Welcome!

Two Novice Champions!

Congrats to Karen Chen and Vincent Zhou who each earned the Novice Singles Championship at the US National Championship in San Jose. PSC is very proud to have you as members of our club!

Nationals!!

Best of luck to our PSC skaters who are competing this week at Nationals:
Junior Pairs: Cali Fujimoto
Junior Dance: Eliana Pogrebinksy, Damian Dodge,Lauri Bonacorsi, Quinn Carpenter
Junior Ladies: Gwendolyn Prescott,Polina Edmunds
Novice Pairs: Nancy Xu & Robert Przepioski
Novice Ladies: Karen Chen
Novice Men: Vincent Zhou
Get all the details on results at ice network.com.

Volunteer at Nationals

Additional volunteers are needed at Nationals to help run the “Volunteer Check-in” at the HP Pavilion. If you can help, please contact Lori Koerber. 4 Hour shifts are available everyday starting Monday, 1/23 - Sunday, 1/29. Lori Koerber has information regarding shift availability. Each person completing four volunteer shifts will receive a special souvenir jacket from HP.

Congratulations

A big thank you to Joyce Burden for 45 years of judging service, to Rosalie Hauer for 35 years, Pat Forbes for 30 years and to Rick Perez and Helen Wong for their 25 years. Our club and sport wouldn't be the same without you and all the time you have dedicated!

Klingbeil Skates Going Out of Business

Sorry to report that Klingbeil Skates is going out of business. Last day to order skates is January 20th. Please see the information at their website.

Sad News

Joan Lucas passed away in December. Joan was involved with skating for much of her life as a competitor and an official. She was a member of St. Moritz for more than 50 years and served on the Board, including as President of the club. Joan was a competition and test Judge for singles, pairs and dance as well as a National Referee. We are currently not aware of any living relatives that Joan might have had, but are looking into it with the help of some of her friends. If anyone has any information you can share, please contact the webmaster. Until some issues can be sorted through, we are not sure of any plans for a memorial service or gathering, but we will keep you informed if and when any new information is available.

Joan was very dedicated to the sport of figure skating and she will be missed by her skating family.

New Test Fees

Please note that new test fees are effective Jan 1, 2012. Revised applications are available on the Testing Info page.

Junior Nationals

Congratulations to all our skaters who participated at Junior Nationals, Dec 10th-14th in East Lansing, MI:
Intermediate Dance: Sarah Feng, 5th place; Caroline Patton, 10th place
Intermediate Ladies (Final Round): Sarah Feng, 8th place; Jessica Reili Santiago, 18th place
Intermediate Men (Qualifying Round A): Christopher Yamamoto, 11th place
Intermediate Pairs: Juliette Erickson & Connor Fleming, 10th place
Juvenile Dance: Alain Sandraz, 16th place
Juvenile Boys (Qualifying Round A): Alain Sandraz, 21st place

Get all the details on Jr National results at ice network

View all 2011 PSC skaters' competition results here.

Chen in the News

U.S. Figure Skating announced that Karen Chen has been awarded a grant from the Joyce Komperda Athlete Support Fund. The fund provides support to intermediate, novice and junior athletes who demonstrate financial need. Karen will receive a $5,000 grant to assist her with skating expenses for the 2012 calendar year. Congratulations Karen! In addition, Karen was recently featured in the newspaper..

Sectionals

PSC skaters competed at all three sectional competitions!

Pacific Coast Sectionals:
Senior Men
Robert Przepioski, 9th place

Junior Dance
Eliana Pogrebinksy, 1st place- on to Nationals!
Damian Dodge, 4th place- on to Nationals!

Junior Ladies
Gwendolyn Prescott, 2nd place- on to Nationals!
Polina Edmunds, 3rd place- on to Nationals!

Novice Pairs
Nancy Xu & Robert Przepioski, 4th place- on to Nationals!

Novice Ladies
Karen Chen, 1st place- on to Nationals!
Amy Lin, 7th place

Novice Men
Vincent Zhou, 1st place- on to Nationals!
Evan Bender, 5th place

Intermediate Dance
Sarah Feng, 1st place- on to Junior Nationals!

Intermediate Pairs
Juliette Erickson & Connor Fleming, 1st place- on to Junior Nationals!

Juvenile Dance
Alain Sandraz, 3rd place- on to Junior Nationals!

Midwest Sectionals:
Intermediate Dance
Caroline Patton, 1st place- on to Junior Nationals!

Eastern Sectionals:
Junior Dance
Lauri Bonacorsi, 1st place- on to Nationals!
Quinn Carpenter, 3rd place- on to Nationals!

Junior Pairs
Cali Fujimoto, 4th place- on to Nationals!

Get all the details on results at ice network.com.

Club Ice Cancellations

Due to rink needs in preparation for Nationals, club ice will not be held on December 22nd, & 29th.

Centrals!

Great job by all the PSC skaters who competed in the Central Pacific Regional Championships in Santa Rosa, October 21st - 24th.
Nine PSC skaters have qualified from Centrals to move on!

Pacific Coast Sectionals
Junior Ladies: Gwendolyn Prescott, Polina Edmunds
Novice Ladies: Karen Chen, Amy Lin
Novice Men: Vincent Zhou, Evan Bender

Junior National Championship
Intermediate Ladies: Sarah Feng, Jessica Reili Santiago
Intermediate Men: Christopher Yamamoto

Results for qualifying levels are available here and for non-qualifying levels here. See all the Competition Results for 2011 so far.

CCIA Website

Check out the new CCIA website.

PSC at JGP!

Congrats to Lauri Bonacorsi who represented the USA and earned the bronze medal in Junior Dance with her partner Travis Magers at the Junior Grand Prix in Milan. Great job!

College Bound Skaters

We wish our skaters all the best as they head off to school:
Susan Algarne- Californina State University, San Francisco, CA
Shalini Bhatnagar- University of California, Irvine,CA
Maddison Bullock- University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Cassandra Corbin- California State University, San Jose, CA
Jacquelyn Garces- Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Michelle Hong- University of California, Berkeley, CA
Christine Hotchkin- University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Aaron Jaffey- Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Jaclyn Johnson- University of Nevada, Reno, NV
Liz Martin- Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA
Elyse Matsumoto- Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Caitlin Miller- California State University, San Francisco, CA
Taylor Reynolds- California State University San Francisco, CA
Megan Richardson- University of San Diego, San Diego, CA
Erin Tomalonis- Dartmouth University, Dartmouth, NH
Jenessa Whipple- Drury University, Springfield, MO

US Nationals

To purchase single-session tickets before they go on sale to the public,
click here and enter password CHAMPS.
All-Event and Championship Finals Weekend packages are also available and offer a savings of up to 40% off of single-session tickets and access to the best seats. To order your ticket package today, please call Mike Nieves at 408-977-4723 or visit Ticketmaster.com.
For more information and a complete event schedule visit www.skatesanjose2012.com.

Skater in Need

Please see the
flyer with the details of a benefit skate show being held Sunday, October 16, 2011 at 4:00 pm at the Stockton Arena, 248 W. Fremont St.,Stockton, CA 95203. Megan Gleason, a local skater, is fighting cancer and the skating community is reaching out to help. The show will feature PSC skaters Karen Chen, Cali Fujimoto, Sara Marie Kish, & Sara Billman along with Nick Barsi-Rhyne, Katie Dano, Maddie Heritage & Nathaniel Fast. Donations will be collected at the door and are also being accepted by mail. Checks made out to:Megan's Fund, Wells Fargo Bank, routing # 121042882
Account number 7319452129.Please help!

Chen Wins Award!

Karen Chen won the Betty Sonnhalter Memorial Award at the Rim of the World Open! The award is given to the most outstanding overall performance by a Juvenile through Senior level skater.

Redwood City Ice Theatre Wins!

Congrats to the Redwood City Ice Theatre for their gold medal at the 2011 State Games of America!

Art Gershman

We are sorry to report that Art Gershman a thirty year judge and member of the Santa Rosa Figure Skating Club passed away on August 3rd.

Silicon Valley Open

Action pictures now available: Center Rink,
North Rink- Friday and North Rink- Saturday.
Thanks to all the skaters, coaches, officials and volunteers who made this competition a success! Results are being posted on the SVO Results page.

Judging News

Congrats to our member officials that
received new appointments: Elyse Matsumoto- Gold Dance Test Judge; Alex Furrer- Bronze Singles/Pairs Test Judge; Laura Elmufdi- Silver Singles/Pairs Test Judge.

Competition Results

Our skaters have been busy this year in many competitions- check out Competition Results.

Yahoo Group

We have created a club Yahoo Group we are asking all members to join. This new communication tool will help us share important information with all club members in a quick and easy format. This is especially important as we move closer to the 2012 US Figure Skating National Championships that will be held in San Jose. Our club has a big role in this, and we need to keep all members informed.We are asking ALL MEMBERS - both Parents and Skaters - to register as a member of our moderated Yahoo Group. If you do not already have one, please create a Yahoo account for yourself or your skater, and then register for our Yahoo Group ' Peninsulaskatingclub' at http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/Peninsulaskatingclub/.Once you are approved for membership, you can access our messages. This is an exciting new way for our club to get important information to you quickly.Please participate and help us improve our club communication!

Facebook

Become a fan of the PSC Facebook page and the Pacific Coast Section Facebook page.

Sign up for eScrip

Raise funds for the club while you shop! Please sign up for eScrip. See the eScrip page for more information.

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Last updated 24 January 2012 by webmaster