DISTRICT UPDATES ISI DISTRICT 1
(CONNECTICUT, MASSACHUSETTS, MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, RHODE ISLAND, VERMONT) by Alane Swiderski, District Director
The District 1 competitive season is almost to an end! Thank you to all of the District 1 competition directors for giving our skaters so many wonderful opportunities to compete this season and to all of the coaches, parents and skaters for their support of these events.
Special thanks to those who continue to judge above and beyond their credential obligations and take additional assignments. Your generous sacrifices of time and expertise are greatly appreciated. Extra special thanks to Donna Rozon for helping so many of our competition directors embrace EntryEeze to make participating in competitions that much easier for our skating families. It’s great to see those competitions experience higher participation and fuller flights due to the effort. I know I speak for many, Donna, that they couldn’t have made that leap without you. Thank you!
We are looking forward to our annual District 1 Championships, June 21-23 at Nashoba Valley Olympia in Boxborough, Mass. Thank you in advance to Barbara Allinson and the staff at Nashoba Valley Olympia for hosting this special event. We are looking forward to a wonderful showing from the many programs, clubs and arenas in District 1. See you in June!
To have your ISI District 1 rink featured in the next issue of ISI EDGE, please send your news to
aswiderski@fmcicesports.com
ISI DISTRICT 3
(CONNECTICUT, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK) by Tiesha DiMaggio, District Director
District 3 is extremely excited that an ISI national event, the 2019 ISI Holiday Challenge, will take place in our district Oct. 25-27 at the RoseGarden Ice Arena in Norwich, Conn. We hope that it will keep skaters in our district on the ice in the summer months.
Also, District 3 has relaxed its competition policies in the hope that it will encourage more rinks to host local competitions. In the past, we required a two-week gap between events. This policy was in effect so that teams could hopefully support other events within the district. We have discovered, however, that many facilities only have certain weekends available and seasonal facilities often do not have the option to push their competition to another date. By moving to a more relaxed policy, we hope that facilities will have an easier time hosting a competition and encouraging participation.
District 3 has an active spring competition calendar and we are continuing promotion of the 60th
Anniversary ISI Conference & Trade Show, June 4-7
at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Oak Brook, Ill. We’re also making sure that the word gets out for the ISI Holiday Challenge.
To have your ISI District 3 rink featured in the next issue of ISI EDGE, please send your news to
tieshask8@gmail.com.
ISI DISTRICT 4
(DELAWARE, MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, VIRGINIA) by Christine Wilson Brinton, District Director
District 4 is looking forward to our spring and summer seasons. With so many of the seasonal ice arenas closed during the warmer months, it is great to see skaters from all over the district coming together for lessons and practice at the year-round facilities.
This season, several District 4 competitions hosted skaters from neighboring districts. We enjoyed meeting skaters and coaches from Southern Tier and The North Park Skating Teams. I think it gave us all the “travel bug;” many teams are looking forward to visiting new facilities and competitions next season.
We had several skaters take and pass high-level freestyle and dance tests this season, and a few more plan to take them at ISI Conference Championships, May 31-June 2 at Centennial Ice Rinks in Wilmette, Ill., and ISI Worlds, July 22-27 at St. Peters Rec-Plex in St. Peters, Mo. Congratulations to all the skaters and coaches on their achievements!
We are looking forward to the expansion of several of our member facilities. Piney Orchard Ice Arena is close to opening their second sheet of ice and Bowie Ice Arena will be breaking ground on a new two-sheet ice arena very soon. We are all looking forward to growing our ISI programs in these new buildings.
To have your ISI District 4 rink featured in the next issue of ISI EDGE, please send your news to
chris@sk8brinton.com.
ISI DISTRICT 5
(ALABAMA, GEORGIA, MISSISSIPPI, NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, TENNESSEE) By Larry LaBorde, District Director
“Robert Unger: Something for Everyone,” a new biography featuring Mr. Unger’s work with ISI and the history of the Ice Chalet (Knoxville, Tenn.), is now available for purchase. The hardcover book, with 200-plus photos, was written in celebration of the 50th
Annual Robert Unger ISI Competition held May 3-5.
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