Entries by Sportlomo

Tara Donoghue Breaks Irish Record At Berlin International Race

Irish speed skater Tara Donoghue (16) wrote herself into the history books once more when she set a new Irish record in the International Race in Berlin, Germany over the weekend. Donoghue competed in two distances at the competition held at the Eisschelllaufhalle Sportforum in the German capital. She raced a season’s best of 44.18 […]

Stakelum And McAllister Top Ten At Halloween Cup

This weekend saw Ireland’s national figure skating team compete at the Halloween Cup in Budapest, Hungary with Conor Stakelum and Sam McAllister both earning top ten finishes in the senior men’s event. Stakelum was the first to take to the ice in the short programme on the first day of competition. The Dubliner included a […]

Figure Skating National Team Take On Halloween Cup

The Irish national figure skating team head to Budapest this weekend (19-20 October) to participate in the Halloween Cup in Budapest, Hungary. Sam McAllister (19) and Conor Stakelum (25) are both entered in the senior men’s category at the competition. At last month’s Autumn Classic International in Oakville, Canada, Stakelum finished 11th and McAllister came […]

Emerald Skate Test Session (4 November)

The Ice Skating Association of Ireland (ISAI) is holding an Emerald Skate test session at Dundrum On Ice on 4 November 2018. Tests will be held for Learn To Skate Levels 1-6 and Freestyle 1-5. Test applications should be sent to info@isai.ie no later than Monday 29 October 2018. Emerald Skate Test Application Form

Stakelum 11th and McAllister 17th At Autumn Classic

Conor Stakelum (25) and Sam McAllister (19) competed in the Autumn Classic International in Oakville, Canada where they finished 11th and 17th respectively. In the short programme, Stakelum included a triple loop, a triple toe loop-triple toe loop combination in his routine to “Clair de lune” by Claude Debussy. He also had all three of […]

McAllister and Stakelum to make season debut at Autumn Classic

This weekend (21-22 September) sees Irish figure skaters Sam McAllister (19) and Conor Stakelum (25) take to the ice at the Autumn Classic International in Oakville, Canada for their first international competition of the 2018/2019 season. Both athletes are coming off the back of the greatest successes of their skating careers yet. In January, Stakelum […]

ISAI AGM 2018

The Ice Skating Association of Ireland (ISAI) Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place on 28 September 2018. Current members will have received an e-mail with further details on this year’s AGM.

Sam McAllister Making Season Debut In Latvia

This week sees Irish figure skater Sam McAllister make his season debut at the International Skating Union (ISU) Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating in Riga, Latvia. The two-time Irish Junior national champion will skate his short programme on the evening of Thursday, 7 September and his free skating routine on the afternoon of Saturday, […]

Golding Set for Junior Grand Prix Debut

Elizabeth Golding (13) will become the youngest Irish figure skater to ever compete in an International Skating Union (ISU) Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating series event this weekend in Linz, Austria. Golding, who turns 14 next month, took up figure skating at the relatively late age of seven. Born in Moscow, Russia to Irish […]

2018-2019 Irish Speed Skating Team Announced

The selection of the Irish Speed Skating National Team for the 2018-2019 season has been made by the Board of Directors of the Ice Skating Association of Ireland (ISAI). The ISAI has selected the following members to compete in International Skating Union (ISU) speed skating events for the 2018-2019 season: Speed Skating Tara Donoghue Short […]