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Singapore gets first synthetic ice skating rink

Contributed by Sue-Anne Chng

Friday, February 5, 2010 – Stamford American International School (SAIS) today announced Singapore’s first synthetic ice skating rink on the school’s Foundation Campus at Lorong Chuan.

Working in collaboration with the Singapore Ice Hockey Association (SIHA), this trial of the technology aims to make ice skating and ice hockey more accessible in tropical Singapore and offer quality ice sport programs to students.
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Cirque on Ice chooses 8 local skaters for role in upcoming Reverie

Contributed by Laura Reid

November 3, 2009 – Singapore’s figure skating community got an exciting first glimpse of the new Arina Stadium Waterfront when the producers of Reverie: Cirque on Ice auditioned 17 hopeful young local skaters for a role in the spectacular new ice show coming to town on November 27th.
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Reflections on the free programmes at the Singapore National Figure Skating Championships

By Laura Reid

Flashes of brilliant potential and emerging greatness.

That’s what people saw at the Singapore National Figure Skating Championships over the weekend of March 8-9, 2009 at Kallang Ice World. The best of the skating seen at Nationals this year was the best that has ever been seen in Singapore.

But the Nationals began with no fanfare this year and ended on the same note. No awards podium on the ice. No media, no school principals, no Guest of Honour, no Singapore Sports Council, and no Singapore National Olympic Council. It was the first Nationals held since the Singapore Ice Skating Association got its provisional membership in the International Federation. How ironic that no one came—surely they were invited?
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Brittany Lau wins ice skating gold in Junior Ladies Free event at National Championships

By Laura Reid

On the closing day of the 8th National Figure Skating Championships on March 8th, 2009, 14-year-old Brittany Lau won the free programme and landed in 1st place overall for the Junior Ladies event.

After the short programme on Saturday, Brittany had been sitting in second place, just a fraction behind 17-year-old Sarah Paw. However Brittany’s strong technical performance in the free programme gave her an edge and the gold medal.
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Ng Yi Ching leads Ladies Novice after short programme at National Figure Skating Championships

By Laura Reid

Kallang Ice World, Saturday, March 7, 2009 – It was the ice version of the Kallang Roar (with apologies to the nation’s legions of football fans) today as the Singapore National Figure Skating Championships got underway at Kallang Ice World with a loud, standing room-only crowd in attendance.
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Sarah Paw in first place after short programme at Singapore National Figure Skating Championships

By Laura Reid

Kallang Ice World, Saturday, March 7, 2009 – Singapore’s overseas skaters dominated the short programme in the Junior event at the National Figure Skating Championships today with superior flow, beautiful spiral sequences and great spins. However, they all struggled with their jumps at Kallang Ice World, a rink that is about 30% smaller than a traditional Olympic size surface.
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Singapore’s Sarah Rodgers wins bronze medal at British National Figure Skating Championships

Contributed by Laura Reid

Nottingham, England, Saturday, January 15-16, 2008 – Thirteen year-old Sarah Afiqah Rodgers, a Singaporean living in Scotland, won a Bronze medal in the Ladies Novice event at the 2008/2009 British Ice Figure and Synchronized Skating Championships.
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Skaters wow holiday crowds at Velocity@Novena Figure Skating Challenge

By Laura Reid

Novena, November 29 & 30, 2008 – The first Velocity@Novena Figure Skating Challenge this past weekend was everything a great competition should be – fun, friendly and fierce, said event organiser Jiyoung Wilson from the Singapore Ice Skating Association.

And the competition stayed on the ice, Mrs. Wilson said. Off the ice, the skaters, ranging from six to 21 years old, were a tight community of support for each other, she said. “We had some of Singapore’s youngest competitors, some of its best and some of its most promising skaters.”
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Singapore's Olympic ice-skating dreams destroyed by looming economic crisis?

By Singapore Sports Fan

Singapore's dreams of producing future Olympic ice-skating champions may have been shattered by the looming economic crunch.

According to the report "Upgrades on hold" in today's edition of TODAY (22 October 2008), CapitaMall Trust (CMT) has announced that it is shelving expansion plans for three of its malls "due to high construction costs and the competitive environment for resources recently."
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Singapore skaters benefit from the inclusion of foreign competitors for the first time

77 talented skaters, the youngest just aged seven, took part in the recent 7th Fuji Ice Palace Singapore National Figure Skating Championships on February 2 and 3, 2008.

The competition kicked off with a first, an event called Future Stars designed for the beginner-level skater. This category saw 13 competitors aged between 7 and 10 years of age in the Ladies A event. It is admirable how the youngest skaters in this competition – Claire Casey of Chatsworth International School, Jermaine Seah of Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus Primary School (Toa Payoh), Nadja Chong of United World College SEA and from the Future Stars Men event Dylan Jellinek of St Joseph Primary School (Australia) – all aged seven, overcame their nerves and delivered their programs with zest and determination in front of a packed audience of cheering parents and supporters.

Another first this year was the opening of the national championship to foreign competitors. How do local skaters feel about this change from the previously all-Singaporean and Singaporean permanent residents competition?
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An Interview with Alexandria Wong of Methodist Girls’ School

FIGURE SKATING – CROSS-COUNTRY

Interview and pictures by Leslie Tan. © Red Sports/soulbreath pictures

Alexandria Wong, of Methodist Girls’ School (MGS) is a figure skater and a runner. The 14-year-old athlete will be in Secondary 3 in 2008 loves nature, adding to the pleasure of her cross-country training through woods and trails. A lover of animals, Alexandria is also most comfortable when she is surrounded by books and libraries and Borders Book Store are her favourite haunts. Her sporting exploits have also put her into the final round of the Singapore Sports Idol contest. Red Sports recently caught up with her for an interview.

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Ice skating competition draws skaters from Beijing to Manila

ICE SKATING

Skate Singapore 2007
29 November – 2 December 07 at the Fuji Ice Palace, Jurong East

Story by Laura Reid. Pictures courtesy of Annie Koh, Carol Tan and Fuji Ice Palace.

If you want to chill this school holiday, check out Skate Singapore 2007 from November 29th to December 2nd at Fuji Ice Palace in Jurong East.

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Latest update: skater Sarah Paw has almost 2000 votes but still out of top 20

FIGURE SKATING

Beijing Olympics 2008

I don’t know Sarah Paw. Never met her in my life. But the girl has a dream to be a torch bearer. So I say, “You go, girl.” Let’s help put her and Singapore on the map by at least hauling her rank back up into the top 20. There are 227 applicants for the eight spots as torch bearers for next year’s Beijing Olympics. If we can get a fellow Singaporean up into the top 20, I think we will show the world that we care about how our fellow Singaporeans do in the sporting arena. Let’s show that even though we are small, we have loud voices.

Very loud voices.

Sarah Paw won the the Novice Ladies Event at the 6th Singapore National Figure Skating Championships 2007. © Leslie Tan/Red Sports

Background:

Sarah Paw, a 15-year-old Singaporean ice-skater, is competing to become a torch bearer at next year's Beijing Olympics. Sarah has picked up over 1,900 votes as of today but has dropped out of the top 20th in an online poll. She hit a high of 15th. Sarah, who attends an international school in Beijing, needs your vote if she is going to advance in the selection process. Eight torch bearers will be chosen and voting ends in the middle of October.

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Ice Cool In Hot Singapore

FIGURE SKATING

6th Singapore National Figure Skating Championships
31st March – 1st April 2007 at Fuji Ice Palace, Jurong Entertainment Centre

Story written by Laura Reid. Pictures by Leslie Tan. © Red Sports/soulbreath pictures

Figure skating isn’t a sport many Singaporeans know much about, but I believe the little red dot is going to rule the sport some day. I never miss an opportunity to deliver that message to anyone I meet.

I don’t care if you have no interest in skating, or if you disagree with me or even if you openly patronize me with platitudes, hoping I will go away. All I care about is getting people to take notice of the sport.

And that’s why RedShooter found himself at Fuji Ice Palace on Sunday April 1st, with his wife and kids, photographing the second day of events at the Singapore National Ice Skating Championships.

And now he has to agree with me that it is a sport like no other in Singapore.

People describe skaters ‘gliding’ across the ice. But the word ‘glide’ doesn’t capture the sheer power used by these kids to propel themselves around, across and over the ice. Nor does ‘glide’ hint at the kids’ ability to seemingly defy physical law. How is it humanly possible that a small body can jump up in the air, spin two times and land—without breaking anything?
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