Ice Skating
About Ice Skating
The 2006 Winter Olympics will be held in Torino, Italy from February 10 to 26th. One of the most majestic and exciting events is the fi gure skating. Who can forget the way Torvill and Dean captured the imagination of the world as they skated into ice skating folklore as they won 4 world championships (1981 - 84) and Gold at 1984 Sarajevo Olympic Games.
The Events
The Blacktown City Games Ice Skating Competition will have 2 parts, Artistic and Ice Dance. The event will be open to skaters from Pre Preliminary level and up. Ice Dancing is a graceful and entertaining discipline of Figure Skating. Partners glide around the ice to the rhythms of a Tango, Waltz or Foxtrot. Artistic skating is interpretative. The skater is judged on their interpretation of the music, using skating moves, body and hand movements as well as facial expressions.
How to Participate
Blacktown Ice Arena is the home of Blacktown City Amateur Figure Skating Club. It will be fun and magine telling your friends at your next dinner party or your schoolmates that you competed in an Ice Skatingcompetition.