The Mount Pearl-Paradise Skating Club has seen a busy and successful competitive season, headlined by strong performances from their athletes on both national and provincial stages. The club, which operates out of the Glacier Arena in Mount Pearl and the Double Ice Complex in Paradise, continues to showcase talent across several figure skating disciplines.
The club’s elite synchronized skating team, the Open Starlites, earned a silver medal at the 2026 Skate Canada Cup in Waterloo, Ontario. The team achieved a score of 211.06, building on their success from 2025, when they won the national open category title with a score of 200.82.
Individual skaters also earned recognition during the 2026 Skate Newfoundland and Labrador provincial championships. Eva Wang received the E.C. (Ted) Withers Award for the most outstanding performance during the second weekend of the provincial competitions held in Grand Falls-Windsor. Additionally, the pair skating team of Norah Murphy and James Rees represented the club on the national stage, competing at the 2026 Skate Canada Trophy held in February in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
Most recently, the local community hosted the 2026 Atlantic Canada Skating Championships. The event brought more than 200 top skaters from across the region to the Paradise Double Ice Complex from March 27 to March 29, 2026.
