Following a successful 2013 National Championships, teams for the 2013 Oceania Championships and 2013 World Championships were announced on Sunday.

Oceania's will be taking place in Brisbane this year with Oostende in Belgium hosting the Worlds.

The Australian Team for Oceania's is as follows:

U15    
Kayla Northover    
Hazim Shahrum
Kaylee Lewson    
Ashley Hunter
Alex Myint
    
15-19    
Ariel Chu
Jourdain Vitiello
Kelly Northover
Liam Garriga
Teagan Boka    
Sean McKay
Grace Stevens    
Jaiden Lanigan
Taylor Thomson    
Harry Stogdale
Lionel Mawditt
Reece Gunnell
BJ Walker
    
OPEN 
Sandra Lorincz    
Shane Yost
Siran Delice    
Paul Garriga
Angeline Thomas    
Corey Williams
Jake Round
Dan Harris
Robbie Cook
Cameron Downes
    
M30+    
Ania Cunningham    
Kris Williams
Andrew Tiffany
Daniel Higgins
    
M40+    
Margaret Retallick    
Richard Vitiello
David Cross
Craig Hart
Peter Edge
Ray Parry
Steven Todisco

The World's Team is as follows:

Senior Women

Angeline Thomas

Sandra Lorincz

Brooke Lochland

Senior Men

Sam Evans

Jake Round

Paul Garriga

Dan Harris

Junior Women

Ariel Chu

Junior Men

Reece Gunnell

Josh Capponi

Liam Garriga

Lionel Mawditt

Skate Australia congratulates you on achieving this opportunity to represent Australia in these Official Competitions.

The 2013 Speed Skating National Championships are near with athletes travelling to Perth for the commencement of state team training on Sunday and official competition on Monday.

Click here for official program of events.

With over 80 skaters from across Australia and one from New Zealand, this championship is set to be highly competitive between the state teams especially those racing to gain selection into the 2013 International teams that will skate Oceania’s in Brisbane and World’s in Belgium later in the year.

Updates will be uploaded as received from Perth.

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Day 1

R1 - R24 200m Time Trial
R25 U10 750m

R26 - R33 3000m

R34 - R37 Pts.Elim

Day 2

R38 - R62 500m Events
R64 - R69 5k 10k 20k Events

Day 3
R70 - R90 1000m Events
R91 - R93 U10 - 12 1500m Events

R94 - R104 5000m


Day 4

T01 - T20 300m Time Trial
T21 - T24 1500m Events
T25 - T33 3000m Events
T34 - T51 1000m Events

Day 5
T52 - T78 500m Events
T79 U10 750m
T80 - T85 5000m Events

Day 6
M1 - M6 Marathon Events

Skate Australia Victoria Speed Branch are to be congratulated on a successful State Championships.

The competition in some grades was extremley close. A number of skaters achieved their personal best performances ands some won their first ever individual medals.

A number of trophies were handed out including a couple of encouragment trophies: as well as the "Pauline Robertson Perpetual Trophy for Sportsmanship": the Inaugral winner was Jake Round.

Jake Round and the Pauline Robertson Perpetual Trophy for Sportsmanship

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Our Australian Speed Skating Team returned from Italy in September after a successful World Championships.

With the help of a grant from Skate Australia to the National Speed Branch, the nine Australian athletes were able to train on the official World Championship track and have an elite preparation leading into the Championships.

A few personal bests were achieved early in the Championships with Ariel completing 29.309 in her time trial and John 26.776 in his time trial. Matthew recorded his best World’s time ever with 26.921 and Paul did his best time ever with 26.658.

We would like to congratulate Harry in achieving 8th in the Junior Mens race and crossing the line in 3rd place in another race.

All athletes skated to their absolute best and we are proud of your achievements.

To see all final official results and times, click here.