INTERNATIONAL LONG TRACK COMPETITION ENTRY FORMS

Meet information and entry forms for the 2007-2008 season are now available here on the IMSSG website.

Interested skaters are encouraged to take careful notice of entry deadlines and limitations on the number of competitors.

MASTERS ICE RACING CHALLENGE - DATE CHANGE

Ian Mellors, President of of the Banff/Canmore Speed Skating Club and meet coordinator for the 2007 Masters Ice Racing Challenge, advises the dates for the competition have been changed to December 15 to 16.

Saturday will be 777m, 500m and 1000m semi's, and will be run at the same time as the club hosts its annual ability meet. Sunday will be the 1000m Final and 1500m Super Final. Schedule for Sunday is mats on the ice at 9:00am, everything over by 12 noon.

For further information and to register your interest, see Details and contact ianmellors@yahoo.com.

For a report on last year's edition of the Masters Ice Racing Challenge, see the January 28th post in the MSS News January 2007 Archive.

Go to Canmore to skate, meet new friends and be a part of history!

GETTING STARTED IN MASTERS SPEED SKATING

In exchanging ideas with Sheila McGinn (Ontario representative to the Canadian Masters Speed Skating Committee) it occurred to us that, if someone stumbled upon this site and wanted to try the sport - what would they do next?

So, we put together a brief primer called Getting Started In Masters Speed Skating.

It's included in the LInks to the right.

Here's hoping this brings some more folks to this great sport!

MASTERS COMPETITOR INFORMATION EXCHANGE

After posting the 2007-08 CALENDAR, I received a message from Réjean Lavoie in Calgary asking if there was a way to compile which other Canadian skaters are interested in which events.

Réjean would like to attend the 17th Masters' International Speed Skating Games in Erfurt, GER and wants to organize the trip with other Canadians.

After exchanging a few e-mails, we came up with the idea of adding a COMPETITOR INFORMATION EXCHANGE feature to the Event Calendar. If you scroll down the Calendar to February 29 to March 2, 2008, you'll see contact Info for skaters interesting in organizing a trip to Erfurt GER for the 17th Masters' International Speed Skating Games.

If you would like your information added to this list or a similar list created for another event, send your contact info to Masters Speed Skating News.

More than half the fun of masters speed skating events is the trip there and back as well as what happens before the starter's gun goes off and after you cross the finish line. I hope this feature helps to make these trips even better by linking up like-minded folks.

Have a great trip!!