DISTRICT UPDATES ISI DISTRICT 1
(CONNECTICUT, MASSACHUSETTS, MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, RHODE ISLAND, VERMONT) by Alane Swiderski, District Director
Greetings from District 1! We continued our District 1 seminar series this year with our annual awards luncheon, seminar and judges workshop, which took place on Jan. 15. With approximately 40 people in attendance, we recognized the following professionals who were nominated by their peers for their outstanding contributions to our district:
• Janet Donahue, Winterland Skating School - 2017 Love of the Sport Award • Paula Dumart, FMC Navin Arena - 2017 Sky Full of Starts Coach Award • Ginger Crisp, Winterland Skating School - 2017 District 1 Coach of the Year • Mary Sullivan, Winterland Skating School - 2017 District 1 Director of the Year • Barbara Allinson, Nashoba Valley ISI - 2017 District 1 Merit Award
Our seminar series concluded with our final event on April 15 in Revere, Mass. This last seminar featured a tablet judging workshop, dance steps review and guest speakers Mark Mitchell and Peter Johansson from the Mitchell Johansson Method.
District 1 Championships was held June 21-24 at Rockland Ice Arena in Rockland, Mass. Thank you to all of the skaters, parents, coaches and clubs who participated, judged and volunteered. The event was an amazing success. Thank you to Donna Rozon and Ginger Crisp for their administrative help. Special thanks to event hosts, Mary Sullivan and the Winterland Skating School. Winterland has built an amazing skating family of coaches, parents and skaters over the past few years and their team efforts were on display in everything from the amazing decorations to the warm, family atmosphere they created.
Congratulations to our Team Champions! FMC Natick won the Percentage Trophy. FMC Rayham won third place overall, Sharper Edge Skating School won second place overall and Winterland Skating School won first place overall.
Coaches and directors, join us for a seminar at 3 p.m. on Sept. 8 (location to be determined) to discuss the ISI Handbook updates and other District 1 endeavors for the year. Watch the District 1 website (
ISIdistrict1.com) for more information to follow on the seminar location.
District 1 hopes that everyone who participated in this year’s ISI World Recreational Team Championships had a wonderful time. We look forward to the next time we’re able to host this amazing event.
To have your District 1 rink featured in the next ISI EDGE, please send your news to
aswiderski@fmcicesports.com.
ISI DISTRICT 2
(NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA) by Robyn Bentley-Graham, District Director
We are excited about the free ISI University (ISIU) Super Seminar scheduled Sept. 12 at the Robert Morris University (RMU) Island Sports Center in Pittsburgh, Pa.
• Be sure to follow us on Facebook so we can share your rink news on our page.
• We would love to hear from you to learn how we can help you. If you have a question, please contact ISI field representative Mandy Whitacre at
Mandy@skateisi.org or contact me directly at
robynbsk8r@gmail.com.
• Don’t forget to let your skaters know about the ISIA Education Foundation, a non-profit, 501 (c )(3) organization, which awards scholarship money to ISI members for post-secondary education. You all have skaters in your rink who are deserving of these funds. The application for the 2019-20 academic year will be posted on the ISI website at
skateisi.org (click on the ISIA Education Foundation tab) in September and is due Feb. 1.
District 2 has had scholarship recipients over the years, and it would be great for another deserving skater in our district to win a scholarship award!
To have your District 2 rink featured in the next ISI EDGE, please send your news to
robynbsk8r@gmail.com.
ISI DISTRICT 3
(CONNECTICUT, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK) by Tiesha DiMaggio, District Director
The District 3 competitive season came to an end with their last few events in the summer. Overall, we are experiencing less competitors between rinks even though the number of competitions in the district remains strong. At the ISI conference in June, we discussed adjusting the dates of some events to make it
easier for some of the seasonal facilities to attend before they take their ice out.
Conference
District 3 had representatives from Danbury Ice Arena, RoseGarden Ice Arena, Wonderland of Ice and Floyd Hall Arena at the ISI Conference & Trade Show in June in Alexandria, Va.
Our district meeting was very eventful and informative. The primary discussion centered on how we can work as a district to get cross- participation between rinks for events and competitions. After some brainstorming, we came up with the idea of a district gala. We decided to form a committee to further plan and implement this idea with the hope of having our first gala in spring 2019.
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