District & Association Reports


the instructor and manager sessions. Janet Champion was our guest speaker for the instructors. Her topics were timely both on and off the ice. She zeroed in on flying spins and laybacks. Covering jumps such as double toe, double Lutz and double Axels, was helpful for the instructors in attendance. Janet has a vast knowledge of the sport due to her extensive career coaching, which includes skaters from many countries. Gerry and I covered step sequences, proper edging and


tricks on teaching harder turns like twizzles and loops. Te managers’ track of the seminar was attended by rink


managers and staff from the metro Denver area, University of Colorado (Boulder), Stephen C West Ice Arena in Breckenridge and the Wyoming facilities. Art Sutherland flew in from Vancouver, British Columbia, to present. He has quite an extensive background in ice arena management. Among his accomplishments, he has published four refrigeration manuals, distributed worldwide. Both speakers will be presenting at the 2016 ISI/PSA


Conferences & Trade Show in May in Las Vegas. Tis will be a great opportunity for instructors, managers and rink staff to network and discuss the changing times in our industry. As far as ISI competitions in District 12, we had one in


January at South Suburban Family Center. Tis year we included low and high level figures that were fun to watch and judge. Some of us remember our formative years in the sport spending many hours doing figures. Although at the time we felt that these exercises could be boring, we gained core strength, improved our balance and learned how to look in the direction of travel. Tis event triggered quite a flashback for me — the quiet spells while a figure was being skated and the burst of applause at the end of each figure. Family Sports Ice Arena will be the site of an ISI competition


on June 5, where again there is demand for more figure events. Tese were just several winter and spring highlights from District 12. Wishing all skating directors a prosperous summer!


Ice Skating Institute Asia (ISIAsia) by Linda Huggins, secretary, treasurer,


Hong Kong District Director


With the opening of many new ice rinks, we have welcomed 15 new member rinks last year and now have 42 members in China, eight in Tailand, seven in UAE, six in Hong Kong, four in Philippines, three in Indonesia, two in Singapore and one each in Taipei, Qatar, Macau, Cambodia and Kuwait.


Last year, we held 25 open competitions, and this year


we will add Skate Qingdao, Skate Wuxi, Xiamen Ice Skating Open Classic and iCool Figure Skating Challenge. Our biggest event, Skate Asia, was held in Qingdao in


August. Our executive director, Raul Gomes, was proud to welcome approximately 1,000 skaters and, of course, the Asian and American referees, to the beautiful, new ice rink, World Ice Arena, located in the bustling city by the sea. Te standard of the skating was generally very good, not just


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in the technical events, and there were some amazing and imaginative production teams and fun events, too! We held coaches seminars in Hong Kong, Tailand, China and Indonesia with many coaches attending and passing their bronze, silver and gold judging examination. Congratulations to all of them and we welcome them to the judging panels.


To encourage our members and coaches to participate


in local open competitions, Skate Asia and other open competitions in the region this year, ISIAsia has launched the ISIAsia Championship Series. Tis year, attendees at a selected five of our competitions will be able to add all the team points they earned from those competitions toward a tally, and the highest scorers can win a two-year free membership, plus some of our new offerings of jackets and T-shirts, etc. Even the coaches can benefit from the number of skaters they bring to these competitions, and the highest scoring rink can become the ISIAsia Championship Series Champions!


Management Council (PPIRMC) by Trudy Ivory, Chair


Pittsburgh Penguins Ice Rink


Following the welcome and introductions at our Feb. 29 meeting at the CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pa., Darcee Purvis of the Pittsburgh Amateur Hockey League (PAHL) announced that the season is nearing an end and they are working on growing girl’s hockey.


Paul Day from USA Hockey reported on their disabled


player program, updates to the by-laws, Safe Sport issues and new rules pertaining to Tier I teams,


ISI EDGE SUMMER 2011


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