University Skating Club

Max Gould Memorial Adult Invitational Competition

We regret to announce that due to ice availability issues, we are unable to hold the 22nd Annual Max Gould Competition.  We appreciate the on-going interest in this annual event and share your disappointment. We'll do our best to make sure this event returns next year.

21st Annual Competition Results

The results are now available on-line in PDF and MS Word formats.  Thank you so much to all the skaters and volunteers who came together to make this such a great day of skating.

The categories contested in the 21st Annual competition were:

What is the Max Gould Competition?

The Max Gould Memorial Adult Invitational Competition (formerly known as the Max Gould Memorial Adult Dance Competition) is a fun competition held at Varsity Arena every year in March in honour of Max Gould. The first competition was held in 1988. As the name implies, this competition is for adults only and is open to members of other skating clubs. There are competitive events in Dance, Free Skate, Pairs and Interpretive for various levels.

Who was Max Gould?

Lewis "Max" Gould was born in 1911 and died in 1988. He discovered figure skating in the 1940s through a Sonja Henie movie and quickly became interested in this new activity. He joined the University Skating Club around 1946 and was made an Honourary Life Member in 1984. He was President for the 1966-67 season. His contributions to the sport of figure skating are too numerous to mention here.