OTTAWA, ON: Over a thousand excited skaters are ready to hit the ice at the Powerade Centre in Brampton, Ontario for the 2010 BMO Skate Canada Synchronized Skating Championships. The event will take place from March 4-6, 2010.
“The skating at this event gets better every year and the fans just keep getting louder,” said Skate Canada CEO William Thompson. “Synchronized skating teams in Canada are some of the best in the world and here in Brampton fans will get to experience not only our top senior teams but our up and comers.”
"BMO has been a proud supporter of Canadian figure skating since 1997, as a major sponsor of the Canadian National Figure Skating Team and of Skate Canada," said Sandy Bourne, Vice-President, Advertising, Sponsorship/Events and Merchandising, BMO Financial Group. "We have been the lead sponsor of the BMO Skate Canada Synchronized Skating Championships since 1999, and we’re thrilled to help bring this year’s event to the Powerade Centre in Brampton."
The 2010 BMO Skate Canada Synchronized Skating Championships will bring approximately 1,100 skaters from across the country to Brampton, including the 2009 ISU World Synchronized Skating Champions, NEXXICE. Teams will compete for national titles in the senior, junior, open, intermediate and novice categories*. The top two senior teams will represent Canada at the 2010 ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships in Colorado Springs, USA, taking place April 9-10, 2010.
All tickets are general admission. All-event tickets cost $30 for adults and $15 for children (12 years and under); day tickets cost $15 for adults and $5 for children (12 years and under), plus applicable surcharges. Tickets can be purchased in person at the Powerade Centre box office, by phone at 416.870.8000, or online at www.ticketmaster.ca.
Emma Bowie will be the onsite media contact at the event and can be reached at 647.883.6127 or at ebowie@skatecanada.ca.
*Following a change in competition structure there will be no adult categories at the BMO Skate Canada Synchronized Skating Championships. The adult section of the competition will now be held at the 2010 Skate Canada Adult Figure Skating Championships. In addition the competitive and festival categories have been combined. All synchronized skating teams will compete in one of five categories: senior, junior, open, intermediate and novice.
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