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Virtue Moir in control at Skate Canadaskip to main content (press enter) CBC Global Header NavigationCBCca News news drop down menu Sports sports drop down menu Radio radio drop down menu TV tv drop down menu My Region drop down menu More drop down menu Watch drop down menu Listen drop down menu Search CBCca Submit Search Sign Up Log In Hockey Headlines Scoreboard Standings Stats NHL Schedule Teams Players Hockey Night in Canada Highlights Fantasy Pool Commonwealth Football Headlines CFL Scoreboard CFL Standings CFL Stats CFL Teams NFL Scoreboard NFL Standings NFL Stats NFL Teams NFL Players Video Alpine Skiing Curling Figure Skating Basketball NBA Scoreboard Standings Stats Teams Players Basketball News Feed Baseball MLB Scoreboard Standings Stats Teams Players Baseball News Feed Soccer MLS Scoreboard MLS Standings International Stats Soccer News Feed Amateur Sports Golf Tennis REPUBLISH EMAIL PRINT Text Size S M L XL REPORT TYPO SEND YOUR FEEDBACK Virtue Moir in control at Skate Canada Overcome a couple of bobbles to hold lead into Sunday Last Updated Saturday November 21 2009 455 PM ET Comments1Recommend26By Malcolm Kelly CBC Sports Canadas Tessa Virtue from London Ont and Scott Moir of Ilderton Ont gave an outstanding original dance performance at Skate Canada on Saturday (Paul ChiassonCanadian Press)A couple of bobbles couldnt keep Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir from putting a stranglehold on the ice dance competition at Skate CanadaThe two Ontario natives and twotime world medallists put down a 6057 in total segment score a mark just below their previous personal best to hold onto the lead through the original dance section on Saturday at KitchenerThey skated to Pepe Romeros Farrucas and worked through a difficult beginning to the program as Virtue stumbled a couple of times through a complicated routineThere was some speculation Virtues flowing skirt may have had something to do with it but the skater would not accept that as an excuseYou cant blame it on wardrobe she told CBC Sports It was one of those skates that just didnt feel right one of those you want to start overBut well come back strong tomorrowNathalie Pechalat and Fabian Bourzat of France stayed second with a 5605 for a twodance total of 9160 almost 10 points back of the Virtue and Moirs 10126Fellow Canadians Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje of Waterloo Ont were fourth in original dance but that was good enough to keep them third heading for the free dance portion on SundayIt was a pretty good performance for us certainly not our best but we have lots of room to grow Weaver told CBC Sports Americans Emily Samuelson and Evan Bates were third in original dance and are fourth overallThis story is now closed to commentingNote The CBC does not necessarily endorse any of the views posted Please note that comments are published according to our submission guidel...