The Blade - Northern Blades

The Blade
Fall 2015 Issue
"37thAnnual Great Minnesota State Skate Together"
2016 Minnesota State Figure Skating Championships
Jessica Robeck
Pre-Preliminary
Gold Medalist
Chelsey Henry
Open Juvenile
Bronze Medalist
Mitchel Markkanen
Intermediate Men
Silver Medalist
Emily McGlynn
Masters
Intermediate-Novice
Bronze Medalist
Inside This Issue
Congratulations to all the Northern Blades
skaters who participated in 2016 MN State!
See the complete listing of results on page 6.
Coaches Corner
3
What's Happening
4
Volunteering
5
Our Skaters
6
Governance
7
The start of a new year
Our skaters celebrating a new year by dressing up for
our Masquerade party at the annual kick off party
Welcome to the newest members of our club!!!
Sidney Green, Makayla Dostal, Cassie Spartz, Amy
Zhang, Bridget McNeff, Denise McNeff
Northern Blades Figure
Skaters Representing
USFS Figure Skating at
the Minnesota great get
together.
Competition Notes
“Mentoring is passion for skills and
knowledge-transfer to young people” Lailah Akita
Recognizing all the hard work and
long hours at the rink that our
Coach's put in for the love of the
game and their passion to see our
skaters reach their potential!
October
24th
Rising Stars-Northern
Blades
November
7-8th
Autumn Fest – BMVFSC
November
17th
USFS Testing- Northern
Blades
December
18th-20th
Maplewood Synchro
Classic
January
15th-24th
US Championships
Thank you for all that you do:
Rhiana Brammeier
Ruthann Chapman
Taylor Chapman
Krystina Kaas
Anna Leik
Karen Olson
Jane Schaber
Chanelle Schoonmaker
Sarah Varian
Laurie Benson
Peter Biver
Rose Esteb
Mandy Pirich
Kimberly Stahle
Some of our coach's having fun
at the end of the year banquet.
Testing Passed Since : 7/01/15
Beck, Hannah- Senior Moves In The Field
Markkanen, Mitchel- Intermediate Pair Test and
Intermediate Free Skating
Fitzel, Jo Jo- Pre Juvenile Moves In The Field
Green, Sidney- Pre Preliminary Moves In The Field
Olson, Anika- Intermediate Pair Test
Kolstad, Erica- Senior Moves In The Field
Robeck, Jessica- Preliminary Moves In The Field
Kowalke, Abbie- Senior Free Skate
Schmalzbauer, Tyra- Senior Moves In The Field
Kraber, Rachel-Fourteenstep Dance and Foxtrot Dance
Sieber, Delaney- Pre Juvenile Free Skate
Kuchenmeister, Lauren- Junior Free Skate
Sorenson, Bridget- Pre Preliminary Moves In The Field
Leik, Makenna- Intermediate Free Dance
Uhde, Ella- Pre Preliminary Moves In The Field
Spotlight event
“2016 US Figure Skating Championships”
Oct 15th- Group ticket sales are
due for Nationals
Oct 24th Dress Sale
Oct 24th Rising Stars
TBA- Holiday Exhibition
Jan 15-24th US Figure Skating
Championships
In partnership with the U.S. Figure Skating
Association, the Twin City Figure Skating
Association, Xcel Energy Center and Visit Saint
Paul proudly welcome the 2016 Prudential U.S.
Figure Skating Championships to Minnesota's
capital city
Happy Birthday!
September
October
November
Nov (cont.)
Samantha Lenart
9/2
JoJo Fitzel
10/11
Samantha Schroeder
11/1
Kylie Gibson
11/5
Ava Privratsky
9/20
Hannah Beck
10/23
Aleksa Uhde
11/14
Chelsey Henry
11/7
Katelyn
Lawrence 9/29
Emily Miller
10/24
Audrey Anderson
11/5
Rachel Pietsch
11/9
Sidney Green
10/12
Delaney Sieber
10/29
Lily Werdel
11/1
Lexie DeVries
10/30
Ruby Werdel
11/16
Madison Staggert
10/7
Charlotte Hemmila
11/28
Cassie Spartz
11/26
Some great opportunities to support our club, network or just earn your
Volunteering deposit back. We have some big events coming up that can
only be successful if we have member turn out and support.
Some upcoming club needs:
Rising Stars- Many opportunities
Dress Sale- Help run sale
Nationals: 400 volunteers are needed to help this event run smoothly
All interested volunteers should contact Tina Nicholls: [email protected]
Volunteers interested in Nationals : http://www.2016uschampionships.com/volunteer/
Our Club runs off of volunteers, we just can not be operational without
your help. Please consider volunteering at one of our up coming events!
Plus, once your minimum hours are met, you can start earning hours that
count towards ice credits! (Every extra 5 hrs = 1 hr ice credit) 
In the months of
Oct/Nov we will
be handing out
order forms to
our skaters!
Please start telling
family & friends to
get their wreaths
from us this Holiday
season!
Our fundraisers help support and offset our skaters gifts, the
banquet, testing pins, etc… Being a star fundraiser is an
outstanding and easy way to get involved and support our club!!
Spotlight Senior Skater
Madison Staggert Senior @ Andover Senior High
Hi! My name is Madison and I've been skating for 14 years. I started
when I was 3 years old in the learn to skate programs at NSC and fell in
love with the ice! Since then I've been working hard with a few
coaches before finding my full time coach Ruthann Chapman. Ruthann
has helped me achieve many skating goals and last year I was able to
pass my USFS senior free skate! Now I am working on maintaining my
skills and looking forward to testing the ISI Freestyle 9 test. Outside of
skating, I'm a senior at Andover high school and enjoy being a member
of the dance team and am going to be captain of the track team in the
spring. I love spending time with my friends and especially attending
football games in the fall. After high school I hope to attend college to
become a Pharmacist with a minor in Spanish.
2016 MN State Championships RESULTS
PrePreliminary
Claire Cotton (Initial-3rd, Final-7th)
Claire Goodreau (Initial-5th)
Megan Nicholls (Initial-6th)
Jessica Robeck (Initial-4th, Final-1st)
Preliminary
Audrey Callahan (Initial 8th)
Lydia DeBoer (Initial-3rd, Final-12th)
JoJo Fitzel (Initial-4th, Final-6th)
Katelyn Lawrence (Initial-10th)
Ava Privratsky (Initial-2nd, Final-6th)
Anika Olson (Initial-10th)
Delaney Sieber (Initial-10th)
PreJuvenile
Charlotte Hemmila (Initial-4th, Final-8th)
Stephanie Meisterling (Initial-7th)
Open Juvenile
Chelsey Henry - 3rd
Juvenile
Casi Reiser – 5th
Dani Reiser – 9th
Tyra Schmalzbauer – 10th
Intermediate Ladies
Kylie Gibson (Short-7th, Long-5th, Overall-5th)
Julia Olson (Short-9th, Long-8th, Overall-8th)
Intermediate Mens
Mitchel Markkanen (Short-2nd, Long-2nd, Overall-2nd)
Novice Ladies
Makenna Leik (Short-6th, Long-6th, Overall-6th)
Sydney Ullman (Short-8th, Long-8th, Overall-8th)
Masters Intermediate-Novice Ladies
Emily McGlynn – 3rd
Governance
A message from our
BOARD MEMBERS: New PresidentSuzanne Ullman
2015 -2016 Officers & Board
Members
President / Sanctions
Suzanne Ullman
Vice President
Dennis Kraber
Secretary
Liz Sylvester
Treasurer
Shari Kowalke
Test Chair
Chris Gibson
TCFSA Representatives
Dawn Sieber / Shelly Sullivan
SafeSport Chair/
Rising Stars Comp
Kevin Gibson
Pro Liaison
Chanelle Schoonmaker
Fundraising
Deni Jo Ballanger
Hospitality
Tina Nicholls
Newsletter
Anthony Drews
Communications
Liz Sylvester
Website
Dennis Kraber
Welcome to the new
skating year! I am very
pleased to be the new
President. The year is
off to a great start and
we have many exciting
things to look forward
to. We had a very
successful club fall kickoff party, with many
skaters participating.
I have a wonderful board of directors and I am
thankful for all the time they volunteer in
support of our club. We are also seeing
increased parent volunteerism and that is
awesome! If you are looking for ways to
volunteer please don't hesitate to reach out to
anyone on the board. I look forward to a fun
and successful skating year for our skaters and
our growing club!
Reminders
Stay Connected @
Website: www.northernblades.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/129534150437701/
Senior Skaters please contact Anthony Drews @ [email protected]
to be highlighted in future issues
Congratulations to Tina Nicholls, Deni Jo Ballanger, and Dennis Kraber
on being elected to the Northern Blades Board of Directors for the
next two years.
Next Board Meetings: Oct 19th , Nov 16th and Dec 21st
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