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Winter World Masters Games 2024
5 Queensland Skaters will be travelling to Bormio, Italy to compete and represent Australia in the Winter World Masters Games 2024. They will be competing from the 12th to the 14th of January 2024. Left to Right: Chris Brookes, Simon Wallace, James Keogh, Vanessa Goodsir. Not pictured: Shelley Hedley. Good luck skaters! |
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2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games Selection
Queensland skater Aditya has been selected to compete in the 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games which will be held in Gangwon, South Korea. Aditya won the AIR Youth Olympic Games nomination trial at the 2023 Australian Open Short Track Championships to secure his spot on the team. Congratulations Aditya! |
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Duke Trophy Competition 2023
Queensland skaters from both Blades and Roos skating clubs competed in the Duke Trophy competition hosted by Queensland. Despite putting up an excellent fight, the Victorian skaters were victorious, with Queensland coming in second after the weekend of racing. Well done everyone! You can find photos of the event on our Facebook page. |
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AIR Open Development Camp 2023
The Australian Ice Racing Open Development Camp will be held from the 12th to the 16th of April 2023. This camp will be help in Queensland at both Iceworld Boondall and Iceworld Acacia Ridge. See the AIR website for more details. |
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Blades on Channel 7 News
Another amazing opportunity for Blades has come our way in the form of a segment in the channel 7 6pm news. Promoting Blades on such a widely viewed platform should peak people’s interest in the incredible sport of short track speed skating. A huge thank you to our star interviewees Chris, Malavai, Sophie and Deanna! |
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Australian Olympic Committee's #Have A Go Campaign
The AOC's #Have A Go Olympic campaign is making Blades more accessible to those who are interested. The campaign allows anyone interested to find information on their nearest short track speed skating club. After all, Olympians all start by doing Olympic sports as beginners. https://www.olympics.com.au/have-a-go/ |
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Blades Appearance on The Today Show
Our head coach Chris was interviewed by Channel 9 weatherman Tim Davies for a live cross. We were able to Tim into some of our new boots and onto the ice to experience our amazing sport. Masters champion and world record holder Herbie got to show a bit of his form and some more of our members can be seen showing their skills in the background. |
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QIRA Development Series 2022
Dual Olympian Deanna Lockett will be coaching one session a month at both Blades and Roos - located in Acacia Ridge as a part of a development series for Queensland Ice Racing Association. See the training page for more details |
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Queensland skaters who competed for Australia in the Masters International Short Track (MIST) Games 2019 on 11 and 12 April 2019. Left to right: Vanessa Goodsir, Simon Wallace, Chris Brookes, Scott Kiel-Chisholm and Dongbing (Andy) Liu.
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Team Queensland for the Duke Trophy 2018
Queensland hosted the State of Origin type national competition, the Duke Trophy 2018, on Saturday and Sunday, 28 and 29 July 2018. Teams from NSW, Victoria, Western Australia and Queensland competed for this coveted trophy. NSW came first, followed by Victoria, then Queensland, then Western Australia! |
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Duke Trophy 2016 Team Queensland (L to R: Corbyn, Herbie, Sophie, Sarah, Tim, Keith, Vanessa and Luke).
Team Queensland competed in the Duke Trophy 2016 on 23 and 24 July 2016 in Melbourne. They competed against teams from NSW, Victoria and Western Australia and their combined team points placed them third in this "State of Origin" of short track speed skating. Well done Queensland! |
