women Group 1
- 1st Andrea Murray
- 2nd Daisy Fitzgerald
- 7th Laura Leppan
Preliminary Women Group 2
- 8th Jenna Hooch-Antink
Preliminary Women Group 3
- 8th Lauren Scherer
Bronze Interpretive
- 1st Fallis Thompson
- 6th Jennifer Frail
Junior Bronze Women Group 1
- 6th Laura Mock
Senior Bronze Women
- 2nd Haley Hartlin
- 3rd Jennifer Frail
- 10th Fallis Thompson
Pre Novice Women Short
- 3rd Delaney Henderson
Pre Novice Women Long
- 4th Delaney Henderson

Central Area Test Day 23 January 2010
Congratulations to all Bedford Home Club skaters who tested at the Central Area Test Day held January 23rd at Shearwater

Tests passed:

Maria Bouhabib - Preliminary Free, Swing, Fiesta Tango
Pat Church - Preliminary Skills
Cath Fitzgerald - Preliminary Skills
Daisy Fitzgerald - Tenfox
Jennifer Frail - Bronze Interpretive
Haley Hartlin - Kilian, Blues
Eden Hazel - Canasta Tango, Baby Blues
Jenna Hooch-Antink - Junior Bronze Skills, Willow Waltz
Laura Leppan - Baby Blues
Laura Mock - Harris Tango
Andrea Murray - Junior Bronze Solo, Tenfox
Fiesta Peters – Swing
Corrine Peters – Swing
Gemma Postil - Preliminary Skills
Jillian Roberts - Canasta Tango
Lauren Scherer - Junior Bronze Skills, Tenfox, 14 Step
Katherine Short - Gold Free Skate Elements, Part A
Fallis Thompson - Bronze Interpretive