Aldergrove Skating Club's Rebecca Sawatzky passed her Gold Skills test on March 17 at the South Surrey Arena, the first Gold test for Rebecca who has been skating since the age of three.
A grade 12 student at ACSS she follows in her mother Roberta's footsteps as a skater, who has also achieved two Gold tests and continues to skate. There are several disciplines in skating to achieve Gold Feet, and Rebecca is working towards her second Gold test in dance, having also completed her Senior Silver dances on Saturday.
Club colleague Natasha Woods just completed her third of four Gold tests, on May 13. Natasha skated a graceful interpretive program with the theme of What a Wonderful World, at Canlan 8 Rinks in Burnaby.
Natasha has just completed her first year University at Fraser Valley University and continues to skate, aiming to achieve one more Gold test in freeskate.
Other tests passed on March 1, and also on March 5 in Aldergrove are as follows:
Bronze Interpretive: Natasha Busch
Paso Doble: Shane Garland
Dutch Waltz: Tarra Lomas, Taylor Hughes, Katie deGroot, Cailey McCrae, Tasia Torgerson, Joelle Paleologou
Canasta Tango: Cailey McCrae, Tasia Torgerson, Breanna Cruz, Emily Wildy, Dylan Ouellette
Baby Blues: Tia Flello, Heather Lange
Swing Dance: Sophia Rollke
Fiesta Tango: Allison Campbell, Isabel Wilson
Willow Waltz: Isabel Wilson, Carly Postlethwaite
Ten-Fox: Megan Andrews, Jessica Burton
14-step: Jessica Burton
European: Rachel Rollke, Theresa McKay
Preliminary Skills: Sarah Wildy, Tia Flello, Allison Campbell, Dylan Ouellette
Junior Bronze Skills: Theresa McKay
Senior Bronze Skills: Stephanie Fournier, Rachel Rollke
Congratulations go out to all the Aldergrove skaters on their achievements. The club skaters are more than half-way through their spring session at Centre Ice in Abbotsford, sharing the ice with the Mission Skating Club.
For further information visit their website at www.aldergroveskatingclub.com or call 604-857-1696.