Ice Skating at
its Best! Rated 2nd friendliest rink in the U.S.A.*
Member
Club
since 1957
The Skating Club of Wilmington
has been
teaching the community to skate since 1965. Our programs encourage a
true love of the sport, from Beginner to Advanced; Recreational to Competitive.
We offer skating lessons from Preschool to Adult by accomplished professional
coaches with excellent Learn-to-Skate
Lessons, private Figure Skating Lessons, Synchronized Skating Teams for adults
and children, and instructional Ice Hockey
programs to help you join a team. All
these programs
are offered to the public and club membership is
not required although we recommend it if you
want less crowded ice times, more skating
sessions and discounted session rates.
Order Videos
of Ice Show Now
DVD's
and VHS tapes of each ice show are now available
for sale. New for this year is your choice of
Thursday's, Friday's or Saturday's performances,
plus for an extra $10 you can have separate
individual skating numbers on DVD or VHS tape.
Deadline for orders is May 18, 2008.
Photographs
containing the ice show numbers of all 3 nights,
plus many numbers in the dress rehearsals of each ice show are now available
for sale on one DVD. Deadline for orders is May 18, 2008.
Prints may also be ordered. Just click below and
you'll find an order form.
Applications must be signed by coach and
accompanied by required fees. A letter of
permission to test must also be received if Home
Club is other than the Skating Club of
Wilmington. No refund for cancelled tests. Below
is the button to find the test schedule page for
the
Dance tests this coming Sunday:
Dance
2007-08 Combined
Report of Action Available
The
2007-08 Combined Report of Action is now
available for download. The actions
contained in this document reflect all
business transacted by the U.S. Figure
Skating Board of Directors and Governing
Council for the 2007-08 season and will be
reflected in the 2009 edition of the
rulebook. This combined report is an effort
to simplify the reporting process in that
you will need only refer to one document for
the final actions. All approved actions will
go into effect Sept. 1, 2008, unless
otherwise stated in the action. To download
the report, please
click here.
SCW Scholars Award Program
It's that
time of the year again when we wish to recognize
those skaters who are training and competing
for the club while maintaining excellence in
their scholastic endeavors. Like last year,
there will be two levels of recognition: one
for those earning a 3.0 or above grade point
average; a second for those achieving a 3.5 or
above grade point average in their coursework.
For further information and an application form,
please click here for a
PDF file or a
WORD file to download.
SCW Community
Garage & Baked Goods Sale and Craft Show
June 7, 2008
SCW will be
holding its first community garage sale and
craft show on Saturday, June 7, from 9 am to 1
pm. It is a fundraiser for the Club. There
will also be a bake sale and the SCW Foundation
will hold a used skates and dresses sale. For a
question & answer format explaining the garage
sale, please
click here.
Phil Fraser has moved into his new home and
would enjoy visitors! His address is Regal
Heights Healthcare & Rehabilitation at 6525
Lancaster Pike, Hockessin, DE 19707.
The Skating Club of Wilmington's
43rd
Annual Summer Competition
Skate Wilmington 2008
Thursday-Saturday, July 24
- 26
(Pending
Sanction)
Additional
announcement information will be provided soon.
IJS will be used for Juvenile and above in
Freestyle, Pairs and Couples Dance. All other
categories will use the 6.0 judging system.
Volunteers Needed!
Volunteers are needed for the
Skate Wilmington competition in
July and a number of committees that
are lacking members to help spread
the work load. SCW is not much
different from any other non-profit
organization that relies on
volunteers to help manage all our
events. Join in the planning and
activities that all of us enjoy at
SCW and make it an even better club
and facility! We also need a
newsletter editor to help us
re-start a quarterly newsletter with
the latest news, including new
members who have joined, who is
competing, who's winning what, and
what upcoming events are of interest
to all our members. For information
how to volunteer, please contact any
Board member. For a list of Board
Members, please click
here
or just contact the Webmaster,
Don Thureau, and he will advise
you.
Austria's Viktor Pfeifer's Jumps are Becoming
Legendary!
He did a beautiful quad jump on Saturday night,
right after his show program!
Senior Lady,
Blake Rosenthal, Wowed Crowd
Novice
Pair, Lauren Pfarr & Mac Kern, Delighted Crowd
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Club News & Services
The Skate Shop for Champions
Need your
blades sharpened? The Sharper Edge Pro Shopoffers expert sharpening
to your requirements. Satisfaction guaranteed. Call (302) 656-5005 to
arrange an appointment or drop off your skates for fast service.
The Sharper Edge Pro Shopis the premiere shop for figure skating
sales and service in the Mid-Atlantic Region.
For further details, call Dot at SCW @
(302) 656-5005
Coming
& Ongoing Events
Programmed Dance every Monday night at 8:40 PM
Youth &
Adult Synchro Teams.
Group
Lesson participants and members are welcome to join
the teams for only the low cost of group coaching
fees.
Every Sunday, 1:10 PM. See
Synchro Primer.
Wilmington
Selects Ice Hockey Teams.
Click here
for further information
Group Lessons, Series 5 began
in early
April. Series 5 will be the last series
until the Fall season. Registration for the Fall
Group Lessons will begin again in late August.
Mark your calendars for June 7 and 8. On Saturday,
June 7, we are planning to have a fundraising garage
& craft sale at SCW, and on June 8 we will have our Annual
Meeting with awards, games, food, as well as our
traditional reports which will be handled in a much
more informative and visual way with tables manned
by volunteers.
In August we expect to have Benoit Venne back and in
September we'll have an ice dancing weekend with
instruction.
Did you know?
Many events and services at SCW do NOT require SCW
membership, such as ballet classes, off-ice
conditioning, birthday parties, USFSA tests,
competitions, public skating, group lessons, ice
skating exhibitions, use of the snack bar, skate
sharpening and mounting, skate shop purchases, ice
shows, and even Programmed Dance sessions!SCW
prohibits the use of roller/inline skates,
skateboards, scooters, bikes, and Heelys in the
building.
Please drive slowly as you approach or leave the
Club's parking lot. Many children use our facility!
One-fifth of all children 14 years of age and
younger who die in motor vehicle crashes are
pedestrians. Don't forget that the
speed limit on Carruthers Lane, West Park and East
Park Drives is
25 MPH!
State Park rangers have been seen giving out
speeding tickets off East Park Drive.
A recent incident in our parking lot has reminded
all of us to think about reducing our chances of
having our car broken into. Please make sure that
you leave nothing in plain sight inside your car.
All valuables should be carried with you or locked
in your trunk.
SCW Webmaster suggests using
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 or Mozilla Firefox for
Internet browsers, AVG Anti-Spyware and Anti-Virus,
Comodo Firewall & Anti-Virus, and Adobe Reader to
read PDF files. All programs are available
free. Click on the logos shown below to
download. Any programs that you download are at your
own risk. Please note SCW's
disclaimer.
Adult Members Corner
Future
articles in this area will focus on our adult
members, both skating or parents of skaters. If
you have news to share, please contact Marianne
Gruber, Jane Reid or this webmaster,
Don Thureau. You may also leave information
in any of our SCW mailboxes located in the foyer
next to the front office.
Competitive Corner
Training Home of Olympians & World Dance Competitors
Melissa Gregory & Denis Petukhov
Feel
Lost? Need Help Figuring Out Our Programs or
Which Membership Level is Best for You?
No need to
feel overwhelmed! You can e-mail our
Membership Chair and she'll either answer
your questions or if you wish, she can assign an age-appropriate
mentor either from our Junior program or our Adult
program. Give it a try!
Our Cast
of 172!
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image for better detail)
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