Skating Club
History
It was in 1953, with Mr. Robin Scott as instructor and Mrs. Ernest Gorrell as President, that the Port Elgin Figure Skating Club first started with 40 skaters. After the first year, however, the Club was dropped until 1957, when several mothers, keenly interested in figure skating lessons for their children, were instrumental in getting the club started again. In that season, 1957-58, all town children were registered free, and out-of-town children were charged 26 cents per lesson.
In November 1959, with an enrollment of 125 skaters, the Club applied for membership in the Canadian Figure Skating Association. On the very morning that the acceptance was received, the arena burned to the ground. Undaunted, carpenters volunteered to rebuild temporary dressing rooms. Oil stoves were set up. The skating surface was fenced in. One week after the fire, skating lessons resumed outdoors. The club was at a standstill until 1962, when the new arena, with a much larger ice surface, was opened and figure skating started that fall with Mrs. Gorrel again as the President. In the fall of 1963 Mrs. Gorrell handed over the presidency to Mrs. Pat Fenton.
Over the past 40 odd skating seasons, Presidents, executive members, parents, and skaters have made many contributions to the Club.
Club Presidents
1943 - 1953 Mrs. Ernest Gorrell 1962 - 1963 Mrs. Ernest Gorrell 1963 - 1965 Mrs. Pat Fenton 1965 - 1966 Mrs. Phyllis Miller 1966 - 1967 Mrs. Donna Zeigler 1967 - 1968 Mrs. Seila Fearn 1968 - 1969 Mrs. Irene Ens 1969 - 1970 Mrs. Shirley Hodge 1970 - 1972 Mrs. Maire Seaman 1972 - 1974 Mrs. Gloria Leggett 1974 - 1978 Mrs. Carol Hunter 1978 - 1980 Mrs. Marg Schwichtenberg 1980 - 1981 Mrs. Barry Moore 1981 - 1983 Mr. Keith Greig 1983 - 1985 Mrs. Louis Scully 1985 - 1987 Mr. Doug Myles 1987 - 1989 Mrs. Sandy Maguire 1989 - 1991 Mrs. Pat Williams 1991 - 1983 Mrs. Kathy Becker 1993 - 1995 Mrs. Sharon Cannon 1995 - 1997 Mrs. Carolyn Allen 1997 - 1999 Mrs. Diane Wallace 1999 - 2003 Mrs. Catherine Marr 2003 - 2005 Mrs. Susan Wentworth 2005 - 2006 Mrs. Charmaine Pette 2006 - 2008 Mrs. Pat Voll 2008 - Mrs. Hope Wallace-Alverez
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