Competitive Fun at Bracknell Adult Opens
A total of 12 adult skaters competed for Bracknell in this years Bracknell Adult Open. The competition was organised
by Sue Truby with her usual efficiency and apart from a few minor problems with competitor’s music due to a ‘missing’
cassette player and some technical problems with the recordings, it ran very smoothly and many skaters commented
once again on the friendly and supportive atmosphere. For many adults, it is not just a competition but a chance to
meet up again with friends from rinks around the country. Thanks go to the many volunteer helpers on the day without
whose support, the competition could not run.
5 skaters competed in the singles free
skating with Fiona Brown winning
bronze in
the beginners
masters
trophy
and Gail
Tudor and
Lesley
Brenikov
placing 4th
and 5th respectively
in the level
1 masters
competition, whilst Nicki Torrington
won silver at level 2 masters and
Rachel Jarvis won the first of several
medals coming 3rd at level 3-5 masters
Lorraine and John Bailey competed
their pairs
programme
for the first
time in the 2
person
artistic, as
did a
number of
other ‘pairs’,
since the
new NISA
pairs rules
do not allow
them to
compete in
pairs at their free skating standard.
They came 5th, skating to Phantom of
the Opera and were relieved when it
was over but enjoyed the experience
and had fun which was their objective.
The ‘Bracknell Team’ led by Lesley
Brenikov won gold in the small group
artistic for 3-7 skaters. Although there
were only two entries this year, the
standard was very high with the other
team from Gosport having won the
event almost every year to date but
the originality of the Bracknell entry to
‘Swinging on a Star’, won out by the
narrowest of margins, much to the
delight of the team, comprising of Val
Toeman, Nicki Torrington, Sue
Truby, Gail Tudor, Pat Watson,
Lesley and her daughter, Rebecca
Brenikov, who stepped in at the last
moment to replace Judy Jurasek who
unfortunately had to withdraw for
family reasons.
Gail then came 4th of 5 in the level 1
Improvisation competition where the
skaters hear the music for just 15 minutes
and then have to make up a programme
to perform, with restricted
elements. Rachel placed 4th of 7 in the
level 2 and over improvisation against
some skaters still in their teens.
Rachel was the only Bracknell skater
to compete in both free and dance and
had a very successful dance day. She
competed in 3 competitions and won 3
medals, Gold in the level 3 and under
variation,
silver in
the
under
level 5
compulsories
and
bronze
in the
under
level 5
free dance. Viv Coene also competed
in 3 classes and won bronze in the
level 3 variation and was 7th of 14 in
the under level 5 CD and 10th of 14 in
the under level 7 FD. Rachel also
entered the drawn partners fun
competition but having almost never
skated with a partner before, she was
sadly, knocked out in the first round.
Results
Free
Beginners masters Fiona Brown 3rd
of 5, Level 1 masters Gail Tudor 4th,
Lesley Brenikov 5th of 7
Level 2 masters Nicki Torrington 2nd
of 2, Level 3-5 masters Rachel Jarvis
3rd of 5, 2 person artistic John and
Lorraine Bailey 5th of 5
Group artistic: Bracknell team 1st of
2, Level 1 improv Gail Tudor 4th of 5,
Level 2 and over improv Rachel
Jarvis 4th of 7
Dance
Under level 5 CD: Rachel Jarvis 2nd,
Viv Coene 7th of 14
Under level 7 CD Viv Coene 10th of
14,
Under level 5 FD: Rachel Jarvis 3rd of
7
Under level 3 variation: Rachel Jarvis
1st, Viv Coene 3rd of 4
Test Successes
Congratulations to the following
club members who passed
tests at Backnell on 25th May:
Novice Field Moves
Chloe Randall Hinton
Stephanie Kudzin
Joseph Powell
Bronze Field Moves
Hannah Connor
Level 1 Elements and Free
Anastasia Palikeras
Joseph Powell
Katie Powell
Level 1 Free
Hayley Salmon
Level 2 Elements and Free
Melissa Dron
Level 3 Elements and Free
Christopher Hockaday
Rebecca Brenikov
Level 3 Free
Delaney Allan
Level 4 Elements
Christopher Hockaday
Level 6 Free
Bethany Jarvis
AROUND THE OPENS
MILTON KEYNES 5th June
Congratulations to Laura
Ingramon
winning gold
at level 1
and Holly
Jordan for
winning gold
in level 2/3
Artistic class
Results:
Free Level 1
girls 10 &
under:
Hayley
Salmon 9th
of 18, Carly
Knowles
12th of 18, Level 1 girls over
11: Laura Ingram 1st of 8,
Level 2 girls over 11: Rachel
Potts 6th of 16, Level 3 Boys:
Jordan Brown 4th of 6, Level 3
girls over 11: Amy Barnes 9th,
Holly Jordan 10th and Robyn
Vaughan 13th of 14, Artistic
level 2/3: Holly Jordan 1st,
Amy Barnes 13th of 13.
BASINGSTOKE 26th -28th Jun
Congratulations to Carly
Knowles for coming a much
deserved
1st of 6
In the
Level 1
Free 9 &
under.
Results
Level 1
boys:
Harvey
Clarke
5th of 5,
Level 2
girls 12
& under:
Rachel
Potts
6th,
Melissa Dron 8th of 9, Level 2
girls 13 & over: Amber Jayne
Holmes 4th of 6. Level 3 girls:
Newcomer Delaney Allan (13)
was the best of the ‘ Bracknell
Girls’, finishing 2nd, with Amy
Barnes, 4th and Robyn
Vaughan, 6th of 12. Olivia
Clarke withdrew due to injury.
Level 3 boys: Jordan Brown
2nd of 5, Level 6 girls: Bethany
Jarvis - Having recently
taken part of her level 6 test,
this was Bethany’s first
competition at this level.
Basingstoke was the end of a
few difficult weeks as she was
recovering from an ankle injury
which meant she could not
jump, so was unable to
practice the routine fully until
the competition. She did
extremely well in her group
coming 8th out of 15.
GUILDFORD Dance 5TH JULY
Both Kristiana Hadley and
Laura Kerr did very well in
Guildford’s non-championship
classes placing 1st and 2nd.
Congratulations to both girls.
Kristiana was skating in her
last competition before moving
to Spain. In the Novice class,
Sadie Robbins came 2nd
out of 8 and Hayley Salmon,
coming back from an ankle
injury was 3rd. In the Primary
Class, Paul Dredge was 4th of
5 and Laura Kerr 5th. In the
Junior Class, Charlotte
Hester won bronze, wowing
the audience in her stunning
new dress, with Fiona Piggott,
4th and Laura Hartley, 9th of
12. Rachel Kellas competed
in the Intermediate class in a
new dress her mum had
worked hard to complete in
time and she was able to show
it off when she came 3rd - her
first time on the podium.
Free Skating 3rd & 4th July
Congratulations once more
to Holly Jordan, performing to
Michael Jacksons ‘Thriller’, on
winning another artistic gold,
(the judges must like being
scared!) and to Olivia Clarke
winning silver with her fun rock
and roll train routine. It was
silver for virtual newcomer
Jack Finerty with Jordan
Brown in Bronze. Well done to
Lucy Anderson, Melissa
Dron and Alex Smith who all
won bronze medals at their levels.
Newcomer
Delaney Allan
finished 4th of
18 in the Level
3 girls
competition.
She also
competed at
Basingstoke
last week.
These were her
first
competitions
since she moved to England
last July from Baltimore, Maryland.
The Opens were also
the first time she had witnessed
gifts thrown on the ice after
the
skater
had
finished
and
award
ceremonies
held on
the
ice
rather
than in a
rink
lobby.
Delaney
has been skating for the
Baltimore Figure Skating Club
for the past seven years.
Results: Beginner girls 11 &
Over: Lucy Anderson 3rd of 7
Level 1 girls 10 & under: Carly
Knowles 5th, Rhiannon Bailey
10th of 16. Level 1 girls 11 &
over: Laura Ingram 4th, Ellie
Hetebrij 9th, Sophie Torrington
12th of 13. Level 1 boys: Alex
Smith 3rd, Harvey Clarke 8th of
8 Level 2 girls 12 & under:
Melissa Dron 3rd of 3, Rachel
Potts withdrew due to injury.
Level 3 girls: Delaney Allan 4th,
Olivia Clarke 6th, Robyn
Vaughan, who is gaining
confidence with every
competition, came a good 7th.
One mark separated the next 3
skaters, Holly Jordan coming
10th and then Amy Barnes
13th of 18. Level 1 & under
artistic: Sophie Torrington 6th
of 10, Level 2/3 Artistic: Holly
Jordan 1st, Olivia Clarke 2nd
of 9 .
NOTTINGHAM 28th May
Tamsyn Pack qualified for the
solo dance championships in
what was her only qualifying
competition due to injury and
illness. She made sure of her
place by coming 2nd in the
Intermediate class. Rachel
Kellas also qualified at
Nottingham coming 6th in the
same class. Congratulations to
them
both and
also to
Sadie
Robbins
and
Hayley
Salmon
who won
gold and
silver in
the
Novice
Free
Dance class out of 5.
Other Results
Junior Free Dance: Charlotte
Hester
4th,
Laura
Hartley
6th out
of 6.
Fiona
Piggott
withdrew
after
warming
up as
she was unfortunately not well
enough to skate.
ICE SKATING DIARY DATES 2006/07
JULY
8-9 Hull Open
11 Club dance competition
22 - 23 Solo dance Championships, Ice Sheffield
22 - 23 World Ice challenge Belgium
26-28 Free and dance training camp at Bracknell
AUGUST
26 - 27 Ayr Open
29 - 3 Sept NJS Open at Ice Sheffield
SEPTEMBER
3 Bristol Open
5 Club Fun Night competition
12 - 16 ISU Junior International figure/dance/pairs skating competition, Basingstoke
18 Chelmsford Open
22 BISC Gala
25 Swindon Open
30 - 01 Adult Championships, Lee Valley
30 - 01 Dundee Open
OCTOBER
2 - 3 Streatham Open
8 Valley Adult Open
9 - 11 Alexandra Palace Open
14 - 20 RJS/NJS Scottish Championships, Dumfries
NOVEMBER
11 BISC Barn Dance with Kick Shins, 7.30 pm
13–14 Coventry Open
20–24 RJS/NJS Welsh Championships, Deeside
DECEMBER
13-17 Bracknell Pantomime – Sleeping Beauty
JANUARY 2007
9 - 13 British Ice Figure and Dance Championships, Nottingham
22-28 European Figure Skating Championships, Warsaw, Poland
Other stuff...
Membership Reminder
Club memberships are due for
renewal on August 1st.
Please obtain a membership
renewal
form from the club table,
from rink reception,
or download from the club’s
website: www.bracknell
-ice-skating-club.co.uk
You must be a member of the club
to use club ice, participate in
club competitions and to skate in
the Annual Pantomime
which this year will be
‘Sleeping Beauty’
For more details on how you can be
involved in the pantomime
both as skaters and as parent helpers,
see next issue of BISC news .
Don’t forget the Skate Camp
Here at Bracknell
Wed. 26th - Fri 28th
Cost: £45
Dance and Free Gold passport and above
BISC NEWS TEAM APPOINTED
As announced in the last issue of
BISC news Scott Waller who has
edited the newsletter for nearly
eight years has stood down to
have more time, together with her
new business partner Laurenne
Dorgan, to devote to launching a
new national magazine later this
summer called iSKATE.
The club and its members
would like to take this opportunity
to thank Scott most sincerely
for all her hard work on
behalf of the club and wish her
and Laurenne every success
with their exciting new project.
Three club members; Gail
Tudor, Jane Jordan and
Lesley Brenikov working as a
news team, have volunteered to
take on some of Scott’s previous
responsibilities which will include
compiling, editing and printing the
newsletter, writing weekly press
releases for the local newspapers,
drawing up flyers and posters
and acting as club PRO in
dealing with the press and other
enquiries.
The news team would be very
pleased to receive any information
or photographs to be considered
for inclusion in the BISC
news whether it be about competitions,
skate camps, ice shows,
or skate merchandise etc.
STOP PRESS
We are proposing a few changes
to the distribution of the newsletter
including sending it by email
possibly as a pdf (portable document
format) file which will help
reduce the numbers of newsletters
we need to print and will
hopefully make the newsletter
more easily and quickly available
to our members.
The BISC newsletter is
about YOU and we need
your help to ensure that our
magazine is able to celebrate
your success, detail
accurate information and is
of interest to all our
members.
To have YOUR say please
contact us either personally
at the rink,
by leaving a note in the
publicity section of the club
folder kept at reception or
by sending an enquiry from
the club’s website.
www.bracknell-iceskating-club.co.uk
Good Luck!
to all the skaters competing for Bracknell at the
Solo Dance Championships at Ice Sheffield on July 22nd - 23rd
Olivia Clarke, Sadie Robbins and Hayley Salmon
(novice), Paul Dredge (primary), Laura Hartley,
Charlotte Hester and Fiona Piggott (junior), Tamsyn Pack,
and Rachel Kellas (intermediate)
And to club members Carly Emery and Jack Finerty, skating
for Slough .
BISC sends congratulations to coach
Emma Riazancew on the birth of baby ‘Ella Jayne’ on
July 7th. Ella Jayne weighed 8lbs and
mum and baby are doing well.
