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Telford opens results

Posted in Ice Skating News & Events on March 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Archie Bicknell skated to standard to take 1st place in the level 8 men’s competition at Telford this week, securing the IW’s only medal at the event. Keelin Scholes did particularly well to attain 4th place in the 22-strong group of beginners aged 13 and over. Roxy Collins was 6th in the event for level [...]

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IW skaters head for Telford

Posted in Ice Skating News & Events on March 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

A number of IW skaters are travelling to Telford today and tomorrow to compete in Telford Ice Skating Club’s open competitions (23 and 24 March). In the beginners girls events, Ella Newnham competes in the ages 11 and 12 category; Keelin Scholes and Hannah Brookes compete in the category for skaters aged 13 and over. [...]

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JWCC 2011 diary day 3: flash mob video competition

Posted in Synchronized Skating on March 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Achieving their best position in the junior worlds wasn’t the Jewels’ only achievement in Neuchatel: the team won the competition to produce the best flash mob video. Competition organisers had given the teams the challenge of producing the best flash mob video to set choreography to Rihanna’s S&M. The song quickly became the theme music [...]

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JWCC 2011 diary day 3: long programme results

Posted in Synchronized Skating on March 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Wight Jewels skated a clean long programme for a score of 50.37 and a total overall score of 75.64 – enough to advance them two places and overtake Australia’s Iceskateers Elite and Croatia’s Zagreb Snowflakes. The team finished 17th – its best result at the junior worlds. Finnish team Fintastic pulled ahead of compatriots Musketeers [...]

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JWCC 2011 diary day 3: draw

Posted in Synchronized Skating on March 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Wight Jewels are currently warming up ready for the official practice for the long programme. In the draw for skate order last night they drew third. Iceskateers of Australia will skate first this evening.

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JWCC 2011: short programme scores

Posted in Synchronized Skating on March 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Wight Jewels scored 25.27 in the short programme, which will put them in 19th place at the conclusion of this part of the competition. The top teams have yet to skate. The team is very close in points to Iceskateers of Australia on 26.17 and Zagreb Snowflakes of Croatia on 27.66 and there is potential [...]

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JWCC 2011: short programme video streaming

Posted in Synchronized Skating on March 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Video streaming of the JWCC 2011 short programme begins at 6pm CET (5pm GMT) at: http://www.gdvision.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23&Itemid=62 The Wight Jewels are due to take to the ice at 6.52pm CET (5.52 GMT). Please tune in early to make sure of watching them.

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JWCC 2011 diary day 2: new skate order

Posted in Synchronized Skating on March 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Team captains and managers have reassembled for the re-draw for skate order for tonight’s short programme. Wight Jewels have drawn sixth, which is an improvement because the ice will be cleaner as only one team will have skated after the first resurface. The teams return at about 5.15pm for the opening ceremony. The Jewels and [...]

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JWCC 2011 diary day 2: official practice

Posted in Synchronized Skating on March 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Wight Jewels have just completed their off-ice warm-up and will shortly take to the ice for their 12-minute official practice for the short programme in front of the technical specialists.

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