2011 Governing Council - Washington Figure Skating Club

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THE WASHINGTON FIGURE SKATING CLUB! JUNE 2011 WFSC Adult Skaters compete at the 2011 U.S. Figure Skating Adult Championships! by Dennis Palaganas & Diana Cheng! ! WFSC’s adult skaters had a strong contingent at the U.S. Figure Skating Adult Championships, affectionately known as “Adult Nationals”, hosted in 2011 by the Salt Lake Figure Skating Club in Utah. Eighteen WFSC skaters competed in 22 events (accounting for 28 starts) at Adult Nationals and earned a total of 18 medals.! ! In the championship events, for which competitors must have placed in the top 4 in their events at the 2011 Adult Eastern Sectionals, WFSC was represented by skaters in four events. In the free skate events, Scott Powell placed 9th in Championship Masters Junior-Senior Men, Suzanne Himmerich placed 6th in Championship Masters Intermediate-Novice, and Daniel Paepke placed 11th in Championship Adult Gold. Stephen Trzaska (with partner Tara Cioppa of the Ice House of New Jersey FSC) and Diana Cheng (with partner Martin Romanik of the Ice Club of Baltimore) placed 3rd and 6th respectively in Championship Adult Pairs.! ! The majority of the events at Adult Nationals are “open” events, that is, skaters who have passed the requisite U.S. Figure Skating tests are eligible to enter without having had to compete at a prior qualifying competition. ! In the partnered compulsory dance events, Duane Clayton (with partner Sue Sharon representing Charlottesville FSC) placed 2nd at the Pre-Silver level, completing the Ten-Fox, European Waltz, Fourteenstep, and Tango. Jessica Gillmore & John Hillenbrand won the Bronze dance event, which includes the Swing Dance, Fiesta Tango, Willow Waltz, and Fourteenstep dances. Pamela Bozzi & Richard Van Camp placed 9th in Centennial Dance, an event for skaters over the age of 50; their dances were the Foxtrot, Tango, European Waltz, and Paso Doble. ! ! In pairs, Diana Cheng (with partner Martin Romanik) placed 3rd in Masters Pairs, and Stephen Trzaska (with partner Tara Cioppa) placed 2nd in Gold Pairs.!!In the solo dance events, Mary Jean Huebner won the Silver medal in the Bronze event, with Jessica Gillmore finishing 13th. John Hillenbrand placed 18th in the Silver event.! ! In the free skate events, Janet Long won the Ladies Silver 5 event and Caroline Thorington placed second. Mark Adams won the Silver Men 4 event. Elizabeth Jackson placed 2nd in Ladies Masters Intermediate 4/5, Stephen Trzaska and Dennis Palaganas placed 2nd and 3rd respectively in Gold Men 2, Mary Jean Huebner placed 7th in Gold Ladies 2, and Julie Nguyen and Delsie McCoy placed 9th and 11th respectively in Silver Ladies 2. ! ! The interpretive events are always the crowd-pleasers. WFSC had several of its skaters enter in the interpretive events: Mark Adams, who placed 1st in Men’s Artistic/Dramatic 4 and 2nd in Men’s Light Entertainment/Comedy 4, Duane Clayton who placed 2nd in Men’s Light Entertainment/Comedy 4, Elizabeth Jackson who placed 1st in Masters Ladies’ Artistic/Dramatic 5, Caroline Thorington who placed 3rd in Ladies’ Artistic/Dramatic 5, and Janet Long who placed 4th in Ladies’ Artistic/Dramatic 5. Congratulations to all WFSC Adult Nationals competitors! PAGE 2
THE WASHINGTON FIGURE SKATING CLUB! JUNE 2011 2011 Governing Council Washington Figure Skating Club had one of the largest contingents of delegates at this year’s U.S. Figure Skating Governing Council, held from April 27-30, 2011 in Lombard, Illinois (outside Chicago). WFSC earned eleven delegates with one of the largest memberships among all U.S. Figure Skating Clubs – over 900! The 2011 delegates were: Najja Bracey, Deveny Deck, Jennifer DeSimone, Dina Gold, Leslie Gianelli, Phyllis Howard, Jennifer Lyon, Heather Nemier, Judy Reiner, Marcia Sowles, and Lyn Witt. WFSC was also specially recognized for having enrolled more than 10 introductory members during the 2010-2011 membership year with a “Plus 10 Award.” In fact, WFSC had more introductory members than any other Club - 67! Three WFSC members received special recognition at Governing Council. Leslie Gianelli was applauded for her four years of service as the Chair of the Memorial Fund. Heather Nemier was recognized for 25 years of service as a U.S. Figure Skating judge. Dorothy Dodson was recognized for 60 years of service as a U.S. Figure Skating judge. Congratulations to Leslie, Heather, and Dorothy. Thank you for all you do for your Club, U.S. Figure Skating, and this sport! WFSC was also informally recognized for its Facebook page, www.facebook.com/washingtonfsc. Our page was used as a positive example for other Clubs! The biggest change made at Governing Council this year was to the format of Junior Nationals. Beginning in the 2013 competition year, there will no longer be a stand-alone Junior National Championship competition. Instead, Junior Nationals will be held in conjunction with the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. In addition, Regional medalists will proceed to Sectionals before Junior Nationals. The top four Juvenile Girls, Juvenile Boys, Intermediate Men, and Intermediate Women from each Region will compete at Sectionals, along with Juvenile Dance and Pairs. The top four from each Sectionals will then proceed to Junior Nationals. Because Junior Nationals will be held in conjunction with the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, it will no longer take place in mid-December. Another change was raising the age cut-off to compete at qualifying competitions at the Intermediate level by one year. As a result, skaters may participate at the qualifying Regionals competition in the Juvenile event so long as they have not turned 14 by September 1 of the applicable year. Changes made to program elements at Governing Council are available at the U.S. Figure Skating website at http://usfsa.org/New_Judging.asp?id=355. Technical updates are made available every Thursday on the main page, www.usfsa.org. Another change announced at Governing Council was an increase to membership dues. Most Clubs, including WFSC, have reflected this dues increase in the 2011-2012 membership dues. Finally, Heather Nemier was re-elected as Chair of the Rules Committee. Congratulations, Heather! PAGE 3
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