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1 Greetings from the President! October 2013 The skating season is in full swing now. It's time to thank all those who helped with Skate St. Moritz--from the referee to the runners, to the accountants, to those who brought food -- and everyone who gave an hour or several days. I know that your time is valuable. I know that every skater who participated at Skate St. Moritz thanks you, and knows that the competition could not have taken place without the help of everyone who volunteered. Time goes by quickly. The Pacific Coast sectional championships are upon us in a few short weeks, and once again your valuable time or asset is greatly needed. We are currently looking for donations, sponsors and vendors who would like to participate in the competition. If you know of anyone who would like to participate on a sponsorship level please contact me at your earliest convenience via . Once again you will be getting s and calls from the committee chairs asking for your time. Without your support we wouldn't be able to bring this exciting competition back to Northern California. So when you get the call before you say no, think twice and help us find a place where you can volunteer. Thanks again and Happy Skating!!! Susan Rogers Bonn Look for this button to learn more about volunteer opportunities at St. Moritz:

2 Breaking News! Thank you, volunteers! Thanks to so many of you who volunteered your time to make Skate St. Moritz the best skate competition in the Bay Area. There was great food and friendly hosts, smiling faces at the registration tables, and quick results from the judges and accountants. The runners ran, the ice monitors monitored, music was played and skaters announced. I am sure there was much more that I am not aware of, but hats off to all of you. Setting up for the event and taking down the furniture and platforms in a timely manner is no small feat, but thanks to many volunteers and other help, the job was done quickly and efficiently. A special thanks from the volunteer committee to Kathy Saunders who championed the use of Signup Genius. We had a lot of positive feedback on the use of this free tool, and some of you said you were going to use it for your other activities. Super Job, Kathy. Pacific Coast Sectionals will be here soon, so please let us know if you are willing to help. Remember, you don t have to be a skater to volunteer. Anyone can volunteer for a skating competition - skaters, parents, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, or friends. Volunteers are what make competitions successful, and it is also a good way to meet other members and have a good time while helping out. Thanks again! Congratulations to Lisa Erle! Congratulations to Lisa Erle, recipient of the 2013 George Yonekura Volunteer of the Year award. Lisa has been a long-time member of St. Moritz ISC. She had been a skater for many years, passing the junior figure and free skate tests. Lisa has served on the SMISC board many years as well, serving our club on her 6 th term. Lisa is also a US Figure Skating National Judge and Referee, judging various competitions for many years. Lisa works part time at the Dublin ice rink, and is a fan of both the Giants and the 49ers. Lisa like the movies and makes it a point to see every Oscar nominated film prior to the academy awards broadcast, having missed only two of them over the last 20 yrs! The award is named after George Yonekura who was a past president for our club as well as for USFSA George was also judge and referee for our sport.to honor his memory, the St. Moritz Ice Skating Club created the George Yonekura Volunteer Award, which is presented annually at Skate St. Moritz to a club member who exemplifies his spirit of volunteerism within our sport. Tests Passed in September Congratulations to the following skaters who passed their tests in September!! Novice Moves: Emma Pratt Intermediate Moves: Jasmine Dinh Preliminary Moves: Juliana Newton Pre-Preliminary Moves & FS: Crystal Chen Juvenile Pairs: Evelyn & Wesley Kwong Adult American Waltz: Charlene Lambros Adult Quickstep: Janice Cook Solo European Waltz: Emma Pratt Sign up for the St. Moritz Listserv for more breakings news and events! How to join the St Moritz list: Changes to the Yahoo groups prevent us from adding anyone directly to the list. If you would like to receive the club s, please send a note to Jean Fahmie jffskate@yahoo.com and I will send you the invitation . You must reply to the to join the list.

3 The 33rd Annual Skate St. Moritz Thank you to everyone who turned out for the 33rd annual Skate St. Moritz Competition! We had an amazing show of skaters from both near and far, as well as local volunteers without whose help it would have been impossible. Congratulations to all participants! And a special congratulations to our gold medal winners! The following is list of St. Moritz members who placed first in their events: Juvenile Girls N103: Nozomi Hallberg Basic Skating 5 Gr. C: Natalie Gonzalez Pre-Juvenile Girls N121: Cassidy Walton Basic Skating Spins: Nicole Citragno Open Juvenile Girls N123: Sarah Chin Intermediate Artistic: Keara McInerney Juvenile Pairs N119: Nozomi Hallberg (with Ryan Waner) Novice - Senior Artistic: Julia Feng Intermediate Ladies N104 - N132: Nina Ouellette Pre-Juvenile Artistic: Tie: Sofia Pica, Kaori Quan Junior Ladies N131 - N139: Xylina Rusit Preliminary Artistic Gr. B: Megan Fannin Junior Men N127 - N134: Kevin Shum Preliminary Boys: Llewelyn Sannajust Young Adult Gold Ladies N140: Lauren Wrenn Preliminary Girls FS Gr. B: Ashley Miya Bronze Solo Dance - Ten Fox: Christina Sun Preliminary Jumps: Megan Fannin Bronze Solo Dance - Willow Waltz: Mara Wright Preliminary Spins: Megan Fannin Juvenile Girls Test Track FS: Emma Pratt Pre-Preliminary 1 Girls FS Gr. D: Isabelle Roth Pre-Silver Solo Dance - Fourteenstep: Christina Sun Pre-Preliminary 2 Girls FS Gr. B: Anisha Mukherjee Pro-Am Dance - Cha Cha: Victoria Bowen and David Halpin Pre-Preliminary 2 Girls FS Gr. C: Sofia Cathey Pro-Am Dance - Cha Cha Congelado: Victoria Bowen (with Peter Sasmore) Pre-Preliminary 2 Girls FS Gr. E: Qiqi Liang Pro-Am Dance - Hickory Hoedown: Victoria Bowen and David Halpin Pre-Preliminary 3 Girls FS Gr. A: Josephine Kaminaga Adult Silver Ladies FS: Autumn Allison Pre-Preliminary Jumps: Nicole Citragno Adult Silver Men FS: Ian McCutcheon Pre-Preliminary Spins: Nicole Chan Basic Skating 2 Gr. A: Niki Jena Pre-Preliminary Survivor Gr. B: Michelle Morris Basic Skating 2 Gr. B: Sera Kwon Special Needs FS Gr. A: Aimee Gee Basic Skating 3: Momoko Kukkonen Special Needs FS Gr. B: Jakeel Patnode Basic Skating 4 Gr. A: Aaron Li Special Needs Group: Oakland Special Skaters Basic Skating 5 Gr. B: Myroslava Fisun Young Adult Artistic: Lauren Wrenn For a complete list of events and rankings, please see

4 Volunteers Needed! 2014 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships at the Oakland Ice Center November 19 23, 2013 Volunteer for at least one 3-hour shift and receive 1 competition day pass for the day of your choice! Volunteer on two of the weekdays, Tuesday-Friday (Saturday excluded) for three 3-hour shifts over a minimum of two days and receive 1 All Event Pass. To Volunteer go to the St. Moritz ISC website at and click on the link to the 2014 Pacific Coast Sectionals home page. Under the Volunteer tab you will find the Sign Up Genius icon. Click it and then pick the area(s) you wish to volunteer, find your preferred times and sign up! Thank you to past volunteers! St. Moritz would like to acknowledge our committee chairs that stepped up to the plate and helped us run a successful Skate St. Moritz: Competition Chair and Chief Referee Advertising Announcers Awards Chief Accountant Coaches; and Volunteer Hospitality Credentials Goodie Bags Hotel Hospitality Room Ice Monitors Internet Logistics Medical Music Coordinator Officials Hospitality Practice Ice & Program Registrar Registration Set up Breakdown Trial Judges Vendors Lisa Erle Maria Montes Patty Vicary Janis VanCamp Jean Fahmie Kathy Saunders and Elizabeth Grassett Alison Bers Junior Board; Teressa Vellrath Jacki Paytas Susan Zeme Ian McCutcheon Lisa Erle Marion Blumberg Heather Collins Karen Matsuoka, Wendy Louie, Laura Erle Lisa Erle Lauren Wrenn Anne Donaker, Alison Bers, Lee Kleineke Tom Kililea Ian McCutcheon and Dirk Vanderlaan Marilyn Clark and Carol Mirenda Maria Montes

5 Upcoming Competition! 2014 Pacific Coast Sectionals The SMISC is proud to be the host for this year's Pacific Coast Sectionals which will be held November 19-23, 2013 at the Oakland Ice Center. More information will be posted as we get closer to the date but we are always looking for volunteers! We are currently looking for local businesses to sponsor the event, so if you know any business that would be interested in sponsoring, advertising, or donating please contact Maria Montes at Member Spotlight: Coming Soon! In future editions of the St. Moritz newsletter we will highlight some of our amazing members. If you would like to be included, please send a picture with your name, age, level, and coach s name to newsletter@stmoritzisc.org Be sure to include some interesting facts about yourself, such as when and why you first started skating, your most memorable skating moment, and something other members may not know about you. We look forward to meeting you here in our newsletter! Needed: Your Newsletter submissions If you have an article or event that might be of interest to the club, please submit it for consideration to: newsletter@stmoritzisc.org If you have feedback for us, send it here as well. Please, no business/ classified type advertisements - just articles or events Thank you!

6 Happy birthday to all of our club members born in September and October! September birthdays: October birthdays: Autumn Allison Akbar Mokhtarani Kristen Barclay Keara McInerney Brian Chen Forest Moore Trudy Brown Ramona McIntyre Rachael Crim Karen Morfin Sarah Chin Laurel Mellema Haun Elizabeth Draper Anisha Mukherjee John Collins Diana Miro Rudy Galindo Anastasia Parsonage Ueda Luka Cyr Andrew Ness Joyce Halpin Sofia Podvisocka Quinlan Cyr Nana Ohhashi Bethany Hui Emily Prims Kristy Dang Constance Olson Rosemary Ito Suzanne Rusit Laney Diggs Emily Ou Madeleine Johnson Shayenne Sabanal Dick Dovah Spah Autumn Pratt Isabel Kim Tiffany Shem Carolann Elmore AnnaMarie Pearce Lee Kleinecke Maiya Stokowski Marsanne Fetterer Karen Pratt Misaki Kobayashi Anne Symanovich Myroslava Fisun James Roth Lilla Lavanakul Maude Tabrizi Stephanie Gathwright Josephine Situ Amy Li Rachel Thomas Juliet Gee Aria Trivedi Sarah Liao Karen Tiedemann Lizzie Goetz Kendra Verga Carol Lin Kaitlyn Tolentino Natalie Gonzalez Noelle Wilder Collins Rosalind Manoogian Irene Tom Brittany Gray Reena Xue Annysa Martinez Jordyn Wardlaw Garyth Jones Renee Xue Mylene Maxwell Howard Whelan Tom Killilea Emily Zeme Anahid Modrek Miranda Xie Ahyan Irene Kim Molly Zeme Brittney Kim Alexandra Kaye Zimmer Mahima Krishnamoorthy