A Big Weekend

It will be a big weekend of skating with the last two big events for the season being run.

The Closing Games in Turnhout, Belgium will start on Saturday but reports suggest that there will be less Masters than usual due to the fact that the British ST Championships will be held on the same dates in Nottingham, England.

Many of the regular GB Master will be competing in Nottingham as opposed to Turnhout, but both competitions expect a good turnout of Master skaters.

I can attest to the fact that Masters short track is definately growing around the world and many skaters who had thought there was no ST life after retirement from the senior divisions are starting to filter back into the sport. Any committee member of a National association that thinks that Masters are not or should not be a valued member of their ST community, should not be in a position of authority for their association. In Australia last year, the biggest division competing was the Masters! Why would you exclude such a group? Sport should not be about elitism but participation - only when you encourage ALL to participate will you find the elite amongst them.

Good luck to all skaters competing this weekend, I am extremely envious that I can't be there myself. I will post up the results after the weekend and as soon as I have them.

Frank

Ellis Edge

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