OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2011

Christmas Show Skate for 2011 was held at Runaway Indoor Sports Stadium.  There was a strong club participation in this year's event with about 20 of our skaters competing. Our skaters performed very well and results for individuals are shown on the Results Page of this web site.

Pine Rivers Rollercade Club Championships for 2011 were held at Albany Creek Skateaway.  This was the first experience in an artistic skating competition for a number of our Artistic Development Class skaters.  All competing skaters received participation medals.  Many of our skaters were in events where they do not normally compete or where the events were above their normal levels of competition.

I would like to thank Marty Surman for his strong support for our club championships, including donating rink hire time and Jodie Johnson-Garufo for mentoring our coaches.  I would also like to thank the officials who contributed actively to the running of the championships including Brett Johnston, Denise Wilson, Tony Keogh, Vanessa Butson, Mark Springett and Helen Lloyd-Jones.

Australian Championships for 2011 were held at Dandenong Netball Centre in Melbourne.  Individual experiences at Nationals ranged from first appearances to achieving multiple gold medals. There were 16 Pine Rivers Rollercade skaters who were selected to represent Queensland at the Australian Artistic Championships in Melbourne.  These skaters are Domynique Air, Lisa Brown, Sonya Brown, Bianca Burow, Kelsey Chittick, Teresa Chittick, Hannah Cole, Breeana Copeland, Melanie Gollagher, Jaidan Hall, Kellie Hall, Anabel Jakob, Bryan Lloyd-Jones, Courtney McVie, Karen Osborne and Joel Young. Overall, our skaters performed very well and results for individuals are shown on the Results Page of this web site.

2011 Australian Artistic Team – World Championships

Based on their respective performances skating at the Australian Championships in Adelaide, some Pine Rivers Rollercade skaters were selected to represent Australia at the World Artistic Championships in Brazil in November 2011.  These skaters are:

Bianca Burow (Senior International Solo Dance),Teresa Chittick (Senior International Solo Dance) and Kelsey Chittick (Junior International Solo Dance).

2012 Australian Artistic Team - Oceania Championships

As a result of their individual performances skating at the Australian Championships in Melbourne, a number of our Pine Rivers Rollercade skaters were selected to represent Australia at the Oceania Championships in New Zealand in April 2012.  These skaters are shown as follows:

Bianca Burow and Teresa Chittick (Senior International Solo Dance); Kelsey Chittick and Courtney McVie (Junior International Solo Dance); Jaidan Hall (Youth Solo Dance); Hannah Cole (Cadet Solo Dance) and Lisa Brown (Youth Freeskating); Teresa Chittick (Senior International Figures) and Courtney McVie (Youth Figures).

AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2011

Round 3 of the Advanced League for 2011 was held at Runaway Bay Indoor Sports Centre. Pine Rivers Rollercade members contributing to the conduct of the league included our commissioned officials(Diane Chittick, Kathleen McPhail, Robert McPhail and Mark Springett) and George Gollagher (marshal).  Overall, our skaters performed well and results for individuals are shown on the Results Page of this web site. 

Round 3 of the Elementary League for 2011 was held at Albany Creek Skateaway. Pine Rivers Rollercade members contributing to the conduct of the league included our commissioned officials who are Diane Chittick, Kathleen McPhail, Robert McPhail and Mark Springett.  Results for individuals are shown on the Results Page of this web site.

Round 3 of the Novice Challenge for 2011 was held at Runaway Bay Indoor Sports Centre. Our skaters performed well and results for individuals are shown on the Results Page of this web site.

JULY 2011

Round 2 of the Novice Challenge for 2011 was held at North Lakes for the first time. Our skaters performed well and results for individuals are shown on the Results Page of this web site.

Round 2 of the Elementary League for 2011 was held at Runaway Bay Indoor Sports Centre. Pine Rivers Rollercade members contributing to the conduct of the league included Vanessa Butson, Diane Chittick, Kathleen McPhail and Robert McPhail (commissioned officials) as well as Bianca Burow and Teresa Chittick (announcing and music).  Overall, our skaters performed well and results for individuals are shown on the Results Page of this web site.

Round 2 of the Secondary League for 2011 was held in conjnction with the Elementary League at Runaway Bay Indoor Sports Centre. Our skaters performed well and results for individuals are shown on the Results Page of this web site.

JUNE 2011

The 2011 Queensland Artistic Roller Sports Championships were held at the Runaway Bay Indoor Sports Centre.  Pine Rivers Rollercade members contributing to the conduct of the championships included Diane Chittick, Kathleen McPhail, Robert McPhail and Mark Springett (Commissioned Officials); John McVie, Nicholas Singh and Mark Springett (Music); Tracey Cole, Judi Goldspink, Kellie Hall and Sabina McKernan (Marshalls); Sophia Garufo (Flower Girl) and George Gollagher (Take Down). Results for individuals are shown on the Results Page of this web site.

The 2011 Queensland Prep States were held in conjunction with the Queensland Championships at Runaway Bay Indoor Sports Centre.  Results for individuals are also shown on the Results Page of this web site.

MAY 2011

The 2011 Oceania Artistic Roller Sports Championships were held at the Runaway Bay Indoor Sports Centre.  The 10 Pine Rivers Rollercade members, who represented Australia in this international competition, are Lisa Brown, Bianca Burow, Kelsey Chittick. Teresa Chittick, Breeana Copeland, Melanie Gollagher, Jaidan Hall, Bethany McKernan, Courtney McVie and Karen Osborne.  Congratulations go to all of our skaters who achieved at least one gold medal each, which is an outstanding achievement. Pine Rivers-Rollercade members contributing to the conduct of the championships included Kathleen McPhail, Robert Mcphail and Diane Chittick.  Results for individuals are shown on the Results Page of this web site.

Round 2 of the Advanced League for 2011 was held at Runaway Bay Indoor Sports Centre. Pine Rivers Rollercade members contributing to the conduct of the league included our commissioned officials (Kathleen McPhail, Robert McPhail and Diane Chittick) and John McVie on music.  Overall, our skaters performed well and results for individuals are shown on the Results Page of this web site.

APRIL 2011

Round 1 of the Elementary League for 2011 was held at Digi Skate Centre, Hillcrest.  This was the first competition for some of our skaters at this level.  Pine Rivers Rollercade members who contributed to the conduct of the event included our commissioned officials (Kathleen McPhail, Robert Mcphail and Diane Chittick) and Corinne Copeland as a referee.  Overall, our skaters performed very well and results for individuals are shown on the results page of this web site.

Round 1 of the Secondary League for 2011 was held at Runaway Bay Indoor Sports Centre.  Overall, our skaters performed well and results for individuals are shown on the results page of this web site.

There have been two Proficiency Test centres conducted recently on Sunday 27 February 2011 at Albany Creek Skateaway and on Sunday 10 April 2011 at Runaway Indoor Stadium.  Pine Rivers Rollercade skaters recorded a high pass rate. 

Ten Pine Rivers Rollercade skaters were selected to represent Australia at the Oceania Championships on the Gold Coast in April 2011.  These skaters are Lisa Brown, Bianca Burow, Kelsey Chittick, Teresa Chittick, Breeana Copeland, Melanie Gollagher, Jaidan Hall, Bethany McKernan, Courtney McVie and Karen Osborne.

We wish all the best to our skaters in representing Australia at these championships.

JANUARY TO MARCH 2011

The Australian Artistic Committee presented the High Performance Development Camp with Australian coaches Allan Wehlow & Tamera Russell (Figures), Gawaine Davis (Dance), Susan Brooks (Freeskating) with additional guest coaches Karen Olsen and Anita Lloyd-Jones and assistance by Aleesha Hanczakowski,.  The Development Camp was held on Saturday 22 / Sunday 23 January at Runaway Bay Sports Stadium.  Those invited included Skate Australia Competitive members (including Masters), Coaches of all levels and Officials.  There were 21 Pine Rivers Rollercade club members who participated in the seminar.

The first major Proficiency Test of 2011 was held on Sunday 13 February at Runaway Bay Sports Stadium.  Pine Rivers Rollercade skaters recorded a very high pass rate.  One of the highlights included Teresa Chittick, who attained the prestigious Gold Medal in Solo Dance.

An additional Proficiency Test was held on Sunday 27 February at Albany Creek Skateaway.  Pine Rivers Rollercade skaters recorded a very high pass rate.

Round 1 of the Novice Challenge for 2011 was held at Albany Creek Skateaway.  This was the first competition for some of our skaters.  Overall, our skaters performed very well and results for individuals are shown on the Results Page of this web site.

Round 1 of the Advanced League for 2011 was held at Runaway Bay Indoor Stadium. Our skaters performed well, including those in this League for the first time and those moving to higher grade of competition.  Results for individuals are shown on the Results Page of this web site.

DECEMBER 2010

Christmas Show Skate for 2010 was held at Runaway Indoor Sports Stadium.  The main focus of the club’s involvement in Show Skate was the Large Group event, which involved a team effort from all the club members and their parents to produce an excellent outcome.  Jodie Garufo choreographed an entertaining and technically challenging skating routine (Happy Birthday Princess) that was well appreciated by both the judges and the general public.  Most of the 54 skaters involved were Pine Rivers Rollercade members with the other skaters being hockey players from the Pine Rivers Dragons club and a hockey referee.

Contributing to the success of the final performance included:
>The coaches that helped keep the routine on track while Jodie  was away at the World Titles
>The team procuring costumes and the parents who helped with costume changes during the performance
>The team obtaining smaller size props and placing them at various points for the performance
>The team building, transporting and moving into place large props, including the ‘cake’ structure.

NOVEMBER 2010

Pine Rivers Rollercade Club Championships for 2010 were held at Albany Creek Skateaway.  This was the first experience in an artistic skating competition for a number of our Artistic Development Class skaters.  All competing skaters received participation medals.  Many of our skaters were in events where they do not normally compete or where the events were above their normal levels of competition.

I would like to thank Marty Surman for his strong support for our club championships, including donating rink hire time and Jodie Johnson-Garufo for mentoring our coaches.  I would also like to thank those who contributed actively to the running of the championships including Diane Chittick, Lisa Duell, Bev Folland and Bev Wan (as referees), Kathryn Ball, Jim Beard, Brett Johnston, Christine Keogh, John Lane and Mark Springett (as judges), Jasmin Ball and Helen Lloyd-Jones (as calculators) and Adam Clough and Bryan Lloyd-Jones for partnering our skaters in the drawn partners events.

Fundraising

Your support of fundraising ventures so far this year has enabled positive financial assistance for our skaters.  The latest fundraising project was to assist our skaters (Bianca Burow, Teresa Chittick and Kelsey Chittick) who represented Australia at the World Artistic Championships in Portugal. 

I would like to thank Riverlife Adventure Centre and the Story Bridge Hotel for donating multiple prizes and John Pettigrew who arranged for the donations.  The prizes were:

1. two people to any Daytime Adventure activity
2. two people to the Saturday night paddle and barbecue experience
3. two Story Bridge Climbs
4. $100 voucher to the Story Bridge Hotel for food and beverage

Marty Surman conducted the prize draw during the Showskate practice. 

OCTOBER 2010

Australian Championships for 2010 were held at ETSA Park in Adelaide.  Individual experiences at Nationals ranged from first appearances to achieving multiple gold medals.  Representing Queensland in competition is a great honour.  Overall, our skaters performed very well and results for individuals are shown on the Results Page of this web site.

2010 Australian Artistic Team – World Championships

Based on their respective performances skating at the Australian Championships in Adelaide, some Pine Rivers Rollercade skaters were selected to represent Australia at the World Artistic Championships in Portugal in November 2010.  These skaters are:

 2011 Australian Artistic Team - Oceania Championships

As a result of their individual performances skating at the Australian Championships in Adelaide, a number of our Pine Rivers Rollercade skaters were selected to represent Australia at the Oceania Championships on the Gold Coast in April 2011.  These skaters are shown as follows:

Secondary League Round 3 for 2010 was held at DIGI Skate Centre.  Overall, our skaters performed very well and results for club members who competed are shown on the Results Page of this web site.

AUGUST 2010

Round 3 of the Novice Challenge for 2010 was held at Runaway Indoor Sports Stadium on 8 August. This was the first competition for our Novice Challenge skaters on a larger size wooden floor. The results for our club members who competed are shown on the results page.

A Fundraiser night is being planned to raise funds for our skaters who are representing Queensland at the Australian Artistic Roller Sports Championships in Adelaide this October. The fundraiser is scheduled for 6.30 pm on 1 September 2010 at Albany Creek Skateaway.

JULY 2010

Lisa Brown, Bianca Burow, Bethany McKernan and Vanessa Butson represented Australia at the Oceania Championships in Wanganui in New Zealand. They all skated well and Bianca Burow achieved a 2nd Place result in Senior International Solo Dance.

Round 2 of the Secondary League was held at Bundamba Skateaway in mid July.  Our club members achieved good overall outcomes, with the results for individuals shown on the Results Page of ths web site.

Elementary League Round 2 was held at Runaway Bay Indoor Sports Complex at the very end of June.  Results for individuals are shown on the Results Page of this web site.

JUNE 2010

The Queensland Artistic Roller Sports Championships and Queensland Prep States were held concurrently on the Queen’s Birthday long weekend, 12-14 June 2010.  These form the premier events on the Queensland artistic skating calendar for the year. The Championships and Prep States attract skaters from all over the State.

Our skaters performed outstandingly at the Queensland Championships, with the club skaters achieving a Third Place Overall. Results for individuals are shown on the Results Page of this web site.

Congratulations go to our skaters who performed outstandingly with the club receiving the First Place Overall Trophy for Queensland Prep States. This competition is open to skaters in the Advanced, Secondary and Elementary leagues for competition in a championship environment with open scoring. Results for individuals are shown on the Results Page of this web site.

Continuing this month’s skater achievements is Teresa Chittick, who competed in international competition at the California Memorial Invitational held in California in the USA.  Teresa achieved a 2nd Place result in Senior World Class Solo Dance. Congratulations go to Teresa on this fine achievement.

APRIL 2010

The 2010 Judges Seminar was held recently at the Super Sports Centre on the Gold Coast, including seven Pine Rivers Rollercade members (Jodie Johnson-Garufo, Kathleen McPhail, Vanessa Butson, Bianca Burow, Teresa Chittick, Diane Chittick and Robert McPhail) as participants.  Keynote presenter was Jim Pollard, who is the head of CIPA (the world organisation which governs artistic rollerskating).  There were attendees from all over Australia and from New Zealand.  Club members who provided skating demonstrations for the judges included Bryan Lloyd-Jones, Bianca Burow, Vanessa Butson, Teresa Chittick, Kelsey Chittick and Courtney McVie.

Round 1 of the Secondary League for 2010 was held at Digi Skate Centre 18 April.  The results for our club members who competed are shown on the results page.

MARCH 2010

Round 1 of the Elementary League for 2010 was held at Epic Skate Centre at South Tweed.  The results for our club members who competed are shown on the results page.

Round 1 of the Advanced League for 2010 has held at Runaway Bay Indor Sports Centre on 21 March 2010. The results for our club members who competed are shown on the results page.

FEBRUARY 2010

The first Proficiency Test for 2010 was held at Bundamba on 7 February 2010.  Pine Rivers Rollercade skaters recorded a 100% pass rate. 

Round 1 of the Novice Challenge for 2010 was held at Albany Creek Skateaway on 21 February 2010.  For some of our skaters, this was their first inter-club competition.

JANUARY 2010

The first organised event for 2010 was the Sk8r-Aid Freeskating Seminar, presented by Jayson Sutcliffe, former world champion in men’s freeskating.  There was a high participation rate amongst Pine Rivers Rollercade skaters.

DECEMBER 2009

The final scheduled artistic skating event for 2009 was the Christmas Show Skate. Our skaters performed quite well with results that include:

> Small Groups (Mickey) - First Place

> Medium Groups (Snow White) - First Place

> Strong performamces by our skaters in singles and pairs events

NOVEMBER 2009

The 2009 Pine Rivers Rollercade Roller Sports Club Championships were held at Skateaway Albany Creek on 1 November 2009. This event highlighted a successful year. Many of our skaters ventured outside their respective comfort zones by nominating for events where they do not normally compete, with positive results.

Recently, club skaters undertook Proficiency Tests at Runaway Bay Indoor Stadium on the Gold Coast and also at Skateaway Albany Creek. The pass rate for our skaters was quite high.

OCTOBER 2009

The 2009 Australian Artistic Championships were held at Carrara Indoor Stadium in early October. Major news arising from these championships is that Skate Australia selected three of our club skaters to represent Australia at the 2009 World Titles at Freiburg in Germany in November. The honoured skaters are:

- Vanessa Butson (Senior International Ladies Figures)

- Teresa Chittick (Senior International Ladies Solo Dance)

- Kelsey Chittick (Junior International Ladies Solo Dance).

At the official opening of the Australian Championships, Skate Australia made the following national annual awards to our club members:

- Jodie Johnson-Garufo (Coach of the Year)

- Kathleen McPhail (Administrator of the Year)

- Courtney McVie (Up and coming Skater of the Year)

Results for individuals are shown on the Results Page.

From results at the 2009 Australian Artistic Championships, Skate Australia selected skaters to represent Australia at the 2010 Oceania Championships at Wanganui in New Zealand. Pine Rivers Rollercade club skaters who were selected in the Australian Team are:

- Lisa Brown (Cadet Ladies Freeskating)

- Bianca Burow (Senior International Ladies Solo Dance)

- Vanessa Butson (Senior International Ladies Figures)

- Kelsey Chittick (Junior International Ladies Solo Dance)

- Teresa Chittick (Senior International Ladies Figures and
Senior International Ladies Solo Dance)

- Bethany McKernan (Cadet Solo Dance)

- Courtney McVie (Cadet Ladies Figures and Cadet Solo Dance)

- Karen Osborne (Masters Ladies Figures)

Round 3 of the Secondary League for 2009 was held at Digi with our skaters producing good performances. Trophies are also awarded for overall performance over the three rounds of the Secondary League. Pine Rivers Rollercade Club won 1st Place.

SEPTEMBER 2009

Round 3 of the Elementary League for 2009 was held at Bundamba Skateaway in Ipswich with our skaters producing good performances. Trophies are also awarded for overall performance over the three rounds of the Elementary League. Pine Rivers Rollercade Club won 1st Place.

AUGUST 2009

Round 3 of the Advanced League for 2009 was held at Carrara Indoor Stadium on the Gold Coast with strong performances from our skaters. Trophies are also awarded for overall performance over the three rounds of the Advanced League. Pine Rivers Rollercade Club achieved 2nd Place.

The third round of the Novice Challenge was conducted at Bundamba on the first weekend in August. All of our skaters in this competition performed quite well. All competing club skaters received a Certificate of Participation from the Queensland Artistic Committee.

JULY 2009

The Oceania Artistic Championships (international competition between Australia and New Zealand) were held in Melbourne in early July. There were six club skaters selected by Skate Australia to represent Australia in these championships.

All of our skaters in the Australian team placed in the top three in their respective events and some skaters achieved first place. This is an outstanding outcome. Results for individuals are shown on the Results Page.

JUNE 2009

The Queensland Artistic Championships were held on the Queen's Birthday long weekend in June. These are the premier events on the Queensland skating calendar for the year. Club members and supporters were certainly colourful in the march past at the official opening on the Saturday night. Our skaters performed outstandingly at the Queensland Championships, with the skaters achieving a second place overall for Pine Rivers Rollercade Club . Results for individuals are shown on the Results Page.

Queensland Prep States, also held on the June Queen's Birthday weekend is a competition for our developing skaters in the Elementary and Secondary leagues to experience competing in a championship style stadium with open scoring. Our skaters performed exceedingly well with Pine Rivers Rollercade Club winning the the first place overall trophy. Results for individuals are also shown on the Results Page.