Welcome to the 2020-2021 Season! I know a lot of you are eager to register your child or yourself for speed skating but we are still awaiting final pricing and scheduling from the Richmond Oval before we can open registration. Apologies for delays! But the team has been working to […]
On July 31, the Richmond Rockets presented departing Coach Nathalie Stewart with a gift card and an Honorary Membership for her 7 years of coaching and leadership, inspiring many skaters and instilling in them a love for speed skating. Thank you Coach Nathalie!
Thank you to everyone who attended the Richmond Rockets 2020 Virtual AGM yesterday evening. Many thanks and appreciation for the out-going members of the 2019-2020 board of directors: President Scott Stewart and Secretary Peter Mitchell and Director Sue Bolton, Departing Coach Nathalie Stewart, and Janet Lakusta who put in a […]
The Richmond Rockets Speed Skating Club has achieved numerous wins at the recent BC Short Track Cup #1 Speed Skating Competition in Prince George BC last month. Competing at distances of 200m, 400m, 1200m and 1500m. Richmond Rocket Skaters include Aaron Liu and Stephen Lim under coach Nathalie Stewart. Several […]
The Richmond Rockets and OvalHP are recruiting new speed skaters for our clubs and programs. Join us for free during our Try-It session. No pre- registration required. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2019 Welcome to all experience levels ages 7 and up. Email Ngarrido@nullrichmondoval.ca for more details. SKATE FITTING 3:00PM AT THE […]
Hello Rockets, This is a revised calendar of event for skaters and parents, an earlier version was forwarded two weeks ago. This year I re-introduce training for new parents and skaters by providing on-site Learning Sessions. It is important for parents and skaters to know and learn about speed skating, […]
WHEN: Tuesday September 3rd 2019 only. WHERE: 2nd floor at the Richmond Oval – go to the skate rental area TIMES: 1). New/Beginners & Returning Group 1 skaters – 3:15 – 4:20pm then Group 1 ice session will start at 4:30 – 5:15 pm. 2). Returning Group 2 (Advanced & […]
Dear members, Our club has a new contract with the Richmond Olympic Oval for our next season. An important change is our ice times. Our Group 1 skaters will now skate from 16:30 to 17:15 (45 minutes, @ 4:30 pm) Our Group 2 skaters will now skate from 17:15 to […]
Congratulations to Lan-Vi Nguyen for winning the Youth Female Athlete of the Year at the Richmond Sports Awards. Emilee Stewart, Giang-Vi & Lan-Vi Nguyen were all nominated to the Richmond Sports Award for their performance in the 2017-2018 season, which was the year of the BC Winter Games. Richmond Sports […]
The Rockets had two skaters who earn a spot on Team BC for the 2019 Canada West Short Track Championship in Grande Prairie, Alberta, March 23rd and 24th. The BC Short Track Championship was the qualifying competition for the Train to Train (T2T) skaters to compete in their respective age […]
