Ten members of the Wight Jewels team attended an ISU development camp for synchronized skating held in Budapest, Hungary, from 12 to 18 July. The girls were honoured to be asked by the National Ice Skating Association (NISA) to attend the camp as the highest ranked junior team in Britain. The girls were put through [...]
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Jewels feel benefits of international training camp
Posted in Ice Skating News, Synchronized Skating on August 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Island pair help GB team retain French trophy
Posted in Ice Skating News on July 1, 2010 |
The GB adult ice skating team recently retained the Mountain Cup trophy, held in Villard de Lans near Grenoble, beating their French hosts into second place for the second year in succession. The ever improving Australian team completed the podium line up in 15 nation competition. Island couple Steve and Carol Taverner, skating in the [...]
IW skaters in the news: Georgia Whelan
Posted in Ice Skating News on August 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
IW skater Georgia Whelan, who skates with Holiday on Ice, is featured in a news item on the NISA website about calls for an ice rink in Southampton. Georgia trained to become a coach, being mentored by Island head coach Terri Smith. The story originally appeared on the Daily Echo website and is repeated in [...]