Chatham Skaters Shine at Futures West

The Chatham Skating Club sent many of its skaters to the Futures West Invitational Skating Competition in Thedford, this past weekend March 2-3.

This competition, for many of the younger skaters, is to showcase the results of their efforts all year.

In StarSkate Preliminary Ladies, Elyse Gregory took the Bronze Medal while Brooke MacLeod placed 5th during the flight.

During the StarSkate Preliminary Men event, Joshua Andari skated away with the Silver Medal.

Gabrielle Doey skated to the centre podium with the Gold Medal at the StarSkate Pre-Preliminary Ladies event.

During the various WO Restricted Preliminary Ladies events, various skaters placed well. Sydney Hart and Rihana Kukkadi captured a Gold Medal, while Mackenzie Faubert took home a Silver Medal and Olivia Hunter landed safely with the Bronze Medal. While Amanda Couture placed 4th and Gabrielle Gooch placed 7th, all in their respective flights.

More ladies competed in the WO Restricted Pre-Preliminary Ladies events. Sophie Luckhurst and Emma McGrail both stood centre podium with the Gold Medal during their individual flights, while Lauren Anjema captured the Silver Medal during her flight. Claudia Jeromel and Kailey O’Neill both placed 4th in their flights and Masha Bustard placed 6th during hers.

At the Men’s WO Restricted Pre-Preliminary event, Matthew Holdaway skated away with the Gold Medal.

During the WO CanSkate Ladies events, Teya Meredith captured the Silver Medal while Sophie Humphrey and Sarah McGrail both received the Bronze Medals during their flights. 4th place went to Rebecca Fry and Angela Markovich while Megan Desmarais placed 6th all during their respective flights.