April 1999 Newsletter

E-mail address: ud-fsc@udel.edu

Results, results, results

Listed below are the competitions and the placement of our club members:

United States Figure Skating Championships

Novice Figures	Casey Rhodes	4th place
Novice Dance	Lydia Manon/Chris Obzansky	2nd place
	Allison Seitchik/Ross Brown	4th place
	Jessica Seitchik/Ian Ross-Frye	6th place
Novice Pairs	Anna Campos/Ron Biancosino	4th place
Junior Figures	Megan O'Brien	5th place
Junior Dance	Brandi Taylor/Vincent VanVliet	7th place
	Elizabeth Philpot/Dirk Peterson	8th place
	Penny Schnering/Tim Jones	9th place
Junior Ladies	Sara Wheat	1st place
Junior Men	Johnny Weir	4th place
Championship Figures	Lauren Hill	3rd place
Championship Dance	Tiffany Hyden/John Lee	5th place
	Stephanie Woodman/Rob Peal	6th place
	Christie Moxley/Tom Gaasbeck	7th place
Championship Pairs	Laura Handy/Paul Binnebose	3rd place
	Tiffany Scott/Philip Duhlebohn	5th place
Championship Men	Jere Michael	12th place
	Scott Smith	14th place
	Jeff Merica	withdrew
Championship Ladies	Abbi Gleeson	11th place

Junior Olympics

Juvenile Dance	Caitlin Dail/Matt Dail	5th place
	Keri Saxton/Torsten Joerger	12th place
Intermediate Dance	Ashley Bowser/Patrick Connolley	7th place
Intermediate Ladies	Debbie Blinder	3rd place

Eastern Precision

Senior	The Skating Edge	3rd place
Juvenile	The Small Wonders	9th place
Adult	Diamondaires	2nd place
Masters	Delaware Diamonds	1st place
Teen Introductory	Icicles	6th place

U.S Precision Team Skating Championships

Senior Championship	The Skating Edge	13th place
Collegiate Championship	Precisionaires	3rd place
Adult Championship	Diamondaires	8th place
Masters Championship	Delaware Diamonds	2nd place

International Competitions

Four Continents Figure Skating Championship, Feb 21-28 Halifax, Nova Scotia

Pairs

Tiffany Scott/Philip Duhlebohn

6th place

IX Gardenia Spring Trophy, Mar 23-27, Ortise, Italy

Men	Johnny Weir	6th place
Ladies	Sara Wheat	3rd place

World Figure Skating Championships

Laura Handy and Paul Binnebose skated to a 14th place finish in the Pairs Short Program. Unfortunately, they had to withdraw from the competition due to illness.

Laura and Paul have had an exceptional year. Our sincere congratulations go out to them and best wishes for continued success.

Adult Nationals

Working all day at their jobs, taking care of their families and training. These are the things that our adult skaters do day in and out. Not because there will be financial rewards in skating, but because it is something that they love. All of our club members who competed at this year's Adult Nationals are to be congratulated. They have worked hard all year to represent our adult skating community.

UDFSC had two interpretive skaters and one dance team reach the podium. Congratulations to:

Ladies III, Interpretive	Dottie Ray	1st Place
Men I. Interpretive	Walter Rubincan	2nd Place
Bronze Dance	Bonnie Bareis and Tom Hoffken	1st Place

Our other representatives were:

Heather Hilgar -- 5th Place, Final Round, Bronze Ladies I Freestyle and 9th place, Ladies I-D Interpretive

Nancy Packer -- 6th place, Ladies IIA Interpretive and 7th Place, Silver Ladies II C

Jane Koehler -- 9th place Ladies II B Interpretive and 10th place, Bronze Ladies IIB Freesytle

Nancy Marron-Asti

Sincere congratulations go to all of our adult skaters who competed at this year's adult nationals held April 8-11 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

UDFSC came away with 2 gold medals and a silver medal.

Dottie Ray -- 1st place , Ladies III, Interpretive

Walter Rubincam -- 2nd place, Men I, Interpretive

Bonnie Bareis and Tom Hoffken -- 1st place Bronze Dance

Theater on Ice Competition

Theater on Ice Competition involves teams of 6 or more skaters. The skaters do not skate as a team ,like in synchronized skating, but jump and spin in unison.

There will be teams here from around the United States as well as France and Russia.

VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED. Especially on Saturday, July 10. On that date, (the competition date) there will be a need for monitors, people to help set up and move props.

On Sunday, July 11, there will be a day-long workshop led by Rob McBrien of "The Next Ice Age."

For more information, or if you would like to volunteer your time, please contact the club office at (302) 831-4686.

Club Ice

The first club session, from 5:00 p.m. until 5:45 p.m. is DANCE PREFERRED. This means that skaters having dance lessons or skaters practicing dance was the right-of-way and skaters having freestyle lessons or practicing freestyle must defer (get out of the way).

The second session is from 5:45 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. This session is FREESTYLE PREFERRED. This means that skaters having freestyle lessons or practicing freestyle have the right-of-way and skaters having dance lessons or practicing dance must defer (get out of the way).

Coaches and parents, it is important that you review these right-of-way guidelines with your skaters. We want our club members to enjoy the ice, but to do so safely and with respect for all persons on the ice.

A word to our coaches or anyone wanting to coach on club sessions. You must have liability insurance and must be approved to coach by Ron Luddington.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Upcoming Test Sessions

Test applications that are mailed need to be received by the club on the closing date (not postmarked by the closing date). If you run into any difficulty, please contact the club office at (302) 831-4686.