Senior Synchronized Skating Team

This season we are further extending the opportunities for skaters in our club as we have now commenced training a new Senior team formed in October 2007 - Ice Storm.

Senior teams who have represented our Club at State, National and International events –

• Corps de Patineurs was formed in September 1983. This was the start in Queensland of Synchronized Skating or Precision as it was then called.
• They competed in the first Synchronized Skating event at Nationals in 1984.
• The Corps placed 1st at Nationals from 1984-1991 and also in 1993 and they were silver medallists in 1992.
• In 1985 Australia was the first non-North American country to enter a Synchronized Skating Competition outside their own country. The team from Australia was the “Corps de Patineurs” and they competed in 1985 in the Mid-American Precision Competition, Fraser, Michigan, USA and the Canadian International Precision Competition London, Ontario, CANADA.
• They won medals representing Australia at International Competitions in the USA and Canada in 1985 and 1988 and also the Gold medal at the 1991 New Zealand National Championships.
• After regaining the Australian Championships in 1993 most of the team left, so the club did not have a Senior team in 1994.
• The team reformed with mostly new team members to win silver medals at the Australian Championships from 1995-1998.
• In 1997 Corps de Patineurs represented Australia at the Spring Cup in Milan, Italy and the French Cup in Rouen, France.
• The team’s name was changed to Synergy and under this new name they were successful in representing our club to win Nationals in1999 which gained them the nomination to represent Australia at the first World Championships for Synchronized Skating in Minneapolis USA in 2000 for which we are very proud.
• After retaining their National title in 2000 this team then left our club and we have not had a Senior team again until this season.

How to Join Ice Storm

Ice Storm gives skaters the opportunity to develop into high level Synchronized skaters both Nationally and Internationally.

Goals for Ice Storm this season include -

• To develop team members’ Synchronized Skating skills.
• To assist team members to develop their Individual skating skills.
• To prepare the team for Competitions, Exhibitions and Displays including -
• Compete in the Synchronized Ice Skating Clubs Competition in June 08.
• Compete in the Queensland Championships in early July 08.
• Perform in our Club’s Annual Exhibition Skate in late July 08.
• Compete in the Australian Championships right here in Brisbane in August 08.

Requirements to join -

Age: must have reached the age of 14 before July 1st 08

Test Level: Elementary 2 pattern or dance test plus Elementary 1 Free skating test.

Additional training required: Team members also need to be training in private or group lessons on the skills needed for the programs.

For further information: regarding these exciting plans and/or the possibility of joining the Ice Storm - Call Lynda on 07 3372 6386 or Tricia Marcovich on Ph. 3395 1722 or 0412 739 620.

For your further enjoyment we invite you to tour Through the Years of Ice Storm & our other senior teams.