The Nicola Valley Skate Club (NVSC) has been a very successful organization producing award-winning young athletes who take to the ice.
On average, members compete in six tournaments per season. However, due to COVID-19 restrictions and the November floods, NVSC was only able to enter in two competitions this season. One of which took place in Kamloops last November just days removed from the devastating floods and the other took place on March 4 and 5 in Kelowna.
“With everything that went on this past year, I’m super proud of the kids because they were still able to continue training and still do a lot of our assessments at home,” said Diana Lorenz, Professional Coach for NVSC. “It was really great to be able to push through.”
Skaters still received recognition in Kelowna with Abby Thoms placing 14th in Star 5 13 and over level, Jayda Starrs placing 7th in Stars 4 U13 level, Kate VanRensburg getting silver assessment in her Star 3 FreeSkate and Avery Starrs getting silver assessment in her Stars 2 FreeSkate .
After competition these STARSkate soloists were able to join the STARSkate group, PreCan/CanSkaters, Jr. Academy, Jr. STAR skaters in a showcase held at NVMA this past Saturday, March 12.
“We were just able to do a showcase this year but next year we will be back to planning our big, big, show!”
With the season coming to an end, Coach Lorenz looks forward to entering more competitions and hosting a big carnival ice show next season.
