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Chow
Figure skater, coach, blogger.
July 20, 2007
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Soon enough, Singapore skaters will have a second rink to skate in! Kallang Ice World plans to open in mid-Oct, in the brand new Leisure Park Kallang. The date has been set but as far as I know it has not yet been announced yet, so I suppose I won't tell right now. The ice surface at Kallang Ice World is slightly larger than the current Fuji Ice Palace. Really, it is not much …
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The International Adult Figure Skating Competition 2009 will be held in Oberstdorf, Germany from May 28 to May 31, 2009.The announcement is now available and can be downloaded from the ISU website's Adult Skating page.The entry deadline is April 1, 2009.Singapore competitors, please contact me if you're going to enter, as I will be consolidating all entries for SISA. Of …
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Jayne Solimon (maiden name Jayne Campbell), was 25 weeks pregnant when she collapsed and died of a brain haemorrhage. Two days later, her daughter was born! Mrs Soliman had been healthy throughout her pregnancy, and continued working as a coach at Bracknell Skating Club. She was on the ice last Wednesday before she suddenly collapsed in her bedroom after complaining of a …
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I went to Kallang Ice World on Thursday. Just wanted to check it out - I wasn't even sure if I'd feel like skating, though I did bring my skates along. When I got there, I realised that they had this whole system going, and I had to get one of the free tickets to even go in. Heck, I had taken a ticket already, I might as well skate! The rink looked cheerful. It was brightly …
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The Rink at JCube will hold a "Summer Ice Camp" for skaters from 6 years of age and up! There will be 4 sets of skating camps held during the June school holidays. Each set consists of 4 consecutive days of lessons which will cover basic skating skills, starting with SkateStar Core Blades 1. Each lesson will be 45 minutes long, and skaters will get another 2 hours …
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The SkateStar program will be launched at The Rink starting this weekend ~ 5th & 6th May. For the month of May, registrations will be for Core Blades 1 only. This is suitable for absolute beginners who have not ice skated before.Registration starts on Monday 30 April at 3pm. I presume you have to go to The Rink to sign up, or call them at 6684 2374/5.
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Figure skating sessions have been announced on the SISA website. Basically the sessions are:Sat 5 May 5-7am ~ "structured&quo t; session, 2 hours with program music playedSun 6 Ma …
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Team Japan took the World Team Trophy, with fantastic performances from the Men and Ladies competitors.Daisuke Takahashi skated a near-perfect free program, to give himself a comfortable lead over Canada's Patrick Chan.In the Ladies event, Akiko Suzuki won with a lovely free program, though she seemed to be struggling with a few combination jumps and a popped 3Lo.Japanese Pairs
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The SkateStar program is set up by the Singapore Ice Skating Association (SISA) and will be implemented by The Rink at JCube. (Incidentally, I still maintain that the use of "proceeding&quo t; as an adjective is wrong... but that is beyond the scope of skating)Here is the message sent out to SISA members today:Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,The SkateStar Program will commence …
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