Sean McAnuff Takes On Short Track Worlds
Sean McAnuff carries Irish hopes that this weekend’s International Skating Union (ISU) Short Track Speed Skating World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria (8-10 March).
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Tara Donoghue Caps Season With National Records
Tara Donoghue participated this weekend in her final competition of the season at the Viking Race 2019 in Heerenveen, Netherlands. Donoghue began the first day of the event by posting a time of 43.29 in the 500 metres to finish in 11th place for the distance. She followed that up with a national junior record […]
Sam McAllister 6th At Tallink Hotels Cup
This weekend saw Ireland’s Sam McAllister competing at the Tallink Hotels Cup in Tallinn, Estonia. In the short programme, McAllister executed a triple Lutz-double toe loop combination, a triple flip and a double Axel to record a new personal best of 55.58. His routine to “Take Five” put him in sixth position overnight. The following […]
Introductory Short Track Officials Seminar
An introductory short track officials seminar will be held at The Beacon Hotel, Sandyford, Dublin 18 on Sunday 3 March from 10am until 2pm. Please email info@isai.ie to register for the seminar.
Tara Donoghue Makes Solid Debut At World Juniors
This weekend saw Tara Donoghue become the first skater from Ireland to compete at the International Skating Union (ISU) World Junior Speed Skating Championships in Baselga di Pinè, Italy. Donoghue raced in the 1500 metres on the opening day of the event in the third pairing along a skater from the United States. She started out […]
Tara Donoghue Lines Up For World Junior Championship Debut
This weekend Irish speed skater Tara Donoghue (17) will become the first competitor from Ireland to participate in the International Skating Union (ISU) World Junior Speed Skating Championships in Baselga di Piné, Italy (15-17 February). This is the second season that Donoghue has competed internationally for Ireland. She attained the qualifying times for two distances for […]
2019 Irish Figure Skating Championships
The 2019 Irish Figure Skating Championships will be held at the Lee Valley Ice Centre, London, United Kingdom from 1-4 April 2019. The championships will feature ladies and men’s singles events in the Basic Novice, Intermediate Novice, Advanced Novice, Junior and Senior categories. All entrants must be current eligible Ice Skating Asssociation of Ireland members […]
Tara Donoghue Battles Through Helsinki World Cup
Irish speed skater Tara Donoghue competed this weekend in the International Skating Union (ISU) Junior World Cup in Helsinki, Finland. Donoghue began her racing schedule with the 1000 metres on the first day of competition. She recorded a time of 1:28.600 to finish in 25th place. Later on the same day she tackled the 3000 […]
Conor Stakelum Skates To 33rd At Europeans
Conor Stakelum has finished 33rd at his second consecutive European Figure Skating Championships in Minsk, Belarus earlier today. The five-time Irish champion competed in the short programme inside the Minsk Arena and was 11th to skate out of 37 skaters from around Europe. He opened his programme to “Clair de Lune” with a triple loop […]
Conor Stakelum Skates For Ireland At European Figure Skating Championships
Conor Stakelum (25) competes at the European Figure Skating Championships this week in Minsk, Belarus (23-27 January). This is the five-time Irish champion’s second consecutive participation at the event following his debut last year in Moscow, Russia where he became the first Irish male figure skater to compete in the 118 year history of the […]