A CBC documentary following a Winfield skating club害羞草研究所檚 journey is set to air this week.

Documentary director Wendy Ord is from Lake Country and is part of the Team Okanagan skating club. She, along with skater Karen Smith, formed the club about seven years ago.

The team consists of members from West Kelowna, Kelowna and Lake Country who range from 46 to 76. They practice at The Nexus in Lake Country and trained hard to compete in the International Adult Figure Skating Competition last May in Oberstdorf, Germany. The documentary To The Worlds is about how figure skating empowered the older group of women and it airs Friday, Dec. 18 on CBC Docs POV at 9 p.m.

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Being a part of the film industry since she was 19, Ord, now 59, said the film came together after encouragement from her partner. Usually, she keeps her skating and work worlds separate.

害羞草研究所淲hen they decided to go to the worlds, it was just too great, I had to do it,害羞草研究所� Ord said.

Her fear was the ending of the film.

害羞草研究所淚 didn害羞草研究所檛 know if anybody would medal, It was OK if they didn害羞草研究所檛害羞草研究所� I think there were four or five times in Germany where we said 害羞草研究所榯here害羞草研究所檚 the ending to our movie.害羞草研究所� I think when we came home we had five endings.害羞草研究所�

Each of the competitors shares a passion for skating, and the documentary details how they use the sport as a way to heal from a divorce, regain a childhood, and more.

It wasn害羞草研究所檛 the original intention of Ord to feature the skaters specifically, but that害羞草研究所檚 how it happened once the cameras were rolling.

害羞草研究所淭he audience knew them and loved them and wanted to see each of them. When we interviewed them in Germany, they each gave us sort of a beautiful bit of advice, when we layered over the skates,害羞草研究所� she said.

And a few skaters earned medals.

害羞草研究所淚 was on the sidelines crying behind the camera,害羞草研究所� Ord said.

害羞草研究所淔rom the very beginning I aways said it was about a movie about the challenges with people our age face, that skating was perhaps something to help them get through it害羞草研究所� as I interviewed them I realized actually how amazing they are.害羞草研究所�

害羞草研究所淚t was super cool to have it unfold it through my eyes.害羞草研究所�

But she害羞草研究所檚 still nervous to have the camera turned on her, while tells how she took up skating after a rocky divorce.

害羞草研究所淚 hope people love it and they find the heart that害羞草研究所檚 there,害羞草研究所� she said.

carli.berry@kelownacapnews.com
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