NEW MEMBERS: We
welcome new members, Hannah Johnson; Angela Murray, Matthew Dodd and
their children Karina, Corey, Cheyenne and Leilani Murray-Dodd; Dean,
Fiona, Vanessa, Nicola and Jacinta Bowden and Candeece Blaikie.
Its great to have you join us, we know you will enjoy your time with the club –
please remember others are always willing to help and if there is anything
you’d like to know please ask.
PATCH PASSES: The
last month in patch class has been fantastic, its exciting to see so many
skaters getting involved - all have
been progressing well. The following have passed patches in the last month:- Congratulations
to Lea Costley patch 1, Ashley Jenkins-Hoult patch 1, Cody
Bowkany patch 1, Vanessa Bowden patch 1, Zoe Bockany patch 1,
Martina Steiner patch 2, Candeece Blaikie patch 2, Tanja de
Wilde patch 4.
MEDAL TEST PASSES: Congratulations to the following people who have
passed Medal Tests recently:- Stefanie McCallum (Solo Dance Medals 1 and
2), Nika Thomson (Solo Dance Medal 2) and Kelsi Linney (Freeskating
Medals 1 and 2).
HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Birthday wishes to Gordon Chamley, Antony
Hazelwood, Crystal Jones, Janeen Jones, Peter Nalder, Emma Patrick, Jack
Patrick, Shantanlia Robinson, Kyra Thomson and Ashleigh Zammit for
your special day in September. We hope it was a good one!!!
SPECIAL NIGHT DISCO: On October 8 from 7-9.30pm we’re having a special
“Black and White” themed night disco to raise funds to help our club members represent
the area at Nationals (to be held in January 2006).
You have a rare chance to enjoy night
skating to great-recorded sounds, plus live music from teen band “Call to
Arms”. So join the fun - there’ll be spot prizes for those dressed in black
and/or white and skating games.
Children under 10 are welcome to attend,
but must be accompanied by an adult. Door charge is $6 per person (including
those paying rink fees) and includes skates or blades if you need them. There
will be snacks and hot and cold drinks for sale.
Please invite your friends and family to
enjoy this fun night (which will help our club members). For more information
you can phone Mary-Anne on 5289127 or Cathie on 5297670.
CONGRATULATIONS: Congratulations to UHRSC member, Roger
Boulcott, who has just been elected for another term as New Zealand
Federation of Roller Sports President and Jacqui Jones who has been
elected as East Central Region Chairperson. Thanks to both of you for your
commitment to roller sport.
CENTRAL AREA COMPETITION: We have a group of around 35 club members (skaters and officials) heading to Napier on October 15 and 16 to compete at Central Area Championships. This is an important competition on the skating calendar because our skaters need to do well qualify to represent the Central Area at Nationals. Good luck everyone!!!
NATIONAL SKATERS: Skaters hoping to qualify for Nationals should be receiving their paperwork any day now. This will need to be checked and returned to David Linney by the end of Areas. The club will be paying the registration fee for each skater; event fees will need to be paid to David by the end of Areas.
SUNDAY RINK TIME CHANGE: We have arranged a swap of Sunday rink time with the Hockey Club. This
means those going to Areas will have extra weekend practice time.
Please note that the rink will be
available to UHRSC members during the day of the first Sunday in October
(that’s the 2nd). Hockey will have the rink all day on Sunday October 16.
SQUAD WITH DAVID HOOK: World-class coach,
David Hook ran a most successful Freeskating squad on September 11 at our rink.
For beginners through to international level skaters, all who participated
learned a lot. We are lucky to have the opportunity to get this standard of
coaching from someone of this level. Thank you very much David.
DANCE YOUR SOCKS OFF: Thanks to Laura
McKenzie, Kimberley Dean, Emma Patrick, Tanya McCarthy, Emma Hazelwood, Tessa
Halcrow-Webb, Nika Thomson, Kelsi Linney, Stefanie McCallum, Oliver Ewert and
Kyra Thomson) who were involved in demonstrating our sport to a huge
crowd at Kilbirnie Recreation Centre recently as part of the Dance Your Socks
Off programme. This was a great way to show the general public the dance
skating we do, as well as freeskating and precision.
SCHOOL HOLIDAY SKATING: September/October
school holidays are underway and as has become tradition, we are running our
public holiday sessions, Monday – Friday, 1:00 – 3:30 pm for both weeks.
Don’t forget members paying rink fees can attend these
sessions at no charge so come along and enjoy.
Because we don’t have any paid workers (everything is
done by volunteers so we can keep your fees as low as possible) we need help
running these sessions along with some private bookings in the mornings.
Thanks to those of you who have already put your names
down to help. We still need more “manpower” on some days, so please put your
name down on the roster on the club notice board – it’s a fun way to do your
bit for the club.
MORO BARS: We
still have eight boxes to sell and we would really like to be able to forget
about Moro Bars for now!!! So please if you can sell just one more box, could
you contact Mary-Anne on 5289127.
Thanks to everyone who has sold a box/boxes of Moro
Bars. For every box sold the club makes $16 (inc GST) so this is an excellent
fundraiser – it helps us keep fees and charges as low as possible.
We also have some
outstanding money – so if you have sold your box and haven’t returned the money
yet, please give it to Mary-Anne Thomson, David Linney or Chris Hazelwood as
soon as possible.
SATURDAY ROSTER: The roster for September/October/November
is out and on the notice board at the rink. Please make sure you look at it
urgently and take note when you have been rostered on. Please don’t forget to
do your duty and if the day you are rostered on doesn’t suit - please arrange
for another member to take your place.
PRIVATE RINK BOOKINGS:. If
you are thinking of coming to practice, don’t forget to check the private
bookings calendar on the notice board regularly. Already we have school visits
booked on Oct 11 and 13 from 10am to 12noon and December 15 from 9.30am to
2.30pm. Home School will be in October 13 and 27, as well as November 10 and 24
from 1:30 – 3:30 pm. We also have bookings for most Saturday nights till
Christmas. The majority of these sessions are run by Chris Hazelwood or Bruce
Crosby. This is a huge investment of their time and we thank them for it.
If you could lighten the private bookings load a little by helping out, please
contact Chris (phone 5297551) or Bruce (9388718) for more details about what is
involved.
SKATE HIRE: We have good quality skates available for hire for those skaters who haven’t reached the stage of wanting to purchase their own yet. Sizes available vary from month to month - If you are interested please see Chris Hazelwood.
SKATES FOR SALE: We also have a stock of skates on hand that members
want to sell. What are available changes fairly regularly so if you are looking
to buy skates please contact Chris.
Of course we sometimes have members looking to buy skates in sizes we don’t have - If you have any for sale please let Chris or Bruce know.
UPCOMING COMPETITIONS/MEDAL TESTS:
Please Note: Dates/Venues maybe subject to alteration. Please
check with event management