Isabella Tobias and her partner, Deividas Stagniunas, are currently standing in 5th place out of a field of 20 ice dancing teams at the European Championships in Sheffield, England! Isabella is a former Sky Rink skater that began training at Chelsea Piers as a child and now represents Lithuania. The Ice Dance event concludes today - wishing both of you the best of luck!
Sky Rink's own Sean Conlon, 15, is the National Intermediate Men's Figure Skating Silver medalist! Sean beat out 50 skaters from across the country to earn the second place title. Sean started skating at Sky Rink's skating school and worked his way up throughout the years. Sean is coached by staff coach Helen Bowlin. Congratulations, Sean!
See Sean skate live at this year's Holiday on the Hudson on Friday, December 16 at 7pm.
Sky Rink’s very own Sean Conlon will be competing in the Junior National Figure Skating Championships in East Lansing, Michigan from December 10 - 14. Sean is a former member of Sky Rink’s Skating School, Junior Prep, and Figure Skating programs. Best of luck, Sean!
Also competing is Lyra Katzman. Lyra began skating at Wollman and moved to Sky Rink shortly after. Additionally, Lyra will be a featured performer in this year's Holiday on the Hudson. We wish her the best of luck.
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Congratulations to Sky Rink's Junior Prep skating team for its second place finish at the annual Yonkers Figure Skating Club ISI Competition! The competition was held at the E.J. Murray Memorial Skating Rink in Yonkers, New York on November 19, 2011. This is the third year in a row that figure skaters from Sky Rink's thriving Junior Prep program have won the second place team trophy. This year, the second place award was out of five figure skating clubs in the tri-state area.
Staff professionals who participated were Denise Beaumont, Ali Blank, Helen Bowlin, Ken Benson, Line Haddad, Marni Halasa, Bridie Myles and Maria O'Connor. Director of Figure Skating Kenny Moir and Sky Rink ISI Competition Director Darlene Parent both assisted in judging the competition, which has been around for 25 years. Many Yonkers skaters will also participate in the Chelsea Piers ISI Competition that will be held the first weekend in June 2012.
Pictured in photo from left: Anna Mor, Anna Faulkner, Louisa Mor (holding trophy), Tory Watnick, staff pro Marni Halasa and Peri Finkelman.
Former Sky Rink skater Isabella Tobias and her partner, Deividas Stagniunas won the bronze medal at the Skate America Grand Prix this past weekend in California. Isabella and Deividas compete for Lithuania and this was their first international Grand Prix medal for the team. Way to go, guys!
Isabella started skating at Sky Rink as a child and is also a student at Columbia University.
