Club membership fees

30Jun09

The EGM on Friday 26 June passed the resolution to increase annual membership fees from £10.00 to £12.00 for non-skaters and from £20.00 to £25.00 for skaters. The EGM was attended by 12 voting members and the motion was passed unanimously. Apologies for absence were received from club secretary Karen Bicknell, committee member Ian Marsh and membership secretary Barbara Close.

The rise becomes effective from 1 September 2009. Anyone wishing to renew before 1 September 2009 for a membership that is due for renewal up to 1 December 2009 can do so at the old rate for non-skaters of £10.00 and skaters £20.00. Their membership will run for 12 months from the date that their membership was due to be renewed (for example, if your membership is due for renewal on 1 October 2009, you can renew it before 1 September and your membership will become due again on 1 October 2010).

Any membership due but not paid by 1 September 2009 or any new club memberships from 1 September will be at the new rates.

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NISA test results

08Jun09

The following skaters passed NISA tests at Planet Ice Ryde on 5 June 2009.

Field Moves
Level 1: Amelia Button, Gemma Keeling, Miles Grist, Lauren Bridger,
Phoebe Ockendon, Cameron Probert, Keelin Scholes, Sophie Court
Level 2: Bethany Howarth, Mariesa Ford, Beckie Vokins, Chloe Fogarty,
Nicola Baxter
Level 4: Tia Daley
Level 5:  Heather Macdonald, Naomi Hunter
Level 6: Leah Hancott, Kate Nutbourne

Elements
Level 1: Megan Wood, Charlotte Chapman
Level 2: Tia Daley
Level 3: Leah Hancott

Free
Level 1: Megan Wood, Charlotte Chapman
Level 2: Tia Daley
Level 3: Alicia Macintyre, Leah Hancott

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IWID&FSC EGM Friday 26th June

08Jun09

There will be an EGM on Friday 26th June at 6.00pm in the Raiders Bar, Planet Ice Ryde, to set the club’s annual membership fees. Until then club members have the opportunity to renew at the old rates. This is a rescheduled meeting, and has to be short because the hockey club AGM follows at 7pm.

The proposed new rates are GBP25.00 for skating membership and GBP12.00 for non-skating membership.

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IWID&FSC Spring Newsletter

27May09

The newsleter for Spring 2009 is available to download: 2009_spring_newsletter.pdf

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AGM

15May09

The AGM of the IWID&FSC is on Wednesday 27 May at 6pm in the Raiders Bar, Planet Ice Ryde.

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Club free skating competition results

03Apr09

The results of the IWID&FSC Free Skating Competition, held on 3 April 2009 at Ryde Arena, are as follows (top three places only shown where applicable):

Spin Spiral & Jump, aged 10 and under: 1 Robyn Johnson, 2 Shanna O’Brien, 3 Charlie Page

Spin Spiral & Jump, aged 11 and over: 1 Megan Child, 2 Monique Crouch, 3 Amelia Button

Beginners, aged 11 and under: 1 Charlotte Chapman, 2 Kayleigh Pedley, 3 Roxanne Collins

Beginners, aged 12 and over: 1 Megan Wood, 2 Chloe Fogarty, 3 Nicola Baxter

Beginners, boys: 1 Mitchell Brown, 2 Miles Grist

Beginners, men: 1 Steve Taverner, 2 Steve Wood

Beginners, pairs: 1 Carol and Steve Taverner

Level 1: 1 Louisa Wrighton, 2 Naomi Hunter, 3 Heather MacDonald

Level 2: 1 Leah Hancott

Level 3: 1 Nikita Heathfield, 2 Demi Agar, 3 Alicia Macintyre

Level 4: 1 Sabrina Danzig

Level 5: 1 Yelena Brown, 2 Isabelle Coeshott

Level 5, adults: 1 Sian-Marie Edkins, 2 Carol Taverner

Level 6, girls: 1 Maggie Read

Level 6, boys: 1 Archie Bicknell

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Biasca Trophy performances on You Tube

26Mar09

The IW synchronized skating teams’ performances at the Biasca Trophy in Switzerland are currently available to view on You Tube.

Wight Jewels: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCQzG2MvDTw

Wight Diamonds: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCZVE0NyaOY

Wight Crystals: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKf3wjbYq2w

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Biasca Trophy: Coach’s report

25Mar09

IW synchronized skating teams struck gold and silver in the Biasca Trophy, held in Switzerland on 22 and 23 March. The Wight Jewels won the junior ISU event, and the Wight Crystals were second at juvenile level. Novice team the Wight Diamonds did well by scoring almost 9 points more than they did in the British championships in January, earning themselves an admirable sixth place.

After landing in Milan, Italy, the skaters and their supporters had a two-hour coach journey over the border to Bellinzona in Switzerland. They arrived late at night and had no idea of the surroundings until they woke the next day to find themselves surrounded by beautiful snow-peaked mountains.

The Island’s premier synchronized skating team, the Wight Jewels, competed across both days, performing their short programme to Bond on Saturday afternoon and their long programme to a medley of Madonna music on Sunday afternoon. The girls went back to the hostel on Saturday evening in a positive mood with a lead of just 0.73 over Black Rose of Hungary, and leaving everything to skate for in their long programme on Sunday.

On Sunday, Black Rose skated first, giving a faultless performance to an Abba medley. The Jewels had to push their game to the max and pulled off an amazing performance to achieve a score of 48.38, which combined with the result of the short programme gave them victory with a lead of 2.01.

The Wight Crystals competed against three different nations: Switzerland, Italy and Hungary. All three teams were much older and looked more experienced in practice, but the Crystals gave their most powerful performance to date with loads of personality, achieving a personal best of 27.64. The 15 girls and 1 boy performed their routine to a medley from Grease for the last time, as next season they will change their music and routine.

Novice team the Wight Diamonds faced a strong field of nine other teams from three different nations. The Diamonds’ line-up has only been in place for a matter of weeks with the arrival of new members and the inability of some experienced members to compete in Switzerland. None the less they scored a season’s best of 32.03 and a creditable sixth place.

“I am overwhelmed with the brilliant performances and results of all three teams; they were a credit to the Island and great ambassadors for Britain,” says coach Terri Smith. “Once again they upped their game and performed out of their skates to bring a remarkable close to their 2008/9 synchro season.

“It was great to give all my teams the opportunity to travel and compete internationally, they all had an amazing experience and hopefully more will follow in the future.”

The IW synchro teams would like to thank Planet Ice and Wightlink ferries for their continuing support and sponsorship.

The Jewels are: Demi Agar, Sarah Close, Isabelle Coeshott (Captain), Sabrina Danzig, Gemma Fishel, Leah Hancott, Naomi Hunter, Nicole Hinton, Charis Jones, Heather MacDonald, Alicia Macintyre, Gemma Marsh, Clare Mennie, Charlotte Mennie, Kate Nutbourne, Zoe Southwell, Emma Wilks and Louisa Wrighton.

The Diamonds are: Demi Agar, Kayleigh Baker, Sarah Close (captain), Tia Daley, Sabrina Danzig, Rachel Dickson, Leah Hancott, Nikita Heathfield, Nicole Hinton, Daisy Jones, Heather MacDonald, Alicia Macintyre, Isabella Parkes, Jemma Southwell, Zoe Southwell, Megan Wood and Louisa Wrighton.

The Crystals are: Kirsty Atter, Mitchell Brown, Charlotte Chapman, Roxanne Collins, Tia Daley, Leah Hancott, Nikita Heathfield, Beth Howarth, Daisy Jones, Ella Newnham, Phoebe Ockendon, Isabella Parkes, Kayleigh Pedley, Jemma Southwell, Zoe Southwell ( Captain) and Louisa Wrighton.

Biasca Trophy website: http://biasca-trophy.skating.ch/

Report provided by IW head coach Terri Smith.

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Jewels take gold at Biasca Trophy in Switzerland

22Mar09

Synchronized skating team the Wight Jewels have won gold in the Junior ISU category at the Biasco Trophy in Switzerland (21-22 March). In the Juvenile category, the Wight Crystals took silver position. More details when we have reports from the managers and coach.

Competition website: http://biasca-trophy.skating.ch

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Website hiccups

15Feb09

The IW Figure Skaters website has been temporarily unavailable for a few days as a result of a change in our domain name provider, resulting from the previous provider shutting down its web hosting and domain name services. The site is now available again on its official URL of www.iowfigureskaters.co.uk

Note that the website is run as a WordPress hosted blog and can also be accessed directly at http://iowskaters.wordpress.com

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