iowskaters.com

The final of Planet Ice’s Artistic Figure Skating Competition at Coventry Skydome Arena on 15 July saw skaters from the IW and Gosport join forces to take on skaters from other Planet Ice rinks.

The combined IW and Gosport team proved a force to be reckoned with, dominating the competition by medalling in all but two of the events and taking the overall title.  As well as giving skaters a chance to show off their artistic routines the competition also allowed parents to show off their prop-making skills (Howard Smith!).

Results of individual IW and Gosport skaters were as follows:

Skate Excellence levels 5-8: Silver, Mollie Britten (Gosport).

Bronze, Silver and Gold passport: Silver, Anneliese Smith (IW). This was a fantastic skate from Anneliese as Moana with her amazing boat. Anneliese had 14 skaters in her section and the girl who went on two before her, had the same music, but Anneliese dazzled the judges with her routine and smile.

NISA levels 1-4: Bronze, Sophia Elliott (IW). A really tough section for Sophia, who skated her heart out to the Wizard of Oz. She had problems with her costume switch halfway but kept her cool and the judges didn’t even notice. Well done Sophia.

NISA Levels 5-8: 4th, Amy World (IW). Amy performed a wonderful skate to Bake a Cake . She was suffering with injuries but persevered through the pain as she didn’t want to let her team down.

Solo Adults: Silver, Melody Sharifi (IW). A fun, high energy skate from Melody that got everyone clapping along to her Willy Wonka routine.

Artistic Groups: Bronze, Eloise Hayward and Arwen Rowdon. The group section was 2 to 16+, so our duo of pirates Eloise and Arwen did a fantastic job to secure a bronze. Well done girls.

Artistic Groups Adults: Silver, Melody Sharifi and Kerry Baynes (IW). Melody and Kerry’s Blades of Glory was amazing – highly entertaining and superbly skated.

Inter-rink Show and Skate: Silver, Gosport. A great skate from the Gosport skaters. For most of them it was their first competition away, the costumes were brilliant and so was their performance.

It was a really fun competition and great to watch. The standard was very high so the IW and Gosport team did everybody proud by winning the gold medal position overall.

The IW and Gosport team

Read Full Post »

Our skaters at the 2017 Gosport v Isle of Wight competition

Our skaters have again brought medals back to the Island – this time from the annual inter-club competition between Gosport and the IW. Gosport is where our skaters train since Ryde Arena closed last October and they have become good friends with members if Gosport Club, although now was the time for them to become rivals once again.

First to compete were the synchro teams in the Sue Buckingham Cup. Representing the Island were our three youngest teams, Wight Sequins, Wight Crystals and Wight Sparkles. But it was the Sparkles that shone by taking bronze: Gosport’s teams took the top two medals. The medalling Sparkles team members were: Jess Curtis, Sophia Elliott, Maisy Foreman, Jess Gruber, Eloise Hayward, Courtney Lane, Lily McDevitt, Savannah Randall, Arwen Rowdon, Anneliese Smith, Lydia Soar, Anna Temporin, Ellie Watts, Josie Watts, Jasmine Young and Louisa Young.

Next on the ice were the individual level one and under skaters. Eloise Hayward won gold for the IW with her Maleficent artistic programme. Next were the level two to five skaters, and again the IW took gold with Jess Curtis and her Beauty and the Beast programme; Sophia Elliott won bronze skating to the Wizard of Oz.

Level 6 and above saw another IW gold with Amy World cooking up a storm with Bake A Cake, closely followed by Roxie Collins dancing off with silver to A New-fangled Tango.

Next it was the turn of the IW’s  adults to take to the ice and they showed the young skaters how to keep the medals coming with Melody Samiee getting the gold ticket with her Charlie And The Chocolate Factory programme.

Both young and older groups of two to four skaters took their turn next . In the level one and unders, gold was rightly won by the IW’s excellent interpretation of the cult ice skating film Blades of Glory, closely followed by our Pirates stealing the silver treasure. Level 2 and over saw the IW win another medal with the high-flying Magnificent 4 swooping in to take silver.

With the IW’s amazing run of podium places, it was a fabulous end to the day with the IW club winning the trophy overall.

As always, IW coach Terri Smith was rinkside supporting all the skaters and seeing all their hard work and training pay off. She said: “Passion and dedication won the trophy. Island skaters and parents have just knuckled down and continued their training at unsociable hours and extra costs to allow their children’s dreams to continue and reach their potential. It was lovely to see our adults competing too.

“This competition was a fun, artistic-style competition showing not just skating skills but also skaters’ ability to perform on the ice. Many skaters had to compete in higher classes just to field a team, again showing their amazing team spirit and sportsmanship.

“Everyone who skated for the IW made winning that trophy possible. Other skaters winning important points were Anneliese Smith, Maisy Foreman, Izzy Curtis, Keelin Scholes, Courtney Lane, Alison Wright and Steve Wood – a massive well done. After nine months without a rink you all truly surprise me with your drive and passion for our sport.

“Also a thank you to Gosport Skating Club for hosting the event and accommodating our skaters in events we could enter. Also, a big thank you to Wightlink for their continued support to our teams. They help to make it all possible!”

Read Full Post »

The running order for annual competition between the Isle of Wight and Gosport on Saturday 24 June at Planet Ice Gosport is as follows:

Synchro teams for the Sue Buckingham Cup
1. Wight Crystals
2. Gosport Shooting Stars
3. Wight Sequins
4. Gosport All Stars
5. White Sparkles

Ice Cut

Class One: Level 1 and under
1. Olivia Farr
2. Ruby Matthews
3. Eloise Whitelock
4. Maisy Foreman
5. Eloise Hayward
6. Anneliese Smith

Class Two: Level 2 to level 5
1. Sam Ellyatt
2. Jessica Curtis
3. Sophia Elliot
4. Georgina Evans
5. Izzy Curtis
6. Charleigh-May

Class Three: Level 6 and above
1. Amy World
2. Tivoli Thompson
3. Robbie World
4. Keelin Scholes
5. Roxy Collins
6. Grace Fitzpatrick

Class Four: Adults – over 21
1. Melody Samiee
2. Steve Wood
3. Libby Watts
4. Alison Wright
5. Gemma-Dee Walton

Class Five: 2s, 3s and 4s level 1 and under
1. Clowns
2. Blade of Glory
3. Sassy Servants
4. Pirates
5. OMG

Class Six: 2s, 3s and 4s level 2 and over
1. Alice In Wonderland
2. High School Musical
3. Cruzin
4. Two Looneys
5. Magnificent 4

Class Seven: Group number (5+ skaters)
1. IoW 1
2. Elftastic
3. Peter Pan

Please be ready to skate at 4:45pm.

Information provided by the IWID&FSC.

Read Full Post »