Organized in 1923, the Pittsburgh Figure Skating Club is one of the oldest clubs in the United States. As one of over 480 member clubs of U.S. Figure Skating, the Pittsburgh Figure Skating Club seeks to encourage participation in the sport of figure skating by all persons.
Congratulations to Olivia Strickland who recently received the Silver Certificate from US Figure Skating. These certificates are given to high school seniors who have continued to skate, test and compete in high school in addition to maintaining an exemplary academic effort. Olivia was presented her certificate at a recent school assembly. She attends The Ellis School and the certificate was presented by the Upper School Director, Lauren Laschon.
Good Luck to our skaters competing in upcoming competitions:
2019 PHILADELPHIA SYNCHRO INVITATIONAL & JUDGES CRITIQUE
SEWELL, NEW JERSEY – October 26, 2019
Steel City Blades – Preliminary, Intermediate and Pre-Juvenile
SKATING SPOOKTACULAR
Center Ice Skating Cub – October 26, 2019
Megan Esposito
Lauryn Fencik
Rena Mastramico
13TH ANNUAL DIAMOND CLASSIC
MENTOR FSC – November 1, 2019
Steel City Blades – Preliminary, Intermediate and Pre-Juvenile
BUCKEYE ADULT OPEN
Wooster, Ohio – November 2, 2019
Megan Erfley
Ken Ho
Patti Kuzma
Alicia Marcucci
Lana McCaffrey
Grace Stuever
2020 U.S. PAIRS FINAL
Dallas FSC – Allen, Texas – November 12-16, 2019
Gunnar Hagbo
Lola Hagbo
BOSTON SYNCHRONIZED SKATING CLASSIC
Skating Club of Boston – November 15, 2019
Steel City Blades – Intermediate and Pre-Juvenile
25th ANNUAL CAPE CODE SYNCHRONIZED SKATING CLASSIC
Bourne SC – December 14, 2019
Steel City Blades – Intermediate and Pre-Juvenile
SOUTH ATLANTIC SYNCHRONIZED OPEN
Richmond FSC – December 14, 2019
Steel City Blades – Preliminary
2020 REFLECTIONS SYNCHRO INVITATIONAL
Central Pennsylvania FSC – February 16, 2020
Steel City Blades – Preliminary, Pre-Juvenile and Intermediate
Congratulations to Ana Lestina and Ben McLemore who competed at the 2019 US Figure Skating Championships in Novice Pairs; and for Alannah Binotto with her partner Shiloh Judd who competed at the 2019 US Figure Skating Championships in Senior Dance!
A recent article about Ana & Ben competing at the 2019 US Figure Skating Championships appeared in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/other-sports/2019/01/16/figure-skating-pittsburgh-world-championships-anastasia-lestina-benjamin-mclemore/stories/201901160003
Congratulations to Ana Lestina & Ben McLemore on their North American Series Assignment from USFS. They will be competing with other Novice Teams from the US and Canada at Skate Milwaukee from July 11-15, 2018.
Congratulations to Elena Valova – Pittsburgh FSC Coach and World Figure Skating Hall of Fame Class of 2018! She competed with Oleg Vasiliev for the Soviet Union at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics in Pairs and won the Silver Medal.
Congratulations to Ryan & Charlotte in their first international debut at the Warsaw Cup 2016. You can see their Free Dance here, start at the 5:00:00 mark:
A news article about Ryan and Charlotte was in the TribLive: http://triblive.com/sports/otherlocal/9949224-85/devereaux-skating-maxwell
CLUB REMINDER:
Reminder – 6 hours of volunteer time per skater needs to be completed for the new skating year (2018-19). Many opportunities are available: club ice monitor Sunday afternoons beginning in September; test sessions; at the club’s Learn-to-Skate program at Schenley Park Ice Rink beginning in December; annual Skate Pittsburgh competition. Members not fulfilling the 6 hours must pay $120.00.
