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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1994-03-30, Page 17S PORTS Times -Advocate, March 30, 1994 Page 17 Lucan hosts 900 -skater event Icy precision 36 teams in invitational skating competition LUCAN - With 36 teams and about 900 skaters on the ice, per- haps the greatest feats of precision were behind the scenes at the W.O.S.. Invitational Precision Skat- ing Competition in Lucan Saturday. While it is usual for such events to fall behind their timetables and fin- ish an hour or so late, Saturday's event not only didn't vary more than a few minutes from its schedule, it actually wound up the day an hour early. "1 was really pleased with every- thing," said chairperson Brenda Smith, the president of the Lucan Skating Club. "Organizing it is the main thing. 1 had a lot of good vol- unteers." "It's a good fundraiser for the club," said Smith. "It does help out with keeping ice costs down." The competition, which draws skating teams from as far away as Detroit, Burlington, Stamford, Lon- don, Oakville and Mississauga, has been hosted at the University of Western Ontario in past years. Smith said Saturday proved the event can he a success in other are- nas. "We'll look to host it again," said Smith, and added that the Lucan fa- cility is more than up to the demand put on it by such a large event. There were 10 medal presenta- tions during the day, awarding a to- tal of 834 medals to the teams. Winners in the Junior 'B' category were the Port Stanley waves, with the Exeter Classics placing third. In Novice 'B', the Sharon's Silhouettes from Aylmer placed first. There was a tie for first in the Juvenile 'B' category, with gold medals going to both the Forest and Port Stanley teams. Tne Lucan Ice Gems placed third i the six -team category. The three Team E'Lan from the Detroit Skating ' ub won their re- spective catego• s in Junior Techni- cal, Senior, an Adult competition. "They tool .tome three of the five trophies," said Smith. Lucan's Fire on Ice placed sec- ond in the Junior Technical. Sharon's Smoothees from Aylm- er won the Adult 'B' final, and the Sun Parlour Ice Graphics from Kingsville got the gold medal in the 4 -Star final. In the six -team Juvenile division, Ice Infiniti from Streetsville won, with the Minijets fromIlderton winning the silver medal.) In the Novice category, the Ilder- ton Precisionnaires came up with a bronze medal finish, behind the London Ice Picks and the Streets- ville team. Photos by Adrian Harte Times -Advocate Editor ft; kimonos the Ilderton Novice Precisionnalres (above) presented with a distinctly Japanese flair. The Lucan Juvenile 'B' team, the Ice Gems (at top) skated twice medal in their six -team division. their first program Saturday Saturday, earning a bronze A 1' • • ivy 1 The Ilderton MInIJets (above), skated to a silver medal finish after two numbers Saturday in the six-te9m Juve- nile event. The Exeter Classics (above left) presented their sec- ond performance of the day with a 1920's theme, placing third in the Junior 'B' category. The Lucan Fire on Ice precision team (at left) skated in both the Junior and Junior Technical competitions Saturday, and earned a silver medal in the technical division. Here they present their first skate in the Jun- ior category. —1