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Issue 71 - April 2007 

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Boating tragedy in Oz 

Top international figure skating judges and promising skater die in tragic Sydney Harbour accident 

I n 

a tragic boating accident in Sydney's famous Harbour Bridge area, one of the busiest 

waterways in the world, three top figures in Australian skating have lost their lives in a crash 

between a small launch and a Ferry. After the collision, one of the casualties, 14 year old 

Queensland State Novice Champion Morgan Innes, was missing and her body was only found 

six days later. 

The passengers, on 

board the 10 metre 

cruiser the Merinda, 

were on a pleasure 

cruise in the Bay, 

enjoying time off from a 

seminar being run by 

top US figure skating 

coach Kathy Casey at the 

Canterbury Olympic Ice 

Rink in Sydney. 

The accident happened 

in the late evening, when 

the 30 metre Catamaran 

Ferry slammed into the 

wooden cruiser. There 

has been a history of 

boating collisions in the 

area, with reports of 

over 200 collisions in the 

past few years, the most 

recent just a week 

previously when a Ferry 

ploughed into a fishing 

boat. The Merinda 

accident however, is 

reported to be the 

worst in 80 years 

according to the Sydney 

Morning Herald. 

Also killed in the 

accident were Dr. Alan 

Blinn (47) who had only 

Died - Morgan Innes 

Died - Alan Blinn 

Died - Simone Moore 

recently been elected President of the New south 

Wales Ice Skating Association, International 

skating judge Simone Moore (44) and a 45 year 

old work colleague of Dr. Blinn's known only as 

Jaimie. 

Former Australian Olympic skater Liz Cain, who 

lost her left ankle in the accident, was heroically 

saved by her son, Australian Mens Champion Sean 

Carlow (22). Ms Cain, with her brother Peter, 

represented Australia in the 1980 Olympic Pairs 

event, was one of Australia's top coaches, and 

young Morgan Innes was one of her students. 

Wreckage of the fated Merinda 

In just seconds, two of Australia's six international 

judges have been tragically killed - a huge blow 

to the skating community. And the community 

was dealt a further blow when it was discovered 

that a visiting Belgian judge, Rita Zonnekeyn (45) 

also suffered a crushed pelvis in the crash. 

The National Ice Skating Association, Ice Link, and 

all our members and skaters in the UK, extend 

Survivor Liz Cain with son Sean Carlow 

their deepest sympathy to the families of those 

who were lost, the whole Australian skating 

community, and a speedy recovery to all those 

injured. (Both Liz and Rita remain poorly). 

Nottingham Teams win Gold 

and Silver in Netherlands 

Two Nottingham Synchronized skating teams have returned victorious from the Netherlands 

bearing gold and silver medals believed to be the first ever for British teams at an 

international IJS competition. The Gold was won by the Nottingham Novice team NIC 

Shadows, and skating after their fellow team mates Silhouettes who had taken the silver medal 

in the Juvenile category, the pressure was certainly on them. Despite a fall in the programme 

the team skated superbly and took 1st place by a considerable margin of points. 

With Silhouettes victorious at the recent British RJS Synchro Championships in Sheffield, and Shadows 

the Novice Champions at the Deeside British Championships last November, this new success on 

their first international stage was very much the icing on the cake! 

At the award ceremony all the teams were allowed to have some fun. The British teams started off a 

conga, and it was amazing seeing other teams joining in on what must have been one of the longest 

ever congas on ice, with all the different costumes making a wonderful splash of colour. 

British Short Track Championships 

Full photo roundup in Issue 72 June 

Sarah Lindsay - Senior 

Ladies Champion 2007 from NIC Nottingham 14-15th April 2007 

Photos - Alison Gilkes 

Jon Eley - Senior Mens 

Champion 2007

Ice Link Issue 71 page 2 

Ice 

Link Editor's Comment 

The recent boating tragedy in 

Australia has been felt by many 

people in our close-knit skating 

world, and those who died or were 

seriously injured were close friends 

to many of our own British skaters 

and judges. It brings into harsh 

reality that life really is too short, 

and can be so suddenly brought to 

an end. Our thoughts go to their Bryan Morrice - Editor 

families. 

With this in mind I must turn to increasing reports of 

disturbing instances of petty bickering and cyber-bullying 

within our own skating circles in the UK. It seems that this 

nasty means of communication is not just afflicting our 

sport, it is prevalent in our schools as well. I read 

recently a newspaper report of a police investigation into 

a hate campaign mounted, via internet, by pupils against 

pupils, and cyber-bullying of teachers by pupils. Only 

last week as I write, even the government has been 

involved, following complaints by a Teacher's Union. 

Indeed, the Union has now publicly stated that they are 

actively seeking a test case, and will prosecute both the 

perpetrators (children they may be) and the website 

providers for libel and/or harassment. 

There are several websites currently being used by 

children to smear, bully and hurl abuse at other children, 

and their teachers and coaches. Myspace, and Bebo are 

two such websites, which since 2005 have developed into 

an on-line community of over 30 million users worldwide. 

Used responsibly, these can be great fun and useful 

communication tools. Equally, children being children 

they can be so easily abused. 

So, parents, do you know what your kids are up to when 

on-line. It IS happening, and it must NOT continue. 

Such stupid pettiness is brought into perspective by the 

tragic events in Australia. 

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April 

NISA Diary 2007-8 

The full calendar can be viewed on NISA website 

28 NISA Cup Final & Home 

Countries Competition 

Aberdeen Linx Arena 

May 

5-6 Kyle Open Ayr 

6-7 Deeside (Welsh Home 

Nation Solo Dance Qualifier) 

11 Dundonald NI Open 

12-13 Dundonald (NI Home Nation 

Solo Dance Qualifier) 

12-13 Lee Valley Open 

27 NISA AGM 

June / (July) 

3-4 Nottingham Open (Solo 

Dance Qualifier) 

16-17 Deeside Open 

17 Sk8scotland AGM & 

Elections 

19-20 iceSheffield (Solo Dance 

Qualifier) 

21-22 iceSheffield Open Figure 

25 Closing date British Solo 

Dance Final 

26-27 Basingstoke Opens 

28-29 Bracknell Adult Open 

28-29 Sk8scotland Figure 

Development Camp 

(Murrayfield) 

30-(1) WISA Dance Open 

July 

2-4 Guildford Open 

16-17 British Solo Dance 

Champs Nottingham 

16-17 IceCalc Seminar 

Nottingham 

28-29 Hull Open 

August / (Sept) 

12-14 tbc: Kathy Casey Scottish 

Seminar with Janet 

Champion 

25-26 Ayr Open 

25-30 IJS Event Lee Valley 

31-(2) ISU Judge Seminar 

Single/Pair (Lee Valley) 

September 

2 Bristol Open Dance (all 

ages) & Adult Free 

17-18 Chelmsford Open 

17-23 IJS Event Sheffield (tbc) 

29-30 British Adult Champs Lee 

Valley 

29-30 Dundee Open 

Oct 

4 Swindon Open 

8-10 A Palace Open 

13-16 Scottish Open Champs 

Dumfries (tbc) 

18-21 ISU Junior Grand Prix 

iceSheffield & ISU Ice 

Dance Seminar 

19 Oxford Open 

November 

5 Gillingham Open 

19-25 IJS Event Deeside 

26 Closing date British 

Champs 

December / (Jan 2008) 

21-(1) NISA Office closed 

January 2008 

7-13 British Fig & Dance 

Champs 2007-8 

21-27 ISU European Champs 

Zagreb 

March 

17-23 ISU World Champs 

Letters to 

the Editor 

Thanks for all your letters after an empty postbag 

recently - please keep them coming! 

Dear Ice Link 

Please note the following is part of 

one of the NISA Bulletins which have 

been issued. I would like skaters / 

organizers to read my personal 

comments and if they have any 

strong feelings about it to let NISA 

and the skating press know. 

Bulletin 26 - Open Competition 

Result Calculation (23 Dec 2006): 

As from 1 Jan 2008, organizers of 

Open Competitions will be 

required to use the Ice Calc Result 

software in order to obtain a NISA 

permit. It is proposed to hold a 

training seminar during the solo 

dance final in Nottingham in July 

2007. NISA will make the Ice Calc 

dongles available if clubs/rinks do 

not own their own copies, as part 

of the permit fee. More 

information will be available 

shortly. 

Why re-invent the wheel? The British 

Ice Dance Solo Qualifiers are not 

International Competitions. The 

current computer system Skate Score 

works very well and most organizers 

now have 2 or 3 people who can 

safely operate it throughout the 

entire Qualifier. 

If NISA are going to insist on a new 

system which means clubs have to 

go on courses to learn it and then 

pay NISA to hire it, plus all the hassle 

of getting and returning the system, 

two major things will happen:- 

* Some of the referees have already 

said they will stand down. 

* The clubs will cease to hold the 

competition as their costs will rise 

even further. 

Ice costs, judges expenses, catering, 

trophies and medals, printing, 

stationery, postage, Red Cross or St. 

Johns Ambulance personnel means 

the total costs are around £3,000 to 

hold a good qualifier. NISA must 

remember all the people organizing 

these events, the Referees, the 

Judges and the club helpers, all 

participate voluntarily for: 

* Their love of the sport, and to 

encourage skaters to reach their 

potential. 

* To make sure no more ice dance 

clubs disappear due to weekly 

running costs 

NISA must support the Clubs who 

need to make funds to pay for 

private club ice time throughout the 

year. 

Youngsters and adults alike are club 

members from grass roots and some 

go on to competitive skating, both 

youth and adult. Without the clubs 

New NISA Vice 

Chair appointed 

On Thursday 22nd 

February the NISA 

Board met and it was 

agreed that Alan Seabrook 

would take over the role as 

Vice Chair of the NISA board 

with immediate effect. 

Nick Russell has decided to step 

aside as the Vice Chairman of 

NISA due to his increased work 

commitments with PMP where 

he is the Managing Director. 

With the ever-increasing 

workload for the Chairman and 

Vice Chairman Nick believes it is 

appropriate that somebody else 

takes on this role at this time. 

Nick proposed Alan Seabrook 

for the role, which was 

unanimously agreed by the 

Board. Nick will continue in 

an active role as the Commercial 

and Communications Director on 

the Board. 

to encourage and nurture skaters 

NISA would not have members. 

Therefore NISA, please leave the 

current marking system in place for 

British Ice Dance Solo Qualifiers and 

keep new systems for Championships 

and Internationals. 

Don't fix things which work 

successfully, spend time and money 

on the areas which need attention. 

Julia H. Greenhough 

Ed: Keith Horton has replied to 

this matter: 

It is appreciated that not 

everyone has followed the 

progress of the introduction of 

the International Judging System 

into the UK and therefore it was 

felt that the decision to make the 

use of IceCalc compulsory should 

be explained in greater detail to 

club and rink competition 

organisers. 

NISA is now confident in the use 

of the full IJS result system, 

having completed two seasons of 

IJS events and Championships. 

Looking to the future, when all 

competitions and championships 

are IJS based, we need to ensure 

that the results calculation 

system used is the same 

throughout the UK. This will also 

give you as well as NISA the 

opportunity to link all results to 

the NISA website in exactly the 

same format. 

It now seems the perfect timing 

to begin to prepare for this 

although, due to the complex 

nature of the new system, 

implementation of IJS at all 

events is not envisaged much 

before 2010. To this end, 

training for all judges will be 

commencing shortly as will the 

adaptation of individual 

competition criteria. 

The original RJS (6.0) system is 

very similar in set up and 

operation to the new ISUCalc IJS 

system lending itself to the first 

stage training for the IJS system. 

John Donnelly, who many of you 

will know, has vast experience of 

the system in both formats and 

has worked with NISA throughout 

the implementation of the IJS 

system. He has very kindly 

agreed to moderate at a training 

seminar for results officials at 

Nottingham during the Solo 

Dance Championships on 16th 

and 17th July 2007. 

Each club/rink is invited to send a 

representative(s) to this seminar, 

at no charge, in order to facilitate 

the training and implementation 

of the system. 

NISA would encourage those who 

are used to running alternative 

systems to attend and not 

perhaps be concerned at using a 

new system. John will run the 

sessions in a very informal 

manner and there will be relevant 

documentation available and 

ongoing back up as required. 

Please be aware that Permits will 

only be granted to Events where 

the IceCalc system is used and 

there will be no exceptions. 

Events which are not permitted 

(Sanctioned) will naturally cause 

skaters and judges to become 

ineligible. 

It is planned to provide a copy of 

the software. NISA will make 

dongles available for sale or hire 

basis if clubs do not already have 

their own. 

Places on each of the one day 

seminars will be allocated on a 

first come first served basis with 

a maximum number at each 

session. Dependant on numbers, 

it may be necessary to restrict 

representatives to one per 

Club/Rink. 

Any results officials who have 

previous knowledge of IceCalc 

but who also wish to attend are 

very welcome as long as places 

are available. 

Letters are being sent to all 

affiliated clubs together with 

application forms. In the first 

instance these forms should be 

returned to Alexis Bovington at 

the NISA office or email to 

alexis.bovington@iceskating.org. 

uk no later than 7th May 2007. 

In order to ensure that all clubs 

have received this information 

they are asked to return the form 

even if they do not wish to send 

a representative. 

The implementation of the new 

system is a major change for all 

ISU members and whilst it is 

appreciated that we are 

comfortable with the familiarity 

of the RJS system we have to 

embrace the change and move 

forward. 

Keith Horton General Secretary 

Dear sir, 

I have visited Ice Sheffield on 

several occasions and always feel 

saddened to see the beautiful 

statue of John Curry hidden away in 

the top corner of the ice pad, 

where it is impossible to recognize 

who it is. Why has he been 

delegated to the corner - has he 

been a naughty boy or do people 

not care about our great skating 

legends? If John is surplus to 

requirements at Sheffield and this 

certainly seems to be the case, why 

not bring this wonderful statue 

back to Nottingham where it was 

Dolphins win MFR Awards 

LATE NEWS JUST IN 

Inverness Synchro Team Moray Dolphins were invited to attend 

highland broadcaster Moray Firth Radio's Awards ceremony in 

Aviemore Tuesday 17th April, as contenders for Sports Team of 

the Year - and WON!!! 

Right: Team Captain Julie Brown accepts the award 

originally, and put it in the main 

entrance for everyone to enjoy, or 

send it to John's home rink if it is 

still open? I and perhaps a lot 

more people, feel quite strongly 

that John Curry was an inspiration 

to skating and where is the point of 

having a statue of him only to be 

shoved away in a corner. 

Barbara Pepper, Notts 

Ed: Keith Horton has written 

personally to Barbara 

Dear Barbara 

I share your frustration that we 

have not been able to find a 

suitable prominent position for 

the statue. 

We had always intended the 

statue should be situated in a 

public area however, this is not 

possible unless we provide a 

concrete plinth to raise the 

statue above ground level and 

also encase the complete statue 

in either a glass or perspex case. 

Nottingham was unable to 

provide an area within their 

atrium public area and we did 

have early discussions with 

Sheffield about the possibility of 

placing John in their reception 

area. However, the costs of 

providing the plinth and case are 

very high and NISA does not have 

monies for this purpose in the 

budget. Both Nottingham and 

Sheffield also have issues with 

both Health and Safety and Fire 

Regulations (emergency 

evacuation etc) that again proved 

insurmountable to placing the 

statue in the public area. 

It is appropriate that the statue 

should be situated in Sheffield as 

this is our National Centre for 

Figure skating and we do 

continue to explore the 

possibility of providing a more 

prominent position. During the 

recent European Short Track 

Championships NISA Chairman 

again spoke to management of 

Sheffield but again, problems of 

both financial and health and 

safety reasons arose. 

I have also had conversations 

with the owners of the 

Birmingham Ice Rink which, as you 

know, is currently closed 

however, should planning 

permission be granted to 

redevelop and reopen this site 

we are looking at the possibility 

of building into the design of the 

new building, a plinth and casing 

for the statue. Indeed, the 

owners of the Birmingham rink 

are anxious to develop a small 

museum to John Curry should 

they be successful in reopening 

the building. 

Finally and to re-iterate, we do all 

share your concerns and 

frustrations and we will continue 

to try to find a suitable home for 

the statue in the near future. 

Figure Dance 

Open Competition 

nd rd th 

2 , 3 & 4 July 2007 

Guildford Spectrum Ice Rink 

Parkway, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 1UP 

See www.gifsc.com for details 

or contact our Competition Secretary, Mrs Robbie Wheeler 

Tel: 01428 713768 ● email: robbie@gifsc.com


Diane Towler - Where It All Began 

An interview by 

Hurriye Omer & 

Helga Dobor 

Londoner Diane Towler, and Birmingham born 

Bernard Ford, were brought together as 

teenagers by the legendary Ice Dance Coach 

Gladys Hogg, to train at Queen's ice rink in central 

London, where they forged a formidable team that 

would go on to become British, European and 

World Champions. 

They dominated the World Ice Dance scene in the 

1960s, introducing great innovation to the sport, 

winning 4 successive European and World titles from 

1966 - 69, and participating in the Grenoble Winter 

Olympics of 1968, where Ice Dance was an exhibition 

event. Diane returned as a Coach to the 1972 

Q: What was it like working with your coach, Gladys 

Hogg? Could you tell us a bit about her? 

DT: She was a great coach and very strict. She must be 

the only coach in history to have 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in 

Dance at the European and World Championships in 

1968. [Towler & Ford, Yvonne Suddick & Malcolm 

Cannon, Janet Sawbridge & Jon Lane]. 

I thank her so much for everything that she did. She 

was a perfectionist, if we ever stopped running 

through, we would then have to skate a back to back 

programme. I remember she made us wear matching 

tops for training, and once we didn't say "Good 

all work together. 

Q: As the technical requirements are so precise for 

Ice Dance these days, and there is less room for 

creative freedom, what is your opinion of the merits 

of CoP (IJS)? Do you think it's an improvement on 

the previous system? 

DT: I think it is still so new, but at the moment I think it 

has taken a lot of the creativity away. I think it needs 

to be worked on a bit more. 

Q: What is the biggest difference between Ice 

Dance when you competed and Ice Dance now? Is it 

possible to compare? 

teaching them. Something new is always great. In the 

world of skating, you are always learning, it doesn't 

matter how long you have been in the sport. I am 

looking forward to the new dances too. 

Q: What do you think of British Figure Skating and 

Ice Dance now? 

DT: We have a great Performance Director at the 

moment. [Former British Pairs Champion, Catherine 

Barker]. 

She is working hard, making sure the Squad can reach 

their full potential in the sport. She is new, and we will 

see the results in coming years. 

European Championships in Gothenburg, 

DT: The differences I think are the Lifts, they are Q: Do you think the Dancing On Ice TV Celebrity 

where her couple Janet Sawbridge & Peter 

amazing now! Skating technically in my day was still show has had a positive influence in raising the 

Dalby won the Bronze Medal. 

very precise, as it is now, but it has changed an awful profile of skating generally in the UK? 

During the Towler & Ford era, 4 Compulsory 

lot. 

DT: Yes definitely, it's great. Last year our rink was very 

Dances were skated at each event, with a 

Q: What is the best thing for a coach? Seeing your busy during the show. 

Free Dance. An Original Set Pattern Dance 

was introduced in 1968, but this was still 

classified as a Compulsory. Strangely, couples 

were allowed to choose a rhythm to 

interpret, until the 1971-2 season's Samba 

rhythm was scheduled. 

Q: British Ice Dancers were known for being 

technically accomplished at the 

Compulsories, ahead of the Russians, did 

you practice them most, or devote equal 

time to all aspects of training, the Free 

dance and Original as well during your 

competitive days? 

pupils skate a perfect programme, or sitting in the 

Kiss & Cry and looking up at good scores? 

DT: For me it is seeing pupils skate well. The scores are 

not always right, but if I know they have skated their 

best, I am happy. 

Q: What's the most stressful? Skating at a 

competition, or standing at the boards and seeing 

your pupils compete on the ice? 

DT: Standing at the boards, because you are not in 

control of 

what they are 

doing. 

Q: What do you think we can do to have Skating 

broadcast regularly on the BBC again, as it was when 

you competed, to be shown along with Football, 

Rugby, Golf, etc. and no longer be a minority sport 

only for the diehard fans? 

DT: I don't know, as many people do enjoy watching 

skating, and I can't really understand why it isn't shown 

more. The only thing really is to have some more 

success in British skating. 

Q: Amongst your pupils, there were a lot of great 

skaters - British Champions - can you give us a few 

examples? 

DT: When I was training a lot of work went 

into the Compulsories. They were broken 

down and practised until they where perfect. My 

coach wanted them perfect!!! We worked just as hard 

on the OD and FD, but technically, our coach was very 

strict on the compulsories. 

When I competed we worked on all the different 

Compulsories all the time, as they were drawn at the 

Championships itself. We had to do more sequences 

then as well. 

Q: Do you regret that they have been whittled down 

to one CD per event - if at all, the GP Final has none 

- as surely learning the Compulsories is the essence 

of learning to Ice Dance? 

DT: Yes, I do think it is a shame. It is the essence of 

learning Dance, but now an awful lot of work has to 

go into the OD and FD, it would probably be too 

much. 

Q: As a huge fan of the Compulsories, do you, like 

me, fear that one day they may eventually be 

abolished at major competition level? 

DT: I am a big fan myself. I think they will stay, as they 

are such a big part of Ice Dance and make it what it is. 

Q: What was the absolute highlight of your 

competitive career? 

DT: Many things! But I think it must be winning our first 

World title. 

Q: As you and Bernard Ford followed in a long line 

of British Champions who became World Champions, 

Demmy & Westwood, Jones & Markham, Jones & 

Denny, during the 1950s and 1960s, did you have 

Morning", so she wouldn't teach us 

for three weeks. She made us 

smart, polite and strong people. 

Q: What was the skater's life like 

back then? 

DT: It hasn't changed at all, the 

only thing is the money. Prize 

money never existed, which is a 

shame, because I would probably 

now have a big Holiday Home in 

the sun! 

Q: What did you do after retiring 

from competitive skating? Did 

you start coaching right away? 

DT: I did shows in England and 

Russia mostly, and coached for a 

while. Then Bernard went to Canada, and I started 

teaching full time in Streatham, and I am still there to 

this day! 

Q: What did you miss the most about competitive 

skating? 

DT: The thrill of competing. 

Q: Do you still skate? 

DT: Yes I do, but only demonstrating technical steps. 

Q: When Bernard Ford left for Canada, as many of 

our skaters and coaches do, were you tempted to 

follow him, or take up a post coaching in North 

America? [We're very glad you stayed incidentally!] 

Q: How do DT: Janet Sawbridge & Peter Dalby - 3rd in Europeans, 

you feel when and 4th in Worlds. Mark Bosley & Debbie Burne - 5th 

you meet Junior Worlds. Alan Abretti & Liz Coates- 11th in 

rivals from Europeans and 16th at Worlds. Phillipa Towler-Green 

your 

& Philip Poole - 2nd in Nationals and European 

competitive Competitors. Phillipa & Robert Burgerman - Junior 

career at British Champions. Candice Towler-Green & James 

competitions Phillipson - Twice Junior British Champions. Numerous 

now? Is there others who have been Junior champions. 

still rivalry as Q: Is there one most memorable moment from your 

coaches too? coaching career? 

DT: The rivalry DT: Many, many in my coaching career. 

was only ever 

on the ice. I Q: Did you meet a special skating person in your 

meet many life who made an impression? Did you have idols 

friends now, when you competed? 

and it's great. DT: I met Sonja Henie just before she died. She was 

Skating is one dressed head to foot in pale blue mink and looked 

big family. stunning! A real diva. I admire all skaters who reach 

Q: Going back to the Compulsories, where Ice a high level, I understand the hardship and effort 

Dancing and this interview began, are you enjoying that goes into it. 

teaching the new CDs on the schedule, the Midnight I hope it wasn't too many questions for you Diane! 

Blues, the Austrian Waltz, and are you excited to No, it was a pleasure. It's great someone has an 

see new CDs coming in, such as the proposed interest in skating history in Great Britain, where it has 

"Rhumba D'Amour," Torvill & Dean's converted 1994 been so successful. 

OD? 

It was a great honour, we wish you all the best for 

DT: It has been great learning the new dances and the future, and many thanks for talking to us. 

Board Elections June 2007 

an ambition with Bernard to move the discipline on 

into the modern era, and hopefully one day see it 

as an Olympic Sport, which eventually happened in 

1976? 

DT: No, I have had many offers, but London is where I 

was born and raised. It is such a big part of me and my 

family, I would miss it all too much. I am very happy 

where I am, and still skating. 

The current 3 year term for Board Directors of Ice Skate UK (Scotland) Ltd (Sk8scotland) will 

shortly expire and nominations are invited from full or coaching Sk8scotland members to 

stand for election at the AGM to be held on 17th June 2007. 

DT: Well, actually Bernard and I brought Ice Dance to 

the Olympics. We did a test run in the 1968 Olympics 

in Grenoble. We did have an ambition to move it 

forward, we tried to be different with our costumes, 

Diane's twin daughters Pippa & Candi were born in an 

auspicious year for British Ice Dance, 1984, on 11th 

May. It was during the World Championships in 

Ottawa, Canada, in March, when Diane was invited to 

To be eligible to stand, you must be a full or life member (over 18) and satisfy at least two of the 

following: (a) born in, or of parents born in Scotland (b) resident in Scotland for minimum 12 months (c) 

member of Scottish club affiliated to Sk8scotland/NISA. Coaching member candidates must be licenced 

NCCP coaches, active in Scotland. 

music and ideas in our programmes. We started doing 

Lifts in our "Zorba the Greek" programme. 

Q: Many younger fans know your 1968 World 

Championship winning performance of the "Zorba 

The Greek" Free dance, because the BBC showed it 

in their '100 Greatest Sporting Moments' series, was 

that your favourite FD? 

DT: Yes, it was. The music is great! My mother actually 

heard the soundtrack while we were in America once. 

I fell in love with it, as did Bernard, and our coach Miss 

Hogg. It was a big risk when we did it, as music like 

that had never been used before. 

Q: I also saw a beautiful exhibition to "Moon River" 

which I loved, so soft and lyrical, skated at a show 

in Britain for BBC TV, do you have fond memories of 

that routine? 

DT: Yes, it was also one of my favourite programmes 

to skate to. 

Q: Did you choreograph your routines yourselves? 

DT: Our coach was great, she would let us put our 

own style and feelings into our routines, and advise us 

what looked good and what didn't. She was very 

strict, and made sure we were training hard and right. 

Q: What were your strengths and weaknesses as a 

partnership with Bernard? Also as skaters and ice 

dancers individually? 

DT: Our strengths as a partnership and skaters were 

the same. We were both hungry for success and 

give her expert comments on Torvill & Dean's 

Compulsory Dances live on BBC's Breakfast Time show, 

that the twins made their first *appearance* on TV! 

The narrower hockey rink in Ottawa caused problems 

for some of the Dancers in skating the CD patterns, and 

at one point Diane remarked that it looked like Chris & 

Jayne were very close to the barrier. 

During the European Championships in Warsaw this 

year, after Pippa & Phillip Poole skated the Golden 

Waltz in their second appearance at this level, 

highlights of her Mother's victories were shown on a 

large screen in the Arena during the Zamboni break. 

Q: How do you find coaching both your daughters 

and their partners, is it ever tricky being a Mother 

and Coach, or do you all just get on with it and not 

have any problems? 

DT: I have had so many skaters and experiences over 

the years. Skaters who are not your kids can be even 

more tricky! I can tell them how I feel. It was 

something I never really expected with them both, it 

all happened so quickly! I don't find it tricky at all, of 

course we have our moments, but being on the ice 

and off the ice, we are different. I told them when 

they were little, "I am your Coach on the ice, and your 

Mummy off." 

Q: Do you feel it has been difficult for them, as 

their Mother had such an illustrious career, at times 

they may have felt the pressure of the famous 

Towler name when competing? 

Sk8scotland is specifically responsible for the efficient and timely delivery of UK (NISA) policies and 

programmes in Scotland. Elected directors must meet the requirements expected of a 288 Director as 

defined under the Companies Act. 

After its first three years in operation, the Sk8scotland Board has recently reviewed the titles, roles and 

responsibilities of the original 7 portfolio directorates, and has concluded that as the Association is 

primarily concerned with delivery of UK (NISA) national programmes, particularly at grass roots and 

development levels, a more discipline focused structure makes more sense. Sk8scotland, as a a devolved 

Governing Body, has no responsibility for the creation or adaptation of new policy, rules or regulations 

instigated by NISA, the UK NGB, however it has a duty to identify local difficulties due to different regional 

conditions (eg multi-functionality of facilities; curling; seasonality; lack of volunteer resource etc), to advise 

their effect on the sport, and to propose solutions to the NISA Board for discussion. 

There are 7 Portfolio director positions available on the Sk8scotland Board: 

1. Finance & Organisation 

5. Speed Director (Scotland) 

Responsible for audit/finance & commercial Responsible for the delivery and development 

matters and coporate governance 

of the speed skating discipline in Scotland 

2. Ice Figure Director (Scotland) 

6. Club Development Director 

Responsible for the delivery and development Responsible for working with Scottish clubs to 

of the figure skating discipline in Scotland encourage multi-discipline inclusiveness; 

3. Ice Dance Director (Scotland) 

affiliation criteria; volunteer development; 

accessing local and regional funding; implement 

Responsible for the delivery and development 

Child Protection at club level 

of the ice dance skating discipline in Scotland 

7. Special Projects Director 

4. Synchro Director (Scotland) 

Disability; Equity; Child Protection Policy; ad hoc 

Responsible for the delivery and development 

projects 

of the synchro skating discipline in Scotland 

worked as hard as we possibly could. We both gave DT: I think some people do think they are there 

100% and never gave up even if we had bad results, 

bad skates or nasty comments. At our first Worlds we 

were 13th, and it was the lowest a British couple had 

ever come. 

Q: Do you keep in touch with Bernard? 

DT: It is hard, because Bernard is in Canada, but we 

had fun skating together, and the same passion and 

drive. 

through who I am, but they work hard and enjoy what 

they're doing. They are their own people, enjoying the 

sport like I did. If they get success then great! But they 

don't feel any pressure from many people. 

Q: Do you choreograph their programmes and 

choose the music each season, and does 

choreography come easily to you? 

DT: I work the same way my coach used to work. We 

If you feel you have the skills, experience and enthusiasm to undertake one of these important 

roles, we would be pleased to accept your candidacy. Application forms will be available for 

download from the NISA website (www.iceskating.org.uk) from Mon 30th April 2007 and must 

be received by the association no later than 2:00pm on Mon 14th May 2007. Your application 

and CV must be proposed and seconded by two eligible voting members of Sk8scotland. 

Ballot papers will be sent out 25th May 2007, which must be received by 8th June 2007. 

Results will be announced at the Sk8scotland AGM on 17th June 2007 on a first-past-the-post 

basis within each portfolio.


Photos courtesy 

Lee Valley Ice Passion 

Bracknell Fusion II 

www.digitalphotoevents 

e-mail: taylorphoto@ntlworld.com 

Tel: 01472 885000 

British RJS Synchro Championships 2007 

Adults RJS Championships 

1. Lee Valley Ice Passion 2. Slough Montem Majors 

Elementary National Competition 

1. Bracknell Fusion II 2. Ayr Ayr-O-Dynamic 3. Inverness Moray Seals 4. 

Dumfries Solway Stars 5. Aberdeen Bobcats 6. Deeside Divas & Dudes 

Trophy donated by Judy Clinton (left) with Cyril Yates & Kay Robinson 

Photos from the iceSheffield RJS British Championships 

Lee Valley Team Isis 

The 2007 British RJS Synchronized skating 

Championships represented a huge 

milestone in the development of this fast 

growing branch of skating in the UK. With 22 

teams representing 12 UK rinks, from 

Inverness in the north of Scotland to Gosport 

in the Isle of Wight, this was a truly national 

event. 

It was particularly pleasing to see no fewer 

than 6 teams entering the new Elementary 

section, previously termed "Beginner", with 

this competition being the very first for two 

brand new teams to synchro - Ayr-O-Dynamics 

from Ayr and the Solway Stars from Dumfries - 

both teams only formed within thew last few 

months. 

Whilst the competition was fierce, the final 

presentation ceremony was simply awe 

inspiring, with all 22 teams lined up on the ice 

in a sea of colour! 

Nottingham Silhouettes 

Intermediate RJS Championships 

1. Lee Valley Team Isis 2. Aberdeen Zariba 3. IOW Wight Diamonds 4. 

Bracknell Fusion I 5. Gosport All Stars 6. Inverness Moray Dolphins 7. 

Aberdeen Snow Leopards 

Juvenile RJS Championships 

1 Nottingham Silhouettes 2. Inverness Northern Lights 3. Aberdeen 

White Tigers 4. Basingstoke Stardust 

Basingstoke Sparkle 

Helen Poole (Volgushev) 

Award for most entertaining performance 

Nottingham Silhouettes 

Presented by Noel Grimshaw 

Novice National Competition 

1 Basingstoke Sparkle 2. IOW Wight Gems 

Trophy donated by Bryan Morrice (right) with Kay Robinson, Cyril Yates & Noel 

Grimshaw 

Basingstoke Team Storm 


CONGRATULATIONS to five lucky winners of the Synchro 

Quiz 2007 in last issue of Ice Link to celebrate the ISU 

World Challenge Cup for Juniors held in Nottingham, Great 

Britain on 9th & 10th March. Of those taking part 67% gave 

the correct answer which was ---answer (b) 16 

1.Laura Hartley, Wokingham Prize: Four Event Tickets for 

the World Challenge Cup for Juniors 

2.Julie Carter, Dumfries Prize: Four Event Tickets for the 

British RJS Synchro Championships in Sheffield. 

3.Noelle King, Leeds. Prize: Two tickets to Torvill & Deans 

Dancing on Ice Show at Nottingham. 

4.Linda Winterbottom, Cardiff. Prize: One years subscription 

to ISKATE Magazine. 

5.Amy Sheldrake, Derby. Prize: NISA Track Suit. 

Noel Grimshaw, (Chairman, NISA Synchro Skating Technical 

Committee) 

Senior National Competition 

1 Basingstoke Team Storm 

Pictured with the Good Luck card for the World Championships, signed by 

every skater in the British RJS Synchro Championships!


Finland take World Junior title at NIC 

The National Ice Centre in Nottingham opened its doors to 17 teams representing 12 

International Skating Union (ISU) member nations, welcoming this, the newest of figure 

skating disciplines to the ISU skating family, to Great Britain for the first time at world 

challenge level 8-10 March 2007. 

The official draw was opened by the event 

director Donna Gately (General Manager - 

National Ice Centre), who handed over to the 

President and Chairman of the National Ice 

Skating Association (NISA) Haig Oundjian, who 

during his address welcomed the many foreign 

visiting athletes and coaches in their native 

tongue. 

The opening ceremony scene was set with an 

exhibition by the Nottingham Junior category 

synchro team - National Ice Centre (NIC) 

Silhouettes and the NIC Skating Academy. 

This was followed by a parade of the 

participating nations. Mich Stevenson OBE DL 

HON MA, Chairman of the NIC and Honorary 

Freeman of the city, welcomed the ISU Council 

members and officials together with all the 

athletes, coaches, families and friends to 

Nottingham. ISU Council member Marie 

Lundmark of Finland thanked Mr. Stevenson, the 

NIC and NISA, and declared the Synchronized 

Skating World Challenge Cup for Juniors open. 

The short programme produced some 

breathtaking performances to music of all styles 

and rhythms, with 2 renderings of John Lennon's 

'Imagine' portrayed by Chicago Jazz from USA 

and Les Miracles of Finland, Barbie Girl from 

Czech Republic Team - Balance (who might be 

described as in the “Pink”), our own Great 

Britain team, from Lee Valley - Aura, with Moulin 

Rouge Bolero and finally a stunning 

interpretation of Shall We Dance/Lunatico from 

Fintastic from Finland who were leading after the 

Short Programme competition. 

There were thrills and spills throughout the 

evening with fast and precise intersections at 

high speed offering rockers, brackets and 

twizzles at the point of intersecting, as well as 

one or two falls which in some cases caused 

further calamity with skaters bearing down on 

each other. Black Rose from Hungary had a 

particularly bad time with falls and should be 

congratulated on their recovery and maintained 

presentation throughout the programme. 

Home Countries Focus 

A roundup of news from the Home Countries 

2007 Welsh Open RJS Free 

Champs prove a great success 

Figure skaters from around the UK competed for Welsh titles at the Deeside Ice Rink in 

North Wales on Sunday 25th March. The Welsh Free Open Championships (RJS), for skaters 

from Beginners up to Level 10, included the qualifying competitions for the Welsh NISA Cup 

team. 

This is the first time that the Welsh standard 

championships have been open to all eligible British 

skaters, and competitions were also introduced for 

adult skaters. The number of entries consequently 

increased significantly from previous years, with many 

skaters from England and Scotland. Welsh skaters, 

however, still fared very well. 

The trophy for the Most Promising Skater (awarded 

from Beginners to Level 6) went to Rachel Barley, 

winner of the Level 5 Ladies competition. 

Results 

Beginner Ladies: 1st Abbie Akers (Ice Sheffield); 2nd Alicia 

Knowles (Ice Sheffield); 3rd Molly Horsfield (Ice Sheffield) 

Beginner Men: 1st Joseph Walsh (Deeside); 2nd Oliver 

Whitehead (Hull Arena ISC); 

Level 1 Ladies: 1st Emily Hayward (Ice Sheffield); 2nd 

Phoebe Lloyd-Hazlegreaves (Blackburn); 3rd Peri Baldwin 

(Ice Sheffield) 

Level 1 Men: 1st Jack Saliba (Cardiff) 

Level 2 Ladies: 1st Abbie Mackay (Moray Skating Club); 2nd 

Jade Loftus (Ice Sheffield); 3rd Sophie Dransfield (Hull Arena 

ISC) 

Level 2 Men: 1st Ryan Sharp (Ice Sheffield) 

Level 3 Ladies: 1st Jessica James-Green (Ice Sheffield); 2nd 

Lauren Barnes (Solihull); 3rd Maisie Jones (Deeside) 

Level 3 Men: 1st Lee Booker (Ice Sheffield) 

Level 4 Ladies: 1st Briony Shipsides (Deeside); 2nd Natalie 

Stokes (Cardiff); 3rd Louise Dobbing (Deeside) 

Level 5 Ladies: 1st Rachael Barley (Ice Sheffield); 2nd Sophie 

Meldrum (Kyle); 3rd Emily Palmer (Deeside) 

Level 6 Ladies: 1st Katie-Ann Johnson (Ice Sheffield); 2nd 

Jade-Azura Brown (Whitley Bay); 3rd Jessica Potter (Deeside) 

Level 6 Men: 1st Peter Hallam (Ice Sheffield); 2nd Jamie 

Whiteman (Ice Sheffield); 

Colour and style graced the ice with new and 

innovative choreography and costumes some of 

which were startling and effective. In particular 

Italy - Hot Shivers - in black dresses with white 

hooping, Team Berlin Juniors with their steamline 

cat suits, the glitz of New York New York from 

Russia, Team Junost, and finally of note the 

French Black Diams with their body art roses on 

their backs! 

Moving on to the Free Programme on Saturday, 

Again colour, innovation and style lit the ice at 

the National Ice Centre with programmes 

including from Team Berlin Juniors a truly 

inspiring interpretation of our feathered friends - 

birds using The Ultimate music although small 

errors in the programme kept them out of the 

medals. The Supremes, from Canada, offered a 

completely different flavour with a Willie Wonka 

Compilation and effective body language to 

bring this music alive whilst skating a complex 

and extrememly well executed programme 

which earned them the silver medal. Chicago 

Jazz, from the USA, dazzled the audience again, 

this time with their programme music from 

Freedom - elements beautifully linked and 

precise throughout giving them the Bronze 

medal. 

Fintastic from Finland held their first place 

position, scooping the Gold carrying on the 

Scandinavian tradition of excellence in 

Synchronized skating with a programme created 

around a mixture of music - Aerial/Soundtrack 

1/Cirque de Soleil/Soundtrack 1. 

The National Ice Centre offered hospitality to 

their officials and visitors which will be 

remembered by all - a truly professional staff 

took the event from start to finish - on time - 

and beautifully presented. This world class 

venue will see many more world class events 

which will bring Nottingham a host of new 

visitors to enjoy surrounding attractions is this 

part of England steeped in history and legend - 

not forgetting obin Hood and Maid Marion who 

joined the fun of the week. 

Rachel Barley - most promising skater 

Level 7 Ladies (NISA Cup Qualifier)1st Sarah Evans 

(Blackburn/Deeside); 2nd Kimberley Myburgh (Deeside); 3rd 

Joanie Myburgh (Deeside) 

Level 8 Ladies (NISA Cup Qualifier): 1st Lauren Fenton 

(Chelmsford); 2nd Sophie Kent (Ice Sheffield); 3rd Bethany 

Powell (Blackburn /Deeside) 

Level 9 Ladies (NISA Cup Qualifier) 1st Chloe Walker 

(Deeside) 

Level 10 Ladies (NISA Cup Qualifier) 1st Ashley Waterhouse 

(Deeside); 2nd Bethany Hitchmough (Deeside) 

Adult elementary ladies: 1st Hilary Greenhalgh (Deeside); 2nd 

Hannah Davies (Deeside) 

Adult elementary men: 1st John Mercer (Deeside) 

Adult intermediate ladies: 1st Lesley Hayward (Deeside) 

Opening Ceremony 

Photos Courtesy Dave Page 

Girls nominated for 

sports personality 

Paisley skaters Heather Sneddon (left) and Rachel 

Little (right) pictured at the Renfrewshire Sports 

Personality awards in February. Although 

unfortunately neither won the award, they each 

received a silver plate to mark the occasion. 

North Ireland new 

officers elected 

The N.I.I.S.A A.G.M. held on 22 March 2007 took 

place. The officers are Chairperson Janet Brown, 

Hon. Secretary Karin Rowlands, Treasurer Allison 

Moore, Events Secretary Cameron McIntyre. 

By the time Ice Link goes to print entries for the N.I 

Open & Solo Dance Qualifier will have closed so 

look forward to welcoming everyone on 11th - 

13th May 2007. 

Judy Clinton sends us 

a personal view from 

the ISU Junior World 

Challenge Cup 

1. Fintastic (Finland) 2. Supremes (Canada) 3. Chicago Zazz (USA) 

pictured on the rostrum with Robin Hood and Maid Marion 

Sk8scotland says 

thanks to Provost 

After 42 years as a councillor and 12 

years as Provost of Dumfries & 

Galloway, Ken Cameron OBE retires 

this May. 

Ken has been a stalwart supporter of 

Sk8scotland and the Scottish Championships 

at Dumfries since the inaugural event in 2001, 

and at the conclusion of the Scottish Solo 

Dance Qualifying and Open Figure skating 

competition held at Dumfries Ice Bowl 14- 

15th April, Sk8scotland Chairman Bryan 

Morrice and Development Director Noel 

Grimshaw, took the opportunity to thank the 

Provost and to present him with a small gift 

of Galloway Glass engraved with NISA 

Scotland.

British Adults head for France 

Chris Pascoe 

sends us Adult 

News from 

France 

Something to look forward to in the dark and dismal days of December is the Dune of 

Flanders International Ice Skating Competition for Adults. This is always held over the first 

or second weekend of December in Dunkerque, France, providing a perfect opportunity 

for combining skating competition with a Christmas 'booze cruise'. 

It is easy to get to for us Brits, especially using the new 

enormous ferries which Norfolk Line has recently 

invested in, and which sail direct from Dover to 

Dunkerque. Luckily they were big enough to plough 

imperceptibly through the mountainous seas which 

had been whipped up by a week of violent storms, 

including the London tornado. Our only problem, the 

strike at Calais which had turned the M20 into one big 

lorry park with an equivalent the other side. 

Dunkerque ice rink is a stones' throw from those 

famous beaches. (Which are miles and miles of 

wonderful sand.) The rink has recently undergone a 

refurbishment and is also now totally non-smoking. 

How nice it was to enjoy a Croque Monsieur and a cup 

of hot chocolate in the rink café without being 

engulfed in a fug of Gaulouise. It is cold on the ice. 

Very cold! Not the place to be waiting for your music 

to start in a scant costume. This year we were given 

very welcome fleece blankets as entry gifts. 

The entry this year was very much lower than usual. On 

some previous years there has been as many as 40 

British skaters and supporters. This year we welcomed 

Sally Sherwood from Aberdeen and Nicholas Milne 

from Oxford to the rather depleted British camp. 

There are events for Dance, Free Skating, Interpretive 

and Improvisation. Age categories are divided into 

young Adult, Class I, II, III and IV. There was a good 

entry of young adults, who are defined as age 17 to 

27. Events are also divided into standard: pre-bronze, 

bronze, silver, gold and masters. Competitors came 

from the USA, GB, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, 

Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Russia. 

The Dance events were marked using the RJS and the 

other events were marked using NJS. 

The organisers would be the first to accept that they 

know nothing about dance. We did at least get the 

Sad News 

A happy British contingent at Dunquerque 

Dundee hosts Scottish Short Track 

Championships 2007 

Dundee Ice Arena was the venue once again 

for the Scottish Short Track Championships 

on 25th March. 

This Championship can be summed up in one phrase, 

Girl Power! Alison Walker (Ayrshire Flyers) won two 

of the three distances to take the Junior title from 

Euan Taylor (Flyers) and Murray Cochrane (Dundee). 

Elise Christie (Falkirk) also won two of the three 

distances to take the Senior title from Craig Miller 

(Flyers) and Alan Dobbie (Falkirk). The relay title 

went to Falkirk who led from start to finish. 

It was heartening to have 12 novices also racing on 

the day of the championship, let's hope by next year 

they are full members and competing for that junior 

title. 

Senior Championship 1st - Elise Christie - Falkirk & Stirling; 2nd - Craig 

Miller - Ayrshire Flyers; 3rd - Alan Dobie - Falkirk & Stirling; 4th - Scott 

Anderson - Dundee 

Junior Championship 1st - Alison Walker - Ayrshire Flyers; 2nd - Murray 

Cochrane - Dundee; 3rd - Euan Taylor - Ayrshire Flyers 

Fitzroy Smith Trophy Awarded to the top skater in Scotland over the 

four main competitions. 1st - Craig Miller - Ayrshire Flyers; 2nd - Alan 

Dobie - Falkirk & Stirling; 3rd - Scott Anderson - Dundee 

Margaret Bothwell died peacefully 4th March aged 

56 years. Devoted mother of three skating 

daughters, Tiffany, Beverly and Kimberly, Margaret 

dedicated her life to her girls' love of ice skating, 

on the committee at Sutton, making upteen outfits 

for all, lifts to help others to ice rinks to name a few. 

A lovely lady to die so young, and sadly missed by 

those that did know her. (Denise Parkinson). 

Freda Hill News has just reached us of the passing 

of Freda Hill in America some 18 months ago, in a 

tragic car accident. Waiting for friends to join her for 

an adult group skating weekend, she was killed 

correct music (mostly), but only one mark was given - 

leaving the competitors unable to determine what the 

marks meant. A lot became clear when a coach from 

Belgium said that 'over here the timing and pattern are 

not important. Nice to have but not necessary.' Aha. 

It was interesting to see NJS applied to Interpretive 

and Improvisation, but actually it worked very well. In 

Improvisation you are given 15 minutes to listen to a 

piece of hitherto unheard music then you go out and 

make up a program to the music, which has to include 

3 specified elements. So the judges mark just the 

elements and the program components. 

RESULTS 

Hana and Brian Connor won their Compulsory dance, 

Free dance and Interpretive Pairs classes. 

Fiona Brown won Solo Dance. 

Chris and Alan Pascoe won their Compulsory dance 

class. 

Nick Milne made the audience sit up with his opening 

triple toe loop, and won his masters Free skate. 

Sally Sherwood placed in both her solo dance and 

Free skate classes. 

Chris Pascoe won Improvisation and placed in Free 

skate and Interpretive classes. 

All in all an impressive medal haul for GB. 

On Saturday we went out for a skaters dinner. The 

Russian team had brought a traditional salt loaf of 

bread to share. They sank copious quantities of spirits, 

were out partying until goodness knows and were still 

on the ice next morning for early patch. We didn't even 

TRY to compete! 

Sunday saw concern from those skaters who needed 

rail transport to get home. The French railways went 

on strike - but the ferry problems had been resolved. 

Back row l to r: Murray Cochrane; Alison Walker; Euan Taylor 

Front row: Craig Miller; Elise Christie; Alan Dobie 

when a speeding car hit her vehicle. Freda and 

husband Bobby, were secretary and Chairman of 

Nottingham Ice DAnce Club for a number of years, 

and were also dance judges in the UK. After Bobby's 

death, she married John Hill and moved to the US. 

She was an active member of an adult Synchro team 

in the US. She will be sadly missed by all who knew 

her. (Kay Robinson) 

Norman Bradley An ice dancer of 'the old school' 

Norman was chairman of Birmingham Ice Dance Club 

from the 1940's till the old rink closed in 1956. An 

NSA member since 1942, Norman passed his second 


NISA official stuff! 

Attention all skaters, coaches, judges and officials - this is the page to read to keep 

up to date with all the Association's Official Information 

For full details also check NISA website www.iceskating.org.uk 

Due to lack of space in this issue, we are unable to publish all recent Official and Technical 

Announcements. Members are advised to always check the NISA website for full details 

As from 1st April 2007 there will be no further 

synchronized skating tests in the UK - Approved by the 

NISA board 27 March 2007. Criteria for competition 

will be based on Field Moves tests and a table of 

requirements will be available on the NISA Web Site 

Synchro Page by or from Friday 6th April 2007. 

This table will be reviewed annually and if there are 

any updates they will be made in April of each year. 

There will be further announcements re coach and 

judge education. Provision will be made for coaches 

to arrange for judge feed back on their team/squad 

status during the season. 

class test in 1945. At the time, this test comprised: 

Waltz-in-8 format, Blues, Tango, Rocker and Kilian all 

with partner, one of these solo, plus a 2 1 ⁄2 minute 

Free Dance. Small wonder that only around 200 

skaters had ever passed the test at the time! 

Although never achieving podium success in the 

British Ice Dance Championships, Norman became a 

member of the NSA Dance Committee in in 1945 

and was instrumental in organising the first ever 

international ice dance competition at Wembley in 

1950. Norman was one of the founders of the 

Northern Ice Dance League in 1948, and was NSA 

NISA Synchro Tests 

The new test structure, which was considered, will 

serve as an excellent document offering guidelines of 

the level of content expected within the different 

categories and will be reissued as such. 

This change of direction for synchro in the UK offers 

coaches and teams an opportunity to focus on their 

programmes and skating skills, removing the pressure 

of tests on synchro ice, which in all rinks, by all 

accounts, is somewhat limited. For squads wishing to 

take teams on into higher competition skating skills are 

vital. 

Important Announcement for all NISA Licenced Coaches 

May I respectfully remind you all that your licenses were due for renewal on 1st march 2007. We are aware that 

a number of coaches have not submitted their renewal documentation including their log books. It is NISA 

policy that only NISA Licenced coaches may enter skaters into NISA/ISU events/competitions. If you have not 

applied for your renewal can you as a matter of urgency contact pippa.teague@iceskating.org.uk or send the 

documentation into the NISA office again for the attention of Pippa Teague. 

Keith Horton (General Secretary) 

IMPORTANT NEWS ABOUT ELIGIBILITY & YEAR END RETURNS - ALL SKATERS SHOULD READ THIS! 

Have you lost the option to compete because you 

have lost your Eligible status? 

All skaters, with their parents and coaches, should 

take time to answer the following questions: 

Are you a competitive skater who receives or has 

received any financial payment or Benefit in Kind 

(free ice/lessons/travel/clothing etc) in return for 

any of the following activities? 

- Coaching 

- Assisting coaches 

- Performing in shows/galas 

- Wearing advertisements (trademarks) 

- Other activities 

If you answered YES continue with the following 

questions: 

Have you completed the Annual Financial Eligibility 

Report Form (Elig 5) due 28th Feb? 

For Team Skate GB members this information is 

required for submission to the ISU. 

If you coach/assist a coach have you completed the 

Annual Eligibility Form for coaches who still 

compete (Elig 4) which is due annually with renewal 

of coach licence application 1st March.? 

If you are a Team Skate GB member have you 

completed an ESRA Form (Elig.2) each time you 

have participated and/or earned/received Benefit In 

Kind from a non-coaching activity since the 1st 

January 2007? 

If you are NOT a Team Skate GB member have you 

completed the Eligibility Participation form (Elig.3) 

each time you earned/received benefit In Kind from 

any non-coaching activity? 

If you answered YES to the previous relevant questions 

your Eligible status has been protected and you may 

continue to compete until 28th February 2008 when 

you should ask yourself the same questions again. 

If you answered NO to any of the previous relevant 

questions it is possible that you have lost your 

Eligible status and may not be able to compete 

from 1st March 2007 onwards. 

NISA and the ISU are extremely serious about 

Eligibility rules ( ISU Rule 102). 

It is a skater's own responsibility to protect their 

Eligible status at all times and therefore it is essential 

that each skater, with parent and coach, fully 

understands the NISA Eligibility rules. 

These can be found with the application forms on the 

NISA website as Elig.1 "A Simplified Guide To 

Eligibility" 

Have you lost Eligible Status by competing abroad ? 

Skaters should also be aware that competing abroad 

without applying to register the request with NISA and 

subsequently obtaining permission causes skaters to 

lose their Eligible status (ISU Rule 102). 

This applies to all events outside the UK.e.g. Inter-club 

and other country competitions/ Championships and 

to all disciplines and age groups. 

Future applications should be made to 

julia.mcmurray@iceskating.org.uk 

What to do next 

Any skater who has not submitted financial returns 

should do so without delay. 

Any skater who has not adhered to all other NISA 

Eligibility rules and is therefore concerned about their 

current status should contact 

keith.horton@iceskating.org.uk 

NISA OFFICE 18th April 2007 

Ice Figure Development 

Murrayfield, Edinburgh 28-29th June 2007 

Camp 

Be sure and book quickly for this 2-day Ice 

Figure Development Camp, as places will be 

in demand! 

Join top Level 4 Figure coaches Phil & Sue 

Walsh and Alice Fell for this intensive 

development camp in Murrayfield Ice Rink. 

On-Ice classes will include: Edge/FM 

classes; Jump Technique; Spin Classes and 

Musical Interpretation 

Off-Ice classes will cover: Body Balance; 

Circuit Training, Technical Rules & 

Regulations session with Senior 

International Judge; Ballet class. 

Who: Open to all UK skaters from NISA 

National Test Levels 1 - 8, but with priority 

given to Sk8scotland members. 

Fees: Skaters £120; Coaches £30 per day, 

free if bringing 5 or more skaters (food not 

included) 

NB: This Camp meets the accreditation 

criteria, and coaches attending will earn 4 

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NISA AGM 2007 

Notice is given that the AGM of the National Ice Skating Association of UK Ltd will be 

held on Sunday 27th May 2007 at the National Ice Centre Nottingham, commencing at 

1.00pm. Registration from 12.45pm. An EGM will be held immediately following the AGM. 

By order of the Board of NISA 

Agenda for 2007 AGM 

1. Welcome and announcements 

2. To announce the European Trophy award 

3. To announce the Vandervell Trophy nomination 

4. To approve minutes of 2006 AGM held 24th Sept 2006 

at National Ice Centre Nottingham 

5. To receive the Annual Reports 

6. To approve the Annual Accounts to 30 Sept 2006 

7. To appoint the Auditors for the NISA & Fen Centre for 

the ensuing year 

8. To appoint a Legal Advisor to the NISA for the ensuing 

year 

9. To appoint the Hon Medical, Deputy Hon Medical 

Advisors to NISA for ensuing year. Hon Physiotherapist 

(if approved at EGM) 

1 WELCOME & 

ANNOUNCEMENTS 

The Chairman welcomed the 

delegates to the meeting and 

announced that a number of 

apologies had been received. 

These were noted and would be 

kept on file. 

2 ANNOUNCE EUROPEAN 

TROPHY 

The NISA Board are pleased to 

award the European Trophy to 

John and Sinead Kerr for their 

8th place in the 2006 Europeans. 

The trophy will be presented at 

the British Figure and Dance 

Championships. 

3 ANNOUNCE VANDERVELL 

TROPHY 

The NISA Board are pleased to 

nominate Jon Eley, Short Track 

for his 5th finish in the 500 

metres at the 2006 Winter 

Olympics. Following discussions 

with members of the Roller 

Skating Association it was 

agreed that the Trophy should be 

awarded to Jon Eley. The trophy 

will be presented at the British 

Figure and Dance 

Championships. 

4 APPROVE THE MINUTES OF 

2005 AGM HELD ON 26th 

SEPT 2005 

Proposed: Chairman, NISA; 

Seconded:Liz Littler. Approved 

unanimously 

5 APPROVE THE MINUTES OF 

2005 EGM HELD ON 26th 

(i) Voting members whose rights and 

privileges are neither restricted nor 

terminated under the Articles & General 

Rules are entitled to attend and vote. 

(ii) Associate members who are 18 years of 

age or over and whose rights and 

privileges are neither restricted nor 

terminated under the Articles & General 

Rules are entitled to attend but without 

SEPTEMBER 2005 



unanimously 

6 TO RECEIVE THE ANNUAL 

REPORTS 

Chairman referred members 

present to the Chairman's report 

which had been published in the 

August edition of Ice Link (Issue 

67). Particular reference was 

made to the robust nature of the 

Finances of the Association. 

7 APPROVE THE ANNUAL 

ACCOUNTS TO 28TH FEB 

2006 

Chairman drew member's 

attention to the NISA 2006-07 

budget which is projecting a loss 

for the financial year. This is due 

to increased expenditure on 

performance issues and will be a 

controlled loss within strict 

budgetary parameters. 



unanimously 

8 APPOINT AUDITORS FOR 

NISA & FEN CENTRE FOR 

ENSUING YEAR 

NISA - Greenhalgh & Co, 

Nottingham 



unanimously 

FEN CENTRE - Peter Allworthy 

& Moore 


power of vote. 

(iii) Two representatives from each Affiliated 

Regional Association may attend and 

participate and are entitled to one vote 

by proxy only, not in person. 

(iv) One representative from each Affiliated 

Club may attend and participate and are 

entitled to one vote by proxy only, not in 

10. To announce Honorary Membership awards 

11. No other business. 

Agenda for 2007 EGM 

Item 1 Considering and if thought fit, passing the 

following resolution as a special resolution: "That 

the Articles of Association of the Company be 

altered in accordance with the particulars 

following" (See Resolutions below) 

Item 2 There are no Ordinary resolutions 

Note Special resolutions require the approval of a 75% 

majority and Ordinary resolutions to the General Rules 

require the approval of a simple majority of votes cast by 

members entitled to vote, either by Proxy or attendance 

at the meeting, but not both. 

MINUTES: 24 Sept 2006 NISA AGM at NIC Nottingham 

RESOLUTIONS: 27 May 2007 NISA EGM 

RESOLUTION 1: Article 1 Preliminary. 

Words & meanings add after "The Deputy Medical" words underlined: 

The Physiotherapist The Honorary Physiotherapist (Figure) of the Association 

Proposed by: NISA Board 


unanimously 

9 APPOINT LEGAL ADVISORS 

TO NISA FOR ENSUING 

YEAR 

Bray & Bray, Leicester 



unanimously 

10 APPOINT THE HON 

MEDICAL & DEP HON 

MEDICAL ADVISORS TO 

NISA FOR ENSUING YEAR 

Hon Medical Advisor: Dr 

Elleanor Tillet - Figure; Dep Hon 

Medical Advisor: Dr Chris 

Brookes - Short Track 



unanimously 

11 ANNOUNCE HON 

MEMBERSHIP AWARDS 

The Chairman on behalf of the 

NISA Board was extremely 

pleased to announce the 

following awards made for 

services to ice-skating: Harry 

Woolrich; Robert Worsfold 

(posthumously) 

The awards will be presented at 

the forthcoming British Figure 

and Dance Championships 

12 ANY OTHER 

BUSINESS 

There being no other business 

the Chairman closed the meeting 

at 1.05 pm and thanked 

everyone for attending. 

Attendance and voting at the AGM / EGM is permitted as follows 

Form of Proxy (photocopy 

of this form is acceptable) 

To the Board of National Ice Skating Association of UK Ltd 

person. 

Proposals (If approved) come into effect 

immediately unless stated otherwise on the 

Agenda, or determined by Resolution at the 

meeting. Proxy Votes are admissible, as 

prescribed by NISA Article 9(f) and must be 

delivered to the designated place not less 

than 48 hours before the commencement of 

the meeting. 

I (Block Capitals) ___________________________ Membership Number ____________________ 

of (Address) _____________________________________________________________________ 

________________________________________ _______________________________________ 

Hereby appoint ____________________________ Membership Number ____________________ 

or, failing whom, the Chairman of the Extraordinary General Meeting, as my proxy to vote on my behalf at 

the Meeting on the 27th day of May 2007 and at any adjournment thereof, and I direct the proxy to vote 

in respect of the Resolutions to be proposed at the Meeting as shown by a 'tick' in the boxes provided 

below. Where no 'tick' is inserted, the proxy will vote or abstain at his/her discretion. 

Signature _______________________________ Date _________________________________ 

Please indicate whether you wish to be present Yes [ ] No [ ] 

Resolution For Against Abstain 

No 1 [ ] [ ] [ ] 

Please allow extra posting 

time for Freepost service 

Your completed proxy voting form must be returned in an envelope using the 

FREEPOST address below (no postage stamps required), clearly marked on the outside 

of the envelope 'PROXY', to arrive as early as possible but no later than 1.00pm on 

Friday 25 May 2007: 

National Ice Skating Association of UK Ltd, National Ice Centre, Lower Parliament Street 

FREEPOST MID24939 Nottingham NG1 1BR 

My report this year covers 

only the period from 1st 

March to 30th September 

2006. As you will recall from my 

last report, our funding from UK 

Sport has changed dramatically 

and these periods now commence 

from September in each year. The 

Board have decided that our 

reporting should also follow suit 

and we have changed the year 

end from Feb to Sept 30th. 

Subsequently, this report covers 

only the 6 months from 1st March 

to 30th September 2006. 

With regards our financial welfare, you 

will note that the balance sheet value of 

the Association has reduced less than 

the trading loss over this period due to a 

revaluation of the Association trophies 

and the John Curry statue. 

However, during this 6 month trading 

period, the Association traded at a loss 

of £22,227, which includes an initial 

£15,000 investment in the new website. 

Although this is the first loss I am 

reporting since my original election as 

Chairman some 8 years ago, it is 

important to remember that this is only a 

short financial period and it does not 

include the more active months for the 

Association. 

In my previous Chairman's Report, I did 

point out that the dramatic change in 

funding from UK Sport will have a 

definite impact on the performance of the 

Association, and we must now be 

prepared to face more difficult trading 

challenges in the future. One must 

remember that in the past we have 

received in excess of £140,000 per 

annum in Exchequer Funding for the 

delivery programmes for our sport 

throughout the United Kingdom. Last 

year we were given notice that this would 

change, and as a result, the sport now 

receives new funding for the World Class 

Performance in Figure Skating and has 

maintained funding for the World Class 

Speed Skating programme. 

The Figure Skating programme is new to 

our sport, but these funds are dedicated 

to athletes and athlete performance 

programmes only. 

This now places the Association in a 

position where its income is primarily 

derived from membership, tests and 

competitions. There is therefore a very 

strong emphasis now on our commercial 

activities in order to try to maintain our 

delivery and development programmes 

without incurring losses. 

In the April elections, we welcomed new 

members to the Board - Karen Archer in 

the Performance Portfolio, Maggie 

Worsfold for Technical and Judy Clinton 

as the Synchronized nominee for the 

Board. We are also pleased to welcome 

back all the other members of the Board, 

together with Mr Ken Pendrey as the 

nominee for Short Track Speed Skating. 

During this 6-month period, we witnessed 

the World Figure Skating Championship 

in Calgary, Canada, with Sinead & John 

Kerr, following a superb 10th slot in the 

2006 Olympics, narrowly missing a top 

10 position overall in Calgary. 

Nevertheless they secured a well 

deserved 9th place in the Free Dance. 

Our Pair team of Stacey Kemp and David 

King performed extremely well in their 

first Worlds, and claimed 17th place, 

while British Mens Champion John 

Hamer unfortunately missed the cut for 

the Free Programme. Due to injuries, 

there was no entry in the Ladies' event. 

During this period, we also recorded 

some encouraging international results 

including the Kerr's first international 

gold medal at Oberstdorf in September. 

On the domestic Short Track front, the 

NISA AGM 2007 Supplement page 1 

Special Special 

Supplement 

Supplement 

Chairman's Report 

NISA Chairman & President 

Haig Oundjian 

British Speed Skating Championships 

took place in April 2006 with Paul Worth 

snatching the Mens Senior title from Jon 

Eley, (Jon recently returned from his 

magnificent Olympic 5th place), while 

Sarah Lindsay retained her Senior title, 

and she too was still celebrating an 8th 

place Olympic finish. 

During the summer our Short Track 

Squad were completing their pre-season 

training in preparation for the World Cup 

events, and I am please to say that their 

efforts certainly paid off, with GB skaters 

Jon Eley, Tom Iveson, Paul Stanley and 

Oliver Horsepool snatching a clean 

sweep of 1st to 4th places in the opening 

competition of the season in Chamonix 

during August. 

By the time you read this, as you will 

know, since the events have already 

taken place, NISA was awarded hosting 

of the ISU European Short Track 

Championships in Sheffield in January 

2007 as well as the ISU Junior World 

Synchronized Skating Challenge Cup in 

March at the National Ice Centre in 

Nottingham. Our thanks to Sheffield 

International Venues and Short Track 

Organising Committee, and the NIC for 

their help and co-operation to secure 

these events. 

Also during the summer and autumn of 

2006, we continued to host the 

International Judging System events in 

Sheffield, Dumfries and Deeside. 

I would like to once again express my 

considerable appreciation to all the 

volunteer members of our sport. This 

includes my colleagues on the Board of 

Directors, the Technical Committees, all 

the judges who adjudicate our test 

system and competitions and of course 

all the inumerable number of club 

volunteers and members. 

Central to the development of our sport 

is our coaching structure and of course 

all our dedicated coaches. During this 

period, we launched the new NISA 

licence for coaching which is part of a 

programme to maintain the development 

of the standards of coaching throughout 

the United Kingdom. 

My thanks to Keith Horton and his staff 

at NISA who contuinue to provide with 

diligence, all the wide services to our 

membership. I also take this opportunity 

of congratulating Cath Barker on her 

appointment as the Director of 

Performance for Figure Skating and 

Nicky Gooch as National Coach for Short 

Track. 

And, in closing, I would like to extend my 

appreciation to Bryan Morrice and all 

those who assist him in delivering the 

excellent Ice Link for the 13th year in a 

row!! 

Haig Oundjian 

(NISA Chairman & President)


The Financial 

Pages 

Report of the Directors of the National Ice Skating Association of the UK Limited 

The directors present their report with the 

financial statements of the company for the 

period 1 March 2006 to 30 September 

2006. 

Principal Activity 

The principal activity of the company in the 

period under review was that of the 

promotion and advancement of ice skating 

within the UK. 

Directors' Responsibilities 

The directors are responsible for preparing 

the financial statements in accordance with 

applicable law and regulations. Company 

law requires the directors to prepare 

financial statements for each financial year. 

Under that law the directors have elected 

to prepare the financial statements in 

accordance with United Kingdom Generally 

Accepted Accounting Practice (United 

Kingdom Accounting Standards and 

applicable law). The financial statements 

are required by law to give a true and fair 

view of the state of affairs of the company 

and of the profit or loss of the company for 

that period. In preparing those financial 

statements the directors are required to: 

- select suitable accounting policies and 

apply them consistently; 

- make judgements and estimates that 

are reasonable and prudent; 

- prepare the financial statements on the 

going concern basis unless it is 

inappropriate to presume that the 

company will continue in business. 

The directors are responsible for keeping 

proper accounting records which disclose 

with reasonable accuracy at any time the 

financial position of the company and to 

enable them to ensure that the financial 

statements comply with the Companies Act 

1985. They are also responsible for 

safeguarding the assets of the company 

and hence for taking reasonable steps for 

the prevention and detection of fraud and 

other irregularities. 

Disclosure of Information 

So far as the directors are aware, there is 

no relevant audit information (as defined by 

Section 234ZA of Companies Act 1985) of 

which the company's auditors are unaware, 

and each Director has taken all steps that 

he/she ought to have taken as a director in 

order to make him/herself aware of any 

relevant audit informatiion and to establish 

that the company's auditors are aware of 

that information. 

Auditors 

The auditors, Greenhalgh & Co, will be 

proposed for re-appointment in accordance 

with Section 385 of the Companies Act 

1985. This report has been prepared in 

accordance with the special provisions of 

Part VII of the Companies Act 1985 relating 

to small companies. 

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD: 

K Horton - Secretary 17 April 2007 

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of National Ice Skating 

Association of the UK Limited 

We have audited the financial statements 

of National Ice Skating Association of UK 

Limited for the period ended 30 September 

2006 on pages 6 to 16*. These financial 

statements have been prepared in 

accordance with the accounting policies 

set out therein and the requirements of the 

Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller 

Entities (effective January 2005). 

(* page numbers refer to original Financial 

Statements not the pages in this supplement) 

This report is made solely to the 

company's members, as a body, in 

accordance with Section 235 of the 

Companies Act 1985. Our audit work has 

been undertaken so that we might state to 

the company's members those matters we 

are required to state to them in an auditors' 

report and for no other purpose. To the 

fullest extent permitted by law, we do not 

accept or assume responsibility to anyone 

other than the company and the 

company's members as a body, for our 

audit work, for this report, or for the 

opinions we have formed. 

Respective Responsibilities of 

Directors and Auditors 

The directors' responsibilities for preparing 

the financial statements in accordance with 

applicable law and United Kingdom 

Accounting Standards (United Kingdom 

Generally Accepted Accounting Practice) 

are set out on page two*. Our responsibility 

is to audit the financial statements in 

accordance with relevant legal and 

regulatory requirements and International 

Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland). 

We report to you our opinion as to whether 

the financial statements give a true and fair 

view and are properly prepared in 

accordance with the Companies Act 1985. 

We also report to you whether in our 

opinion the information given in the Report 

of the Directors is consistent with the 

financial statements. In addition, we report 

to you if, in our opinion, the company has 

not kept proper accounting records, if we 

have not received all the information and 

explanations we require for our audit, or if 

information specified by law regarding 

directors' remuneration and other 

transactions is not disclosed. We read the 

Report of the Directors and consider the 

implications for our report if we become 

aware of any apparent misstatements 

within it. 

Basis of audit opinion 

We conducted our audit in accordance with 

International Standards on Auditing (UK 

and Ireland) issued by the Auditing 

Practices Board. An audit includes 

examination, on a test basis, of evidence 

relevant to the amounts and disclosures in 

the financial statements. It also includes an 

assessment of the significant estimates 

and judgements made by the directors in 

the preparation of the financial statements, 

and of whether the accounting policies are 

appropriate to the company's 

circumstances, consistently applied and 

adequately disclosed. We planned and 

performed our audit so as to obtain all the 

information and explanations which we 

considered necessary in order to provide 

us with sufficient evidence to give 

reasonable assurance that the financial 

statements are free from material 

misstatement, whether caused by fraud or 

other irregularity or error. In forming our 

opinion we also evaluated the overall 

adequacy of the presentation of 

information in the financial statements. 

Opinion 

In our opinion the financial statements give 

a true and fair view in accordance with UK 

Generally Accepted Accounting Practice 

applicable to smaller entities, of the state 

of the company's affairs as at 30 Sept 

2006 and of its loss for the period then 

ended: 

- the financial statements have been 

properly prepared in accordance with 

the Companies Act 1985; and 

- the information given in the Report of 

the Directors is consistent with the 

financial statements. 

Greenhalgh & Co, Chartered 

Accountants & Registered Auditor: 2A 

Peveril Drive, Nottingham NG7 1DE 

3 May 2007 

Trading & Profit & Loss Account 

for the period 1 Mar 2006 to 30 Sept 2006 


(A company limited by guarantee and not having share capital) 

period 1.3.06 to 30.9.06 y/e 28.2.06 

INCOME £ £ £ £ 

Subscriptions 65,905 110,708 

English Sports Council 12,500 36,946 

UK Sports Council 67,083 117,917 

ISU Income 24,963 34,742 

Sponsorship 33,018 5,306 

Donations - 5,811 

World Class Performance Plan 146,577 258,870 

Test Fees 66,853 83,611 

Permit fees 1,295 1,822 

Merchandise Income 40,737 47,379 

NCCP 28,968 12,574 

Event Income 10,708 36,868 

Ice Link advertising - 3,671 

Development Income 33,869 21,327 

Sundry Income 5,756 12,203 

538,232 789,755 

Cost of Sales: 

Opening Stock 5,889 5,553 

Development expenses 109,209 111,314 

Event expenses 31,291 36,224 

WCPP 123,892 257,564 

Judges expenses 7,836 12,957 

Merchandise expenses 35,225 22,850 

313,342 446,462 

Closing stock (11,301) (5,889) 

302,041 440,573 

GROSS PROFIT 236,191 349,182 

Other income: (Bank interest received) 3,450 10,027 

Interest on employee loan 443 570 

240,084 359,779 

EXPENDITURE: 

Wages 123,824 192,385 

Telephone/postage/stationery 17,197 22,291 

Contribution to Sk8scotland 2,917 3,228 

Committee expenses 4,333 4,265 

Rent/Insurance/Utilities 10,821 24,185 

Legal/Professional/Audit/Accountancy 13,092 4,666 

Ice Link 12,044 22,672 

Repairs & Renewals 1,078 1,663 

Gen Sec Travel/subsistence 6,511 7,861 

Commission 26,573 2,696 

Consultancy costs 1,695 1,200 

Commercial Strategy Dev Costs 15,000 15,000 

Equipment Hire 1,985 5,329 

Irrecoverable VAT 13,259 11,066 

Inter Co loan written back - (19,033) 

Skaters Awards paid 791 9,000 

Other administration expenses 4,979 8,361 

256,100 316,835 

Finance costs 309 336 

Depreciation 5,235 8,829 

261,644 326,000 

Net Profit (loss) before taxation (21,560) 33,779 

Tax on profit on ordinary activities 667 1,329 

Profit (Loss) for period after taxation (22,227) 32,450 

Retained profit (loss) for the period (22,227) 32,450 

Note: 

1. The full accounts for NISA UK, including auditors reports, are 

available to all members on request from NISA Head Office, 

accompanied by a SAE. 

Balance Sheet 

30th Sept 2006 


2006 2006 

Notes £ £ £ £ 

Fixed Assets 

Tangible assets 4 76,571 55,354 

Investments 5 10,105 10,105 

Current Assets 

86,676 65,459 

Stocks 11,301 5,889 

Debtors 6 172,190 149,016 

Cash at bank and in hand 502,942 535,913 

686,433 690,818 

Creditors: amounts falling 

due within one year 7 211,373 189,764 

Net Current Assets 475,060 501,054 

Total Assets Less Current 

Liabilities 561,736 566,513 

Reserves 

Revaluation reserve 9 20,420 2,970 

Profit & Loss account 9 541,316 563,543 

______ ______ 

561,316 566,513 

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special 

provisions of Part VII of the Companies Act 1985 relating to small companies 

and with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (effective January 

2005). The financial statements were approved by the Board on 20th March 

2007 and signed on its behalf by: 

K Pendrey (Director) 17 April 2007 

2. Questions on the accounts submitted in writing at least 7 days 

prior to the AGM will be taken first. 

3. Questions on the accounts from the floor at the AGM will be 

restricted to 10 minutes in total. 

Relevant notes to the Financial Statements for the period 

1 March 2006 to 30 September 2006 for NISA UK Ltd 

1. Accounting Policies 

Accounting convention The Financial Statements have been prepared under the historical cost 

convention as modified by the revaluation of certain assets and in accordance with the Financial 

Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (effective January 2005) 

Turnover represents income from subscriptions, grants, fees, donations, advertising, events, 

sponsorship and merchandising, excluding value added tax. 

Tangible fixed assets Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off 

each asset over its estimated useful life. Video, fixtures and computer equipment - 20% per 

annum on cost, Trophies - 0% per annum, Statue 0%. (In the directors opinion the John Curry 

statue has unlimited useful economic life and should the statue be sold the recoverable amount 

would exceed balance sheet value, therefore nil % depreciation is deemed appropriate) 

Stocks Stock is valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowance 

for obsolete and slow moving items. 

Deferred tax Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all material timing differences that have 

originated but not reversed at the balance sheet date. 

Hire purchase and leasing commitments Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to 

the profit and loss account on a straight line basis over the period of the lease. 

Investments Fixed asset investments are stated at cost less provision for diminutions in value. 

Consolidation The company and its subsidiaries comprise a small group. The company has 

therefore taken advantage of the exemption provided by section 248 of the Companies Act 1985 

not to prepare Group Accounts. 

Foreign currency Transactions are converted to sterling at the rate prevailing on the date of the 

transaction. The closing balance on the account at the year end is converted at the closing rate, 

with any exchange rate gains or losses shown on the profit & loss account. 

2. Operating profit 

Operating loss (2006 - operating profit) is stated Period 1.3.06 y/e 

after charging: to 30.9.06 28.2.06 

£ £ 

Depreciation - owned assets 5,235 8,829 

Auditor's remuneration 2,750 3,000 

Directors' emoluments & other benefits - - 

3. Taxation Period 1.3.06 y/e 

to 30.9.06 28.2.06 

UK Corporation tax 667 1,329 

Tax on (loss)/profit on ordinary activities: 667 1,329 

4. Tangible Fixed Assets (Video, Fixtures, Equipment, Computers, Trophies and Statue) 

Cost or Valuation* 

At 1 March 2006 

Statue £55,000; Video £14,905; Fixt/Equip/Trophies £31,611; Comp £21,311 96,375 

Additions (Video £9,002) 9,002 

Revaluations (Statue £17,000; Fixtures, equipment & trophies £450) 17,450 

At 30 September 2006 122,827 

Depreciation 

At 1 March 2006 41,021 

Charge for the period 5,235 

At 30 September 2006 46,256 

Net book value 

At 30 September 2006 76,571 

At 28 February 2006 55,354 

* (Trophies were valued on a retail replacement basis on 30 June 2006 by Neales Chartered 

Auctioneers & Valuers) 

5. Fixed Asset Investments 

Cost At 1 March 2006 and 30 Sept 2006 10,105 

Net book value 

At 30 Sept 2006 10,105 

At 28 Feb 2006 10,105 

The company's investments at the Balance Sheet date in the share capital of unlisted companies 

include the following: 

Ice Skating Promotions Ltd 

Nature of business: Promotion of ice skating activities: Class of shares - Ordinary. Holding - 

100% 

28.2.06 28.2.05 

Aggregate share capital 10,000 10,000 

Reserves at year end (11,107) (10,530) 

Profit/(Loss) for year 

Federation of Ice Skating Ltd 

(577) (422) 

Nature of business: Dormant. Class of shares - Ordinary. Holding - 100% 

28.2.06 28.2.05 

Aggregate capital & reserves 100 100 

(A) Ice Skate UK Ltd; (B) Ice Skate UK (England) Ltd; (C) Ice Skate UK (Wales) Ltd; 

(D) Skate UK Ltd; (E) Ice Skate UK (N Ireland) Ltd 

Nature of businesses: Dormant. Class of shares - Ordinary. Holdings - 100% 

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 

Agg capital/reserves (28.2.06) (781) (781) (781) (781) (781) 

Loss for year (212) (212) (212) (212) (212) 

Agg capital/reserves (28.2.05) (569) (569) (569) (569) (569) 

Loss for year (206) (206) (206) (206) (206) 

Company Information - NISA UK Ltd 

for the period 1 March 2006 to 30 September 2006 

Directors for period under review (NISA): 

H B Oundjian (Chairman); K Pendrey; N D Russell; E A Littler; S Briggs; A J 

Seabrook. 

Appointed 21.5.06: K LArcher; M Worsfold; J M Clinton 

Resigned 21.5.06: B C Morrice; N E Grimshaw 

Secretary: Keith Horton 

Registered Office: 2A Peveril Drive, Nottingham NG7 1DE 

Registered Number: 2677064 

Auditors: Greenhalgh & Co, Chartered Accountants & Registered Auditor, 

2A Peveril Drive, Nottingham NG7 1DE 

Change of accounting period 

The accounting period end of the company and its subsidiaries are no longer coterminus due to a 

decision taken by the company to coincide its period end with the majority of funding received. 

6. Debtors: Amounts falling due within one year 2006 2006 

Trade debtors 54,817 32,291 

Other debtors 58,483 55,448 

Amounts owed by group companies 31,455 29,810 

Prepayments and accrued income 27,435 31,467 

172,190 149,016 

7. Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year 2006 2005 

Trade creditors 110,423 66,845 

Corporation tax 667 1,329 

Social security & other taxes 7,982 8,442 

Other creditors 38,599 6,017 

Amounts owed to group companies 100 100 

Accrued expenses & deferred income 53,602 107,031 

211,373 189,764 

8. Operating lease commitments 2006 2005 

Expiring: within one year - 379 

between one and five years 3,400 3,400 

3,400 3,779 

9. Reserves P&L Revaluation 

Account on reserve Totals 

At 1 March 2006 563,543 2,970 566,513 

Loss for period (22,227) - (22,227) 

Revaluation in the period - 17,450 17,450 

At 30 Sept 2006 541,316 20,420 560,571 

10. Contingent Liabilities 

During the year, the company received grant income from the International Skating Union (ISU). 

As at the balance sheet date, income received but not yet expended totalled £24,963 (28/02/06: 

£28,489). If this income is not expended for the agreed purposes it will ultimately be repayable to 

the ISU. In the opinion of the directors, this liability will not crystallise. 

11. Related party disclosures 

The company held 100% of the issued share capital of Ice Skating Promotions Limited 

throughout the year. Transactions between the two companies occurred during the year resulting 

in an amount owing to the parent company of £27,554 (28/02/06: £26,966), included in amounts 

owed by group companies. 

The company held 100% of the issued share capital of the Federation of Ice Skating Limited 

throughout the year. There were no intercompany transactions during the year although "NISA" 

paid the subsidiary accountancy and administration costs. The year end balance is £100 

(28/02/06: £100), being unpaid share capital, included in other creditors. 

This company has the authority to elect the majority of the board of the National Skating 

Association of Great Britain Limited. There were no other intercompany transactions during the 

year although "NISA" paid accountancy and administration costs. 

The National Ice Skating Association Charitable Trust is related to this company by common 

trustees/directors. There were no intercompany transactions during the year although "NISA" 

paid accountancy costs. 

"NISA" has also paid the administration costs of the "Ice Skate" companies and the amounts 

owed by these companies at the year end are as follows, being included in amounts owed by 

group companies: 30.9.06 28.2.06 

Ice Skate UK Ltd 781 781 

Ice Skate UK (England) Ltd 781 781 

Ice Skate UK (Wales) Ltd 781 781 

Ice Skate UK (Northern Ireland) Ltd 781 781 

Skate UK Ltd 781 781 

At the year end, Ice Skate UK (Scotland) Limited, a company limited by guarantee and which is 

affiliated to this company, was owed £24,091 (28/02/06: £970) by "NISA", and this amount is 

included in other creditors. Ice Skate UK (Scotland) Limited does not have a bank account and 

therefore its income and expenditure passes through the "NISA" bank account. "NISA" also make 

a contribution to this company of £2,917 (28/02/06: £3,228) and also suffer some administration 

costs. 

During the prior period, the company made a loan of £16,000 to the company secretary to 

facilitate the purchase of a car. This amount is outstanding at the period end (28/02/06:£16,000) 

and is included in other debtors. A commercial rate of interest is being charged on this loan and it 

will be repaid by May 2008. Interest of 4.75%, being £443 (28/02/06: £570), was charged during 

the period. 

12. Controlling parties The company is controlled by the members. 

13. Profit & loss Account 

The profit and loss account reserve includes a specific fund, the "Skaters Trust Account", a fund 

to be used for future skater development. The fund has been specifically earmarked for this 

purpose by the directors but does form part of the company's distributable reserves. 

During the year, £1,000 (28/02/06:£9,000) of skaters award payments were allocated to John and 

Sinead Kerr. As at 30th September 2006 the fund totalled £108,462 (28/02/06: £98,675) with 

£4,000 specifically allocated for Short Track junior development representing the sale of race 

suits. 

Extract from Profit & Loss 

Account 

for the period 1 Mar 2006 to 30 Sept 2006 

Ice Skate UK (scotland) Ltd 

(A company limited by guarantee and not having share capital) 

period 

1.3.06 to 30.9.06 y/e 28.2.06 

£ £ 

TURNOVER 2,917 18,353 

Cost of Sales - 15,484 

GROSS PROFIT 2,917 2,869 

Administrative Expenses 2,638 2,829 

OPERATING PROFIT 279 40 

Interest receivable & similar income 22 - 

Net Profit (loss) before taxation 301 40 

Tax on profit on ordinary activities 22 - 

Profit (Loss) for period after taxation 279 40 

Balance Sheet 

30 Sept 2006 

Ice Skate UK (scotland) Ltd 

2006 2006 

£ £ 

CURRENT ASSETS 

Debtors 24,353 970 

CREDITORS 

Amounts falling due within 1 year 24,240 1,136 

NET CURRENT ASSETS (LIAB) 113 (166) 

TOT ASSETS LESS CURRENT 

LIABILITIES 113 (166) 

RESERVES 

Profit & Loss Account 113 (166) 

113 (166) 

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special 

provisions of Part VII of the Companies Act 1985 relating to small companies 

and with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (effective January 

2005). The financial statements were approved by the Board on 20th March 

2007 and signed on its behalf by: 

B Morrice (Chairman) 17 April 2007 

Company Information - Ice Skate UK 

(Scotland) Ltd 

for the period 1 March 2006 to 30 September 2006 

Directors for period under review : 

B Morrice (Chairman); J Clinton; N Grimshaw; A Hay (Fell); A Marshall; M 

Worsfold: 

Appointed 23.9.06: G Summers 

Resigned 1.8.06: A Ferguson 

Secretary: Bryan Morrice 

Registered Office: 2A Peveril Drive, Nottingham NG7 1DE 

Registered Number: 5196395 

Accountants: Greenhalgh & Co, Chartered Accountants & Registered 

Auditor, 2A Peveril Drive, Nottingham NG7 1DE


Memorandum of Association 

1 The Company's name is the 'National Ice Skating Association of the 

United Kingdom Limited' hereinafter called 'the Association' or 'NISA'. 

2 The Company's registered office is to be situated in England. 

3 The objects for which the Association is established are: 

(a) To acquire the assets and undertakings of the National Skating 

Association of Great Britain Limited, the Federation of Ice Skating 

Limited and any of their associated or subsidiary companies and the 

unincorporated associations called the National Skating Association 

of Great Britain and the Federation of Ice Skating and with a view 

thereto to enter into any agreement for that purpose and to discharge 

its liabilities and responsibilities. 

(b) To act in the capacity as Controller and Governing body of ice 

skating within the United Kingdom, excepting ice hockey. 

(c) To act in co-operation with the International Governing Bodies for Ice 

Skating and the Olympic Movement and with other International and 

National Bodies having similar aims. 

(d) To promote, encourage and to further the growth of skating as a 

sport and a leisure activity. 

(e) To recognise the special needs of disabled and handicapped 

participants in skating and to encourage opportunities for their 

participation. In pursuance of this, the Association shall apply for 

membership of the BPA (British Paralympic Association). 

(f) To be affiliated to the International Governing Bodies for Ice Skating 

and any other National and International Bodies having similar aims. 

(g) To make and enforce the Articles of Association and the General 

Rules of the Association. 

(h) To protect the interests of Ice Skating, and work for improved 

facilities within the United Kingdom for Ice Skating. 

(i) To arrange with any person, company undertaking or organisation for 

accredited representatives of the association in respect of the 

provision of services including insurance and travel facilities, or the 

purchase of goods, equipment and appliances where appropriate. 

(j) To give prizes, medals and other awards and to join with those who 

would provide such awards or sponsor such undertakings, on the 

occasion of appropriate International Championships, competitions 

and other International or National Events. 

(k) To procure to be written or made and print, publish, issue, exhibit and 

circulate gratuitously or otherwise any reports, periodicals, books, 

pamphlets, leaflets, films, photographs, instructional matter or any 

other such document or things as may be thought expedient in 

connection with the objects of Association or any of them. 

(l) In furtherance of the foregoing objects to delegate the exercise and 

pursuance of all or any of them in such manner as the Association 

may direct to any person, persons or body whether corporate or 

unincorporate including in particular the delegation and separate 

financial and administrative control and management of the Ice 

Skating activities of the Association and its respective disciplines. 

(m) To do all such things by the application and pursuance of all or any 

of the objects of the of the Association herein before set out as are or 

may be conducive or incidental to promoting the benefits of the 

members of the Association and/or ice skating in the United 

Kingdom. 

And the Association shall have the following powers exercisable in 

furtherance of its said objects but not otherwise, namely: 

(A) To purchase, take or lease, or in exchange, hire or otherwise acquire 

real or personal property and rights or privileges and to construct, 

maintain and alter buildings or other structures, where appropriate 

(B) To sell, let or mortgage, dispose of or turn to account any or all of the 

property or assets of the Association. 

(C)To borrow or raise money for the objects of the Association on such 

terms and on such security as may be thought fit in the furtherance of 

the objects. 

(D)To issue appeals and take such other steps as may be required for 

the purpose of procuring contributions to the funds of the Association 

in the shape of donations or otherwise. 

(E) To invest monies of the Association not immediately required for its 

purposes in or upon such investments, securities or property as may 

be thought fit subject to such conditions and such consents as may 

for the time being be imposed or required by law and subject also as 

hereinafter provided. 

(F) To make any donations in cash or assets or establish or support or 

aid in the establishment or support of or guarantee or lend money 

(with acceptable security) to or for any association or institution in 

any way connected with the purposes of the Association or 

calculated to further the objects of the Association. 

(G)To undertake, execute and administer trusts designed to further the 

objects and purpose of the Association. 

(H)To engage and pay any person or persons whether on a full or part 

time basis or whether as consultant or employee to supervise, 

organise, carry on the work of or advise the Association. 

(I) Subject to the provisions of clause 4 hereof to make any reasonable 

and necessary provision for the payment of pensions and 

superannuation to or on behalf of staff employees or former 

employees of the Association. 

(J) To act in co-operation with any companies, institutions, societies or 

associations which shall have objects altogether or mainly similar to 

those of the Association. 

(K) To pay out of funds of the Association the costs charges and 

expenses of and incidental to the formation and registration of the 


(L) To collect and receive money and funds by way of contributions, 

donation, legacies, grants and other lawful method and to accept and 

receive gifts of property or other assets of any description for or 

towards all or any of the objects of the Association. 

(M) To do all such other things as are incidental or conducive to the 

attainment of the objects of the Association. 

(N)To enter into agreement with the Governing Bodies of other sports 

with reference to Eligibility Rules. 

(O)To enter into agreement after consultation with the appropriate 

departmental Committee(s), or to delegate its authority to any of 

these bodies, to: 

(i) Accept sponsorship from any source, providing that any advertising 

use made of such sponsorship is in agreement with the Association 

or its delegated body. 

(ii) Assign the Film, Radio or Television rights of any of its events, and in 

all cases subject to providing such conditions as may be thought fit, 

and providing the Eligibility rules are in no way infringed. 

(P) The television arrangements of the ISU Championships are governed 

by the ISU in conjunction with the Member Association organising the 

event and the television rights and fees of Telecasts in Great Britain 

of exhibitions arranged in other countries belong to the Association or 

its delegated body and may not be made without permission from the 

Association or its delegated body. 

(Q)Any approach to Film, Radio or Television Authorities for coverage of 

any event held under the jurisdiction of the Association must be 

approved by the Association or its delegated body who will normally 

acquire all resultant fees and rights. No sponsor or sponsor's agent 

shall make contact or negotiate fees on behalf of the Association with 

the above mentioned media unless specifically requested to do so by 

and in agreement with the Association or its delegated body. 

(R)Any permits issued by the respective Departmental Committees for 

international or national open events and competitions or exhibitions, 

do not in this context include film, radio or television rights which are 

subject to Association control. 

4 The income and property of the Association shall be applied solely 

towards the promotion of its objects as set in this Memorandum of 

Association. Provided that nothing herein shall prevent any payment 

in good faith by the Association: 

(a) Of reasonable and proper remuneration to any servant of the 

Association and honorarium to any Member of the Association for 

any services rendered to the Association and of legitimate out of 

pocket expenses incurred in carrying out the duties of any Member or 

servant of the Association. 

(b) Of interest on money lent by a member of the Association at a rate 

per annum not exceeding 2% above the base lending rate prescribed 

for the time being by National Westminster Bank PLC (or if none, 

another appropriate rate substituted therefore by the Board of the 

Association). 

(c) Of reasonable and proper rent for premises demised or let by any 

Member of the Association. 

5 The liability of the Members is limited. 

6 Every Member of the Association who is entitled to vote at General 

Meetings of the Association undertakes to contribute to the assets of 

the Association in the event of the same being wound up while such 

a Member is a Member, or within one year after such Member ceases 

to be a Member, for payment of the debts and liabilities of the 

Association contracted before such Member ceases to be a Member 

and of the costs, charges and expenses of winding up and for the 

adjustment of the rights of the contributories among themselves, 

such amount as may be required not exceeding £1. 

7 If upon the winding up or dissolution of the association there remains 

after the satisfaction of all its debts and liabilities any property or 

assets whatsoever, these shall be paid to or distributed only to an 

organisation, either in existence at the time of dissolution or 

subsequently established, having similar objectives as the National 

Ice Skating Association of UK. Responsibility for the decision as to 

which subsequent organisation shall be entitled to receive the 

remaining funds shall rest with the appropriate officers designated by 

or within UK Sport. 

We, the persons whose names, addresses and descriptions are 

subscribed, are desirous of being formed into a company in 

pursuance of this Memorandum of Association. 

Mr K W Pendrey (Chairman Federation of Ice Skating) 191 Rectory 

Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B75 7RX. 

Ms S A Stapleford (Vice Chairman Federation of Ice Skating) 54 

Eskmont Ridge, Highfield Hill, Upper Norwood, London, SE19 3PZ. 

Dated this twentieth day of November 1991 

WITNESS to the above signatures 

Mrs Carole Waterhouse (Secretary Federation of Ice Skating) 12 

Christchurch Road, Ilford, Essex, IG1 4QY. 

We, the persons whose names, addresses and descriptions are 

subscribed, are desirous of being formed into a company in 

pursuance of these Articles of Association. 

Mr K W Pendrey (Chairman Federation of Ice Skating) 191 Rectory 

Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B75 7RX. 

Ms S A Stapleford (Vice Chairman Federation of Ice Skating) 54 

Eskmont Ridge, Highfield Hill, Upper Norwood, London, SE19 3PZ. 

Dated this twentieth day of November 1991 

WITNESS to the above signatures 

Mrs Carole Waterhouse (Secretary Federation of Ice Skating) 12 

Christchurch Road, Ilford, Essex, IG1 4QY. 

Articles of Association 

1. Preliminary 

In these presents the words standing in the first column of the table 

next hereinafter contained shall bear the meanings set opposite to 

them respectively in the second column thereof, if not consistent with 

the subject or context. 

Words Meanings 

The Acts The Companies Act 1985, as amended by the 

Companies Act 1989. 

The Statutes The Companies Acts 1985 and every statutory 

modification of re-enactment there of for the time 

being in force. 

The Association The National Ice Skating Association of the United 

Kingdom or NISA Limited. 

The NSA The National Skating Association of Great Britain 

The President The President of the time being of NISA 

These Presents The Memorandum and Articles of Association and 

the General Rules for the time being in force. 

The Office The Registered Office of the Association. 

The Seal The Common Seal of the Association. 

The Chairman The Chairman for the time being of the Board of 

the Association. 

The Board The Board of the National Ice Skating Association 

of the United Kingdom Limited concerned with the 

day to day administration of the disciplines 

(hereinafter 'the Board'). 

Finance Officer Appointed by the Board of the National Ice Skating 


Chief Executive Appointed by the Board of the National Ice Skating 


Discipline The disciplines of Ice Speed Skating, Ice Figure 

Skating, Ice Dance Skating, and Synchronized 

Skating. 

Technical Committee The Committee representing its corresponding 

discipline. 

The Secretary The Company Secretary of the Association for the 

purpose of the Acts. 

The Legal The Legal Advisor of the Association. 

The Medical The Medical Advisor of the Association. 

The Deputy Medical The Deputy Medical Advisor of the Association. 

The Sport All Skating as defined within the Memorandum 

and Articles of the Association. 

Eligibility The Eligibility Rules as defined in the general 

Rules of the Association. 

Voting Members Members as defined by the Articles of Association 

for the time being in force. 

Month Calendar Month. 

In Writing Written, or produced in any visible substitute for 

writing, or partly one and partly another. 

Words importing the singular number only shall include the plural 

number and vice versa. Words importing the masculine gender only 

shall include the feminine gender. Words importing persons shall 

include corporations. Subject as aforesaid, any words or expressions 

defined in the Acts shall, if not inconsistent with the subject or 

context, bear the same meaning in the articles. 

2. The Association is established for the purposes expressed in 

the Memorandum of Association. 

3. Membership 

(a) The Members of the Association shall be: 

(i) The Subscribers to the Memorandum of Association. 

(ii) All subsequent Members as prescribed below. 

(b) The Members shall include "Full members", "Coaching members", 

"Associate members", "Overseas Resident members", "Overseas 

members", "Support members" and any other category of 

membership deemed appropriate by the Board from time to time. 

(c) 'Full Members' shall comply with the Eligibility rules of the Association 

and be at least 18 years of age, who are British Subjects (including 

subjects of all territories in the British Commonwealth) or non British 

Subjects who were members of the NSA on 1st January 1947. 

(d) 'Coaching Members', Members who are at least 18 years of age 

and who do not comply with the Eligibility rules of the Association and 

are registered with the Association as Professional Coaches of Ice 

Skating. 

(e) 'Associate Members' are Members who do not comply with the 

qualifications of paragraph (c) above: including: 

(i) Those who qualify as British Subjects or by Commonwealth status, 

but have not reached 18 years of age. 

(ii) Being over the age of 18 and who do riot comply with the Eligibility 

rules of the Association excluding all Coaching Members. 

(iii) Non-British Subjects who joined NSA after 1st January 1947. 

(f) 'Overseas Resident Member'. A person who has been a resident of 

the UK for 12 months or more and is a citizen of another country, but 

with the rights of a Full or Associate Member. 

(g) 'Overseas Member'. A person who has been a resident of the UK 

for less than 12 months and is a citizen of another country, but 

without the rights of a Full or Associate Member. 

(h) 'Support Member'. A person who is resident and a citizen of this 

country, but without the rights of Full or Associate Member. 

(i) 'Life Members' may be either Full Life Members, Coaching Life 

Members or Associate Life Members, subject to the payment of the 

appropriate fee or fees, and with all rights attached to Full Members, 

Coaching Members and Associate Members respectively. A Full 

Member, Coaching Member or Associate Member who has paid the 

appropriate annual subscriptions to the NSA, the Federation, and/or 

the NISA for twenty-one consecutive years shall be deemed to be a 

Life (Full Coaching or Associate) Member of NISA thereafter, and no 

further subscriptions are payable. Coaches who were existing Life 

Members of the Association as at 23rd July 1994 shall be deemed to 

be Life Coaching Members. 

(j) To be eligible for annual membership the applicant must complete 

and return the form 'application for membership' or as prescribed by 

the Board, together with his membership subscription. 

(k) Annual Membership is to run from the date of joining or renewal in 

any calendar year. 

(1) Members belong to the whole Association and may attend General 

Meetings subject to Article 9(c). 

(m) A list of the Members shall be kept at the Registered Office of the 

Association and shall be subject to the provisions of the Data 

Protection Act currently in force at any time. 

(n) All members in whatever category shall receive an appropriate 

benefits package as determined by the Board. 

4. Honorary Membership for distinguished services 

(a) Honorary membership of the Association may be conferred by the 

Board upon any person who has rendered special service to the 

Association with such rights and such privileges as the Board may 

from time to time determine. 

5. Affiliated Associations 

(a) The Skating Associations of England, Scotland, Wales and 

Northern Ireland, including Figure/Dance Synchronized Skating and 

Speed sections and other Associations with an interest in skating, 

may be affiliated to the Association, subject to approval of its 

Constitution or articles by the Board and subject to payment of the 

appropriate fee as determined by the Board. 

(b) Not more than two representatives from each Affiliated Association 

may attend and participate in General Meetings of the Association. 

Each Affiliated Association is entitled to one vote by proxy. 

(c) Each Affiliated Association is to maintain its own Register of 

members, one copy of which must be deposited with the Association 

annually. The affiliated association is entitled to two copies of the 

communications of the disciplines. 

(d) The members of the Affiliated Association are eligible to participate 

in International and Association (NISA) events and tests providing 

they are also Full or Associate members of NISA. Judges and 

Referees of Association (NISA) events and tests must be Full 

Members of NISA. 

(e) All persons who officially represent Great Britain as a member of the 

official team are required to be Full or Associate Members. 

(f) An Association or other Body may be affiliated to the Association, 

subject to approval of its constitution or articles by the Board, if such 

body acts or is intended to act as a consultative body in respect of 

ice skating matters and if required to organise and administer 

coaching standards. Such Association or Body may be composed of 

eligible and non-eligible persons. 

(g) Affiliated Associations and their members may receive an 

appropriate benefits package as determined by the Board. 

6. Affiliated Clubs 

(a) Skating Clubs within the United Kingdom may be affiliated to the 

Association subject to the approval of its Constitution and Articles by 

the (NISA) Board and payment of the appropriate fee. 

(b) Not more than one representative from each Affiliated Club may 

attend and participate in General Meetings of the Association. Each 

Affiliated Club is entitled to one vote by proxy. 

(c) Members of Affiliated Clubs may participate in Association events 

and tests providing they are also Full or Associate Members of the 


7. Subscriptions 

(a) The rate of subscription for each category of membership, including 

Affiliated Associations and Clubs, shall be determined by the Board. 

Subscriptions and fees become due on joining the Association and 

thereafter on the anniversary of the date of joining or on such other 

date as may be stipulated by the Board for that year. 

(b) Subscriptions and fees become due on joining the Association and 

thereafter on the anniversary of the date of joining each year or on 

such other date as may be stipulated by the board for that year, 

except in the case of life members who have paid the appropriate life 

membership fee. 

(c) A Member, Affiliated Association or Club who has failed to pay his 

subscription within three months of the due date for payment shall 

cease to be a Member, Affiliated Association or Club so long as any 

monies due from him remain unpaid, but shall be entitled to resume 

membership upon payment of the appropriate subscription or fee for 

that year. None of the rights and privileges of membership or 

affiliation of the Association shall be enjoyed by any person or body 

so long as the subscription or fee is in default. 

(d) A Member, Affiliated Association, or Affiliated Club may resign his 

membership or affiliation at any time by giving notice in writing, but 

no part of a subscription or fee is refundable, and resignation does 

not relieve a member or affiliated body of any payment due from him. 

Membership or Affiliation shall not be transferable and shall cease on 

death or the dissolution of the affiliated body. 

8. Suspension and Determination 

The Board may suspend or determine membership or affiliation of a 

Member, Affiliated Association or Affiliated Club if: 

(a) The Member or Body is in breach of the Articles and General Rules 

of the Association or the Regulations of any Discipline in which such 

member or Body belongs and a disciplinary investigation is made in 

accordance with the Articles and General Rules of the Association, 

and such investigation confirms that the breach has occurred. 

(b) If in the opinion of the Board it is desirable in the interests of the 

Association that any Member thereof should cease to be a Member, 

the Board, after giving such Member an opportunity of being heard by 

the Association then may request such Member to resign, and if the 

Member shall not resign within 21 days after such request, the Board 

shall have the power to expel such Member from the Association. 

(c) A person resigning in pursuance of a request from the Board, or 

expelled under this paragraph shall be disqualified from again 

becoming a Member of the Association except with the consent of 

the Board. Proceedings of the Board under this paragraph shall be 

special business, but it shall not be necessary in giving notice of such 

business to specify the Name of the Member with reference to whom 

such proceedings are to be taken. 

9. General Meetings 

(a) An Annual General Meeting of the Association shall be held in 

September, or in special circumstances may be fixed in some other 

month by the Board. 

(b) An Extraordinary General Meeting of the Association may be 

convened at any time by the Board. If an Extraordinary General 

Meeting is not convened by the Board within four weeks after a 

requisition for that purpose specifying in writing the object of the 

meeting has been sent to the Secretary of the Association as 

specified in the Companies Act Section 368, an Extraordinary 

General Meeting may be convened by the Full Members making such 

requisition. 

(c) A General Meeting shall be convened by posting notice there of 

specifying the time and place of the meeting and the business to be 

transacted thereat twenty one clear days at least before the meeting 

to every Full Member, Coaching Member and Associate Member who 

is over the age of eighteen years where the rights and privileges of 

such Members are neither restricted nor terminated under these 

Articles or General Rules. 

(d) At a General Meeting of the Association the following shall be 

entitled to participate to the following extent: 

(i) Full members and Coaching Members whose rights and privileges 

are neither restricted nor terminated under these Articles and 

General Rules shall be entitled to attend and vote. 

(ii) Associate Members who are eighteen years of age or over and 

whose rights and privileges are neither restricted nor terminated 

under these Articles and General Rules shall be entitled to attend 

but without power to vote. 

(iii)Two representatives from each Affiliated Association may attend and 

participate and are entitled to one vote by proxy. 

(iv) One representative from each Affiliated Club may attend and 

participate and is entitled to one vote by proxy. 

(e) At any General Meeting a Resolution put to the vote of the meeting 

shall be decided by a show of hands, and every person present and 

entitled to vote in person shall have one personal vote, unless prior 

to such vote being taken, or immediately thereafter, a ballot is: 

(i) Directed by the Chairman, or 

(ii) Demanded by not less than 5 persons present and entitled to vote. 

In the case of an equality of votes the Chairman shall have a second 

or casting vote. 

(f) Proxy votes are admissible at General Meetings, in which a person 

entitled to vote directs the proxy for or against the resolution, or 

permits the proxy to exercise his discretion. The proxy may be the 

Chairman of the Meeting or a named person. The proxy must vote on 

each proposal in the manner indicated by the person so entitled, 

unless this has been left open to the discretion of the proxy. All 

instruments appointing a proxy must be delivered to the designated 

place not less than 48 hours before the commencement of the 

meeting. A person who has voted by proxy may still attend the 

meeting but not vote. If he so wishes he may exercise his vote at the 

meeting by revoking his proxy by notice in writing to the Association 

not less than 24 hours before the meeting commences. Two or more 

scrutineers shall be appointed by the Board of the Association to 

count the instruments appointing a proxy and votes given at the 

Meeting. At elections, every third year, the Board shall appoint the 

company's auditors or solicitors to conduct the counting of votes and 

to prepare the results of the various ballots by post, those being 

handed to the Chairman of the Meeting in a sealed envelope to be 

opened in the presence of the AGM and announced immediately. 

(g) The accidental omission to give notice of a meeting to, or the non- 

receipt of such notice by, any such person shall not invalidate any 

resolution passed, or proceeding, at any meeting. 

(h) Each approved proposal shall become effective from the time it 

was approved by General Meeting, except where otherwise stated on 

the agenda or determined by resolution of the General Meeting. 

(i) The Chairman of the Board of the Association shall preside over all 

General Meetings, and in his absence the Vice-Chairman, or a 

Director appointed by the Board. 

(j) The Memorandum and Articles of Association shall not be repealed 

or altered save by a Special Resolution at an Extraordinary General 

Meeting with the approval of a 75% majority of votes cast by 

members entitled to vote, either by proxy or attendance at meeting 

but not both. 

(k) The General Rules shall not be repealed or altered save by a 

General Resolution at an Ordinary or Extra-ordinary General Meeting 

with the approval of a simple majority of votes cast by members 

entitled to vote, either by proxy or attendance at meeting but not 

both. 

(l) Any proposal to repeal or alter the Memorandum and Articles of 

Association, or the General Rules must be submitted to the Board in 

writing and in the proper format not less than 60 days before the 

General Meeting concerned. 

(m) No Special or Ordinary Resolution shall be valid if used in such a 

way as to contravene the Acts or the Articles and no Resolution shall 

be valid unless set out at length in the Notice convening the General 

Meeting at which the Resolution is proposed. 

(n) Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph if it is 

apparent that there is a clerical or other error or omission in any 

proposal comprised in the Agenda of a General Meeting, such error 

or omission may be corrected at the meeting without previous notice. 

10.Election and role of NISA Board of Directors 

(1) The Board of Directors shall comprise of a minimum of five and a 

maximum of nine members, which shall include a Chairman, who 

shall be elected from their number at the first meeting of the elected 

board. The Board member elected Chairman shall also be 

automatically elected President. 

(2) Each position on the Board of Directors, including the Chairman, 

shall be responsible for a portfolio which reflects an aspect of the 

core business of the Association. 

(3) Each position on the Board of Directors shall have a job description, 

and a personal specification, reflecting the demands and required 

competencies associated with that position/portfolio. 

(4) Candidates for these positions should be Full or Coaching members 

of the Association, and should demonstrate their capacity to fulfil the 

specified requirements of the position for which they offer themselves 

based on their experience and expertise. To be eligible for election 

candidates must not have reached the age of 75 before the date of 

election.Members must additionally indicate the discipline(s) in which 

they hold an interest. (Figure, Dance, Synchronized or Short 

Track)(5) Voting members of the Association shall directly elect 

members of the Board of Directors, to their respective portfolio 

positions, by a simple majority of votes balloted at the relevant 

General Meeting. 

a) At the elections, in the event of a tie, or if there is no candidate for 

a portfolio position, a casual vacancy is deemed to exist. In this 

event, acting reasonably and in the best interests of the association, 

the Board of Directors shall make an appointment to fill such casual 

vacancy. 

b)Every eligible voting member of the Association will be allocated up 

to nine votes in total for the election of board directors. Members 

may place one vote only in each of the contested individual portfolio 

positions. 

(6) Members of the Board of Directors shall be accountable to each 

meeting of the Board for progress within the activity areas of their 

portfolio, against an annual operational plan which will be compiled for 

each portfolio. Each member of the Board of Directors shall also be 

accountable under the provisions of Company Law at any time in force. 

(7) There shall be no provision for Alternate Directors, and no proxy votes 

shall be allowed within Board meetings. 

(8) Members of the Board of Directors may require any elected or 

appointed director, official or committee member to resign in the event 

that he/she proves to be disinterested, derelict of duty or incompetent, 

or loses the special skills which originally recommended him/her to the 

position. In this event, or if a casual vacancy should arise for whatever 

reason, acting reasonably and in the best interests of the association, 

the existing members of the Board of Directors shall make an 

appointment to fill such vacancy for the remaining period of that 

member's term of office, prior to his/her re-election. 

(9) Members of the Board of Directors shall normally serve for a three-year 

period, before either offering themselves for re-election or standing 

aside. 

(10)In election year a notification shall be dispatched at least forty nine 

(49) days before the date of the Annual General Meeting to all Voting 

Members of the Association inviting nominations for the elective 

candidates to the Board of Directors in accordance with Article 10(4) 

above. Nominations may be made by voting members of the 

Association but not the nominee him/herself. Each nomination for the 

specified Board position must be seconded by a Voting Member of the 

Association, and received by the Association not less than 35 days 

before the Annual General Meeting. To be effective, each nomination 

must be accompanied by: (i) a written declaration by the nominee that 

he/she is prepared to serve if elected: and (ii) a summary of the 

nominee's expertise, in accordance with Article 10(4) above. Ballot 

papers must be dispatched by the Association not less than 21 days 

before the Annual General Meeting to voting members of the 

Association and to be effective, completed ballot papers must be 

received by the Association not less than 7 days prior to the date of the 

Annual General Meeting at which the election is to be held. The result 

of the ballot shall be announced at the Annual General Meeting. 

(11)Following the board elections, if all the skating disciplines (Figure, 

Dance, Synchronized and Short track) do not have a presence on the 

board, additional representatives from the relevant discipline will be 

asked to join the board to ensure that all four disciplines have a 

presence. All appointments will be made by the Board as instructed 

under Article 10(5) a). If following this process a vacancy is created on 

one of the technical committees, the technical committee candidate 

with the next highest number of votes will be offered a place on the 

committee. At the discretion of the board and elected directors, those 

appointed board members will be attached to a skating portfolio. 

11. Election of Honorary Vice President 

(1) The office of Honorary Vice President shall be directly elected by the 

voting membership of the Association, and maintain an ex-officio 

presence at meetings of the Board of Directors and such sub- 

committee meetings as he/she may wish to attend, but without power 

to vote. The Honorary Vice President shall serve for a period of three 

years. To be eligible for election candidates must not have reached the 

age of 75 before the date of election. 

(2) The Honorary Vice President may be co-opted by any Director to serve 

an active role on any technical committee or working groups which may 

be convened for the management and delivery of the activity areas 

included within any portfolio. 

(3) In election year the nomination and election procedures for the Offices 

of Honorary Vice President shall be in accordance with those 

prescribed in Article 10 clause 10(10) above. 

12 Sub-Committees (Working Parties) 

(1) Each Director shall be charged with producing at the start of each 

calendar year, and in liaison with the executive officer assigned to 

his/her portfolio, an operational plan for the management and delivery 

of the activity areas included within that portfolio for the duration of the 

Association's forthcoming financial year. 

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(2) Each Director shall have the authority to convene such sub-committees 

and working groups as they see fit for the delivery of their portfolios, and 

each of these sub-committees and working groups shall have a 

membership and frequency of meetings which is appropriate to their 

purpose. 

(3) Membership of such sub-committees and working groups shall be 

ratified by the Board of Directors 

(4) Within portfolios whose activity areas are principally concerned with 

skating, the membership of such sub-committees and working groups 

shall necessarily represent the interests of each ice skating discipline 

where it is appropriate to do so, and also include athletes' 

representatives where it is appropriate to do so. 

(5) Within portfolios whose activity areas are principally concerned with 

corporate affairs and development, the membership of such sub- 

committees and working groups shall necessarily represent the interests 

of all relevant and major stakeholder groups within the sport of ice- 

skating. 

13. Election of the NSA 

The composition and election of the NSA Board of Trustees shall be 

determined in accordance with the Constitution of the NSA. 

14. Disqualification 

Disqualification or Resignation of members of the Board. The office of a 

member of the Board shall be vacated: 

(a) If the member is so required under such regulations as are at any time 

in force relating to Company law. 

(b) If by notice in writing to the Association he resigns his office. 

15. Conduct of the Board 

(a) The affairs of the Association shall be managed by the Board which 

shall, subject to these Articles, have full power to take such steps and to 

apply the funds of the Association in such manner as they may deem 

expedient for the promotion of its objects; and the provisions in these 

Articles conferring specified powers on the Board shall not be read as 

limiting in any way the powers conferred by this paragraph on the 

Board, provided that no such powers shall have validity if used in such a 

way to contravene any part of these Articles or Act. 

(b) The quorum of the Board shall be fixed at its first meeting in each year 

and unless so fixed shall be five (5). 

(c) A meeting of the Board may be convened at any time by the Chairman 

of the Board. If a meeting of the Board is not convened by the Chairman 

within fourteen days after a requisition for that purpose has been sent to 

him by any 4 members of the Board, a meeting of the Board may be 

convened by persons making such requisition. 

(d) A meeting of the Board shall be convened by posting notice thereof at 

least seven days before such meeting, specifying the time and place of 

the meeting and so far as is practicable the business to be transacted, 

to every member of the Board. 

(e) Business other than Special Business may, with consent of two thirds of 

the members of the Board present, be transacted at a meeting of the 

Board not withstanding that such business may not have been 

mentioned in the notice convening the meeting. 

Special business shall be: 

(i) Proceedings in respect of Suspension and Determination. 

(ii) Dealing with the Capital Funds of the Association. 

(iii) Proceedings with reference to Eligibility Rules, Conduct and 

Complaints. 

(f) No proposal to rescind a resolution previously passed by the Board shall 

be considered at any meeting, unless notice thereof has been given in 

the notice convening the meeting and the text of the resolution proposed 

to be rescinded is set out in the said notice. 

(g) Subject to these Articles all questions arising at a meeting of the Board 

shall be decided by a majority of those present and voting on the 

question, provided that in the event of an equality of votes the Chairman 

shall have a second or Casting vote. 

(h) Proxy votes are inadmissible. 

(i) The Board may, subject to the provisions of the Articles and General 

Rules delegate any of their powers to Committee consisting of such 

member or members of the Board and/or such other persons (being 

Members of the Association) as the Board shall think fit. 

(j) The meetings and proceedings of any Committee of the Board shall be 

governed by the provisions prescribed by or pursuant to the Articles 

and/or the General Rules for regulating the meeting and proceedings of 

the Board so far as the same are applicable thereto and are not 

superseded by any Regulations made by the Board laid down in the 

General Rules. 

(k) All acts done at any meeting of the Board or of any Committees 

appointed by the Board or by any person acting as a member of the 

Board or of such Committee shall, not withstanding that it shall 

afterwards be discovered that there was some defect in the appointment 

of such member of the Board or Committee or person acting as 

aforesaid, or that they or any of them were disqualified, be as valid as if 

every such person had been duly appointed and was qualified to be a 

member of the Board or of the Committee. 

(l) A resolution in writing signed by all the members of the Board shall be 

as valid and as effectual as if it had been passed at a meeting of the 

Board duly called and constituted and may consist of several 

documents in the like form each signed by one or more directors, but a 

resolution signed by an alternative director need not also be signed by 

his alternate and if it is signed by a member of the Board who has an 

alternate director appointed to his position, it need not be signed by the 

alternate director in that capacity. 

16. Secretary 

The Company Secretary shall be appointed by the Board and upon 

such conditions as it may think fit and any Secretary so appointed may 

be removed by it. The provisions of the Act in respect of the Company 

Secretary shall apply and be observed by him. 

17 Election and Role of Technical Committees 

(1) The Technical Committees of Figure, Dance, Synchro, Short Track & 

Coaching shall be elected by the voting membership of the Association. 

Each Technical Committee shall comprise a maximum of five judges 

(Figure, Dance, Synchro) officials (Short Track), coaches (Coaching) 

who shall serve for a period of three years. To be eligible for election 

candidates must not not have reached the age of 75 before the date of 

election and must have reached a level as pre-determined by the Board. 

Voting members of the Association shall have a maximum of five votes 

in total to cast across any combination of the five Technical Committees, 

but only one vote per individual candidate. The 5 candidates receiving 

the highest number of votes in each Technical Committee shall be 

elected. (The procedures for nomination and balloting shall be as 

prescribed under Article 10(10) above). In the case of the Coaching 

Technical Committee, this must include representatives from each of the 

four skating disciplines. In the event of a tie or any discipline is not 

represented following the election, a casual vacancy is deemed to exist. 

In this event, appointments will be made by the Board in line with Article 

10(5a) 

(2) Each Technical Committee shall elect a Chairman from amongst their 

number at the first meeting of the Committee. Any elected Technical 

Committee member also elected to serve as a portfolio director on the 

board may not be elected to serve as Chairman of the Technical 

Committee 

(3) The role of the five Technical Committees (representing Figure, Dance, 

Synchronized, Short Track & Coaching) shall be to focus on the rules 

and regulations as laid down by the ISU in respect of their disciplines, 

and the application of these to the Association's test system, 

competition programmes, coach and judge education programmes. 

(4) In addition to these five Technical Committees meeting as and when 

required, the Director with responsibility for the Technical portfolio may 

also choose to convene a regular meeting of representatives of each of 

the five discipline-based Technical Committees, should there be a need 

to do so - for instance, in advance of the ISU Congress, to debate 

recommendations or responses to proposed initiatives. 

18. Finances 

The financial affairs of the Association shall be operated in accordance 

with the principles and procedures as laid down in the Association's 

Financial Procedures Manual. A copy of this manual is held by NISA 

Head Office and may be inspected by members, committee members 

and staff on application, during office hours. The Association's auditors 

will also be provided with a current copy of the Manual and with any 

updates or amendments as they arise. 

19 Regional Structure 

(1) English regional structures shall be established to work in parallel with 

the home nations skating associations to ensure operational delivery of 

key areas of the Association's strategy, and to oversee and develop 

club activities within their territories. 

(2) There shall be formed each year, a UK Consultative Forum. 

Representation for the home nations skating associations and English 

regional structures on the UK Consultative Forum should reflect their 

relative strength in membership numbers, and the numbers of clubs and 

rinks which they include within their territory. Such representation shall 

be reviewed by the Board of Directors from time to time but shall at the 

outset be as follows: 

English Regions three representatives 

Scotland two representatives 

Northern Ireland one representative 

Wales one representative 

(3) Membership of the UK Consultative Forum shall be chaired by the NISA 

Chairman, and additionally comprise the General Secretary and 

Directors of the Association whose portfolios include the areas in which 

the home nations skating associations and English regional structures 

are principally active - thus: 

Coaching 

Communications 

Competitions/Events/Adult 

Development 

Judging/Officials 

(4) The purposes of the UK Consultative Forum shall be: 

a) to provide a forum in which the Association's strategy and policy can 

be debated with those who are responsible for the management of its 

delivery on an operational level, and to allow for input, influence and 

feedback into that strategy and policy 

b) to provide a forum in which operational plans and priorities can be 

debated and reviewed on a biannual basis - thus informing the planning 

and review processes at Board level within the Association 

(5) The UK Consultative Forum should meet not less frequently than twice 

per annum - first, in February or March, to discuss and agree 

operational plans which seek to fulfil the objectives of the Association's 

strategy; and second, in December/January, to review progress in the 

delivery of these operational plans, and of the Association's strategy 

generally 

(6) Any home nation skating association or English region may claim 

representation on the sub-committees or working groups of the 

Association's Commercial and Finance/Audit/Corporate Affairs 

portfolios, so long as it can demonstrate that it represents a minimum of 

25 per cent of the association's total membership 

(7) There should necessarily be home nation skating association 

representation on Elite Skater Development sub-committees or working 

groups, where these are concerned with initiatives which need to be 

separately presented to the various home nation Sports Councils for 

funding - e.g., in respect of talent identification 

(8) The Association (NISA) shall have the right to be represented, with 

observer status, at all meetings of the home nations' and English 

regions' Executive Committees, Boards of Directors or committees. It is 

a requirement of affiliation that all Associations seeking affiliation to 

NISA include provision for this in their respective Constitutions. 

(9) There shall be established formal agreements between the Association 

and the home nations skating associations and English 

regions, which detail the respective roles and responsibilities of each - 

and which especially bind the home nations skating associations and 

English regions into remaining within the scope of the United 

Kingdom structure created by the Association. Operational plans will be 

agreed annually with home nations skating associations and English 

regions, and failure to comply may affect the affiliation status of the 

organisation concerned. 

20. Accounts 

(a) The accounts of the Association shall be operated in accordance with 

the principles and procedures as laid down in the Association's Financial 

Procedures Manual, and as required to comply with the Companies Act 

1985 and any subsequent legislation. A copy of this manual is held by 

NISA Head Office and may be inspected by members, committee 

members and staff on application, during office hours. The 

Association's auditors will also be provided with a current copy of the 

Manual and with any updates or amendments as they arise. 

(b) Summary annual Accounts shall be prepared, and shall be laid before 

the Annual General Meeting in every year. A copy shall be delivered to 

every member of the Association not less than twenty-one days clear 

before the date of the general meeting concerned. Any member wishing 

to see the full accounts after receiving the summary or modified 

accounts may do so on written request to the Association accompanied 

by a SAE. 

(c) The Board shall from time to time determine whether and to what extent 

and at what times and places and under what conditions or regulations 

the accounting records of the Association or any of them shall be open 

to the inspection of Members of the Association not being members of 

the Board and no Member of the Association (not being a member of 

the Board) shall otherwise have any right of inspecting any accounting 

records or document of the Association. 

21. Seal 

(a) The seal of the Association shall not be affixed to any instrument except 

by the authority of a resolution of the Board and in the presence of at 

least two members of the Board and of the Secretary and the said 

members and Secretary shall sign every instrument to which the Seal 

shall be affixed in their presence and in favour of any purchaser or 

person bona fide dealing with the Association, such signatures shall be 

conclusive evidence of the fact that the Seal has been properly affixed. 

(b) A separate book shall be kept, to be called the Seal Register, in which 

previous to affixing the Seal on any document there shall be entered a 

description of such document. 

22. Notices 

(a) A notice may be served by the Association upon any Member either 

personally or by sending it through the post in a prepaid letter, 

addressed to such Member at his registered address as appearing in 

the Register of Members or, in the case of an Affiliated Association, or 

Affiliated Club to the person appointed to represent that body or to the 

Honorary Secretary of that body at such address as shall have been 

provided by the aforesaid for the service of notice. 

(b) A notice given to any representative of an Affiliated Association or 

Affiliated Club shall be binding on the body which he represents and 

any proceedings taken without further or other notice shall be binding on 

such body. 

(c) Every Full Member, and Associate Member over the age of 18, and the 

Auditor or Auditors for the time being of the Association and such other 

persons as may from time to time be prescribed in the Articles or by the 

Acts shall be entitled to receive notices of General Meetings. 

(d) NISA Judges of the ice skating controlled by the Ice Figure, Ice Dance 

and Synchronized Skating Committees shall be entitled to receive 

without charge a copy of the NISA Test Regulations relating to each 

Discipline in which they Judge. 

23. Minutes 

The Board and every Committee shall cause minutes to be kept of all 

meetings, including the names of those present, and all orders made or 

directions given, and all resolutions and proceedings of the meeting. 

(a) Extracts from any item discussed at a current Board or Committee 

meeting will be made available to a full voting member upon receipt of a 

stamped addressed envelope and a £1 service charge. In the case of 

Committee meetings, the person applying must be a member of the 

appropriate discipline. 

24. Indemnity and responsibility 

(a) Any person who serves either by election, appointment or at the request 

of the Association or its Board as an official of the Association in any 

capacity shall be deemed its representative for the purpose of this 

Article and shall be indemnified by or on behalf of the Association 

against expenses, judgement, fines and accounts paid in settlement 

actually and reasonably incurred by such person who was or is a party 

to any pending or completed action, suit or proceedings whether civil, 

administrative or investigative by reason of such service, provided that 

such person acted in good faith. 

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, when a 

representative of the Association acting on its behalf exceeds his 

authority, any subsequent commitment or agreement resulting 

therefrom shall not be binding upon the Association unless ratified by it, 

if the third party thereto knew or had any reason to believe that such 

authority had not been given. 

(c) This article shall only have effect in so far as its provisions are not 

avoided by section 310 of the Companies Act 1985, or any statutory 

modification or re-enactments thereof for the time being in force. To the 

extent permitted by the law the Directors may arrange insurance cover 

at the cost of the Company in respect of any liability, loss or expenditure 

incurred by any Director or Officer of the Company or its subsidiaries or 

member or Referee or judge of any of its Committees in relation to 

anything done or alleged to have been done or omitted to be done as 

Director or Officer or member or Referee or judge. 

General Rules of the Association 

1. Eligibility 

(a) The rules for Eligibility were adopted by the International Skating Union 

(hereinafter 'ISU') at its Congress in June 1992, and came into effect 

immediately thereafter. The rules are binding upon all member nations. 

Therefore the Association agrees to automatically adopt any changes 

made to the Eligibility rules by the ISU Congress at any future date and 

to update its Articles and General Rules accordingly. Where the rules 

laid out in paragraphs 1 (b) to 4 (c) differ from the current ISU rules, then 

the ISU rules will take precedence. 

(b) It is the responsibility of each member nation to establish the basis, 

including any financial arrangement, in which its skaters are permitted to 

participate in skating events. The Eligibility rules are based upon the 

principle that a person should not be placed at a disadvantage by 

reason of his or her preparation for participation in such events. 

(c) Within the United Kingdom the responsibility for establishing the basis 

for Eligibility rests with the Association. The Association shall determine 

Regulations for Eligibility, and shall administer these as it thinks fit. Any 

decision of the Association shall be final and binding. 

(d) An eligible person in skating is a person who is not otherwise 

disqualified under any provision of the ISU Constitution or Regulations, 

or the Articles and General Rules of the National Ice Skating 

Association of the United Kingdom Limited. Only eligible persons are 

permitted to take part in ISU Championships or International 

Competitions, or in NISA competitive events. 

(e) A person is not eligible in skating if he or she: 

(i) Is a person who has received unearned, direct or indirect financial 

benefit without the authorisation of the Association in connection with 

the preparation for or participation in competition and without such 

benefit being made available through the Association. 

(ii) Is a person who has earned direct or indirect financial benefit by 

performing in an ice show or exhibition or instructing in skating or 

permitting the use of his or her name, picture or personal appearance to 

advertise any commercial product, service or enterprise, unless they 

have applied to the relevant Departmental Committee before entering 

any direct or indirect financial arrangements, submitting a signed copy 

of the detailed Eligibility regulations application form (available from 

NISA) which has duly been approved by the relevant Departmental 

Committee. 

(iii) Is a person who having been approved by the relevant Departmental 

Committee to retain their eligible status, then breaches any condition of 

the detailed eligibility regulations application form. 

(iv) Participated in any capacity in a skating competition in violation of the 

Rules of the ISU or of the Association. 

(v) In the performance of the sport, manifestly contravened the Rules of the 

ISU or the Association, or the spirit of fair play and good sportsmanship. 

2. Restriction of Eligibility 

(a) Eligibility rights are restricted as follows: 

(i) A person (although not otherwise disqualified pursuant to the paragraph 

above) who receives remuneration from ownership or management of 

an ice show or rink may not be a Competitor, Referee, Assistant referee, 

Competitor's Steward, Judge, or Starter in ISU Championships, the 

Olympic Winter Games or International Competitions, or Association 

events, or be a member of the ISU Council, Technical Committee or 

Appeals Commission, or a delegate to an ISU Congress, or the Board of 

the Association or the main Committee of the Disciplines. 

Chief Executive and employees: 

(ii) The Chief Executive or any other employee of the Association shall not 

be entitled by virtue only of their employment to vote at any meeting of 

the Association or any of its Committees. The Chief Executive or any 

other employee may at the request of the Board or any Committee 

attend meetings in order to assist the Board or Committee on any matter 

concerning the affairs of the Association and to respond to all 

reasonable questions put. 

(iii) The Chief Executive (and any full time employee of the Association) 

(employee of the association working more than 5 hours per week) if 

they are also members of the Association shall be disqualified during 

their term of employment from voting at any meeting of the Association 

or any of its Committees and further shall be disqualified from holding 

any office or position within the Association (other than the office or 

position held by virtue of their employment) including but not limited to 

being appointed to the Board or any Committee. 

(iv) Any member who provides services to the Association in return for 

monetary reward shall be entitled to attend and vote at meetings and 

shall continue to enjoy the other benefits of their membership but shall 

at any meeting of the Association, the Board or any Committee declare 

their interest in any matter that howsoever touches or concerns the 

provision of services and shall be prohibited from voting thereon. This 

requirement of disclosure shall be construed widely. 

(v) Paid employees of the ISU or Association and their affiliated clubs may 

not be a Referee, Assistant Reference, Judge, Starter or Competitor's 

Steward in ISU Championships, the Olympic Winter Games or 

International Competitions, or Association events, or be a member of 

the ISU Council, Technical Committee or the Appeals Commission, or 

the Board of the Association or the main Committee of the Disciplines. 

Such persons may however attend ISU Congresses as delegates, 

subject to the limitations set forth in the Procedural provisions of the ISU 

Constitution, paragraph 11, but without the right to vote. 

(b) Payments may be made for the loss of salary or wages from 

employment due to absence resulting from preparation for the 

participation in competition, including travel, provided that the 

Association receives proper evidence establishing such loss. 

(c) In all ISU and NISA Championships competitors, officials, coaches and 

service personnel may display on their persons, clothing and/or 

technical equipment only two trade mark (which must be dignified and 

no larger than thirteen (13) square centimetres) for any commercial 

product, service, or enterprise while competing, in the television 

interview area ('kiss and cry') and during the award ceremonies. 

(d) Those skaters who have been approved to retain their eligible status 

whilst coaching are not permitted to judge at any level (unless 

specifically permitted by NISA). If they are already on a NISA judging 

panel (including at a probationary level), they will be removed 

immediately on being approved as an eligible coach. 

3. Loss of Eligibility 

(a) The consequence of a breach of the Eligibility rules shall be the loss of 

eligibility. 

(b) The ISU Council and/or Association, upon the presentation of such 

evidence as it considers sufficient in its sole discretion, may rule upon 

an alleged breach of the eligibility rules, whether or not any protest has 

been made against an individual's eligible status in skating. 

(c) Before a ruling is made by the Council and/or Association the person 

concerned shall be notified and the person concerned shall be given the 

opportunity to furnish an explanation of the alleged breach (which may 

be in writing). If the person concerned does not avail himself of such 

opportunity within sixty (60) days of receipt of such notice, his right to 

furnish an explanation shall be waived. 

(d) Matters concerning eligibility not otherwise foreseen by these rules shall 

be considered and determined by the Association in a manner 

consistent with the spirit and intent of the rules and regulations. 

4. Reinstatement 

(a) A person who has been ineligible, in accordance with the provisions of 

these rules may not thereafter compete in ISU Championships, the 

Winter Olympic Games or International Competitions, or Association 

events, unless reinstated as an eligible person. 

(b) A person who has been ineligible, in accordance with the provisions of 

these rules, may not thereafter be a Referee, Assistant Referee, judge, 

Starter or Competitors Steward in ISU Championships, the Olympic 

Winter Games or International Competitions, or Association events, or 

be a member of the ISU Council, Technical Committee or the Appeals 

Commission or a delegate to an ISU Congress, unless he has been 

reinstated as an eligible person by the ISU Council, or be a member of a 

Association Board or Committee, unless he has been reinstated as an 

eligible person by the Association Board on the recommendation of one 

of its Committees. 

(c) Reinstatement is solely at the discretion of the Association, whose 

decision is final. 

5. Doping 

The Association and all members of the Association will be bound by 

the Doping Rules of the Association currently in force 

6. Conduct of Members 

(a) No member shall knowingly participate in any Open Competition, 

Exhibition, Film or Television Display, or participate in any commentary 

or interview upon Film, Radio or Television, unless a permit has been 

issued, or permission granted in writing by the Board or the Associations 

Departmental Committee. The obligation to verify or obtain this 

permission rests with the skater concerned. A breach of this Rule may 

involve a period of suspension. This Rule does not apply to periods of 

general skating. 

(b) If an entrant in a competition or a candidate for a test, or a relation or 

trainer of an entrant or candidate shall express himself in an improper 

manner, or make any derogatory comment, concerning the conduct or 

result of a competition or test, or concerning the conduct or qualification 

of an official or judge, or concerning the marking of a judge, the entrant 

or candidate concerned may be suspended from skating in competition 

and tests for such period as the Board (in conjunction with the 

appropriate Department Committee concerned) may decide. This 

regulation shall not apply to complaints pursuant to Rule 7. The decision 

as to whether any person has come within the provision of the Rule 

shall be in the absolute discretion of the Association and/or Committee 

as aforesaid. 

(c) If any person shall act in a manner contrary to the Articles of 

Association, General Rules or Regulations, or so as to bring discredit on 

the Association, he may be suspended or disqualified for such a period 

as the Board and/or Committee shall decide from participating in any 

Competitions, tests or events of the Association or ISU. 

(d) If any person's conduct warrants discussion under this rule at either a 

Board or Departmental Committee meeting he shall be given an 

opportunity to state his account to the said Board, or Committee, at its 

next meeting, or at a specially convened meeting called for the purpose 

of hearing the said account, prior to that Board, or Committee taking any 

action against the person involved. 

e) Members have an obligation in all national and international matters to 

support the objects, activities and unity of NISA. Members shall not 

participate in any activities, national or international, against the 

integrity, the exclusive role and interests of NISA within the United 

Kingdom. 

7. Complaints 

(a) Any Member may at any time refer a complaint to the Chairman or Vice 

Chairman of the Committee concerned. 

(b) The complaint shall be in writing and accompanied by a deposit of £50 

(which shall be returnable at the discretion of the Committee) and shall 

specify: 

(i) The person against whom the complaint is made and 

(ii) The grounds of the complaint. 

(c) If the Chairman/Vice Chairman is of the opinion that the written 

complaint does not sufficiently specify the matters referred to in (b) 

above, he shall request the complainant to give particulars in writing and 

if such particulars are not supplied within a reasonable time, he may 

dismiss the complaint without reference to the Committee. 

(d) Upon receipt of written complaint and further particulars thereof (if any), 

the Chairman/Vice Chairman shall refer the matter to the Committee at 

its next meeting. 

(e) Unless the Committee is satisfied that the complaint does not raise any 

matter involving a breach of the Articles of Association or General Rules 

or any other matter fairly deserving of investigation the Committee shall 

appoint a Complaints Committee consisting of not less than 3 and not 

more than 5 Full Members of the Association to consider the complaint. 

(f) No Member having any particular interest in the subject matter of the 

complaint shall be eligible to serve on the Complaints Committee, but 

the eligibility of any member to serve is in the absolute discretion of the 

Committee. 

(g) Following the appointment of a Complaints Committee, the 

Chairman/Vice Chairman shall notify by writing to each person against 

whom the complaint is made the grounds of the complaint against him, 

sending a copy of each such notification to the complainant. 

(h) The hearing or (as the case may be) first hearing of the complaint shall 

take place not less than three weeks following the date on which the last 

notification referred to in (g) above was posted. 

(i) The Chairman/Vice Chairman will not send any of the persons against 

whom complaint is made the complainant's letter of complaint or further 

particulars or any copy thereof. Provided that, in exceptional 

circumstances, the Chairman/Vice Chairman may, in his absolute 

discretion, decide to disclose the said documents to the person or 

persons against whom complaint is made, if it appears to him that the 

said person or persons cannot fairly be expected to meet the allegations 

against them without seeing the said documents. 

(j) Where in accordance with the proviso to (i) above the person or persons 

against whom the complaint is made received a copy of any of the said 

documents he (or they) shall keep the contents thereof confidential and 

shall use it for the purpose of the hearing of the complaint and any 

appeal and for no other purpose whatsoever and shall return all copies 

thereof to the Chairman Vice Chairman following the conclusion of the 

hearing or appeal provided that this paragraph shall not prevent any 

person from disclosing such documents to his Solicitors or Counsel for 

the purpose only of receiving advice relating to the complaint. 

(k) If either the Chairman or Vice Chairman has any particular interest in the 

subject matter of a complaint, then the other must take the action. 

(l) On the hearing of the complaint, the Complaints Committee shall hear 

the complainant and the persons against whom the complaint is made 

and any other persons whom any party wish the Committee to hear as 

witnesses. 

(m)On the hearing of the complaint, no party will be entitled to raise any 

matter which in the opinion of the Complaints Committee is not fairly 

related to the grounds of the complaint as set out in the written 

notification referred to in (g) above. 

(n) Following the conclusion of the hearing the Complaints Committee, shall 

by writing notify each party of its decision and of any disciplinary action it 

may have decided to take. The Complaints Committee shall report its 

findings to the Board and Committee. 

(o) Within twenty one days following the receipt of the notification referred 

to in (n) above, any party may appeal to the Board of the Association, 

such an appeal being in writing and accompanied by a deposit of £50, 

which shall be returned at the discretion of the Board. 

(p) The Chairman of the Board shall require the Chairman/Vice Chairman of 

the Committee concerned to submit a full written report of the 

complaints Committee and its findings and other relevant 

documentation to the Board for its next meeting. 

(q) Each party to the complaint shall be entitled to receive a copy of the 

report of the Complaints Committee and to be heard on the appeal, but 

otherwise the conduct of the appeal shall be in the entire discretion of 

the board. 

(r) No member of the Board who in the opinion of the other members of the 

Board present and voting has any particular interest in the subject 

matter of the complaint or appeal shall be entitled to be present as a 

member of the Board on the hearing of appeal. 

(s) No party to a complaint or appeal will be allowed to be legally 

represented on the hearing of the complaint or appeal unless the 

Complaints Committee or, in the case of an appeal, the Board in its 

entire discretion decides to allow legal representation, whereupon all 

parties shall be allowed it. 

(8) Appointment of Officials 

The maximum age for inclusion in the list of appointed NISA judges and 

Short Track officials will be 70 years. Judges and officials over 70 

years of age may apply to the the NISA Board on an annual basis to 

continue in their role. Continued appointment over the age of 70 will be 

at the sole discretion of the NISA Board and reasons for any decisions 

will not be made public. No appeals against decisions of the Board will 

be considered. 

9. Conduct of officials 

No judge of a championship event or other competition held under ISU, 

or Association Regulations is allowed (unless authorised by the Board) 

to write for publication, under his own name or nom-de-plume, or 

anonymously (whether for remuneration or not) any report or article 

dealing with the competition concerned. The Board in conjunction with 

the Departmental Committee concerned may suspend from officiating 

at, or participating in, competitions any individual who infringes this Rule 

for such period as the Board may decide. 

10. International Championships 

(a) Selection of competitors for international events will be made strictly in 

accord with the criteria contained within the NISA Selection Policy 

Manual. 

(b) The Association is responsible for taking out comprehensive insurance 

to cover third party, baggage, medical expenses and accidents including 

whilst skating for competitors, team managers and appointed judges 

entered for European and World Championships and International 

competitions. All other persons travelling abroad shall take out personal 

medical insurance cover to include third party and accidents. 

(c) In the event of Association Members being selected for Championship 

or Competition, and travelling by road as an official Association party, 

the driver, or drivers if more than one, must be willing to undergo an 

examination by the Honorary Medical Advisor to indicate whether they 

are fit and capable of undertaking such duties. 

11. NISA Championships, Open Competitions, Competitions and 

exhibition events will be conducted according to rules and regulations of 

the Association currently in force which will be published on the 

Association's website and in the official newspaper. 

12. Trophies 

The winner (or winners) of any Championship or Competition to which a 

challenge trophy is attached, shall be entitled on his (their) giving 

security for the return of the same in such manner and to such amount 

as may be required by the Association or Discipline Committee 

concerned, to hold possession of the challenge trophy so long as he 

(they) retain(s) the title, or until the ensuing 1st December, but no 

challenge trophy may be won outright, nor may any trophy be taken out 

of the United Kingdom. 

13. Liabilities 

Neither the Association or Committees shall be liable for accidents or 

damage however caused to any Member of the Association, or to any 

member of any Affiliated Association or Club, or candidates for tests or 

officials appointed by the Association or Discipline Committees arising 

out of or in connection with the activities of the Association on outdoor or 

indoor surfaces. 

14. Interpretation and Alteration to the General Rules 

The interpretation and application of the General Rules shall, in cases of 

doubt, be settled by the Board, whose decision shall be final provided 

that no such decision shall have validity if it contravenes any part of the 

Articles or of the Acts as defined in the Articles. 

Updated NISA Constitution (cont'd)

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