Minto Skating Club
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| Formation | 1904 |
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| Headquarters | Minto Skating Centre |
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President
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Bruce Mayo |
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Director
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Darryl VanLuven |
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Coaches
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| Website | mintoskatingclub |
| Remarks | Colors: purple and yellow |
The Minto Skating Club is a competitive figure skating club in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, founded in 1904. The Club is a member of the Skate Canada figure skating organization in Canada, and was a founder of the predecessor organization to Skate Canada, the "Figure Skating Department" of the Amateur Skating Association of Canada in 1914.
Notable skaters who represented the club include Olympic and World champion Barbara Ann Scott and Olympic bronze medallist and World champion Don Jackson. Notable skaters include Melville Rogers, Lynn Nightingale, Kim Alletson, Gordon Forbes, and the dance teams of Isabelle Duchesnay / Paul Duchesnay and Chantal Lefebvre / Michel Brunet.
The club was founded in 1904. The club's patron was the then Governor-General of Canada, Lord Minto, or Earl, and the Countess of Minto. Membership was drawn from the Rideau Skating Club. Skating was first held at the Governor-General's residence, Rideau Hall and soon moved to the Rideau Skating Rink. Skating was also held at the Dey's Arena in Ottawa.
In 1905, the first Canadian Skating Championships were held. Minto's Ormond B. Haycock is first Canadian men's champion, and together with Katherine Haycock won the Canadian pairs event.
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