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The Whitehorse Rapids Speed Skating Club will once again host its annual fall Yukon Speed Skating Camp this weekend.

The camp will feature international coach Debby Fisher on the ATCO ice at the Canada Games Centre, from Sept. 27 to 29.

Fisher, a former speedskating development coordinator at the Olympic Oval in Calgary, will be leading the three-day camp.

"Debby is the perfect Outside coach to start our season off,鈥� explained Whitehorse Rapids coach Phil Hoffman.

"She is very good at working with skaters of all ages and abilities, and she will set the foundations for all athletes to improve over the course of the winter.鈥�

The camp will offer five on-ice sessions to skaters of all abilities.

Both new and novice skaters, and more-advanced competitive skaters will progress through and refine individual skating techniques.

There will be off-ice warm-ups and dry-land training for the skaters, as well as chances to practise tactical strategies for short track races.

"I can't emphasize enough that this camp will even have something for the very beginner speedskater,鈥� Hoffman said.

"Debby is great with kids and she is the perfect international coach to motivate them to stay with speedskating.鈥�

Fisher is a travelling coach who works to develop skaters and mentor coaches on technical skating.

Fisher is a member of Speed Skating Canada's Hall of Fame and helped create a developmental program at the Olympic Oval at the University of Calgary from 1998 to 2009.

More information and registration forms for the camp are available at www.shorttrack06.com or by calling Susanne

Wirth at 667-4348.

With the Whitehorse Rapids Speed Skating Club sending a team to Fairbanks for the Arctic Winter Games in March, this camp will be the first major stride on the track to the podium.