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Stittsville’s Special Olympians competing at the 2025 Special Olympics World Winter Games

Lesley McKayMarch 6, 2025March 9, 2025

Katie and Michael have served as ambassadors for the special needs community from the time they joined the Goulbourn Skating Club and coached by Cathy. 

Stittsville’s Special Olympians skate to winning 7 medals at National Winter Games

Lesley McKayMarch 6, 2024March 7, 2024

(On March 3rd, Stittsville’s Special Olympians arrived home from the 2024 Special Olympics National Winter Games held in Calgary, Alberta. We were pleased to meet with the group at their…

A Skate Canada silver medal comes home with the Starlight Intermediate Synchronized Skating team

Kaitlyn LeBoutillierMarch 5, 2023March 6, 2023

It can be said that Starlight’s competitiveness at these national competitions is reflective of their dedication to both working hard and working together as one.

Two Starlight synchronized skating teams will represent Ontario at the 2023 Skate Canada Cup in Calgary

Lesley McKayFebruary 18, 2023February 19, 2023

Skaters from across Ottawa are members of both the Novice and Intermediate teams who have a shared passion for the sport and the desire to compete on the national stage.

Stittsville Special Olympians return to the ice for training camp

Cathy SkinnerJune 23, 2022June 24, 2022

(On June 4, 2022, the Special Olympics World Winter Games figure skating team participated in fitness testing at the PanAm Centre in Markham, Ontario for their first team training camp…

Excitement is mounting for Stittsville Special Olympians representing Canada at World Winter Games

Lesley McKayMarch 28, 2021March 31, 2021

The team skating roster for the 2022 Special Olympics World Winter Games to be held in Kazan, Russia was recently announced. Coach Cathy Skinner excitedly shared with us, “four of the Goulbourn Skating Club’s Special Olympians…

Stittsville’s skating champion Katie Xu adds to her awards

Lesley McKaySeptember 23, 2020September 23, 2020

With an awards case that outshines most hall of fame athletes, Stittsville’s skating champion Katie Xu has just added two more!

Jack Fan and Katie Xu. Photo by Amal Abdulsalam, via the Goulbourn Skating Club.

Rock the Rink select Stittsville world champions to skate in show

Lesley McKayNovember 2, 2019

On November 7, Rock the Rink comes to Ottawa’s TD Place featuring Canadian skating greats – Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, Patrick Chan, Kaetlyn Osmond and Elvis Stojko. This skating production…

Stittsville skater glides into the Magic Kingdom

Stittsville Central StaffMarch 24, 2019March 24, 2019

(Originally published by Andre Gagne – Earth to Andre) Hey Ottawa, here’s a stat I bet you didn’t know. Right here, in the Nation’s Capital, (are you ready for this?),…

PHOTOS: Stittsville’s Michael Raytchev bringing home Gold medal from 2019 Canada Games

Lesley McKayMarch 1, 2019

(Gold medalist Michael Raytchev (centre); Bronze medalist Jeff Leung (left); and Silver medalist Eric Pahima (right)) The award of medals for the Special Olympics Figure Skating category of the 2019 Canada Games have…

“On the ice, I feel unstoppable”: Special Olympians stealing hearts in Red Deer

Stittsville Central StaffMarch 1, 2019March 1, 2019

This article is shared from the Canada Games 2019 web site. This story was written to cover the Figure Skating category for Special Olympians. For all stories on Canada’s athletes…

Starlight Synchronized Skating Team home from Nationals and off to Skate Ontario

Lesley McKayFebruary 26, 2019

(All photos by Heidi Pinsent) The Starlight Synchronized Skating team is home from Waterloo, Ontario where they competed in the National Championships last weekend. Although the team didn’t medal, they…

So proud – Michael Raytchev from Stittsville to Red Deer

Lesley McKayFebruary 23, 2019February 22, 2019

Michael Raytchev is in Red Deer this week participating in Skate Canada’s National Championships at the 2019 Canada Games. Michael has worked extraordinarily hard this past skating season to ensure…

Starlight synchronized skating team heading to nationals in Waterloo

Lesley McKayFebruary 17, 2019February 19, 2019

(All Photos: Heidi Pinsent) It has been 15 years since a youth synchronized skating team representing the Ottawa area has competed at the Canadian Nationals for Synchronized Skating. The Starlight…

Stittsville Special Olympians return loaded with medals

Lesley McKayFebruary 5, 2019February 4, 2019

(Ontario Provincial Police officers indicate Team #1 for our Stittsville Olympians – Katie Xu, Jack Fan and Victoria Ziola as they pose with their medals received at the Ontario Special…

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