Milton Skating Club pairs reached the podium in senior, junior and novice pairs at the Jr-Sr Sectionals, a regional figure skating championship in Komoka. Stella Zhang and Ryan Cliff took bronze in novice pairs.

The club says its senior and junior pairs took gold and silver, and Hailey Mitchell added a singles silver.

Milton Skating Club medals at Jr-Sr Sectionals
EventSkatersMedal
Senior pairsRebecca Laiu and Martu HaubrichGold
Junior pairsAlia Tang and Will BosckaySilver
Novice pairsStella Zhang and Ryan CliffBronze
Novice Ladies Group 1Hailey MitchellSilver

The competition ran Thursday, Nov. 5, to Sunday, Nov. 8, at the Komoka Wellness Centre in Middlesex Centre, west of London. Ilderton Skating Club hosted, and the event drew 290 entries across 26 categories.

Novice pairs is where the club's Olympian got her start as a pair skater. Lia Pereira had skated pairs only at the novice level, about five years before she partnered with Trennt Michaud.

Skate Ontario, the sport's provincial body, lists Milton Skating Club as one of the largest clubs in the country sanctioned by Skate Canada, the national governing body.