News & Reports
2008
Communication 033
Communication 033 from the NZISA is now available. More...
Enter your PPC on-line and win!
Enter your Planned Programme Content (PPC) on-line by 25 July in the myNZISA section of the Members' Area and go into the prize draw. More...
ISU Congress changes skating's rules
The 52nd International Skating Union Congress voted to reduce the number of elements in Freeskating for Singles, Pairs, and Synchronised to encourage innovation. The Congress also agreed in principle that the compulsory and original dance segments would be replaced with a new segment from 2010-2011. More...
Gold and Bronze at Hollins
Seven New Zealand athletes took part in the 2008 Hollins Trophy in Sydney and brought back a gold and bronze medal. Christchurch skater Madeline Parker brought home the gold medal with a first place finish in Primary Ladies. Madeline scored 79.91 points while Jessie Park wound up in 7th place with 66.05 points in the 12-strong field. In Pre Primary Ladies, Sarah Macgibbon took the bronze medal and Alexandra Ley placed 9th with 76.60 and 68.42 points respectively in the 21-strong event. In Senior Ladies, Caitlin Haynes placed 4th with 62.70 points in a field of four. In Novice Ladies, Yuko Tanaka finished in 8th position with 68.28 points in the 15 strong event. And Ayesha Campbell finished 4th out of 18 in Intermediate Ladies with 74.96 points. More...
Coaches Join the NZISA
New Zealand coaches have joined the NZISA after constitutional changes paved the way for coaches to take a more active role in the association. The NZISA will take over responsibility for accreditation and the coaches will have more input into rule and policy changes. Welcome coaches! More...
NZ Skaters Prepare for Hollins
New Zealand skaters Alexandra Ley (AIFSC), Sarah MacGibbon (DISC), Jessie Park (CISC), Madelaine Parker (CISC), Ayesha Campbell (CISC), Yuko Tanaka (AIFSC) and Caitlin Haynes (AIFSC) are preparing for the Hollins Trophy in Sydney from 6-9 June. More than 150 Skaters from Australia and New Zealand will be taking part in the competition for singles, dance and pairs skaters. More...
ISU Congress Urgent Matters
Several urgent proposals are also to be considered at the ISU Congress in June, among these are the merging of compulsory and original dances. More...
Selection Competition Results
Results from the 2008 Selection Competition held in Dunedin on 17-18 May are now available. More...
AMP Scholarship Programme
The AMP Scholarship Programme was established in
1998 and since that time over 70 AMP Scholarships
have been awarded to ordinary New Zealanders
who are achieving extraordinary things. More...
Alanna passes gold star stroking
Congratulations to Alanna Pollock (CISC) who passed her gold star stroking medal test on the 20th of April at Alpine Ice Sports in Christchurch.
Allie passes gold stroking and freeskate
Congratulations to Allie Rout (AIFSC) who passed her gold stroking and gold freeskate medal tests on the 17th of April at Paradice Botany Downs in Auckland.
International Competitions 2008/2009
The ISU has published the list of International Single & Pair Skating, Ice Dance and Synchronised Skating Competitions for 2008/2009 in ISU Communication 1498. More...
ISU Congress Proposals
ISU Congress proposals have been updated (in ISU Communication 1495) and now contain ISU Council recommendations and are numbered for easy reference. Comments on the proposals need to be sent to the NZISA Secretary by 19 May -- please include the proposal/item number from Communication 1495 in any submission. More...
Photos from the IJS Seminar
Centaurus Ice Skating Club in association with the NZISA held a two day seminar on the ISU Judging System moderated by Benoit Lavoie, president of Skate Canada and ISU judge, and ISU judge Wendy Langton from Australia. Around 50 judges, technical specialists, data operators and coaches attended the seminar. More...
Highest Scores Database
The NZISA now has a record of IJS scores for all New Zealand competitors and international competitors from all Nations. A link to the Highest Scores Database can be found on the top right of the Competitions page and shows skaters in the order of their highest IJS score. All NZ skaters may find their own highest IJS scores by clicking on the link near the bottom of the myNZISA tab in the Members' Area. The database contains results from NZ Nationals, Australian Nationals, Hollins Trophy, Summer Trophy and all ISU Championships since 2005/2006. More...
Photos from the Queenstown Camps
Photos from the 2008 Tier 1 & 2 and Tier 3 Development Camps held in Queenstown. More...
Juvenile 12 and over at 2008 Nationals
Another new grade will also debut at the 2008 Nationals. Members at the AGM voted in favour of a Juvenile 12 and over but under 18 grade to added to Nationals.
Solo Dance at 2008 Nationals
The 2008 New Zealand Nationals will feature solo dance events for the first time, with titles being awarded in pre-primary, primary, and open solo dance grades. Group 1 dances will be used this year. For more information see Rule 230.5 (p 200-24) in the 2008 NZISA Rules and Regulations. More...
ISU World Standings
The International Skating Union World standings have been finalised for the year. Tristan Thode was ranked 79th in Men, Allie Rout 88th in Ladies, and Joel Watson 100th in Men. The top three ranked skaters in each division share US$90,000 in prize money. Daisuke Takahashi was ranked 1st in Men, Carolina Kostner in Ladies, Isabelle Delobel & Olivier Schoenfelder in Dance, and Aliona Savchenko & Robin Szolkowy took the top honour in Pairs. More...
Tristan finishes 41st at Worlds
Tristan Thode has finished in 41st place at the 2008 World Championships. Tristan earned 35.29 points in the 45-strong short programme. His short-programme personal best of 42.16 was earned at Four Continents earlier this year. More...
Morgan finishes in 52nd place
Mogan Figgins finished in 52nd place after the short programme at the 2008 World Championships. Morgan earned 25.16 points in the 53-strong event, well off her personal best of 34.69 for the short. Only the top 24 skaters move on to skate the freeskate. More...
Morgan & Tristan at World Championships
Morgan Figgins and Tristan Thode are in Göteborg, Sweden for the 2008 World Figure Skating Championships. In ladies, Morgan will be competing against 52 other skaters in the short programme on the evening of the 19th (NZ time). Tristan will compete against 45 other skaters in the men's short programme on the night of the 21st (NZ time). More...
Allie qualifies and finishes 22nd
On Saturday, Allie Rout became the first New Zealand trained ladies representative to ever qualify at Junior Worlds. Allie Rout placed 23 in the short programme with 40.70 points earning her one of the 24 places in the free skating. Allie's 18th placing in the freeskating (67.02) left her 22nd overall with 107.72 points in the 56-skater field. More...
Cameron finishes 41st at Junior Worlds
Cameron Hems finished in 41st place at his first World Junior Championships. Cameron earned 27.88 points in the short programme in the 47-strong field. More...
Watch the Junior Worlds
You can watch complete video coverage of the World Junior Figure Skating Championships on the Internet. Icenetwork.com provides free video of the entire event. More...
2008 Rules and Regulations
The 2008 Rules and Regulations are now available. The rules come into effect on the 1st of March. A summary of changes is also available. More...
Four Continents Results
Tristan Thode finished 14th with a personal best score of 115.99 in a 21-strong field at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Seoul, Korea. Joel Watson would up in 18th position with 109.03 points. In ladies, Morgan Figgins earned 26.92 points in the short programme, placing 27th, but failing to qualify to skate in the free skating in the unprecendented 33 skater field. More...
Policy Updates
The Travel and Reimbursement Policy has been adopted and can be found in the Rules & Regulations section, along with the updated Electronic Meeting Policy. Thank you to all who provided feedback on the drafts. More...
A Gold and Bronze Summer
New Zealand skaters at the 2008 Summer Trophy in Brisbane picked up two gold and a bronze medal at the event. Caitlin Haynes took home the gold in Senior with 69.66 points as the sole entrant. In Intermediate Ladies, Paige Brownsey scored 63.88 points with a 4th place in the short and a 7th place in the freeskate to finish 7th overall in an eight-strong field. Iyrin Quigley scored a record 92.94 points in Primary and took home the gold medal with 1st place finishes in both events in a field of six. Pre-Primary skater Alex Ley took home the bronze with a second place finish in the short and a third place in the free skate with 61.86 points in the seven-strong field. More...
Countdown to Four Continents
Morgan Figgins, Tristan Thode and Joel Watson are preparing for the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Seoul, Korea beginning 11 February. Four Continents is the selection event for Worlds. Tristan and Joel will be competing against each other, while Morgan, as the only Ladies' competitor, will be competing for a minimum total technical element score to gain selection.
NZ Skaters prepare for Summer Trophy
Auckland-area skaters Alex Ley (Pre-Primary), Iyrin Quiqley (Primary), Paige Brownsey (Intermediate) and Caitlin Haynes (Senior) will be competing at the Summer Trophy in Brisbane, Australia from 21-25 January. The North Island Ice Skating Sub-Association with funding from the New Zealand Community Trust has provided additional ice time over the holidays to assist these skaters and others headed overseas to prepare. More...
Minutes Archives On-line
Archives of NZISA Minutes going back to 1980 are now available on the website. You can find these archives by going into the Meetings tab of the Members' Area and clicking on the "Archives..." link at the bottom of the "Council Meeting Minutes" section. The minutes are scanned documents and are very large. Included in these older documents are AGM minutes, financial reports, and correspondence and other reports. More...
Historical NZ Skating Videos On-line
Two historical videos are how available on the website. The Mt. Harper video is a news story discussing skating on the Mt. Harper ice rink in the 30s and 40s. The second is historical footage of skating on the Tekapo rink from probably around the late 50s. These videos were provided by former New Zealand champion Jack Lyttle and can be found in the History section of the Information & FAQs page. More...
Joel Watson in UD Send Off Show
Joel Watson performed along with Kimmie Meissner at the Univeristy of Delaware Send Off Show for US Nationals skaters at the weekend. More...
2007
Figure Skating for Breakfast
In the latest video instalment of Breakfast's reporter fitness challenge, Amy Kelley had a go at figure skating at Paradice in Auckland. More...
A Tale of Two Christmas'
A packed stadium audience enjoyed a thrilling performance from members of the Dunedin Ice Skating Club as they presented two well known Christmas stories at the Dunedin Ice Stadium over the weekend. More...
High School Musical: The Ice Tour
The smash-hit movie and cultural phenomenon that is High School Musical reaches a whole new level of cool with Disney's High School Musical: The Ice Tour, and it's heading to New Zealand in a high-energy, live show on ice - from May 29 to June 2 at the Vector Arena, Auckland. More...
Alanna passes gold stroking
Congratulations to Alanna Pollock (CISC) who passed the gold stroking medal test on the 9th of November at Alpine Ice Sports in Christchurch.
Ice Skating Wellington
Paul Jacobs of Wellington has started a Facebook group to drum up lots of interest and desire to build a rink in Wellington. More...
Tristan places 22nd at Golden Spin
New Zealand National Champion, Tristan Thode finished in 22nd place at the 40th Golden Spin of Zagreb. Tristan, in 23rd place (34.86) after the short programme, placed 22nd in the free skate (70.11) to earn 104.97 overall in the 25-strong field. Complete international competition results can be found in the Competitions section. More...
World Skating News
Ice figure skating news from around the globe is now shown in the blue column on the right side of the News & Reports page. News is monitored every 30 minutes, 24 hours a day with stories updated typically several times a day and more frequently during the international competition season.
Communication 032
NZISA Communication 032 is out with information on international results, the Mexican Olympic Festival, Scholarships, Anti-Doping, and much, much more! More...
Mexican Olympic Festival
The XIX Mexican Olympic Festival will be held 22-27 January in Mexico City. This international competition is open to all grades. More...
Format for Nationals 2008
Proposed schedule for the 2008 New Zealand National Championships. Please send any feedback to the NZISA Secretary. More...
Spring Cup 2008
International Synchronised Skating Competition, Italy, Feb 9-10, 2008. More...
Prague Cup 2008
Pre-Announcement for the 2008 Prague Cup Synchronised Skating Competition to be held in Prague, Czech Republic, from 25-27 January 2008. More...
Skate Celje 2007
International Junior, Novice, and age group competition, Celje, Slovenia, 8-11 November 2007. More...
Morgan withdraws from 2nd JGP
Dunedin skater Morgan Figgins has withdrawn from her second Junior Grand Prix event, the Pokal der Blauen Schwerter in Chemnitz, Germany, due to illness. More...
Morgan finishes 27th at JGP
Dunedin skater Morgan Figgins finished in 27th place with 74.98 points after a 25th placing in the free skate at the Sofia Cup. Morgan had held 26th place after the short programme in the 31-strong field at the ISU Junior Grand Prix event. More...
NZISA Shop Opens
The NZISA Shop is now open. More...
Allie places 7th at JGP
Auckland skater Allie Rout finished 7th at her first ISU junior competition, the Croatia Cup, an ISU Junior Grand Prix event held in Zagreb. In 5th place after the short programme, Allie finished 8th in the freeskate to take 7th overall in the field of 32. Allie set a New Zealand ladies record of 115.17 points at the event. More...
South Island Champs Results
Full results are available from the South Island Championships held 26-28 August. More...
Members' Forums
An area for members to communicate with the each other and with the NZISA has been added to the website. Feel free to add your comments and ask questions on any skating-related matter. More...
Minutes of 15 September
Minutes of the Council Meeting of 15 September and the Treasurer's report of 7 September are now available in the Members' Area (Meetings tab). More...
Communication 031
NZISA Communication 031 has been published with information on Nationals, selections and international assignments. More...
Communication 030
NZISA Communication 030 has been published with information on New Zealand skaters competing overseas. More...
Nationals Results
Final results from the 2007 New Zealand National Ice Skating Championships are now available. More...
New Selection Policy Adopted
The Selection Policy for Tiers 1-3 and selection to Australian Nationals and for International Competitions has been adopted. This policy replaces Appendix F and rules 303 and 304 in the NZISA rules and regulations. More...
Shane passes gold stroking
Congratulations to Shane Speden who passed the gold stroking medal test on the 2nd of September at Queenstown Fun Centre in Queenstown.
Minutes of 21-22 July
Minutes of the Council Meeting of 21-22 July are now available in the Members' Area (Meetings tab). More...
Australian Nationals Results
Complete results are now available for the 2007 Australian National Ice Figure Skating Championships. Twenty-three New Zealand skaters participated in the Championships. More...
Communication 029
Selections for Australian Nationals More...
North Island Championships Results
Results are now available for the 2007 North Island Ice Skating Sub Association Championships held in Auckland. More...
ISU Communication 1459
ISU Communication 1459 is now available on the Rules and Regulations page. This Communication provides clarifications, additions, and amendments to the large number of rule changes introduced in ISU Communication 1445. ISU Communication 1459 will be in effect at the South Island Championships and at the National Championships. More...
Draft Selection Policy
A draft selection policy has been emailed to members. Feedback should be sent to the NZISA secretary by 24 August. More...
New Privacy Policy Adopted
A new privacy policy has been adopted by the NZISA. This is the first policy to have been adopted under a new constitutional rule that takes into account feedback from members. The NZISA would like to thank those that submitted feedback which shaped this policy. More...
Otago/Southland Ice Skating Sub Association Championships
Results from the 2007 Otago/Southland Ice Skating Sub Association Championships are now available. More...
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