The International Masters Speed Skating Committee has announced that this event will be held during February 23 to 25, 2007 at the Olympic Oval in Calgary Alberta. Up to 300 competitors will be accepted for this all-round olympic-style long track competition based on separate mens and womens 5 year age groups from 30 years up. In past versions of this event, skaters from up to 14 different nations have participated with skaters ranging up to 85+ years in age.
91 places are reserved for Canadians and 50 for American skaters until a cut-off date (likely early December 2006) after which unused places will be allocated to applicants from other nations on a first come-first served basis.
This past weekend, I was a spectator at the World All Round Championships in Calgary where, in the course of 2 days; 3 world records, 22 national records and 81 personal records were broken, confirming once again that this venue offers the fastest ice on earth. At these upcoming IMSSC Games, masters skaters will also have the opportunity to set their own personal best times.
Complete event information will be available at http://www.imssc.org/ and http://www.imssg.org/ in October 2006.
This is the best opportunity for Canadians and Americans to participate in this premier masters speed skating event which will return to Europe in 2008 at Erfurt Germany. To assist meet organizers to assess interest, please advise Brett Arnason (brett@arnasons.ca) if you're planning to attend. Responses before the next IMSSC meeting in the Netherlands on June 10 would be appreciated.
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