Essex Skating Club Explained

Essex Skating Club
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Headquarters:Richard J. Codey Arena
Location:West Orange, New Jersey, USA
Leader Title:President
Leader Name:Sally Saul

The Essex Skating Club (also known as ESC and Essex SC of NJ) is a figure skating club based at Richard J. Codey Arena in West Orange, New Jersey. The club has teams and over 300 skaters who compete in many national competitions.

History

The Essex Skating Club was formed in 1954 at the Shady Brook outdoor rink in Livingston, New Jersey and it was sanctioned by U.S. Figure Skating in January 1955. The club moved from Livingston to Essex County's rink at the South Mountain Arena in West Orange. With the renovation in 2005 to modernize the arena, the club's home base was reopened with modern facility and the new name, Richard J. Codey Arena. Currently there are more than 300 members including 10 Synchro teams and 1 Theatre on Ice team.[1]

Skaters

Currently there are more than 300 skaters at the Essex Skating Club. Since its founding, skaters have competed in national and international competitions. Three Americans Suna Murray (1972), Elisa Spitz (1984), and Karen Courtland (1994) grew up skating in Essex Club’s Ice Shows and training at South Mountain Arena. They went on to capture many National and International medals including representing the United States in Figure Skating at the Winter Olympic Games and World Championships:

Coaches at the club are among national and world competitors. Notable coaches include:[12]

Teams

The Synchroettes

See main article: article and Synchroettes. The Synchroettes is a group of synchronized skating teams of ESC. Currently the group consists of 10 teams from Beginner to Junior with 180 skaters.[16] The Synchroettes teams won in many regional competitions and competed in national competitions for many years. They also performed in many public appearances and participated in community service skating events such as Toys for Tots and a show to benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure.[17] In 2010, its Juvenile team won the gold medal of the 2010 U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[18] The success of the Essex Skating Club's synchronized skating teams was recognized by the U.S. Figure Skating in its publication, Guide to Basic Skills and Beginner Synchronized Skating, as one of the two featured clubs to inspire skating clubs around the U.S. to start a basic skills/beginner synchronized skating program.[19]

In 2012, the Junior-level team of Synchroettes was selected by the U.S. Figure Skating to be part of the Team USA for 2012-13 season to compete in Leon Lurje Trophy international competition in Sweden.[20] The team won a bronze medal in the competition.[21]

The founder and the head coach of the Synchroettes - Geri Lynch Tomich.

The Essex Blades

The Essex Blades is the adult synchronized skating team of the club. The team has been competing nationally in the Masters division at the U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships. The team placed 6th at the 2011 Championships.[22]

Bravo!

Bravo! is a group of the Theatre on Ice (TOI) teams of ESC and the first TOI group in NJ. As of January 2016, it is the only NJ team among almost 50 teams in the US.[23] In 2011, the team became pewter medalist for the Novice division at the US National Theatre on Ice Competition.[24] In 2012, the team became national silver medalist for the novice division at the US National Theatre on Ice competition in Strongsville, Ohio.[25] In 2012, the team was selected by US Figure Skating to be one of the two novice teams to represent the United States at the 2013 Nations Cup in Spain, and placed 9th out of 11 teams worldwide.[26]

In 2013, there were two teams in preliminary and novice levels. The preliminary team was a national pewter medalist and the novice team was a national silver medalist for the 2013 US National Theatre on Ice competition in Troy, Ohio.[27] [28]

Other activities

The Essex Skating Club has sponsored many skating events and clinics featuring famous skaters such as Olympic medalists[29] and Disney on Ice skaters.[30] It also hosts annual competition Winter ESCapade sanctioned by U.S. Figure Skating in January with competitors from clubs along the Northern parts of the East coast.[1] [31]

External links

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Notes and References

  1. http://essexskatingclub.org/about-esc/ About ESC
  2. http://www.usfsa.org/event_related_details.asp?ri=content/events/200405/usadultchamps/silverladies2.htm 2005 U.S. Adult Figure Skating Championships
  3. http://www.southorange.org/Gaslight/2006/June.pdf Villager Lynn Biot-Gordon skates to silver in adult nationals
  4. Web site: 2012 National Solo Dance Championship Preliminary Solo Pattern Dance Championship Final Standings. US Figure Skating. 8 June 2013.
  5. http://digital.ipcprintservices.com/publication/?i=23525&p=62 2009 National Showcase
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20120510063609/http://www.skatingfantasy.com/standupforlife/cast.html Stand Up for Life Cast
  7. Web site: Andrea DAVIDOVICH. ISU. 13 February 2014. 27 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140227164106/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-andrea-davidovich. dead.
  8. http://www.neicc.org/results/2010%20NSC%20Results.htm National Showcase 2010
  9. Richard J. Codey Arena Newsletter - Mid-January 2012 Issue - accessed January 12, 2012
  10. Richard J. Codey Arena Newsletter - Mid-January 2012 Issue - accessed January 12, 2012
  11. http://www.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2011/68096/CAT003SEG006.html 2011 U.S. Figure Skating Championships - Championship Dance
  12. http://essexskatingclub.org/coaches-at-esc/ Coaches at ESC
  13. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418042645/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/kay-barsdell-1.html Kay Barsdell
  14. http://www.the-sports.org/figure-skating-world-junior-figure-skating-championships-1982-1983-results-mixed-s26-c0-b0-g116-t4679-u49-v2.html#138076 Figure Skating - World Junior Figure Skating Championships 1982-1983
  15. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418042645/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fo/kenneth-foster-1.html Kenneth Foster
  16. http://synchroettes.org/ About Us
  17. http://www.thejointlibrary.org/archives/UnionCountySource/2010/2010-02-11/pg_0030.pdf Synchroettes impress at number of skating events
  18. http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100304&content_id=8683030&vkey=ice_news Synchroettes, Team Del Sol win at U.S. Synchros
  19. http://www.usfigureskating.org/Content/Guide%20to%20Basic%20Skills%20and%20Beginner%20Synchro.pdf U.S. Figure Skating’s Guide to Basic Skills and Beginner Synchronized Skating
  20. Web site: 2012-13 INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION SEASON ASSIGNMENTS/RESULTS. U.S. Figure Skating. 14 October 2012.
  21. Web site: Results. Leon Lurje Trophy. 27 January 2013. dead. https://archive.today/20130418110333/http://live.leonlurjetrophy2013.se/results/. 18 April 2013.
  22. http://www.cleveland-edges.com/results/?c=2 2011 US Synchronized Championships
  23. http://www.usfsa.org/Content/2009-10%20Registered%20TOI%20Teams.pdf U.S. FIGURE SKATING 2009-2010 THEATRE ON ICE
  24. http://www.yarmouthiceclub.org/TOI/Nationals/Results.html 2001 US National Theatre on Ice Competition - Results
  25. Web site: 5th Annual National Theatre on Ice Competition Novice Final Standings . The Greater Cleveland Council of Figure Skating Clubs . 7 June 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120703212544/http://www.clevelandskating.com/assets/files/Theater%20on%20Ice/Novice%20FS%20%26%20Final.pdf . 3 July 2012 .
  26. News: The N'Ice Ballet, bronze medal at the Nations Cup Ice Ballet Logroño 2013. 7 June 2013. Barcelona. 30 April 2013.
  27. Web site: 2013 National TOI Competition Preliminary Final Standings. Troy Skating Club. 29 June 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075019/http://troyskatingclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/PreFinal.pdf. 4 March 2016.
  28. Web site: 2013 National TOI Competition Novice Final Standings. Troy Skating Club. 29 June 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040943/http://troyskatingclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/NovFinal.pdf. 4 March 2016.
  29. http://essexskatingclub.org/2011/06/announcing-a-clinic-with-olympic-gold-medalist-oksana-bauil/ Announcing a Clinic with Olympic Gold medalist Oksana Bauil
  30. http://bloomfield.patch.com/articles/disney-on-ice-skaters-come-to-essex-county#video-8885341 VIDEO: Disney on Ice Skaters Come to Essex County
  31. http://www.usfsa.org/event_details.asp?id=47189 THE WINTER ESCAPADE 2012

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