World Cup Gold for Elise in Short Track 1000m

Gold for Elise

Gold for Elise Christie

Elise Christie won her first World Cup Gold in the Women’s 1000m in the ISU World Cup in Moscow. The 21 year old from Livingstone took the Gold ahead of World Championship medallist Liu Quihong of China and World Cup leader Yui Sakai of Japan. Elise has already claimed two ISU World Cup silver medals this season, in Japan and Canada.

Elsie is now ranked second in the world for this season in the 1000m.

Further information on Elise’s Gold winning performance is available here:

Feb 9, 2012

Short Track Initiative

Great news for Scottish skating: Sport Scotland are to support a three year Scottish Short Track Development programme. The plan was prepared and presented by Archie Marshall (Sk8scotland Speed Director) and Stuart Horsepool (GB Performance Director – Short Track). The programme will focus on a club development and a Scottish Development Squad that will be part of the pathway to GB Junior and Senior squads. It will be run by Archie starting April 2012 in partnership with Sport Scotland who will bring high levels of expertise as well as financial support to the programme. The partnership with Sport Scotland is a great opportunity for our sport, one that we all must work to maximise.

With Elise Christie ranked 2nd in the World at 1000m and Scottish skaters taking 4 of the 9 titles and 8 of the 27 medals at last week’s British Championships in Nottingham, this is an exciting time for the sport.

Jan 11, 2012

Synchro Featured on BBC Breakfast, Christmas Eve

BBC Sports Presenter Mike Bushell has recently been to Dumfries to film an action piece on synchronized skating with the Dumfries Synchro teams and it is scheduled to be aired on BBC Breakfast on Christmas Eve morning (Sat 24th December) between 6:00 – 10:00 and repeated several times. Anne-Marie Coxon, Chair of the Dumfries club said:

“The BBC filming went very well. They had done their research on synchro so pretty much everything I dropped in they seemed to know about. The girls had fun and Mike himself was very game – participating in a wheel and an intersection! It is scheduled to go out on BBC Breakfast News on Christmas Eve between 6am and 10am – will be shown several times throughout the morning. Solway Stars and Solway Eclipse were the teams involved – Solway Breeze did a run through of their British silver medal winning performance as well.”

Dec 20, 2011

Interview: Elise Christie, speed skater

By Paul Forsyth
Scotland on Sunday,  Sunday 18 December 2011

Scottish short-track racer’s sport was transformed by Olympic money – now she’s targeting a medal

IF you are one of the many thousands who have been persuaded, against their better judgment, to pull on a pair of bladed boots, totter on to the ice rink in Edinburgh’s Princes Street Gardens and cling pathetically to the perimeter fence, you might be interested in the progress lately of Elise Christie.

She was seven when she took her first steps on the ice at Murrayfield. Almost immediately, she was shooting off across the surface and setting in motion a journey that has perpetually gathered pace in the 14 years since. Now based in Nottingham, and ranked second in the world, the short-track speed skater from Livingston is closing fast on a medal at the Winter Olympics.

Read the full article in the Scotland on Sunday

Dec 20, 2011

Scotland to be birthplace of Impaired Skating movement

Sk8scotland is delighted to announce to members throughout Scotland, that an exciting new project to encourage skaters with all categories of disability or impairment to participate in the sport, has recently received the full support of the ISU. In a letter to the project’s founder, Margarita Sweeney-Baird, David Dore, 1st Vice President of the ISU said:

“It goes without saying that the members of the Council have great interest in this field of skating. I believe in your report you have put everything into complete perspective, allowing all of us to comprehend the situation. Therefore, the ISU remains quite supportive of your continuing efforts and feels that this should become an important program activity of the skating world in the future. You should continue your efforts in supporting disabled skating in the world. To this end we agree that your participation and activity as outlined in the near future for 2012, should be pursued as you outlined”.

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Nov 23, 2011

Trophy D’Ecosse 2012 – Updates

For full information please see: Trophy D’Ecosse 2012

Oct 16, 2011

Sk8scotland & IJS

The Sk8scotland Board is delighted to announce that they have purchased a full set of IJS equipment which will be used for all Scottish Championships and available to Scottish Clubs for their Open Events as well as for training.

During the research period over recent weeks Sk8scotland has also been putting together a Sk8scotland IJS Technical Group of Volunteers who wish to work with the Board in the delivery of IJS events.

The IJS Technical Group will be chaired by the newly appointed Sk8scotland Director, David Johnston who has been responsible for putting this equipment together for Dundee Ice Skating Club, and more recently arranging that Sk8scotland may purchase it. David is a NISA Level 3 Results Official. Read more

Aug 28, 2011

Sk8scotland – AGM and Open Forum

Sk8scotland will hold an AGM and Open Forum prior to the Sk8scotland Short Track Speed Skating Club International event to be held at Dumfries Ice Bowl on Saturday 10th September 2011. This meeting was postponed from the original date in May.

The full agenda is available below.
Members should note there will be no items requiring a vote.

Aug 21, 2011

The first Scottish Cup Club International incorporating the Scottish Figure Championships

2011 Scottish Figure Champions

2011 Scottish Figure Champions - Click for full photos

Sk8scotland are currently introducing a new competition structure forScotland in the form of separate championships for each discipline, and the first figure event, The Scottish Cup took place in Aberdeen,  5-7 August 2011.

Scottish Cup Group

The Judges, Officials and Data and Results Operators

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Aug 9, 2011

Sk8scotland introduce the first IJS Figure Development meeting

Sk8scotland IJS Figure Development Meeting

ISU officials, Hely Abondatti, Veronique Fleury and Wieland Luders with the second groups of skaters to receive their merit certificates at the end of the Development Meeting.

Sk8scotland IJS Figure Development Meeting

ISU officials Daniel Delfa and Jeroen Prinz with the first three groups of skaters to receive their merit certificates at the end of their seminar

Following on from the Scottish Cup, which is part of Scotland’s new International Competition Progamme, Simon Briggs the National Coaching Director, and Figure Director for Sk8cotland, offered skaters and coaches a new concept in IJS development, which to date has only been used for synchronized skating.

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Aug 9, 2011