Annual Review - Olympic Oval - University of Calgary
Annual Review - Olympic Oval - University of Calgary
Annual Review - Olympic Oval - University of Calgary
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Communications<br />
Press Conferences:<br />
<strong>Calgary</strong> <strong>Oval</strong> X-Treme<br />
Season Opener<br />
<strong>Calgary</strong> <strong>Oval</strong> X-Treme vs. <strong>Calgary</strong><br />
Flames Alumni in the Champions Cup<br />
This year the <strong>Olympic</strong> <strong>Oval</strong> hosted more than 15 press conferences and<br />
sent out over 100 press releases, media advisories and public service<br />
announcements, letting the local, national and international media know<br />
about the news and successes <strong>of</strong> our athletes, staff and facility. All <strong>of</strong> this<br />
successful communication with reporters, editors and producers led to<br />
more than 1,000 news and feature stories published in newspapers, aired<br />
on radio and shown on television – in <strong>Calgary</strong>, throughout Canada and<br />
around the world.<br />
Stories about <strong>Olympic</strong> <strong>Oval</strong> athletes and staff and their<br />
amazing skills and achievements were reported on,<br />
including:<br />
<strong>Olympic</strong> <strong>Oval</strong> Athlete Bursary Program<br />
Official Opening <strong>of</strong> the Hockey Hall <strong>of</strong><br />
Heroes<br />
Essent ISU World Cup<br />
Canada Post Single Distances<br />
Championships, Announcement <strong>of</strong><br />
Canadian Long Track <strong>Olympic</strong> Team<br />
Papa John’s Family Fun Day<br />
2006 <strong>Olympic</strong> <strong>Oval</strong> Speed Skaters<br />
return from <strong>Olympic</strong>s<br />
The Score’s Cabbie on the Street feature<br />
with speed skater James Monson<br />
W-Five Report; feature on <strong>Olympic</strong> <strong>Oval</strong><br />
speed skater Cindy Klassen<br />
Global Television Morning Show; three live<br />
feeds from the <strong>Olympic</strong> <strong>Oval</strong><br />
CBC Sports Saturday; two day-long shows<br />
from the <strong>Olympic</strong> <strong>Oval</strong> including full<br />
coverage <strong>of</strong> the ISU World Cup and World<br />
Allround Championships<br />
Discovery Channel feature on Sean Maw’s<br />
work on speed skating skin suit<br />
development including interviews with<br />
Denny<br />
Morrison<br />
Features on CTV and CBC local and<br />
national news about developing athletes<br />
preparing for the 2010 <strong>Olympic</strong>s in female<br />
hockey, short track and long track<br />
Local and national media coverage <strong>of</strong> Papa<br />
John’s Family Fun Day events at the<br />
<strong>Olympic</strong> <strong>Oval</strong><br />
All local television stations aired stories on<br />
speed skater Crystal Phillips and her MS.<br />
Helia Team<br />
Local and national features on long and<br />
short track speed skaters preparing for the<br />
2006 <strong>Olympic</strong>s<br />
Daily stories on female hockey and long and<br />
short track speed skaters by local, national<br />
and international media during the 2006<br />
Winter <strong>Olympic</strong>s<br />
National and local interviews and<br />
commentary with <strong>Olympic</strong> <strong>Oval</strong> staff,<br />
athletes and coaches during the 2006 Winter<br />
<strong>Olympic</strong>s<br />
Rick Mercer Report; feature with Shannon<br />
Rempel teaching Rick Mercer to speed<br />
skate<br />
<strong>Calgary</strong> Herald four-page Skate Extra<br />
special feature on <strong>Olympic</strong> <strong>Oval</strong> long track<br />
speed skating during World Allround<br />
Championships<br />
<strong>Calgary</strong> Booster Club, Athlete <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Year Announcement<br />
ISU World Allround Championships,<br />
daily press conferences<br />
Clara Hughes Right to Play<br />
Announcement<br />
ING <strong>Olympic</strong> <strong>Oval</strong> Finale, presented<br />
by Conematic Heating Systems<br />
Alberta Sport Hall <strong>of</strong> Fame Inductee<br />
Announcement<br />
<strong>Olympic</strong> <strong>Oval</strong> Speed Skaters in Rona<br />
MS Bike Tour with Crystal Phillips<br />
CBC feature and coverage by other local<br />
and national media about Mark Messer and<br />
Mick Kiddle and the making the fastest ice in<br />
the world at the <strong>Olympic</strong> <strong>Oval</strong> and in Torino,<br />
Italy<br />
The Rick Mercer Report came to the <strong>Olympic</strong> <strong>Oval</strong> to get a lesson in speed skating from Olympian<br />
Shannon Rempel. Rick also was able to speak to Cindy Klassen.<br />
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