WFSC Spring 2013 Winchester Figure Skating Club

P.O. Box 1093 Burlington, MA 01803 www.winchesterfsc.com Spring Newsletter 2013

Important Dates

5/27/13 Memorial Day NO ICE Volunteer 6/7/13 Skating Awards Banquet - TBA Opportunities WFSC is fully run by volunteers. Each club member is required to volunteer 10 hours a year. For more 6/14/13 Session 3 ends information, please visit the “Volunteer Opportunities” link or click www.winchesterfsc.com/volunteer.php.

6/19/13 WFSC Test Session – FS & Ice Monitor Hospitality Assistants MIF If you have time and are at the A great way to earn some rink for your skater, please volunteer hours is to help with consider volunteering to be the ice WFSC events. We need extra monitor for the session. It’s a hands setting/cleaning up great way to get your hours done buffets, picking up pre-ordered and meet all of the skaters! food, cooking/baking items. If you are interested, please Please email Melissa Outerbridge contact Karen Stock at [email protected] [email protected] for more information.

Mission Statement The goal of our club is to provide a safe, warm and friendly skating environment for all children. To foster, promote, encourage, advance and improve ice skating in all its branches, and to encourage and cultivate a spirit of harmony among ice skaters.

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Upcoming Competitions 2012 – 2013 http://www.neicc.org/ Club Officers April 21 -- Basic Skills Competition Hayden RC FSC - Basic Skills Competition. Click for application or For more information contact Sue LaLone [email protected] Mary Croxen PRESIDENT April 21 -- Hayden Spring Invitational Open Hayden RC FSC - Click for application or For more information contact Sue LaLone [email protected]

Colleen Smith April 26-28 -- The 2013 Winter Champlain Valley Open - hosted by the Champlain VICE PRESIDENT Valley SC Burlington, VT. Click for application Click for Entryeeze registration If you have any questions, please contact Cindy Kalinen at 802-879- 1955 or [email protected] or at The Champlain Valley Skating Club Jodie Thomas SECRETARY April 28 -- Basic Skills Competition - Colonial FSC Basic Skills Spring Skate Competition held at the Nashoba Valley Olympia Boxborough, MA. All applications will be accepted online again this year Click here to register. Questions email Kathy Katherine Bond Boucher at [email protected] TREASURER May 17 -19 -- The 2013 Colonial Open - Hosted by the Colonial Figure Skating Club - Click To Register on Entryeeze Competition Announcement For additional information contact Julie Graham at CFSC tel # 978 263-3450 or [email protected] 2013 Board of May 31, June 1-2 -- 2012 North Shore Open – Hosted by the North Shore Skating Governors Club To be held at the Burbank Ice Arena in Reading, MA for more info http://www.nsskating.net Melissa Outerbridge June 8 -- Basic Skills Competition SC of Boston Foxboro for more ICE MONITOR CHAIR info http://www.skatingacademy.org/events/basic-skills-competitions

Karen Lee Stock TEST CHAIR Upcoming RECENT TEST SUCCESSES Roberta Bailey WFSC Test PRO-LIASON NAME LEVEL TYPE Session Shelley Blumsack Pre Juvenile FS Elizabeth Bond Pre Juvenile MIF 6/19/13 Rachel Carlino Preliminary MIF Jodie Thomas Rachel Carlino Pre Preliminary FS The next WFSC AWARDS & COMPETITION CHAIR Julia Croxen Junior FS Freestyle and Moves Kelly Hurley Pre Juvenile FS In Field testing Michelle Blumsack Emma L’Esperance Pre Preliminary MIF session will be held Erin Marx Juvenile FS on Wednesday, April Erin Marx Intermediate MIF NEWSLETTER EDITOR 19, 2013. For more Katherine Murray Juvenile FS Katherine Murray Intermediate FS information about the Stephanie O’Neill Pre Juvenile FS test or to find out Melanie Thibodeau Pre Preliminary MIF how you can help Honorary Board Sarah Lynn Thomas Pre Juvenile FS and earn volunteer hours, please contact Members Karen Stock at [email protected]. Diane DelGaudio Rena & Julian Krane

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RESULTS FROM RESULTS FROM 2013 BAY STATE GAMES 2013 BHSA COMPETITION Novice Free Skate BASIC ELEMENTS (NO MUSIC) 5. Kelley Perrotti Basic 4 – Flight B - Event #6 Novice Short Program 2. Mackenzie Fine 3. Kelley Perrotti Pre-Juvenile Test Track FREE SKATE ELEMENTS & COMPULSORIES (No 5. Stephanie O’Neill Music) 6. Sarah Thomas Free Skate 1 - Event #13 1. Brianna Hamilton 3. Haley McMakin Free Skate 2 - Event #15 2. Kiersten Hamilton RESULTS FROM NEISC Free Skate 4 – Flight A - Event #14 3/3/13 1. Colleen McMakin

Free Skate 4 – Flight B - Event #16 Basic 4 Elements 1. Kristen Maloy 2. Mackenzie Fine 2. Katrina Conrad Basic 4 Program Free Skate 6- Event #18 3. Mackenzie Fine 1. Mia Celik Free Skate 2 2. Noelle Romano 2. Haley McMakin

Free Skate 5 BASIC FREE SKATE PROGRAMS & BEYOND BASICS 2. Colleen McMakin EVENTS (with Music) Free Skate 5 Program Basic 4 - Event #24 1. Kristen Maloy 2. Mackenzie Fine Free Skate 5 Elements Free Skate 1 – Flight A - Event #28 1. Kristen Maloy 2. Haley McMakin Free Skate 6 Free Skate 1 – Flight B - Event #29 3. Noelle Romano 1. Brianna Hamilton

Free Skate 2 – Flight A - Event #32 1. Jasmine Wright 3. Kiersten Hamilton Free Skate 3 - Event #34 1. Taylor Stock RESULTS FROM Free Skate 4 - Flight B - Event #36 1. Colleen McMakin 2013 WORCESTER OPEN Free Skate 4 - Flight C - Event #37 1. Kristen Maloy Competitor Free Skate 4 - Flight D - Event #38 Erin Marx 2. Katrina Conrad Pre-Juvenile Free Skate – Event #14 Free Skate 6 - Flight A - Event #41 1. Shelley Blumsack 2. Mia Celik Free Skate 6 - Flight B - Event #42 1. Noelle Romano 2. Melanie Thibodeau Free Skate 6 - Flight C - Event #43 1. Brenna Tedesco Congratulations Skaters!

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SeniorSPOTLIGHT If you are a high school senior and would like to be featured in the LAST newsletter, please contact Michelle Blumsack at [email protected].

Solene Somlyody , Arlington, MA, Age 17

HIGH SCHOOL: Arlington High School

# OF YEARS SKATING: 15

COACH’S NAME: Roberta Bailey

LEVEL: Senior

HOW DID YOU GET INTERESTED IN SKATING? I saw Oksana Baiul on TV during the Olympics and announced that I wanted to be a skater too!

MEMORABLE SKATING MOMENT: Passing my Senior freestyle test. I made a split decision and invited everyone in the lobby to watch. It felt right to have everyone with me, because people at this rink are like my family.

WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL? A dream to hopefully skate for Disney On Ice . . . or college!

Shannon Weisse , Burlington, MA, Age 17

HIGH SCHOOL: Burlington High School

# OF YEARS SKATING: 13

COACH’S NAME: Kristen Ward and the late Doreen McNulty

LEVEL: Pre Juvenile Free Style, Novice Moves

ACTIVITIES: Senior Captain of the Burlington High School Dance Squad, dancing, tap, jazz, hip hop and lyrical. Peer Leader at St. Malachy Parish, volunteerism, BHSA figure skating volunteer

LIKES: Shopping, hanging out with friends!

WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL? Aspiration to become a physical therapist.

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FROM FOURTH, FINLAND FLY TO TITLE

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Off the podium, in fourth place, after the short program, Team Unique (Finland 1) soared up the standings with a flawless free skate to earn their first-ever World title, edging NEXXICE (Canada 1) by less than one point. In third place for the fourth straight year were the Haydenettes (USA 1).

Skating to music from The Help, Team Unique was the final team to skate in the free skate. They earned 139.49 points for their performance, more than four points better than the second place team. Despite finishing with the second-best score for their components, Team Unique totaled 65.74 points for their elements which included 8.50 points for their moves in the field elements helping them to 208.77 points overall. They received positive grades of execution on each of their 10 elements from all of the nine judges. The victory represents Team Unique’s second World medal, topping their silver medal from 2009. This is also Finland’s seventh World title in the 14-year history of the event. Leading after the short program, last year’s silver medalists, NEXXICE again took home the silver medal as they finished with 208.25 points overall. Skating to the classic music of “Die Fledermaus,” NEXXICE, dressed in gold and black, finished with the top score for their components in this segment of the competition. They earned a total of 135.41 points for the free skate, the second most on the night.

Representing the host country, the Haydenettes collected their fourth straight World bronze medal with 202.53 points for the competition. In second after the short program, the team from nearby Lexington, Mass., earned the fourth-best free skate score of the night. They received positive grades of execution throughout their performance, including five elements which earned seven points or more.

Rounding out the top six teams overall at the event were the third-place finishers in the free skate, Marigold IceUnity (Finland 2) with 201.00 points, the third place finishers in the short program, Paradise (Russia 1) with 197.31 points and Les Suprêmes (Canada 2) with 191.42 points.

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