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Silver Blades Figure Skating Club Inc Winter Newsletter 2012

Dear Fellow Skaters, Welcome to the very first issue of the Silver Blades Newsletter for 2012. It has been great to see new and familiar faces at the rink having fun learning to skate either in private lessons or in group classes. Some of our members have been fortunate to have the opportunity to participate in a number of events this year. A recent highlight was the opportunity to perform in the pre-show number for Disney on Ice at the Entertainment Centre. Another highlight was the opportunity to perform in the pre-show for Liza Emanuele's “My Favourite Things” fashion

Congratulations to the

Silver Blades Members

who have successfully

tested this quarter.

Preliminary:

• Brendan Kelleher

• Sarah Pound

Elementary Tech Pattern

• Stephanie Huot

Novice

• India Netté

Contents • Hollins Trophy

• Fashion Show on Ice

• Rundle Mall Ice Show

• Coffs Harbor Ice Show

• Winter Sun

• Oceania Camp

• SA Skate

• Disney on Ice

• New Website

• September Camp

• Upcoming Events

• Sponsor Ads

show in June. There are some great photos from the pre-show on the Glam Adelaide website - http://www.glamadelaide.com.au/main/wp-content/gallery/liza-on-ice-socials-2012_1/73.jpg A numbers of our skaters have performed in the two ice shows with Essential Talent over the July School Holidays; one show was an interstate show at Coffs Harbour in New South Wales, the other was a local show in Rundle Mall. Congratulation to all of those Silver Blades skaters who have taken part in SA Skate competitions and Interstates competitions, so far this year. Well done also to India Nette, Ariel Jennings, Giuseppe Triulcio & James Mins for being accepted to attend the 2012 Oceania Camp in July at IceWorld Boondall QLD, which is part of the ISA Junior Development programme. We are very excited to announce that the club is presenting the Panda Challenge and Artistic Trophy in November (17th - 18th). Planning is under way and we will have more details in the near future. We are hoping to make this competition a regular event each year. The competition is open to all members and offers a variety of divisions. We are also excited to let you know that we are in the process of building the club Website and hope to have it on-line soon. Keep an eye on our Silver Blades Figure Skating Club Facebook page too, as we'll try to keep people informed on what's happing through that medium as well. Please let us know if you change your email address as we would like to do most of our communication via email, and we don't want you to miss out on any information relating to events, workshops and competitions. Happy Skating Stephanie Huot PRESIDENT

This was my second Hollins Trophy, the division I skated was Primary Men. There were 4 in my division I was up against Sam Gillard (NSW) Adam Peterken (QLD) and John Sparksman (QLD).I have been training really hard all year for that competition , finding good music, getting a new costume to go with the music and getting a new program put together with the appropriate elements as well as having a step sequence and being able to tell a story with the music and program. The week before Hollins was a tapering week which means you don’t do any off ice, and don’t train your program as hard.

The day I skated I must say that I was very nervous as I was skating first and I had to try and calm myself down with slow breathing and just saying to myself Giuseppe at the end of the day it’s just you and the ice .

That is what I had to picture in my mind and I did just that.

I went out onto the ice and skated the best program I could do and it payed off I came first in my division .

My total segment score was 38.18 and I won by about 8 points ..

Hollins Trophy - Canterbury Rink Sydney NSW 8th - 11th June 2012

MY EXPERIENCE

Silver Blades Member Placing:

Elementary Ladies - Kiana Castro 24th

Place

Elementary Men - Aidon Michaelowski - 2nd

Place

Primary Men - Giuseppe Triulcio – 1st

Place

Novice Men – James Min 2nd

Place

Fashion Show on Ice June saw the Internationally acclaimed SA Fashion Designer Liza Emanuele

hired the Ice Arena to stage the launch of her winter line. Liza hired coaches

Richard Laidlaw, & Alison Botterill to produce this fashion on ice spectacular

which featured many SA figure skaters.

Silver Blades Figure Skating Club Inc – Winter Edition Newsletter 2012


Every time I compete in any competition the experience is always different and I must say the adrenalin and rush you feel just before you skate is awesome .. I have to thank Richard Laidlaw my coach for being there for me and believing in me ...

By Giuseppe Triulcio…..


Rundle Mall Ice Show

For the third year in a row SA Skating

Coach Richard Laidlaw brought his

portable ice skating rink back to

Australia and produced a show

featuring many SA Figure skaters. The

show was a great opportunity for SA

skaters to gain performance

experience in a professional

production alongside seasoned

professionals.

Grace Mullins & Richard Laidlaw in spectacular costumes.

Coffs Harbor Ice Show

Fantastique on Ice toured to

the Big Banana Ice rink in Coffs

Harbour for the July school

holidays. Show producer

Richard Laidlaw used many SA

Figure Skaters in this production

of the show which has toured

to Singapore, Hong Kong and

Australia. Richard a former

show skater loves giving

competitive skaters the

opportunity to tour with shows

to foreign countries whilst still

competing, something he

couldn’t do back when he

competed.


Dragon City Trophy & Sun Loong Artistic

Challenge Icehouse Rink

Melbourne VIC 27th – 29th June 2012

Winter Sun Acacia Ridge Rink,

Brisbane QLD July 2012

Silver Blades Member Placing: Dragon City

Primary Ladies – Arielle Jennings – 2nd

Place

Sun Loong Artistic Challenge

Primary – Intermediate Division

Arielle Jennings – 1st

Place

Silver Blades Member Placing:

Primary Ladies – Arielle Jennings – 9th

Place

Novice Ladies – India Netté – 9th

Place

Oceania Camp Boondall Rink

Brisbane QLD July 2012

by James Min

On the 9th-13th of July, 2012 I attended the 4th Oceania Camp. It was held in Brisbane at Boondall ice

skating rink with Olympic Skating coach Manon Perron who took Joannie Rochette to Bronze at

It was a privilege to be selected to attend the camp along with four other South Australians. Countries

that participated in the camp this year were from Malaysia, Singapore, New Zealand and Australia.

The first day of the camp was very interesting and challenging. We did a lot of drills and exercises to test

our core strength and flexibility. The next few days my muscles were aching. I could hardly move in the

morning.

By attending the camp I have gained a lot of knowledge about how to be a better skater. I also learnt a lot

of edge patterns to improve my skating skills. The camp has motivated me to train harder. I as well made

a lot of new friends with other skaters. I really enjoyed the camp and hope to do it again next year.

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Silver Blades Skating Camp in September School Holidays

Silver Blades is looking to run a 2 day skating camp for all it’s members. This camp is designed for skaters from Beginner to Advanced, for kids through to adults, the camp is for all competitive and recreational skaters. There has been special focus on the Aussie Skate (Lower levels) and the Adult Skater categories as there is exciting new progress with in skating in Australia for these levels. The skate camp is not just on ice it will also cover many other areas such as off ice, nutrition, dance / movement, the IJS judging system, planning and for the parents there will be workshops for you too….. Costume making, looking for music, understanding the structure of the sport and much more! It will be loads of fun!


Silver Blades Members in Disney on Ice

Adelaide Entertainment Centre

July 2012

Many Silver Blade Figure Skating members again had the opportunity to do a pre show performance at the

Entertainment Centre this July school holidays. The performance was choreographed and directed by

skate school coach Alison Botterill who was assisted by Teresa Helm. The skaters had a blast performing to

such a large crowd on the Disney rink.

Silver Blades New Website

The Silver Blades committee are in the process of developing a website. Currently www.silverblades.org.au has a couple of links for Club Info, Membership Forms & Member Suggestions. Keep your eye out for the new site which will feature – Club info, constitution, membership forms, skating comp calendar, competition announcements, skating news, member achievements, coaching information, contact details, links & much more.

Invitation to Submit Articles Hey! If you’ve done something special, have something you would like to share with fellow skaters? Have you won a competition, represented your state or have a new costume? Put it in an email, add photos and send it to [email protected] to be included in the next newsletter.

Upcoming Event

September National Federation Challenge 8th September, Canberra ACT (Singles, Solo Dance, TOI) Reg Park Artistic Competition 9th September, Canberra ACT (Aussie Skate – Senior) Crystal Challenge 14th – 16th September, Ice house Rink Docklands VIC (Singles, Pairs, Dance, Synchro)

October SA State Championships 6th & 7th October, Thebarton SA (Primary & Above) SA Spring Challenge 6th & 7th October, Thebarton SA (Aussie Skate – Pre Primary) Jack Lee Trophy 28th October, Erina NSW (Singles, Pairs & Dance) Liverpool Triple Challenge 29th & 30th October, Liverpool NSW (Singles, Pairs, Dance & Synchro)

November Panda Challenge & Artistic Trophy 17th & 18th November, Thebarton SA (Aussie Skate, Preliminary to Senor and Adult)

December Australian Figure Skating Championships 1st - 8th December, Boondall, Qld

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Introducing your 2012 Club Committee

President – Stephanie Huot

Secretary – Janelle Michaelowski

Treasurer – Christina Thiele

Committee Stacey Rowley– Committee Member

Tony Carpenter – Membership Officer

Narvy Min – Grants Officer

Rosa Triulcio – New Member Liaison Officer

Richard Laidlaw – Specialist Coaching Consultant

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