Submitted to Quinte News
Five members of the Quinte Blades Speed Skating Club travelled to London this weekend to participate in the Provincial B and C Championships with nearly 200 skaters from across the province. Twelve year old Brian Hoffman lead all of the Quinte skaters by demonstrating excellent passing skills, persistence and good decision making in his races. Brian surprised his competition with his inspired racing. He had a personal best time in each of his 7 races and received cheers from the crowd with his impressive double inside pass on the last lap of the 1500m super final to secure third place. Brian finished the meet with a Bronze Medal in the 12 year old group.
Alex Caulfield and Ethan Taylor skated in the very competitive open division. Alex, who was racing in only his second meet ever, showed a great deal of tenacity as he skated to two personal bests and a very respectable 7th place. Ethan skated to a personal best in the 1000m and in the final race of the day, finished first and earned another personal best in the 500 m.
The Blades lone female competitor was 9 year old Annabella Finnan who skated to a personal best time in the 600m.
Rounding out the team was 8 year old Kevin Hoffman who skated to a 5 second improvement in the 400 m heat.
The Blades will be travelling to Milton in April to participate in the Relay Challenge.
