Mastercard Skate Canada International, October 2005

Mastercard Skate Canada International was supported by the efforts of numerous volunteers from the local skating community. Photos from Dale Russell-Fitzpatrick, Beth Liverman, Dave Liverman, Marion Jeans and Tracy Hillyard

Medal ceremonies volunteers	Signs in the stands
Gold waiting for Emanuel	Top Canadian women- Skate Canada chair Marylin Chidlow and Joannie Rochette	Shieu Chan and Gail Hopkins prepare the Canadian flag for medal presentations
Operations room coordinator struggling with technical difficulties	Operations room - a rare quiet moment
Dale weilds the iron	Waiting for the marks?
gold for Alicia Bailey's volunteer work?	Ice operations taking a well-earned rest on the kiss-and-cry
	The medical team
Security!	Ice patchers Becky and Stephanie
Alyssa Czisny with her new coaching team?
Flag pole assembly in the ops room	Prince of Wales synchro team excited at assisting in opening ceremonies
	National anthem
	Joanne Milner helping out at gala practice
Wayne Sutherland towards the end of a long week..
Lisa Young working with some up and coming young skaters...	Joanne Milner explains how it should be done...
Three generations of the Thistle family on ice operations	Emannuel Sandhu meets our flag bearers (photo copyright Scott Grant/ Skate Canada)
Claire and Marion in the print room (or to be more accurate print corridor)	Ops room set-up
Ops room set-up	Volunteer reception
Tim and Bev	Agnes and Andrea Thistle
Marion Jeans and Jack Strawbridge	Shirley Thistle, Gail Hopkins, Dale Russell-Fitzpatrick and Ruth Noel
Lorraine, Karen, Juliet, and michelle
	8 am practice

Cody Hay and Anabelle Langlois visit Canskate at Prince of Wales SC