Congratulations to our Upgraded Coaches!

September 11, 2020

OSSA would like to congratulate the following coaches who successfully completed their coach portfolio and evaluation to obtain their

NCCP Certification in the 2019-2020 season:

Dan Curtis (London) - Introduction to Competition Certified

Mark O'Donnell (Oakville) - Introduction to Competition Certified

Peter Milne (Ottawa) - Introduction to Competition Certified

Mark Heung (Milton) - Introduction to Competition Certified

Matt Kump (Niagara) - Introduction to Competition Certified

Stephanie Bowskill (Markham) - Introduction to Competition Certified

Jack Lapum (Kawartha) - Introduction to Competition Certified

Paul Devellis (Oakville) - Introduction to Competition Certified

Bernie Cappuccitti (Greater Durham) - FUNdamentals Coach Certified

Thank you and congratulations to our newly-certified NCCP Coaches!

Equipment Maintenance Webinar Recording

August 10, 2020

OSSA’s Summer Webinar Series continued last week with an Equipment Maintenance Webinar led by Francois Drolet of Nagano Skate.

The link to the recording is now available HERE until the end of August.

Recording Password: OSSAequipment2020*

2019-2020 Officials Clinic Attendees and Upgrades

August 7, 2020

Congratulations to the following individuals who completed the Level 1 Officials’ Clinic: Introduction to Speed Skating this season:

Ainley McNamee, Alexander Brodeur, Angela Bladon, Christian Bourget, Christine McMaster, Claudia Huelgas, Darren Massel, Dave Codack, Elaine Friedrich, Franklin Guillaume, Heather Lee, Ingrid Sully, James Sutton, Janet Howse, Jason Bettez, Jeremy Andrews, Karla Gimby, Kelly George, Linda Cook, Lynda Gernon, Marc Hanvelt, Michael Karakolis, Mike Price, Nicole Vrazinovski, Spencer Bladon, Stacie Ogg, Stephan Lee and Tiger Song. Congratulations to the following individuals who completed the Level 2 Officials’ Clinic in 2020: Annick Menard, Colleen Murphy, Kaiyu Feng, Marc Besner, Mary-Evelyn Lather, Melissa Pool and Trisha Belleghem.

OSSA would also like to congratulate the following individuals who have been approved for upgrades by the OSSA Officials Development Committee: Lauren Adourian - Level 1 Announcer Karla Gimby - Level 1 Judge Trish Belegham - Level 2 Judge Annick Menard - Level 2 Judge Rebecca Champagne - Level 2 Meet Coordinator Karen Adourian - Level 2 Meet Coordinator Eric Lecompte - Level 2 Referee James Simpson - Level 2 Referee Melissa Pool - Level 1 Timer Marc Besner - Level 2 Timer Mary-Evelyn Lather - Level 2 Timer Christopher Langridge - Level 2 Track Steward Jason Bettez - Level 1 Starter

As a sport that is primarily run by volunteers, we are always looking for more members to join our dedicated team of speed skating officials. Thank you to these outstanding members for their dedication to officiating in speed skating!