Presentations of Achievers Awards will take place after the Aya Jayne Artistic competition on Tuesday 21 February 2012.

The club introduced these awards last year as a means of accurately reflecting and rewarding a skater’s individual improvement. Skaters will receive an Achievers Award if they have passed all the necessary tests for Free or Dance or both at certain levels. There are four levels

1. The first level of achievement is Level 1 and a Bronze medal will be awarded to successful skaters who have passed all Level 1 tests including Field Moves in either Ice Dance or Free skating

2. The second level of achievement is Level 4 and a Silver medal will be awarded to successful skaters who have passed all Level 4 tests including Field Moves in either Ice Dance or Free skating

3. The third level of achievement is Level 8 and a Gold medal will be awarded to successful skaters who have passed all Level 8 tests including Field Moves in either Ice Dance or Free skating

4. The ultimate level is Level 10 and above and any skater who has successfully achieved any of the Level 10 test categories will be presented with a Star Achievement Trophy

According to the club’s records the following skaters qualify for these awards at the next presentation – if you did not receive a medal previously and should have done or your name is not on the list below then please reply to this email as soon as possible.

BISC

BISC CLUB NIGHTS – UPDATE FOR JAN/FEB 2012

Starting this Tuesday 17th January please note that the times of the higher/lower level group lessons have swapped with each other on a Tuesday evening – see below schedule. There is also no off ice session running at 5.30pm or 6.30pm. However the Club is trying to establish a Street Dance off ice session from 6pm for one hour which hopefully will be of interest to our members. More information on this session will be sent out via Newsflash.

Unfortunately the Thursday club ice dance session on 19th January will not be running as the rink is closed during this time. However, rink management has assigned the Club a one hour patch/practice session from 7.15pm to 8.15pm on the same night so please do make use of this session time, open to all members.

The Thursday club ice dance sessions will cover the Compulsory Dances set for the British Solo Ice Dance Championships as well as teaching ice dance Poses/Attitudes and Spins.

TUESDAY – FIGURE (Jumps, Spins, Tricks, Power, Annie’s Edges)

As a reminder skaters must have passed either Elements or Free in their respective level and not be working towards it in order to go into the correct group ie: if you have passed L3 Elements or Free then you are eligible to join the L3 group. Our ice coaches will at their discretion merge groups if numbers are too low but this shall not be at the detriment to higher level skaters.

Dependent on numbers of members attending will dictate what the ice coaches will teach but we are hoping that these group lessons will include jumps & spins and incorporate once a month some ice skating ‘tricks’ as well as some power/edge sessions.

BISC will, of course, continue to monitor the number of members attending each week and amend the groups accordingly to help ensure everyone receives high quality group coaching. Should you have any comments please do not hesitate to let me know or alternatively another BISC Committee member.

5pm-5.30pm
Level 6+
Level 4 & 5
Level 2 & 3

5.30pm-6.00pm
Patch/Practice for all Levels

6.00pm-6.30pm
Level 1 & Below

6.05pm-7.05pm
Street Dance Session (to be confirmed)

THURSDAY – ICE DANCE (Compulsory Dances + Pose/Attitude & Spins)
Coaches will be teaching all the Compulsory Dances announced for the British Solo Ice Dance Competition and will also include Poses/Attitudes and Spins. Members do not necessarily need to be entering the British to participate in these sessions. Please do come along and join in if you wish to learn any of these dances taking into consideration of course the level of the dance.

5.00pm-5.30pm
(Rocker Foxtrot; Starlight Waltz, Tango, Fourteen Step, Foxtrot, European Waltz) - Novice & Below

5.30pm-6.00pm
(Westminster Waltz, Quickstep, Rhumba, Viennese Waltz, Cha Cha, Silver Samba) - Junior & Above

Finally, please remember to purchase your club group lesson tickets at reception, register your attendance on the sheet, write your name on the front of the ticket and pop it into the envelope provided prior to joining your group on the ice.

Deborah Stevens On behalf of BISC