It’s been a hectic year for David “Davey” Howes.
Howes won the 2023 Canadian Men’s Novice Championships in February. A month later, he travelled to Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg for the ISU Coupe du Printemps 2023, placing fifth.
Then Howes learned he’d been chosen for Skate Canada’s NextGen Team, which identifies promising skaters and helps them develop into elite national and international athletes. Howes said he celebrated with close friends. In real life and proximity.
“It was really exciting moment,” said Howes in a phone interview. “I was at the rink … I grew up with Ava (Kemp) and Yoni (Yohnatan Elizarov), and we all got the email together.”
Howes moved from Winnipeg, Man. to Vancouver, B.C., and he’s coached by Keegan Murphy and Eileen Murphy. While his current base is the Connaught Skating Club, he represents the Skate Manitoba section – and Skate Winnipeg.
“I probably could’ve switched sections,” said Howes, “but to be able to skate with the club that I’ve always been with.”
Howes’ had a busy September. He enrolled in Magee Secondary School and then he attended his first competition on the Junior circuit in Hungary, placing 12th at the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Budapest 2023.
Howes hit the blades when he was seven years old, but he never aspired to be a figure skater.
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