W aa-WAruuxicumnw-chmad-y. unitary 25. zoiz WM ‘ All w 1d ‘It’s an opportumty to grow’ - or 0 . . . , . ï¬eld awaits 1 Moscovttch, Moore- Towers hope to learn from bad day at the oï¬ice’ I . l" ; mic-om Bar program Saturday. too. with their me 8 i (mm-idem†third-place total 0160.26 less than _ . : ' ‘ "' ' a point behind Duhamel and Rad- ' .»"~ Crocker ; ylan Moscovitch and ford after theshort program. ‘ in . D Kirsten Moore~Towers But a couple of slip ups in their 1 headed into nationals transitional elements â€" Moore- 37mm I conï¬dent they had done enough Towers catching a toe pick. as .. M t to prepare a solid defence for their Moscovitch catching an edge aï¬er " . » Canadian senior pairs title. a jump â€" kept them off the podi- ’ klP Laura Ckae" has been I But instead of a sweet repeat. um. meaning they will be the ï¬rst ‘ here before. b‘" for Sarah I the Kitchener-Waterloo Skating and second alternates respectively ’. Wilkes, Pam Feldkamp, 19" (Ilub duo is left to contemplate a for Canada's Four Continents Cup Gates and Cheryl Krevtazuk, this sudden end to the season. and world championship teams. ' week “I“ be the" ï¬rst muoduction A year after a commanding win Moscovitch said the pair have ‘- a ‘ to international “171195 at nationals, Moscovitch and yet to sit down and analyze their 5 Their reward _“â€" be a ï¬eld Moore-Towers missed out on a performance. but admitted itwasa : Ff; including Wang B'PKYU' a former spot with the national team thanks frustrating end to a season in 3. 1:11†world champion slop from China to a fourth-place ï¬nish at the 2012 which he believed they had more 3 ‘ ' _, 5&1; . N°.‘ mum'da'}"8 2“ all, Gates Canadian Figure Skating Champi- experience. seasoning, flow and l ' a said mth a sarcastic laugh. . . onships in Moncton. Noll. chemistry than before. ' The ï¬ve Wilfnd Launer Universi- “All the thing that happened in “Defending a national title is ‘ -_ [y curlers are m Name. lapan. this the long program have never hap- deï¬nitely not an easy thing to do.†. ,, a; week “all the fl2.°‘zc":m'zéw:smtef' pencd to us before." Moscovitch he said. “There’s deï¬nitely a lot * fl , nationh Cu mg ampto p. a said before boarding a flight to more pressure than anything we've , " a g" f" “A. rtght t 533, (gamed after “sorting a townie, when: he planned to not handled before. i don't know ifthat ii" ‘.,. j~ Clsnf‘aggg ughmmm ‘P '" 5‘~ ‘ family before returning to Waterloo got to us a bit and if the ï¬rst initial } “if . 1, h Asside fr" l.M . ‘ 'nk. hi h latet'in the week. “(icing into slip in the long program threw ’ ._-, A“ {w ‘ g . k d ommegyus Eda] w h nationals. we were the most everything off, but there's a lot of ~. v 1 ’ p“: e up a "in“ I.“ at t‘e trained and most ready we've ever things to breakdown. “g“ ‘ so“) wmtfgiemp'ilgifws .'" been for a competition. Practices “But I feel like we did a lot of txwzlmm 20 f senior were meat all week and thing just good work this season. it is iust ll ea 0 hr?“ kind of unraveled. one competition: it was a bad day ) ' ;eamsDaes we fssrepreann: we; “it's an opportunity to grow and at the ohice. at; . « 7' Kr: m “malwhkvillizzler 80 an if we use it properly we‘ll deï¬nitely ‘We can't base our whole sea- 1 â€fir 1, ' ' “m‘gmm â€ï¬ve lymptc $29 batter much stronger team son "ï¬ghthmaznwork we did in one if; ! amt-allowing a three-day training Chieï¬y. it was a couple of costly Kitchener-Waterloo Skating R wsigrifmfrgteol's' ‘tï¬aCaanadiasr: stumbles that landed Moscovitch Club didn't match last season's Switzerlandg led by formyer 53mm and Mooreâ€"Towers 25.69 points ï¬ve-medal haul over the. week at 'unior chain Dion Silvana‘l‘irinmni behind the title-winning pair of nationals. but did see several of its l The top lbw teams advance {0 Montreal's Meagan Duhamel and current and former competitors the playoff round where they play Eric Radford. who won their ï¬rst come away with a medal. one-vs-four twoivs -three semiï¬- wnior Canadian crown with a Waterloo's Andrew Poie and ice , .. a...“ rials instead'of a page playoff The l90.lllolal. danceparmerKaitlyn Weaver.who . . . win - th ï¬nal ' ‘ “oscovitch and Moore-Towers now train in Bloomfield Hills Kflm WW Skating Club's 07h" Moscovrtdi and Kirsten M" hers meet I"- e on ion. 29 l ‘ . . . . ' Towersperformtheir mmsamdayduringmezou Canadian Figure For the banner team. Clutter is ‘ entered the competition on a roll. MICh.. served up a passionate per- Slut" (ham 'onshi ‘n ' | N B the only one with international having placed third at the Skate formance in their free dance â€" It mg Pl 9“ ' ’ mmammn m we been on Rachel America and (Iup of China lSU Sui: Malade by Serge Lama and Homan's Canadian championship a Grand Prix events in the (all. Their Kari lingo â€" to ï¬nish a dose sec- you to everyone for their love and ï¬rst. Marry Orr and Anthony Furi- foursome that qualiï¬edfordtezom l third-place performance in 0nd to former Olympic champions support this week. and always,“ mm were third followedby Shalena world junior ï¬nal in Switzerland. . Ontario. (lalif.. during the Skate Scott Mair and Tessa Vinue. who Weaver and Pope said on their'lvnt- Rau and PhdanSimpson in fourth That was Crackers ï¬rst trip out- 4 America event. also produced it also used to train with the Kitchen- ter feed. “So honoured and appre- Also in senior pairs. Taylor side the continent. This will be her ‘ Career high score of 177.43. er'Waterloo club. ciativell Upwards!‘ Steele and Rob Shultz were ï¬fth second. and the psychology Mm l The two. trained by KWSC The KWSC ice dance pair of in theiuniorpairs. 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