Ella Baker and Coach Teddi Garvey were honored with awards.

Local Journalism Initiative

May 8, 2024 at 2:51 p.m.·1 min read

Each year Skate Manitoba recognizes award recipients in Manitoba at the Annual Awards Celebration. This year the Awards Celebrations was held in Brandon at the Victoria Inn on May 4. Ella Baker and Coach Teddi Garvey were honored with awards. Ella Baker competed in numerous figure skating competitions this past season such as the Gordon Linney competition in Winnipeg, where Ella received a gold medal for her skate. She skated at this year’s Virden Fun Skate, Winter Blast in Morden and Stoney on Ice where she received bronze medals. At the provincial championships in Altona Ella took home a gold. Ella also competes with two synchro skating teams, one in Carberry and one Regional Synchro team, Blades United, combining skaters from four different towns. Ella also received Gold at provincials this year with Star 5 over 13 Freeskate. Teddi Garvey has been Ella’s figure skating coach since she started skating 9 years ago and has been with her at every competition. Teddi is a dedicated coach and has been coaching with the Carberry Figure Skating Club for eleven years. Teddi brings with her extensive experience in her thirty year coaching career. She is now the CanSkate and Power Skate Learning Facilitator for Manitoba so she is now coaching the coaches. In her down time she enjoys crocheting and staying active with running, biking and hiking local trails. Ella Baker and Coach Teddi Garvey were recognized at the Skate Canada Manitoba Awards Ceremony in Brandon. Ella was recognized as the 2024 Provincial Champion of Star 5 O13 and Teddi as Coach of a Star 5 O13 provincial champion

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