After more than 10 years of voluntary service to the Canadian masters speed skating community, Gaétan Rochette of Québec City has announced he is stepping down as the Canadian representative to the International Masters Speed Skating Committee.
Having held this position since 1995, Gaétan was also the IMSSC's Statistician and a member of the ISU Master's Speed Skating Group for North America. In addition to being the international voice for Canadian masters speed skating, Gaétan also co-organized two International Masters Speed Skating Games in 1996 and 2001, both in Québec City.
In recent years, Gaétan has become more involved in marathon speed skating and now continues to serve as a volunteer with Marathon Skating International. He hopes he will have more personal time to devote to actual speed skating in the coming years. Gaétan is also continuing to help organize masters speed skaters within the Province of Québec.
Gaétan wishes to acknowledge the contributions of many others involved in the masters speed skating community including Pierre Gagné, also of Québec City, who has been working for skaters for the last 50 years. Gaétan is looking forward to seeing many masters speed skaters in Calgary next February.
Since Gaétan's retirement, Brett Arnason of Winnipeg has been appointed interim Canadian representative to the IMSSC. Brett represented Canada at the 22nd and 24th sessions of the IMSSC in Baslega de Piné and Helsinki respectively, where he also was a competitor in the 55-59 year division. In addition to organizing masters speed skaters in Manitoba, Brett is now preparing to attend the upcoming 25th IMSSC session in Haarlem NED on May 27.
I hope all Canadian masters speed skaters will join in supporting Brett as he carries on the fine work that Gaétan performed.
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