Speed Skating Canada

Speed Skating Canada

Infobox sport governing body
title = Speed Skating Canada


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category = Skating
jurisdiction = Canada
year formed = 1887cite web |url=http://www.speedskating.ca/about-speed-skating.cfm |title=About Speed Skating |accessdate=2008-01-14 |format= |work= |publisher=Speed Skating Canada] cite web |url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1SEC828451 |title=Speed Skating - Origins |accessdate=2008-01-14 |author=J. Thomas West |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=The Canadian Encyclopedia] cite web |url=http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/patins/patins06e.html |title=Lace Up: Canada's Passion for Skating - History of Speed Skating in Canada |accessdate=2008-01-14 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date=2007-01-19 |work= |publisher=Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation]
headquarters = flagicon|Canada Ottawa, Ontariocite web |url=http://www.speedskating.ca/structure.cfm |title=Structure |accessdate=2008-01-14 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=Speed Skating Canada]
president = flagicon|Canada Brian Bunneycite web |url=http://www.speedskating.ca/directory.cfm?blnBranchType=1&branchID=14&searchID=comm_172 |title=Directory - Board of Directors |accessdate=2008-01-14 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=Speed Skating Canada]
chairman =
key staff = Nicole Slot, Athlete Director
Jean Dupre, Director General
website = http://www.speedskating.ca

Speed Skating Canada (commonly abbreviated to SSC) is the governing body for competitive long track and short track speed skating in Canada. It was founded in 1887, five years before the International Skating Unioncite web |url=http://www.isu.org/vsite/vcontent/page/custom/0,8510,4844-161375-178590-19296-68634-custom-item,00.html |title=ISU: Member Federations |accessdate=2008-01-14 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=International Skating Union] of which SSC later became a member in 1894.

History

In 1854, three British army officers raced on the St. Lawrence River, going from Montreal to Quebec City, which marked Canada's first recorded ice skating race. It is believed that from then on, ice skating races became a part of Canadian culture.

In 1887, the Amateur Skating Association of Canada was formed. That year, the first official speed skating championships took place. At that time, figure skating and speed skating shared an organization, however the needs of the speed skaters were predominant. In 1894, the Amateur Skating Association of Canada became the first non-European organization to be a member of the International Skating Union.

In 1905, short track speed skating was created and gaining popularity in Canada and the United States.

In 1939, the figure skaters formed their own organization and thus the Amateur Skating Association of Canada was made up of speed skaters only. Now that it was a speed skating only organization, the name was changed to the Canadian Amateur Speed Skating Association (or CASSA) in 1960.

It was not until 2000 that CASSA changed their name, yet again, to Speed Skating Canada.

Structure

The organization is governed by the Board of Directors which is elected by the members. It is comprised of the President, the Athletes Director, the Treasurer, and five Directors at Large.cite web |url=http://www.speedskating.ca/management.cfm |title=Management |accessdate=2008-01-26 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=Speed Skating Canada]

Branches

Speed Skating Canada is split up into thirteen branches, each representing a Canadian province or territory, as follows:
* Alberta Amateur Speed Skating Association
* British Columbia Speed Skating Association
* Manitoba Speed Skating Association
* Newfoundland & Labrador Speed Skating Association
* Nunavut Speed Skating Association
* NWT Amateur Speed Skating Association
* Ontario Speed Skating Association
* Quebec Speed Skating Federation
* Saskatchewan Amateur Speed Skating Association
* Speed Skate New-Brunswick
* Speed Skate Nova Scotia
* Speed Skate PEI
* Yukon Amateur Speed Skating Association

References


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