Memorial Figure

News & Updates:  Welcome to Memorial Skating Club FSC of Houston  Changes in our Board of Directors of Houston  Coming Soon!  A Message from the Editor-in-Chief  May 6th Test Session  Austin Bluebonnet 2012  Ice Skate USA Summer June 2012 Show 2012 . A Message from Newsletter our Rink Director

Featured:  Fun Fact  Coach’s Corner  Boots & Blades  Birthday Shout Outs We don’t set the  Skater Spotlight gold standard-we

are the gold standard.

Welcome to Memorial FSC of Houston

The state and USFSA have approved our

club’s name change, and we are now known as the Memorial Figure Skating Club of Houston (MFSCH)! Along with a new club

title, we look forward to presenting our Board of Directors members with fresh and exciting changes President: Linda Flynn and opportunities. We are committed to

Treasurer: Milly Chan serving the club community better than Secretary: Sophia Mayerhofer ever! Membership Chairperson: Barbara Swift Changes in our Board of Directors Web Master: Wing Cheng We have recently undergone some changes Rink Director: Alexey Gruber in our board! Carolyn Uhrick, Metta Coach Reps: Nicole Nichols & Roman Zaretsky Archilla, Katy Taylor and Jan Uhrick have Editor-In-Chief of Newsletter: Jessie resigned from their positions as President, Chan Secretary, Coach Representative and

Skater Rep: Jessie Chan Skater Representative, respectively. The new board members who have been voted Benefits to join a club: in to take their places are:  Test Sessions

 Participating in and President ~ Linda Flynn representing your home club Secretary ~ Sophia Mayerhofer at competitions Coach Representative ~ Roman Zaretsky  Sponsorship for National

competitors

 Skating Magazine from We as the board lead all our members in giving a warm welcome to them all! USFSA  Monthly newsletter  Annual social events Coming Soon!

 Friendship Stay tuned for a special edition MFSCH

 Memories to last a lifetime newsletter coming out later this month,  And most importantly, FUN! which will contain more information and updates regarding our new club and the

upcoming enrollment season.

A Message from the Editor-in-Chief 2012 Skate Austin Bluebonnet Open

Members, Skate Austin is finally here! Austin I look forward to serving you as FSC will be hosting the annual Editor-in-Chief of the MFSCH competition this year at the Cedar Newsletter. My goal is to deliver you Park Center. The big event will begin with an informative and Thursday, June 7th, 2012 through entertaining newsletter on a monthly Sunday, June 10th, 2012. basis that will keep you up-to-date on what’s new and exciting in our club We wish the best of luck to all our club and encourage you to get more skaters competing. Skate your hearts involved in the figure skating out, give ‘em your best smiles, and community. I am always striving to have fun! expand the newsletter to better fit your interests, and I am open to Ice Skate USA Summer Show hearing all ideas! This newsletter is MFSCH’s home rink, Ice Skate USA, made and meant for you, so if there will be hosting their annual summer are ever any requests or changes that show later this month. Many of our can be made to further improve it, club skaters will be featured alongside please feel free to let me know: the talents of World and National [email protected] level champions. Come on out and be ~Jessie Chan taken across the ice into a world filled with your favorite movie and show May 6th Test Session characters of the ages! We recently hosted a test session and would like to congratulate all of our A Message from our Rink Director: skaters who passed! “I’m anticipating the Summer Show  Rachel Skof ~ Pre-Juvenile MIF Production 2012 with much  Mia Mayerhofer ~ Pre-Juvenile excitement. The skaters are so very FS talented and are really bringing their  Taylor Rognon ~ Ten Fox, all into their skating. I’m immensely Hickory Hoedown proud of every one of them and can’t  Victoria Nitikin ~ Adult Swing wait to watch them perform on show Dance, Adult Cha Cha, Adult day. Hang on tight to your seats; this Fiesta Tango one’s going to blow you away!” ~Alexey Gruber Once again, great job and keep up the hard work! When: Saturday, June 30th, 2012 @ 3:00 P.M. Where: Ice Skate USA, Memorial City Mall For more information, contact Ice 2. A few minutes of off-ice work,

Skate USA or any of our board consisting of air turns, members. Good luck to all our rotational jumps, jump walk- skaters performing, and hope to see throughs and you there! choreography/program walk- throughs. These practices will help simulate on-ice Figure Skating Fun Fact: performance and both Only two American mentally and physically skaters have ever prepare you to take the ice. received perfect 6.0 3. Full-body flexibility stretches scores in the short before and after your skate are program at Nationals. critical as well. Stretching can They were Brian Boitano both limber you up and relax (1988) & and cool you down. (1998). Boots & Blades Here’s an easy tip on how to keep your boots and blades happy, Coach’s Corner healthy and in tip top shape!

Got questions? We’ve got answers. Every so often, remember to clean All you need to know from centering out the insides of your guards. Grit spins to getting that last rotation on will build up in there slowly and you that jump, professional advice and don’t want all that filth getting on tips from our top notch coaches. your blades!

Though it may not seem that important at times, a full, complete June Birthday Shout Outs warm-up is always necessary to We’d like to wish a very happy ensure a top-notch skate, whether birthday to all our members earning you’re competing, testing or simply another year this month. Don’t going for a practice session. An ideal forget to make a wish! warm-up would consist of: 1. Approximately 5 minutes of Gray Johnson 6/3 easy jogging or jumping will Yulia Pearce 6/16 give you a slight sweat and Linda Flynn 6/18 raise your body temperature. Elizabeth Nadolski 6/19 This in turn will increase your Jessie Chan 6/26 blood flow so your muscles can move more efficiently.

Skater Spotlight Emily Mayerhofer

Age: 7 years old Level: Freeskate 6/Pre- Preliminary MIF How long I’ve been skating: Since I was 2 ½ years old- almost 5 years How often I skate: 6 days a week Coaches: Inna Shaposhnikova, Roman Zaretsky, Alexey Gruber Favorite skater: Favorite moves: Axel, spins Goal: To land my double Salchow consistently and learn more double jumps and new spins this summer Favorite thing about skating: Competitions, because I have the ice all to myself! Least favorite thing about Fun Facts skating: Having to say what Favorite food: Chicken noodle soup, strawberries, dark chocolate my least favorite thing Favorite school subject: Reading, writing, about skating is math Hobbies: Travelling, biking, Favorite color: Turquoise riding a scooter, dancing, Favorite TV show: Good Luck Charlie playing board games, Favorite Music: Taylor Swift, playing with my kitten Any other sports/talents: I play the piano and like skiing