Portage Skating Club's skaters participated in the 2016 Manitoba Starskate Provincial Championships in Souris over the weekend.

Skating Club Coach Kelly Panko says they had two provincial champions at the end of the weekend, Claudia McCartney and Ranae Cabak, and talks about their victories.

Megan Hall (left) and Claudia McCartney

"Renae is not my student, but she a really good skate, she came off the ice with a big smile so that was good. Claudia is my student, and she had a good skate. She had a pretty rough week, she was just coming back off injury, she overcame that and had a good skate and ended up winning. So good for her."

Panko says they had a good number of competitors the event, and they all did very well.

"We had quite a few skaters, and all of them actually did a very good job. Everyone seemed to have a good skate, and was happy with how they did. So that's good, they represented Portage very well.

Portage Skating Club's Skaters

The Portage Skating Club's next event is their Carnival on March 17th. Head to Portage Online for pictures and a list of skaters from the event.

Megan Hall- Junior Silver 2nd
Sydnie Driedger- Star 2 Silver certificate
Talya Moffit- Star 2 Bronze certificate
Brooklyn Sawchuk- Star 3 Silver certificate
Payton Vanstone- Star 3 Bronze certificate
Alexa Moffit- Star 3 Silver certificate
Sage Driedger- Star 3 Silver certificate
Alexie Jara - Star 2 Bronze certificate
Sydney Fletcher -Star 5 placed 10th
Kennedy Barrault- Star 4 placed 6th