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International Assignments 2005 - 2006:
May 2006: The 2006 Skate Canada AGM was held in Markham in May. Some photos from the Volunteer Awards Dinner have been posted here. March 2006: After two fabulous skates at the World Championships in Calgary, on home ice, Valérie and Craig skated to 4th place in the short program and an amazing 5th place finish overall. This is their best ever finish at worlds, what a great way to end the season!! Congratulations!!!
January 2006: Congratulations to Valérie and Craig for becoming three time Canadian Champions and for making the Olympic and World Teams!! They won their third national title with a total score of 175.48 and were first in both the short and long programs. Congratulations and good luck at the Olympics, enjoy every second! The photo page has now been updated. November 2005: Great Skate - Sarnia: Valérie and Craig skated in Sarnia November 27th as part of the cast of the Great Skate. Some of the other cast members were Shae-Lynn Bourne, Jessica Dubé & Bryce Davison, Megan Wing & Aaron Lowe, Victor Petrenko, Surya Bonaly and Elviz Stojko. They skated two great numbers, the first one was their exhibition from this year, Saturday Night Fever, it's a great upbeat number that the crowd really got into. The second program was their 'You are so Beautiful' program which they have performed before, the crowd really enjoyed it as well. There are photos from the event here, the link will take you to photos I took of the whole show. , hopefully I will have some time to put the Marcoux & Buntin photos into their own album shortly but things are pretty busy right now. Trophée Eric Bompard Cachemire: Following a successful debut of their programs at Skate Canada Valérie and Craig repeated their third place finish in Paris with two great skates. They finished with a new personal best of 174.92 points and achieved the highest TES scores in the long program!! Full results can be found here and photos are here. October 2005: Skate Canada: Valérie and Craig got their season off to a great start by winning their second medal on the Grand Prix Circuit Saturday night. After a fabulous debut of their long program, skated to an original piece of music arranged especially for them they won the bronze medal with a total score of 158.90. They next compete in Paris, France in two weeks, until then check out the photos from Skate Canada!!
August 2005: Valérie and Craig competed their short program at the 2005 Quebec Summer Provincials on August 20th. They debuted their new short program to 'Big Spender' and finshed first. They put on a great show and are looking fantastic, this year is going to be hot! The 'Photos', 'About' and 'Results' sections of the site have now been updated. Valérie and Craig also recieved the scrapbook filled with the messages that were sent to me after worlds, thank you to all who sent messages. July 2005:
May 18, 2005: Fall Grand Prix Assignments have been released! Val and Craig will be competing at Skate Canada International in St. John's (Oct. 27-30, 2005) and Trophée Eric Bompard in Paris (Nov. 17-20, 2005). Also, there is a Val and Craig montage video posted to the 'Photos' page. April 5, 2003: The results page has been updated with COP scores from this season and last year. Photos have also been updated, albums that have been added or modified are marked with a ( * ). March 18, 2005: If you would like to download the short or the long please go to the 'photos' page which has also been updated with screen captures from the long program! March 16, 2005: Huge congratulations to Val and Craig for two great programs at worlds! Congratulations and wishes for a speedy recovery :)
March 15, 2005: With the exception of one gallery all the albums have been redone and photos from last nights short program have been put up! Val and Craig are set to skate the long program tomorrow (between 11am-1pm EST) so all the very best good vibes go out to them! They have already done us so proud by even skating at all! All the best! March 14, 2005: Val and Craig have just finished the short program where they skated really well, especially considering Craig's injury. I don't know how Craig got through that but it was awesome! Their total score for the SP was 55.94, results can be found here. A video of their short program is available on the 'photos' page for a limited time! Enjoy! Congratulations to Val and Craig on a great short program and all the best luck for the long program, I hope they feel alright and have fun! You're the best! March 2005: The world championships start this coming Monday with the pairs short program. Coverage will be on the CBC 8-10pm Monday - Friday but please check your local listings. Good luck Val and Craig and hopefully Craig is feeling better soon! January 2005: Congratulations to Valerie and Craig on winning their second consecutive Canadian National Title in London, Ontario. They won with a total score of 172.67 and have been named to the world team along with training mates Utako Wakamatsu and Jean-Sébastien Fecteau.
November 2004: Valérie and Craig competed in Gelsenkirchen, Germany Nov. 26-28th in the Bofrost Cup on Ice where they finished second. Their teammates were Annie Bellemare, Megan Wing and Aaron Lowe and Ben Fereirra. To read the Skate Canada press release about the event please 'click here' Congratulations to Valérie and Craig for wining their first grand prix medal! They won the bronze medal at Cup of China with a total score of 164.86! October 2004: Valérie and Craig have just finished competing at Skate Canada, their next competition is Cup of China begining November 11th. They skated an excellent short program to Fever/Jump Jive and Wail, clean except for one tiny break at the end of the side by side spins and received a standing ovation. The spiral sequence is slightly different than the summer but they looked great and like they were having a lot of fun, they ended up in 3rd place with 64.02 points and the highest technical mark of the short program. Skating to a Russian Medley for the long program they had a few mistakes, some problems on the second set of side by side jumps (the first ones, in combination, were beauties) and they missed the last lasso lift. Overall they finished in 5th place with 99.4 points in the long program and a total point score of 163.42. For a transcript of the interview piece with Valerie and Craig please click here. Articles from Skate Canada:
March 9th: The French side of the site now fully functional! The problem with the email has now been fixed, if you would like to contact me about this site the email address is marcoux_buntin@yahoo.com which can be found on the first page of this site as well as in the fan section. March 8th: Reminder: You can watch Val and Craig skate at the World Figure Skating Championships starting Monday March 22nd on the CBC in Canada. The TV Schedule can be found in the fan section.The look of the site has changed a little bit. The French version of the site that has been in progress will be ready as soon as possible. As well, the remainder of my Four Continents photos will be displayed shortly. February 9th: Canadian Champions Growing on and off the ice January 24th: Valerie and Craig have won the bronze medal at the Four Continents Championships after two strong skates. Congratulations and thank you for an amazing week of skating. Articles:
January 7th: Congratulations to our new national pairs champions, on their well earned first title. Articles: Marcoux, Buntin make a perfect pair From the
Ottawa Sun:
BREAKING
THE ICE: A few leftovers from last week's spectacular Canadian figure
skating championships in Edmonton: Archived Articles: Marcoux
and Buntin starting out strong
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