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What's New at RCV
Are you competing at the Victoria Day Competition? Click here to book extra sessions the week of the competition.
Racquet Club Summer Training Camp The Racquet Club is pleased to be offering a comprehensive Summer Training Camp designed to meet the needs of every level of skater. Centrally located at Pearkes Arena in Victoria, the Racquet Club of Victoria Summer Training Camp provides packages which include fitness training, dance, stretch & flexibility, Pilates and jump class as well as our on ice edge & stroking classes. Click here for the brochure!
The First Saturday of the month is Bottle Drop off! Please leave your empty bottles for recycling at the front entrance to the rink near the concession on the first Saturday of the month. Thank-you for participating in this fundraiser!
Congratulations to all skaters for FANTASTIC sold out performances at
Photo courtesy of Gordon Lee Photography
Do you have pictures from VISI?
Please send your photos to the Racquet Club.
RCV Skaters Disco in Kelowna with Vaughn Chipeur
Racquet Club skaters enjoyed a trip to Kelowna for the Skate Canada BC/YT Development Team Seminar in April. RCV Director of Skating , Deena Beacom, was brought in as a guest coach for the seminar. RCV showed their spirit by trading in their skates for disco shoes for the Saturday night banquet.
Check out the RCV Future Stars on the Stars on Ice website! See if you can recognize our skaters! Click on their website link to submitt your skater's picture!
Congratulations to all of our Junior National Competitors! The Racquet Club of Victoria Skating Club would like to congratulate the following skaters who competed at the BMO Skate Canada Junior Nationals January 30-February 2, 2008 in Ottawa, Ontario: Pilar Maekawa and Leonardo Maekawa in pre-novice dance Nicole Nunn and Josiah Early in pre-novice pairs Braeden Donaldson and Isabella Holt (Oak Bay FSC) in pre-novice pairs Mitchell Wallace and Emily Thain ( Burnaby FSC) in pre-novice pairs Taylor Moon and Malcolm Rohon O’ Halloran in novice dance Wade Warwaruk and Loni Delmage in juvenile pairs
Congratulations to Racquet Club Skater Sophie Knippel and Andrew Britten of the Wentworth FSC who won the bronze medal in Junior Dance at the Canadian Championships in Vancouver!
These three photos of Sophie and Andrew are courtesy of Brett Barden of Skate Today (c) Brett Barden / Skate Canada
Sophie and RCV Skaters at our Competition Enhancement Class
Butchart Gardens Holiday Ice Show Complete with Snow!
It was a winter wonderland at the Racquet Club's Annual Butchart Garden's Holiday Ice Show. Not only did we have the magic of the snow, we had a special guest performance by Olympian Gary Beacom. What a great afternoon! Check out the video footage here! Our skaters had a wonderful time at what is now a holiday tradition for the Racquet Club of Victoria! Video 1 (Amanda, Torie, Brady and Wade) Video 2 (Casey, April, Taylor and Malcolm) Video 3 (Simon, Blaire, Emmanuelle, Andi, Jackie, Erica, Kayla) Video 4 (Jillian, Emma, Kirsten, Ashley and Hanna) Video 5 (Gary Beacom) Video 6 ( Allee, Kirsten, Kelsey, Heather) Video 7 (Casey, Josiah, Pilar and Leonardo) Video 8 ( CanSkate)
Congratulations to all Racquet Club Skaters that competed at the Western Challenge in Mississauga, Ontario December 5-9,2007
Canada ’s top junior, novice and pre-novice level skaters competed at the 2008 BMO Financial Group Skate Canada Western and Eastern Challenges as they tried to qualify for the 2008 BMO Skate Canada Junior Nationals in Ottawa, Ontario in early February. The Racquet Club congratulates the following skaters: Sophie Knippel and Andrew Britten of the Wentworth FSC- Won the gold medal in Junior Dance! They are heading to Nationals! Mitchell Wallace and Emily Thain ( Burnaby FSC) in pre-novice pairs- Won the bronze medal and are heading to Junior Nationals! Nicole Nunn and Josiah Early pre-novice pairs- 5th Place and are heading to Junior Nationals! Braeden Donaldson and Isabella Holt (Oak Bay FSC) pre-novice pairs- placed 5th place in the short and are heading to Junior Nationals! Taylor Moon and Malcolm Rohon O’ Halloran, novice dance- placed 9th Pilar Maekawa and Leonardo Maekawa pre-novice dance- placed 5th and have earned their way to Junior Nationals!
Congratulations to all of our skaters that competed at Sections this year! Our medal winners are as follows: Gold Medals Mitchell Wallace and Emily Thain (Burnaby FSC) won the gold medal in pre-novice pairs and will be heading to the Western Challenge, which will be held December 5-9 in Mississauga, Ontario. Wade Warwaruk and Loni Delmage (Duncan FSC) won the gold medal in juvenile pairs and will be heading to Junior Nationals, in Ottawa, Ontario, January 30-February 2, 2008. Silver Medals Taylor Moon and Malcolm Rohon O Halloran won silver in novice dance. Pilar Maekawa and Leonardo Maekawa won silver in pre-novice dance. Both of these dance teams will be heading to the Western Challenge. Bronze Medal Nicole Nunn and Josiah Early won the bronze in pre-novice pairs and will be competing at the Western Challenge. Other notable results are: Mitchell Wallace placed 4 th in senior men and will be representing BC at the Canadian Championships (senior nationals), which will be held in Vancouver, January 16-20, 2008. Braeden Donaldson and Isabella Holt (Oak Bay FSC) placed 4 th in pre-novice pairs and will be competing at the Western Challenge. Braeden Donaldson placed 5 th in the junior men’s category and Leonardo Maekawa placed 5 th in pre-novice men. Both of these skaters will be alternates for the Western Challenge. Nicole Nunn placed 9 th in junior ladies, Malcolm Rohon O Halloran placed 6 th in novice men.
April "Wows" hockey fans as special guest skater April is one of RCV's senior skaters. She won the bronze medal in the Bronze Triathlon at Pacific Skate this year in Dawson Creek. Click here for a video clip of April.
Congratulations to Braeden Donaldson for winning the Bronze medal in Saskatchewan! On September 28-30, Braeden competed at the Sask Skate Invitational competition in Saskatoon. Braeden was chosen by the section to represent BC in the Junior Men's category and made us proud by placing 3rd overall in his category. Congratulations, Braeden!
Registration Is Ongoing at the Racquet Club The Racquet Club's fall program brochure is now available. Click here to see the brochure and go to our Programs and Schedule page for more information.
Attention CanSkaters The Racquet Club is now accepting registration for our summer program. Please click here for more information.
Thank-you! The Racquet Club would like to thank the Papaloukas family for their generous donations to our club. Be sure to stop by our concession on Saturdays to enjoy some delicious cookies!
Sophie Knippel off to the Vienna with new Dance Partner!Sophie is off to the Junior Grand Prix in Vienna in mid September with her new partner Andrew Britten of the Wentworth FSC. Their first competition was in Lake Placid in early August. Good luck in the upcoming season, Sophie and Andrew! Click on the dances below to see photos of Sophie and Andrew competing at the Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships!
Canskater of the Year! Congratulations to Grace Martin who is the RCV Canskater of the Year. This medalrecognizes Grace as a skater who demonstrates talent and passion for the sport of figure skating. Way to go, Grace!
Are you interested in getting more involved at the Racquet Club? If you are interested in volunteering for the Racquet Club, please contact Linda Sawchuk or speak to an executive member.
Send Us Your Pictures If you have skating pictures, please send them to us for the website at the Racquet Club.
RCV Jackets Order your RCV fleece jacket. Click here to take a look. We encourage our skaters at all levels to purchase a club jacket.
Thank-you!
Thank-you to Jump Rope Technology Inc. for their generous donation of jump ropes to our off ice fitness program! To learn more about them, click here! We sincerely appreciate this new equipment!
Sandra Leard and the history of the Racquet Club Learn more about the history of the Racquet Club of Victoria and Sandra Leard, coach, mentor and friend.
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Peter Pan on Ice! 
