February
2005
Hello
and welcome
To
mark one hundred years of competitive figure skating in Australia,
aussieSKATES
is celebrating with a brand new look.
Though the 2005 season is already well
underway, this year is particularly exciting for our national team.
Especially as the upcoming World Championships in Moscow, will act
as the key qualifying event for next year's Olympic Winter Games
in Torino, Italy.
First
up however, is the Four Continents Championship in Korea. As always,
Australia is sending a strong contingent, eager to take on the newly
implemented Code of Points marking system. The highest placed lady,
man and dance team will continue on to Russia.
Joanne
Carter and Miriam Manzano have had outstanding seasons so far and
will be looking to improve on their respective 10th and 11th placings
from this event last year. They will be joined by veteran, Sarah
Yvonne Prytula, 19th in 2004.
Bradley
Santer, now a two-time national champion, has had a good run on
the European circuit as well. He will be competing with fellow team
mates Stuart Beckingham and Sean Carlow in Gangneung.
Dance
will be represented by two couples: Natalie Buck / Trent Nelson-Bond
& Danika Bourne / Alexander Pavlov.
In
March, Junior Worlds in Kitchener, Ontario will feature single skaters
Phoebe Di Tommaso, Robert McNamara, and dancers Danielle O'Brien
& Gregory Merriman.
OzSkater,
Australia's premiere skating magazine, will cover all of the events
mentioned in detail for their next issue.
Best
wishes to all our skaters from here at aussieSKATES. |