This weekend marks a changing of the guard.
Or skate guards, so to speak.
From March 6th to 8th, Tundra Oil and Gas Place in Virden will host the 2020 Manitoba Open. The three-day competition welcomes skaters from Manitoba and Saskatchewan at the STARSkate, AdultSkate, and Competitive levels.
It’s in competitive stream where senior women champion, Deidre Sherk (formerly Russell), plans to take her final bow.
“I would say there’s a high percentage this (the Manitoba Open) will be my last competition,” said Deidre.
Deidre, 25, has dominated skating in the province. She’s won the Skate Manitoba Sectionals 14 times – seven of those titles were at the senior level. Her impressive resume includes medals from across the country, including a silver from the 2018 Wild Rose Invitational in Alberta and a gold at the 2017 Sask Skate Competition in Saskatchewan.
And who better to accept the torch than her younger sister, Danae Russell, the current junior Skate Canada Manitoba Sectional champion for the last two years. Danae’s also a previous novice champion with a silver medal from 2018 Sask Skate.
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