Sean McAnuff (28) has concluded his fourth appearance at the ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Championships this weekend in Montreal, Canada with his best ever finish for an individual distance. McAnuff got things under way on Friday with the qualifications rounds. In the 1500 metres quarterfinals, he drew Heat 5 and finished in seventh […]
Carolane Soucisse and Shane Firus have announced their decision to retire from competition. Soucisse and Firus teamed up in 2016 and took the first of their three Irish national titles in 2023. It was only the beginning of many milestones for Irish ice skating. Later that same year they became the first senior ice dance […]
Thomas Steele (Co. Dublin) posted four personal bests and national junior records at Viking Race in Heerenveen, The Netherlands this weekend. On Day One, he tackled two distances. First up was the 500 metres where he broke 45 seconds for the first time with a 44.68 clocking to finish in 26th place. Next was the […]
Sean McAnuff (28) will make his fourth appearance at an ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Championships when he takes to the ice this weekend (13-15 March) in Montreal, Canada. It has been a long season for McAnuff who started out back in October at the Maurice Richard Arena in the ISU Short Track World […]
Test Score Revision The Ice Skating Association of Ireland announces an update to test passing requirements for Advanced Novice, Junior and Senior in Singles, Pairs, and Ice Dance. From 1 July 2026, skaters must achieve a minimum Combined Total Elements Score (CTES) from both programme segments (SP/RD + FS/FD) to pass a test. Transition period: […]
Dillon Judge has finished in 11th place in the Senior Men’s event at this weekend’s Skate Berlin International in Berlin. Germany. Judge opened his competition with his short programme where he scored 40.65 points putting him in 12th place overnight. In the free skating, he racked up 90.38 points for his routine giving him a […]
The Ice Skating Association of Ireland (ISAI) confirms its full endorsement of the proposed Olympic-standard ice facility at Cherrywood, Co. Dublin, being developed by Prime Arena Holdings. The project represents a necessary opportunity to address Ireland’s long-standing deficit in permanent, high-quality ice infrastructure and to deliver a national multisport facility aligned with Government objectives across […]
Dillon Judge has placed in fourth at this weekend’s Edge Cup in Katowice, Poland. Judge began the event yesterday’s short programme. A fall on his opening triple Lutz jump combination had him in fourth place place overnight on 45.90 points. He started his free skating with a triple flip and cleanly landed a triple Lutz-double […]
Dillon Judge has finished in third place at this weekend’s Dragon Trophy in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Judge opened his first competition of 2026 auspiciously by setting a new personal best score of 56.69 points in yesterday’s short programme putting him second place overnight. In his free skating, he began with a triple flip on which he […]
Sean McAnuff (28) and Liam O’Brien (27) represented Ireland at the ISU European Short Track Speed Skating Championships this weekend in Tilburg, The Netherlands against the best skaters in Europe. O’Brien got things under way for Team Ireland in the qualification rounds on the opening day of the event drawing Heat 3 of the 1500m […]