July, 2012 Newsletter - Year Figure Skating Club

July, 2012
www.AllYearFSC.com
2012 Golden West Championships - NEW location!
Ontario Center Ice: 201 S. Plum, Ontario, CA
ENTRY DEADLINE: August 8, 2012
Ontario Center Ice Arena in Ontario, CA.
August 30 - September 2, 2012
Find the announcement and all
information links at: www.AllYearFSC.com.
ANNUAL MEETING
Thank you to everyone who attended our Annual Meeting. Sharon Pierce did a wonderful job
chairing the event. Thank you Sharon! Our Annual Meeting is an important Club event where
our membership is informed of the Board of Directors’ actions throughout the year. It is a time to
connect with fellow competitors and officials and enjoy a delicious meal together!
This year the Annual Meeting was held at El Torito in Ontario. Gold Medalists in Singles and
Pairs Freeskating and Gold Dances received their medals, and Club Competition award winners
received their awards and gifts to honor participation at Nationals, Junior Nationals and Adult
Nationals. It is important for our club community and for each member to be informed on what
the club is doing, how to get questions answered and how to get involved! Look for news of our
2013 Annual Meeting in early 2013.
We look forward to seeing you there!
THANK YOU to all the helping hands at our Club Competition!
Rainer Kokotakis and Zuzka Polishook: Event Co-Chairs
** Thanks from Helene Krasner to Donna Schuele and Margaret Smit for their Registration Desk help
** A big thank you to everyone who donated time, energy and/or food
** Special thanks to the music staff as well!
Volunteers
Starr Andrews
Toshawa Andrews
Erin Dillon
Melinda Everett
Gia Kokotakis
Robert Levin
Caroline Levin
Charlie Martin
Kimily Martorella
Emily Martorella
Jimmy Matheus
Myra Merricks
Kitty Nakahara
Akari Nakahara
Naomi Nari Nam-Poor
Caitlin Nguyen
Elizabeth Nguyen
Junko Okamoto
Ami Okamoto
Mindy Paige
Tina Pham
Sharon Pierce
Tyler Pierce
Maggie Ratanapratum
Donna Schuele
Ai Setoyama
Mai Setoyama
Taylor Sirset
Teri Sirset
Margaret Smit
Izzy Smit
Kelly Valadez
Hospitality Donations
Amy Alcaraz
Chrissy Blumenthal
Bonnie Crowe
Sunhi Garber
Hao Giang
Crystalrose Guerra
Maria Harrison
Shannon Lloyd
David Mendelson
Kitty Nakahara
Maggie Ratanapratum
Donna Schuele
Margaret Smit
Noelle Stroyke
Samantha Yeung
Music and Announcing
Dan Heslin
Center Ice Staff:
- Daniel Salazar
- Emily Solorzano
- Justin Miller
Congratulations Graduates!
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING
ALL YEAR FSC MEMBERS who GRADUATED this year!
High School Graduates
Kelsey Chan
Upland High School, Top 1%, California Scholarship Federation (100%
member), National Honor Society, Yearbook Editor, Key Club, All Year
FSC Junior Board Historian and President, Principal’s Honor Roll,
Highlander Education Foundation (HEF) Award, AP Scholar with
Distinction, President’s Academic Excellence Scholar’s Award
Kelsey will be attending the University of California at Berkeley as an
Economics / Business Major in the fall of 2012!
College Graduates
Nicole Donaldson
Culver City High School with Highest Honors, California Scholarship
Federation member for four years
Jeffrey Charbonneau
California State University Fullerton, B.A. in
Communications
Alyssa Ivins
Valley Christian High School, Valedictorian Status, National Honor
Society
Alyssa Lundy
Pike’s peak College, School of Nursing, A.S. in Nursing,
Registered Nurse
Jackie LaBarge
Whittier Christian High School with Highest Honors
Tanya Shayby
University of California at Berkeley with a major in
Psychology and a minor in Human Rights.
Tanya will be attending Harvard Law School in the Fall of
2012!
Kristina Thai
University of California San Diego, Jacobs School of
Engineering, B.S. in Computer Science, Yahoo! Excellence
Award – Leadership
Karen Zhou
University of California Irvine, Paul Merage School of
Business, B.A. in Business Administration with a
Specialization in Accounting, Cum Laude, Beta Gamma
Sigma, Chancellor’s Award of Distinction
Rachel Mendelson
California Virtual Academies K12
Heading to Santa Monica College in the Fall
Julianne Ruck
Fountain Valley High School, Magna Cum Laude, Scholar with
Distinction
Jay Yostanto
Esperanza High School, Distinguished Academic Aztec Award, Collegiate
Scholar Program, Achievement of Science Award, Platinum Level of
Achievement (From US Figure Skating)
Jay will be attending the University of California at Berkeley with a major
in Chemical Engineering in the Fall of 2012!
Do you have a U.S. Figure Skating
Members Only account?
by Rainer Kokotakis, AY Test Chair
Do you know what tests you have taken? Did you know
that they are available online on the U.S. Figure Skating
website? You can access all sorts of information online at
the USFS website. The website is located at
www.usfigureskating.org
Go to the “Members Only” link in the upper right hand corner
of the home page and enter your membership
number. You’ll be given a password to sign in
and can then fill out or update your member
profile, see tests you have taken, the date
taken, host club of the test session and the
results. You can also see your event history
and results (qualifying events only), register
for qualifying events, access the official U.S.
Figure Skating Directory, keep up with Governing Council
actions, access the online store and much, much more. Please
take advantage of this site!
Congratulations
Graduates!
Karen Zhou
Alyssa Ivins
Julianne Ruck
Jackie Labarge
Jay Yostanto
Kelsey Chan
Rachel Mendelson
Helping Hands
On the front lines
• Registration
• Hospitality
• Monitors and Marshalls
• Music and Announcing Better behind the scenes?
• Organization & operations
• Set up/tear down
• Mailing (membership & event information, etc.)
Does AYFSC have all of your
updated contact information?
If you have had a change of
address, phone or email,
please notify Helene Krasner
ASAP by email at
[email protected]
Volunteers!
All Hands on Deck!
It takes a village…Did you know that we have dedicated volunteers who spend over 40 hours a week during and leading up to our competitions? Did you know that monitors get the best seats in the house? Music technicians and announcers know who is skating and when, registration volunteers get to see everyone who walks in and out and really get to sense the heartbeat of the event. If you love to hostess and organize, hospitality is for you! Digging in Deep! Is judging for you? We have ofCicials who would love to mentor you! Please check the guidelines at www.USFigureSkating.org. Please take a moment to think about your gifts and areas of expertise, and how can you help your club by doing something you enjoy. Additional information is in the Judges section. For more information be sure to let us know your intent. Contact: Rainer Kokotakis
([email protected] )
Janis Engel ([email protected])
They attend to details such as:
• scheduling
• practice ice
• ofCicials’ and coaches’ hospitality
. . . and more
Platinum Sponsors ($500 or more)
- Lorin O’Neil
Gold Sponsors ($250 to $499)
Silver Sponsors ($51 to $249)
- Calli Blumenthal
- Jonathan Cassar
Contacts:
Doug Williams ([email protected]) Stefanie Mathewson ([email protected]) Thank you to everyone who made contributions to this newsletter. Special thanks also to Lexi Rohner and Janis Engel for their assistance. If you have anything to contribute, please email Stefanie Mathewson at:
[email protected] Just a few extra hands for a few hours helps A LOT! Especially in the climate in which our events take place. DONATIONS
Thank you to our generous donors.
Your donations assist our club
members at all levels!
• Click on the About Us link
• click on the Forms button on the left menu
• scroll down to the Trial Judge area
- Victoria Giang
- Chloe Lewis
- Emily Martorella
- Savannah Stroyke
-­‐ Samantha Udell
Bronze Sponsors (Up to $50)
- Rebecca Beerstein
- Lili Burrows
- Suzanne Crandell
- Debra Curtis
- Erin Dillon
- Sharon Herbert
- Jessica Lee
- Victoria Martin
- Stefanie Mathewson
- Angela Miske
- Naomi Nam
- Mira Polishook
- Willmarie Sale
- Lily Samuels-Shragg
- Barry Slawter
- Jared Weiss
- Scott Williams
News . . .
Congratulations to Jay Yostanto for being an
Athlete Advisory Committee 3A
(Athlete Alumni Ambassador) winner for men’s
singles! 3A is a scholarship program, identifying
skaters achieving a level of excellence by balancing
success both in their sport and volunteering/
contributing within their community.
** Congratulations to Liz Chase on her gold medal
Germany) in Gold Ladies II Free Skating!
Going Synchro!
Congratulations to the California Gold Senior
and Novice teams for competing at the
2012 US Synchronized Skating
Championships!
www.californiagoldteams.com
Facebook: California Gold
at the 2012 ISU Adult Figure Skating Competition (Obertsdorf,
** Congratulations to Angela Nikodinov and her husband Ivan who welcomed
a healthy baby girl on May 11, 2012.
** Joanne Funakoshi Award – Crystalrose Guerra co-winner of the 2012 Joanne Funakoshi Award at Showcase!
** Great to see the Princesses perform an exhibition at Club Competition.
All Year Officials on
s
International Committee Chair
– Doug Williams
- Amber Corwin
Coaches Committee Chair
– Alex Chang
Membership Committee
– Lexi Rohner, Pacific Coast Vice Chair
Officials in the News . . .
AYFSC OFFICIALS NAMED FOR FUTURE EVENTS
2013 US Figure Skating Championships
Dance Referee – Janis Engel
Technical Controller – Charlie Cyr
Judge – Doug Williams
2013 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships
Chief Referee – Doug Williams
Competitions Committee
– Lexi Rohner, National Vice Chair/Adult Competitions
Dance Development Subcommittee of Athlete Development Committee
- Janis Engel, Chair
Selections Committee, Vice Chair of Team Leaders
- Charlie Cyr
Parents & Test Committees
– Rainer Kokotakis
Referees Education Subcommittee
– Stefanie Mathewson
Events Advisory Board
– Larry Kriwanek
Regional Vice Chair Singles & Pairs, Judges Committee
- Kathleen McBride
Nominating Committee, Sanctions & Eligibility Committee, Athletes
Advisory Committee
- Amber Corwin
RECENT OFFICIALS’ APPOINTMENTS
Steven Hsu
-­‐ National Pairs Technical Specialist
-­‐ & Regional Singles Technical Controller
Amy Evidente
– Sectional Singles Technical Specialist
Stefanie Mathewson
– Sectional Pairs Technical Controller
Mariam Mohajer-Rahbari
– Non-Qual Singles Technical Controller
** Coaches, make sure you send in your membership! Remember to do your U.S. Figure Skating
coaches compliance requirements. Check our website for the link! **
Calendar Dates
** 2012 Golden West Championships ** NEW location!
August 30th – September 2, 2012
Ontario Center Ice - 201 S. Plum, Ontario, CA
Test session at Ontario Center Ice – Contact Rainer Kokotakis
- August 19, 2012 9:30 – 11:30 AM
Glacial Gardens / Lakewood – Contact Bettina Mortarotti-Koncius
- August 9, 2012 8:50 – 10:50 AM
Qualifying Competition
Competitors Critique
(Juvenile through Senior)
- Saturday, September 29th from 5pm–8pm
- Ontario Center Ice Arena
(201 So. Plum Ave, Ontario, CA)
- RSVP by Sunday, September 23rd
- Contact Helene at [email protected]
or 424-247-9217
** Please tell us if you will be skating your
Short or Long Program **
Save the Date!
2013 Jacket and Pizza Party
October 6th - Center Ice Arena
10:30am -12:30pm
** AY qualifying competitors
skate the public session
afterwards for free! **
All Year
Competition Team
Photo will be taken
(Juvenile through
Senior qualifying
competitors)
2013 Competition Team Jackets
(Juvenile through Senior)
Please contact Helene Krasner when registering for the
U.S. Figure Skating qualifying competition season so we
can invite you to the critique, the jacket party and
order your Competitors’ Jacket.
** No orders will be accepted after September 6, 2012 **
To order your Competition Team jacket, you must contact
Helene Krasner by September 6th via email
[email protected] or at 424-247-9217.
July 22-24,2012
Cactus Classic
Scottsdale, AZ
July 28-29,2012
Silver State Open
Las Vegas, NV
August 3-5, 2012
Glacier Falls Open
Anaheim, CA
August 9- 11, 2012
National Showcase
Escondido, CA
August 11-12-2012
Arizona Ice Classic
Peoria, AZ
August 18-19,2012
Orange County Open
Yorba Linda, CA
August 25-26, 2012
Ice in the pines
Flagstaff, AZ
August 30-Sept 2, 1012
Golden West Championships
Ontario, CA
September 8-9, 2012
Rim of the World Open
Anaheim, CA
September 15-16, 2012
Pasadena Open
Pasadena, CA
September 22-23, 2012
So Cal Inter-Club Invitational Series Final
Paramount, CA
September 29-30, 2012
West Coast Open
Valencia, CA
October 14-18, 2012
2013 Southwest Pacific Regionals
Peoria, AZ
October 28,2012
Arrowhead Open
Ontario, CA
November 3-4, 2012
Autumn Antics
Peoria, AZ
November 9-11, 2012
2013 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships
Provo, Utah
More News . . .
2012-2013 Junior Board
Officers
Board News
Thank you for voting for your Board of Directors!
We would like to thank Deb Curtis and Ann Santillan for their
dedicated efforts to help the club and we look forward
to seeing them around the rink!
Welcome to new Board of Directors members:
Rainer Kokotakis, David Mendelson and Zuzka Polishook
Continuing Board members:
Helene Krasner, Beverly Price, Liz Chase, Val Lundy,
Janis Engel, Doug Williams, Steven Hsu and Stefanie Mathewson.
All Year FSC Board of Directors/Officers:
President - Janis Engel
Vice President - Doug Williams
Treasurer - Steven Hsu
Secretary - Stefanie Mathewson
President: Clara Liao
Vice President: Grace Simmons
Secretary: Rachel Mendelson
Treasurer: Ethan Amaral
Historian: Monica Caris & Cheyenne Bell
Board Members
Ashley Hannani
Michael Valdez
Jackie LaBarge
Rachel Dolan
Ashley Quan
Emily Keiser
Leah Keiser
Tyler Pierce
Brandon Amaral
Courtney Hicks
Special thanks to our Junior Board Advisors:
Carolyn Mendelson and Kim Amaral
Congratulations to Rockne Brubaker
who received an Athlete Life Membership to the
All Year Figure Skating Club via his participation
at the 2012 World Figure Skating Championships!
US Figure Skating TEAM ENVELOPES
Congratulations to All Year FSC competitors named to
the U.S. Figure Skating Team Envelopes for the
2012-2013 season. Great job on your performances and
results this past season. We are very proud of all of you!
** 2012 National
Theatre on Ice ••
Congratulations to
Heartbreakers
Ice Theatre Team
9th place finish
at their 1st Nationals!!
Team A
– Rockne Brubaker with Mary Beth Marley
Team B
– Caroline Zhang
- Brandon Frazier with Haven Denney
- Lynn Kriengkrairut with Logan Giulietti-Schmitt
Team C
– Courtney Hicks
- Vanessa Lam
- Richard Dornbush
- Philip Warren
- Colin Grafton with Kylie Duarte
- Vincent Zhou
Reserve Team
- Lindsay Davis with Mark Ladwig
Reserve Team Synchronized Skating
– California Gold
CONGRATULATIONS TO SPECIAL AWARD
WINNERS AT THE
ALL YEAR CLUB COMPETITION
Outstanding Performance
Most Artistic Performance
Aubrey Ignacio
Akari Nakahara
A B C
CORRECTION
2012 Pacific Coast Adult Sectionals results
We incorrectly printed in the previous
newsletter that Maria Brenner received 1st
place in Silver Ladies III. She actually placed
1st in Silver Ladies II. Sorry Maria!
Terrific Tests! All Year Members have worked hard this year! (February, March & April, 2012)
Congratulation our skaters who have passed their
Senior and/or Gold Tests - April 2012 - present!!
Senior Freeskating
- Stephanie Rigley
- Ysabel Tran
- Phillip Warren
Senior Pairs Freeskating
- Brandon Frazier
- Colin Grafton
- Kloe Bautista
Pre Preliminary Moves
Lauren Jacobson
Tammy Nguyen
Nida Patel
Hannah Rim
Alexandria Silverman
Daisy Trout
Zoe Zelken
Alfred Bartel
Carolyn Bartel
Calli Blumenthal
Anna Noerr
Maximilian Panfilov
Alissa Shterenberg
Graceline Gunawan
Tara Zam
Preliminary Moves
Keilani Marie Adams
Katelyn Baker
Aly Cane
Amaya Frutkoff
Hannah Rim
Starr Andrews
Juliet Feinman
Beatrice Petropoulos-White
Maddicen McDaniel
Pre Juvenile Moves
Hannah Baetge
Julia Pullano
Jasmine Gharavi
Amber Glabach
Grace Koplin
Kasey Miko Kutcher
Kira Ann Kutcher
Hannah Rim
Savannah Stroyke
Jacqueline Domino
Juvenile Moves
Sarah Baetge
Victoria Martin
Kaya Sasaki
Kimiko Schwab
Devon Bernsley
Keegan Mitsuoka
Senior Moves in the Field
- Gina DeNatale
- Brandon Frazier
- Ashley Quan
- Kindra Soto
- Michaela Iman Grant
- Annika Lindgren
Gold Dance Test
Rachel Mendelson
Ashley Van Der Sluys Veer
Cecilia Wright
William Wright
Hannah Yaron
Paul Yeung
Emily Le
Tyler Nichols
Helena Park
Intermediate Moves
Samantha Udell
Bea Calilung
Tawny Chan
Nhi Do
Sophie Harding
Angela Liu
Gloria Liu
Anna Loeffelman
Jacob DeWolfe
Aimee Erickson
Cristian Jimenez
Novice Moves
Hoang-Vi Vu
Brianna Kwan
Cynthia Li
Leslie Meisel
Niki Monazzam
Junior Moves
Vanna Giang
Emily Martorella
Jennifer Eaton
Gema Goeske
Runa Maeda
Tyler Pierce
Ai Setoyama
Adult Pre Bronze Moves
Elle Baudhuin
Kristina Haddad
Christina Kitchen
Ahmad Bekir
Crystal McLaurin-Coney
Ron Velasco
TESTING LOCATIONS
Center Ice Arena, Ontario
Riverside Ice Town, Riverside
Valley Ice, Panorama City
Glacial Gardens, Lakewood
Tests Passed by All Year
Members, February through
April, 2012 as reported on the
U.S. Figure Skating website
(Tests passed in May & June of
2012 will be acknowledged here
once posted on the
U.S. Figure Skating Website.)
Adult Bronze Moves
Ben Daidone
Patti Donze
Sharon Hebert
Intermediate
Supplemental Moves I
Brittany Ward
Pre Preliminary
Freeskate
Alfred Bartel
Carolyn Bartel
Juliet Feinman
Beatrice Petropoulos-White
Graceline Gunawan
Youjoo Kang
Hannah Baetge
Chloe Gradilla
Hayden Paige
Hannah Rim
Alexandria Silverman
Daisy Trout
Zoe Zelken
Preliminary Freeskate
Sarah Baetge
Aly Cane
Amaya H Frutkoff
Jasmine Gharavi
Kimiko Schwab
Paul Yeung
Kayla Zehnder
Starr Andrews
Juliana Cabrera
Amber Glabach
Grace Hyland
Kasey Kutcher
Hannah Rim
Lynette Lester
Helena Park
Pre Juvenile Freeskate
Marc Abdou
Paul Yeung
Aimee Erickson
Leslie Mack
Juvenile Free Skating
Jillian Campbell
Hanne Landro
Joshua Simkin
Ashley Van Der Sluys Veer
Leslie Mack
Intermediate Freeskate
Nha-Quyen Nguyen
Sophie Harding
Junior Freeskate
Clara Liao
Adult Pre Bronze Free
Skating
Elle Baudhuin
Kristina Haddad
Christina Kitchen
Crystal McLaurin-Coney
Ron Velasco
Adult Bronze Freeskate
Ben Daidone
Patti Donze
Sharon Hebert
Juvenile Pair Freeskate
Cecilia Wright
William Wright
Preliminary Dance Test
Brittany Ward
Kindra Soto
Pre Bronze Dance Test
BrittanyWard
Maximilian Panfilov
Alissa Shterenberg
Bronze Dance Test
Tara Sorenson
Silver Dance Test
Tyler Vollmer
Bianca Butler
Pre Gold Dance Test
Jamie Carder
Jared Weiss
Tests Passed (cont.)
REMEMBER TO…
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** Make sure you don’t miss the newsletter
and important email information!
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Solo Preliminary
Dance Test
Emily Le
StephanieRigley
Mai Setoyama
Mako Williams
Tara Sorenson
Solo Bronze
Dance Test
Mai Setoyama
Solo Pre Silver
Dance Test
Nha-Quyen Nguyen
Leah Keiser
Solo Pre Bronze
Dance Test
Mai Setoyama
Solo Silver Dance Test
Leslie Mack
Nha-Quyen Nguyen
2012 Governing Council News
The U.S. Figure Skating Governing Council was held in Myrtle Beach, S.C. May 4-5, 2012.
Named Delegates: Amber Corwin, Doug Williams, Janis Engel, Larry Kriwanek, Lexi Rohner, Amanda Falkowski, Tiffany Chin,
Rainer Kokotakis, and Alex Chang
Dancers take note - Dance skater’s choice music on all pattern dances now for Juvenile through Novice. Key points on
Intermediate Dance this season. Juvenile will have key points on pattern dance next year.
Pair skaters take note – Intermediate Pairs will have a short program starting June 1, 2013. The Intermediate Pairs Free Skate
for this year was revised to allow 2 different lifts from groups 1-4. USFS has also released pair levels for Juvenile and
Intermediate and they are posted on the Technical Information portion of the website.
Adult Skating – please review the new rulebook or the combined report of action for changes to test qualification for adult
skating competition levels. These changes address what is called ‘Legacy testing’.
The ISU Congress was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Check the U.S. Figure Skating website in the Technical Information
area for updated information. Junior and Senior events are affected, most notably.
The All Year FSC welcomes new members who have
joined us from April 2012 to present:
Erica Bateman
Kathryn Binder
Laura Binder
David Botero
Amber Braley
Mei Bynum
Pauline Bynum
Michael Cheney
Jeanette Choi
Elizabeth Chung
Emma Coppess
Charly DiMonte
Elena DiMonte
Trista DeMuth
Aimee Erickson
Paula Esguerra
Alex Evans
Kelly Everett-Takemura
Susan Fong
Jamie FooAlisa Glabach
Zoie Gomez
Olivia Hage
Mira Lee Hawley
Jennifer Hibbard
Jed Hopkins
Katherine Hwang
Cassidy Idenoshita
Christina Im
Brooke Johnson
Diane Jung
William Kosasih
Beverly Laksana
Melissa Lavabre
Celis Lee
Jessica Lee
Jiwon Lee
Madelynn Lee
Marielle Lerner
Abby Leslie
Tiffanie Lovett
Bianca Marro Weissmann
Angela Miske
Bettina Morarotti
Danny Nguyen
Moe Okuda
Andrea Poapst
Elise Piner
Genevieve Rohner
Rachel Rubio
Shoemaker
Phoebie Elizabeth Simonyl
Jason Takahashi
Junichi Takemura
Mariyah Thurston
Madeleine Tran
Samantha Tran
Jennifer Troung
Alana Walker
Scott Wenner
Samantha Yamaguchi
Jasmine Yu
Tara Zam
Vincent Zhou
Welcome New
Second Club Members:
Joan Bys
Emily Day
Kira Harper
Briana Mitchell
Jinyeong Park
Mo’e Okuda
Jondra Oliva
Shayna Rothenberg
Natalie Tso