OSSA Girls Camp is Back!

The Ontario Speed Skating Girls Camp is returning in person in June 2022!

Join us at the Quinte Sports and Wellness Centre on Sunday June 5th for a day of training, fun and engagement for speed skating girls who have turned 8-18 before July 1, 2022. In addition to the Sunday camp, we are looking to host a Saturday night social event for camp participants. The social event will be invoiced separately. Stay tuned for details! Camp will include 2 ice sessions, dryland, team building sessions and a special guest speaker! The camp fee is $50.00 + HST ($56.50) Register HERE.

Registration closes Thursday June 2nd, 2022.

Team Ontario for Canadian Youth Long Track Championships

Congratulations to the 12 OSSA skaters representing Ontario for the 2022 Canadian Youth Long Track Championships in Quebec City this week!

The qualified skaters from Ontario are:

Girls 12 - Charlotte Babin (Ottawa), Abby Karcher (Ottawa), Charlotte Rockburne (Ottawa)

Girls 13 - Renata Kenzie (Gloucester), Sylvie Heung (Milton)

Boys 12 - Olivier Tremblay (Sudbury)

Boys 13 - James Cousineau (Ottawa)

Boys 14 - Denis Berthelot (Ottawa), Camden Bettez (Ottawa), Ian Milne (Ottawa)

Boys 15 - Alex Wood (Cambridge), Peter Gemmell (Ottawa)

Thank you to our dedicated support team!

Coach: Mike Rivet

Manager: Christiane Tremblay

Photo Credit: Philippe Berthelot

Summit Performance Camp Registration Now Open!

Registration for the 2022 Summit Performance Camp is now open!

Ontario Speed Skating is partnering with Speed Skating Alberta to host this 7-day camp at the Calgary Olympic Oval on August 8-14, 2022.

Skaters who have turned 13-19 before July 1, 2022 and meet the camp time standards are invited to register.

Short Track: Girls: sub 55 seconds 500m or sub 47 seconds 400m Boys: sub 51 seconds 500m or sub 43 seconds 400m

Long Track: Girls: sub 52 seconds Boys: sub 48 seconds

Skaters can choose to focus on short track or long track training. If there is interest, we also hope to offer a group that is a hybrid of both disciplines.

Short track groups will have 8 ice sessions over 5 days, with racing available through the AB HUB Racing Series #1 on Saturday morning.

Long Track groups will have 2 daily ice sessions over 5 days, and racing available through the AB HUB Time Trial on Saturday afternoon.

Off ice sessions will include dryland, strength, educational IST conferences and team building sessions. Sunday's program will focus on team building games in nearby Edworthy Park. Meetings for parents will include skater pathway sessions and an Oval Program information session.

Coaches from provinces and territories all across Canada will be attending, as well as Oval Program coaches. This camp environment is about mentorship and learning for both athletes and coaches.

We are looking forward to partnering with Speed Skating Alberta and bringing skaters and coaches from all provinces and territories to train and learn together.

The Early Bird camp fee is $300 until May 15, 2022. Camp fees increase to $350 on May 16, 2022.

Short track and/or long track racing can be added to your registration for $30 per discipline.

Registration can be completed through IceReg here: https://icereg.ca/#!/events/994-summit-performance-camp