Prince George put itself on the national scene once again in December as the Prince George Blizzard Speed Skating Club hosted the 2006 Canadian Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships at CN Centre.
Three Prince George skaters took part in the event.
Phillip Shrimpton, 15, was a last minute addition and came in ranked 48th overall on the men’s side.
“It put a little bit more pressure on.
“It would have been nice to have a little bit more notice but what can you do,” said Shrimpton, who went into the weekend ranked 48th. His ranking didn’t change at the end of the weekend. He was entered into the race when a skater was removed at the coaches meeting on Friday night.
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Three members of the Prince George Blizzard Speed Skating Club will get their first taste of national competition a week from today at the National Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Ottawa.
The trio of Sarah Pousette, Alexis Gaudet and Tim Hempsall qualified at the B.C. Provincial Championship which were held in Kelowna earlier this month.
“It went well [at provincials],” said Hempsall. “I got third and the second race I got a DQ and I had to come back from that and in the third race it looked like a tie and we had the same time but the race judges put me in first.”