CBTF News

June 30, 2009 - On Tuesday, June 30, the Canadian Baton Twirling Federation conducted the Annual General Meeting for its members.  The meeting was held in Edmonton, Alberta, during the Canadian Baton Twirling Championships.

Reports were presented by the Directors and will be posted on the website shortly.

July 3, 2009 - The Board of Directors has set the dates for its two major competitions in 2010.

June 30, 2009 - The results of the 2008-2009 Group Challenge Cup was announced today at the 2009 Canadian Baton Twirling Championships, being held in Edmonton, Alberta.

Further detail will be posted as soon as it is available. However, this day-by-day schedule should assist those making plans to attend Canadians 2009.

Please note the change in the Start Time for for Thursday July 2 (now 8:30 am).

June 30, 2009 - The recipients of the 2008 Individual Challenge Cup were announced today at the 2009 Canadian Baton Twirling Championships, being held in Edmonton, Alberta.

June 30, 2009 - The recipient of the 2008 Lifetime Achievement Awards was presented today at the 2009 Canadian Baton Twirling Championships, being held in Edmonton, Alberta.

June 28, 2009 - The first day of competition at the 2009 Canadian Baton Twirling Championships has completed.

Today's final round events were:

June 28, 2009 - The 2008-2009 Volunteer of the Year award was presented today to Gail Ashcroft at the 2009 Canadian Baton Twirling Championships, being held in Edmonton, Alberta.

Joanne Moser, CBTF 1st Vice-President, presented the award and read from the nomination:

June 28, 2009 - The recipients of the 2008 Athlete of the Year awards was announced today at the 2009 Canadian Baton Twirling Championships, being held in Edmonton, Alberta.

Each year CBTF presents Junior and Senior, Male and Female Athlete of the Year and Overall Athlete of the Year Awards.

The Canadian Baton Twirling Federation is now using the popular online messaging service Twitter to post announcements and updates.

The CBTF Twitter page is available at www.twitter.com/cbtfca.

January 25, 2009 - The Canadian Baton Twirling Federation (CBTF) named the 36 athletes who will be invited to represent Canada at the 5th WBTF International Cup, to be held August 6-9 in Sydney, Australia.

January 17, 2009 - Updated to reflect recently-received Late Declarations.

The International Cup Declaration Process is now complete - 33 athletes have declared their intent to compete and represent Canada at the 5th WBTF International Cup:

  • 14 Junior Women
  • 13 Senior Women
  • 3 Adult Women
  • 1 Junior Man
  • 1 Team

Results from the Nova Scotia Provincial Championships are below. Click on a link to jump to results for a specific event, or simply scroll down to review all results.

Results from the New Brunswick Provincial Championships are below. Click on a link to jump to results for a specific event, or simply scroll down to review all results.

Results from the British Columbia Provincial Championships and Team Trial events are below. Click on a link to jump to results for a specific event, or simply scroll down to review all results.

Results from the Saskatchewan Provincial Championships and Team Trial events can be found on the SBTA website. Click on a link below to view the results from each day.

June 1, 2009 - The inaugural Lynda Garland Award For Excellence will be presented in Edmonton during the CBTF Canadian Winner/Championship competition.

The CBTF Annual General Meeting of the membership will be held during the Canadian Championships in Edmonton, Alberta. The meeting is scheduled to be held on June 30, 2009 beginning at 6 pm at Grant MacEwan College Centre for Sport and Wellness.

The agenda proposed for the meeting is attached.

Karen Gratton, CBTF Technical Chair, is pleased to announce the following Head Judge selections during the Canadians 2009 events:

May 22, 2009 - The newly designed official CBTF Compulsory/Short Program Suit made its debut at the Ontario Provincial Championships the weekend of May 22-24.

The selection committee (Karen Gratton, Ron Kopas, Kristin Macaraeg and Kyla Wilson) evaluated design and price proposals submitted by several vendors from across the country. At the conclusion of the evaluation process, Fever resort + cruise wear was selected as the successful vendor.

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