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details, Wall of Fame, Luca D'Alisera making history, 2004 USA
Worlds and 'The Ice Boy'... with lots
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| Moving off the figure circles and in to another
arena... |
| Moving on from his
career as a dedicated figure and freestlye skater, take a look at
Argentina's hottest new export, Diego
Fariña. He competed at the World Championships in Mens
figures from 1996 - 2000. Now, after an appearance in a live theatre
production, his attention has been focused on the world of
modelling. Without a doubt, Diego will land himself a lucrative contract
and end up living in the US in no time. Ironically, in 1995 Kristen
Slade and I nicknamed Diego 'Calvin' when we first became
friends because we thought he looked like a 'Calvin Klein'
model... well, that certainly isn't an unlikely factor now, by the
look of the proofs below from one of his first shoots! Keep an eye
out as I am sure its not the last you'll be seeing of him... To assist in the promotion of Diego, there is now an
area complete with Diego's photo shoot. Go here to see the shoot in
full.... [Diego]
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| Portugal's heating up.. and not just because its
summer... |
 Whilst it's only a matter of days
before the Portuguese Nationals start for Senior, the
Junior's are certainly out in force as we speak, and no one more so
than Manuel Magalhaes (World Junior F/S 3rd 2001) who has been performing
some spectacular jumps including triple loop in
combination. Magalhaes has
been working on the famous 'Lallai' combination, triple
loop-loop-triple loop, along with some very nice triple flip and
triple lutz jumps. He will certainly be putting the pressure on in
Junior in Wuppertal at the World
Championships. Bruno Novais, (former Athlete of the future
on this site) will compete for a National title this week. More news soon.. |
| Amphora Competition - Croatia... |
 Congratulations to the skaters who
competed in the Amphora Competition in Pula-Croatia
(June 02). The results for Great Britain were:- Cadet - Elise Hadgraft : 1st, Megan Collins : 8th,
Vicky Kemp : 10th, Youth - Kelly Hughes : 5th, Elementary -
Lucy Mansfield : 9th, Jade Pole : 16th, Minor - Samantha Tymon
: 24th
Pictured left: Elise Hadgraft, 4th in the short
program at the Cup of Italy, held over the last
weekend. |
| Wallpaper for your pc... |
| Over the next months
there will be a number of wallpapers that will be available for use
on your pc. They will all be available in 3 sizes, 640x480 | 800x600
| 1024x768. The first in the set is an all inline affair. Choose
your size below. Just click on the images to view in full and right
click the image and press 'SAVE AS BACKGROUND or
PICTURE' or just right click the 'download here' and press 'SAVE TARGET AS'. Then you will download the
image in full and you can set as your wallpaper. Other
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| Choose the
size of image you wish to
download: |
| 640x480 |
203k | view | download here |
| 800x600 |
295k | view | download here |
| 1024x768 |
493k | view | download here |
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view for image in same frame.
Right click on here and press
save target as to download
without
viewing. | | |
| Images from Nationals.. |
 If you are some what of a whizz on the
digital camera and you have taken some cool shots from the
Australian championships - I would love to hear from you! If you
wouldn't mind sharing them with the rest of the world, then please
drop me a line and let me know or even just send any pic you have.
I'm looking for pics of all disciplines and please keep them under
1mg in size. Send them [here]
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| 2002 Australian Championships.. |
| A full round up of the
National meet will be found here shortly including results.
Meanwhile, below is some details of the inline events and the 2002
Australian Team. For results on all events please see the link to
Roller Sports Victoria here.. Images below are courtesy of 'NZ site - Westies on Wheels' as pictured:
Steven Neville. Thanks. Check out his site for loads of
images here.
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| Inline events at the 2002 Aust. Nationals July
10-15... |
| It was all systems go
for Inline Freeskating at this years Australian
championships. In fact, it was the first real taste of inline
freeskating, last year only one event was contested, this year there
were 3 events and some great results. In the International Grade,
Donna Marshall from QLD competed and I was in the
International Mens (pictured below - short
program wearing V1 Frames and EDEA boots). In the Open division,
Nadia and Kelly Zaccaria and Jaymie Summers
contested the Open division. Scores ranged from 7.2 up to 8.4 across
the board and proved very entertaining and educational for many.
Interest from the audience was sparked when we all took the floor in
the first day of training. The fact that all the skaters were doing
double jumps and decent spins really set people back a little. The
triple jumps also proved a great surprise! Greg Lane and
Leigh Joplin, 'veteran' and fantastic Inline dance skaters, and
designers/manufactures of the new Custom Inline V1 blades (pictured below) were
overwhelmed with the amazing response to their frames.
Winners of all three inline events contested were all wearing
V1's and its a great sign of what the future
will hold. Watch this site soon for detailed information on how to
order your pair!! They also skated great in their Senior Dance
events. Aside from the freeskating, our Creative Solo Inline Dancers
also proved a treat and the high level of technical ability in the
dances was outstanding. Cassandra Sellars, Kelly Zaccaria
and Lauren Vega were the top 3 contestants in this ever
growing field. Their performances were all a treat! More news and images soon on relating to the Inline
aspect of the Championships... |
| Inline action in
Adelaide... a definite hit with the crowd and set to take off
in 2003 |
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| International Men's Inline F/S Short Prog: Jayson
Sutcliffe | |
| Australian Team/Squad for 2002 World Artistic
Championships.. |
At the close of the
National championships a meeting was held for the International
competitors who had been selected as a part of the squad to form the
National Team to compete in Wuppertal, Germany, at the World
Championships. There are several new additions this year to the team
and this is how the squad has shaped up:
| Senior Australian Team 2002: |
| Ladies Figures |
1. Karen
Clough |
| 2.
Kristen Slade |
3. Tamara
Dineen |
| Ladies Freeskating |
1. Kristen Slade |
| 2. Lisa
Curtis |
3. Kylie
Russell |
| Ladies Combined |
1. Kristen Slade |
| Mens Figures |
1. Bryan Lloyd Jones |
| Inline Mens Freeskating |
1. Jayson Sutcliffe |
| Junior Australian Team 2002: |
| Ladies Figures |
1.
Tamera Russell 2. Samantha
Russell |
| Ladies Freeskating |
1. Lisa
Gobby 2. Jenny
Nisi |
| Mens Figures |
1. Aaron
Young 2. Adam Alessandrino |
| Mens Freeskating |
1.
Eugene Tirados |
| Dance |
1.
Kristopher Bogus & Candace Harrison |
| Congratulations to all the competitors who made the
team and to those skaters who also made the Oceania Team,
(sorry, dont have full listing). First time members in the
team will be, Lisa Curtis, Kylie Russell, Bryan Lloyd
Jones, Tamera Russell, Jenny Nisi, Eugene Tirados, Kristopher
Bogus and Candace Harrison and it will be a fantastic
experience for them all and a great job done to earn their
place on the team. Skaters making a return to the team after a
few years absence will be Lisa Gobby and Jayson
Sutcliffe. | |
| National Championships 2002 Update from
Adelaide.. |
 It has been almost impossible to get a
phone connection at the hotel I am at until now so I have to
apologise for the delay! The championships got off to a slow start
and with the events being so spread out there has been very little
time where I have actually been just in the venue. Anyway, the
figure events are over and there have been some ups and down for
sure. In Junior Ladies, the Russell twins took the top 2
positions for the World Team selection behind Gold medal winner
Sarah Jane Jones (pictured) from New Zealand. Karen
Clough won the Senior Ladies event, closely followed by
Kristen Slade in 2nd and Tamara Dineen in 3rd.
Janelle Payne from WA won the Youth Ladies event this
morning, her first National medal.. well done Jay!! Junior Ladies
free short prog last night was tightly contested amongst the with a
fierce come back from Lisa Gobby (former champ) taken top
spot, Sarah J Jones from NZ in second with a nice clean run
and Lauren Backrack in 3rd. Kristen Slade is leading
the Senior Int. Short with Kylie Russell and Lisa
Curtis in 2nd and 3rd. The first International Inline events
have completed the short prog. element, happily I can say my short
went well and the long will be tomorrow! apparently all the robotic
dance moves went well with the crowd, not to mention the silver
pants! All the long programs will be tonight (except Inline).
Will Salisbury won his first National title this morning
against another young rising star, Jonathon Young. More updates and results will be found here soon over
the next day.. |
| World Cup Gala.... back on track for the elite of the
world.. |
 The World Cup
Gala in 2001 proved so popular, the event will now return to
Florence in Italy, yet again. 'The goal of
this show is to concentrate all the best of worldwide artistic
roller-skating in an hour and half to make the public feel the
sensation that only a real competition can give'. (taken from
FIRS) This is possibly the greatest
promotional tool for roller sports in years. The gathering of the
elite athletes, attract media interest and of course, generate mass
public appeal. Skaters will be invited to compete in the World Cup
if they are ranked amongst the top 3 in each of the disciplines at
worlds in 2002. Four wild cards will also be given. For more news on the Cup, visit the Official World
Cup Gala Site - A brand new site specifically for the
event! For images from the 2001
Gala and details, see here. |
| National Championships around the globe.. Good Luck to
everyone!!! |
 Skaters around
the globe will be lining up to contest at their respective National
championships over the next few weeks. First up, Australia -
July 8
- 15 in Adelaide, South Australia, followed closely by Portugal - July 12-15. For many skaters
it is the highlight of the year and caps off their hard work for yet
another season, for very few, it is crunch time and blood, sweat and
tears - to make a spot on the National Team to compete at the World
Championships. Things will certainly be hotting up in Italy when
rivals Luca
D'Alisera and Luca
Lallai meet, both boasting triple axel jumps, July 22 - 27
Rimini. Joshua Rhodes will be looking at a
National title in the US, July 28-Aug 7 and Germany, July 30-Aug8
in Bremen [Euro] |
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