By Chris Newel

The North Star Skating Club finished off the season with their very successful Showcase 2015.

The show held Friday night (Feb. 26) at the Civic Centre in Kimberley not only featured Kimberley skaters, but also had a number from Cranbrook and a guest skater, Jessica Hewison.

The show was a mixture of young skaters, many who only began skating last fall, right up to senior skaters working on their gold levels.

Coaches Tamara Bannatyne, Kim Miller and Megan Newel have been coaching over 70 skaters all season. Showcase had solos by the senior skaters along with group numbers from the young Canskaters and older Starskaters to show parents, relatives, friends and the community what they can do.

Co-coordinator of the show, Krista Moody says, “Coach Tamara really raised the bar this year, she and the skaters put on an excellent show, and the costumes were amazing.”

Several skaters were recognized for extraordinary accomplishments; they were Sydney Wilson as Program Assistant of the year, Bianca Marina as Senior Starskater of the year, and Makayli Wilkinson as Junior Starskater of the year. Junior Canskaters of the year were Daijen Milner, Makaia Balland and Eric Jiang.

Three skaters achieved a gold level figure skating level, which is a major accomplishment and milestone they are Zoe and Bianca Marina and Brittany Becker.

The executive would like to thank, parents, volunteers, skaters and especially coaches Tamara Bannatyne, Megan Newel and Kim Miller for successful season. See you next year.

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