Saskatchewan Speed Skating Association is dedicated to creating an environment for the development, promotion and organization of recreational and competitive speed skating.

We are a community of skaters, coaches, volunteers and officials who believe speed skating is an affordable sport that promotes a healthy and active lifestyle.

Our speed skating clubs are located in seven communities: Regina, Saskatoon, Moose Jaw, Prince Albert, Melville, Nipawin and Humboldt.  But we are always looking for opportunities to introduce the sport to other communities or establish new clubs where there is interest.

Speed skating encourages individuals to achieve their personal best through full participation.  There are no bench-sitters in this sport - just a lot of fun and excitement.

  Speed skating also provides an opportunity for athletes of all ages to grow and develop to compete on the national and world stage.  World-class speed skaters, such as two-time Olympic gold medalist Catriona LeMay-Doan, silver medalist Justin Warsylewicz, and national team members Lucas and Mykola Makowsky, all grew out of Saskatchewan speed skating clubs.  In the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, Lucas Makowsky took home a gold medal as part of Canada's Pursuit Team.

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SASSA 2012 AGM Information Bulletin & Proposed SASSA BY-LAWS/Constitution .

Blue Mountain dry land camp May 26, 27th for T2T skaters and families!  Check out the details on the provincial coach page.



Congratulations to our skaters, who competed at the Canada West Short Track Championships in Winnipeg and the Canadian Short Track Championships in Richmond.  We had two overall class champions: Gabrielle Sanson in T2T 11 Female and Marco Schumann in T2T 12 Male divisions.  We also had many skaters place on the podium; for full resluts from this competition please click here .  We also had skaters in Richmond competing against some of the best Junior B and older athlets in the country.  Jesse Slusar was our highest ranking skater at the competition finshing 4th overall in the Junior A/Neo Senior Age Division and earning a bronze in the 1500m and gold in the 500m.  For complete reults of the Canadian Short Track Championships please click here .  We would like to thank all our skaters for representing our province and our coaches Bill Christ, Verna Kergan and David Stevenson for coaching at these competitions.

Kali Christ competed at the 2012 World Single Distance Championships in Heerenveen, Netherlands.  She finished 9th in the 1000m.   For compete reports on the competition please visit Speed Skating Canada

Speed Skating Canada has a fundraising aution going on right now.  Click here to see many unique speed skating and non-speed skating items up for grabs.

Leader Post article updating us on Ian Hudey's road to recovery after his car accident this fall.

Congratulations to Kali Christ and Will Dutton for being selected to Team Canada for the All Distances World Cup in Heerenveen, Netherlands this weekend.  See the press release here.

Sarah Piluk is featured in the Leaderpost , a very good article of how speed skating is a great sport with great people and cimmunity.

Kali Christ is Sask Sport Female Athlete of the Year - Congratulations!

Read the January edition of In the Loop , Saskatchewan Speed Skating's e-newsletter.  We've embedded two promotional videos for Saskatchewan Speed Skating and we encourage clubs to embed these videos on their web sites.

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Want to make a positive contribution to Saskatchewan speed skating?  We encourage all members to consider participating in one of our four Sport Development Committees. Among other things, the committees will be exploring a variety of issues and developing recommendations for the Saskatchewan Speed Skating Executive to consider.  To help guide these discussions, committees are provided with a discussion paper that outlines the issue and provides relevant background information.  Click here to read the first discussion paper.

For more information on our Sport Development Committees, click here .  If you are interested in joining a committee, please email Saskatchewan Speed Skating .

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Check out our promotional speed skating videos.  From beginners to high performance, there's something for everyone.

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