On January 24, the European Championships get underway in Bern, Switzerland. The battle for the gold medal will likely be between France’s Nathalie Pechalat & Fabian Bourzat and Russia’s Ekaterina Bobrova & Dmitri Soloviev. Great Britain’s Sinead Kerr & John…
For the first time since 2000, a real battle for the Canadian dance title is expected. Since Olympic champions Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir have withdrawn this week from the 2011 BMO Canadian Championships in Victoria, B.C., the title is…
Blog #3 – Ice Cream Goals Thursday, 20 January 2011 This morning was another early one…of course, of all events, the senior dance practice had to be first this morning! So I was the first person in the media room…
Fifteen junior teams will take the ice on Wednesday and Thursday to fight for placements in the 2011 BMO Skate Canada Junior Nationals. Last month, the teams all faced each other at the 2011 BMO Skate Canada Challenges to qualify…
2011 SKATE CANADA CHALLENGES SENIOR: Rank Competitor(s) Section SD FD Points 1 Kharis Ralph / Asher Hill CO 56.82 81.76 138.58 2 Tarrah Harvey / Keith Gagnon BC/YT 45.30 78.78 124.08 3 Helene Letourneau / Kevin Boczar EO 36.58 65.02…
On January 17, the 2011 BMO Skate Canada Junior Nationals will kick off at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria, B.C. As usual, the novice dancers have the task of starting the competition, bright and early, with their pattern (compulsory)…
Ryan Jahnke, creator and owner of MySkatingMall.com, recently sat down with IDC to discuss the site. Can you tell our readers why you decided to start MySkatingMall.com? Through my experience competing, coaching, and doing extensive volunteer work with U.S. Figure…
Tell us about how you started skating together. We were both competing in Juniors in 2004 with previous partners and training at the same rink. Our partners were a couple off the ice and after the British nationals that year (Louise 1st,…
Although 2011 has arrived, several countries have already held their National Championships prior to the new year. GREAT BRITAIN Champions: Louise Walden & Owen Edwards (senior), Charlotte Aiken & Josh Whidborne (junior), Annika Maczka & Henry Aiken (novice) Full…
2011 RUSSIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS – SARANSKDecember 24-26, 2010 ADDITIONAL RESULTS & PROTOCOLS: (In Russian) FPl. Name Points CT Fri 1 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev 164.93 1 1 2 Ekaterina RYAZANOVA / Ilia Tkachenko 160.45 3 2…