When: Sunday Dec 19, 10:45am – 12:15pm
Where: Northfield Ice Arena, 1280 Bollenbacher Drive
What: Join us for a morning of skating with Santa.
Admission $1.50 per skater or FREE with donation of a non-perishable food item. Food donations benefit the Northfield Food Shelf. Rental skates available as long as supplies last.
Congratulations to Elizabeth Penny and Emmalyn Fried for passing their first U.S. Figure Skating tests last week! Both skaters tested at the Bloomington Ice Garden and passed their Pre-Preliminary Moves-in-the-Field. Elizabeth also tested and passed her Pre-Preliminary Freeskate test. Both skaters train with Carey Tinkelenberg at the Northfield Arena and the St. Paul Figure Skating Club and are preparing routines for the upcoming competitive season.
Photo: Fried (L) and Penny (R) display their passing test papers at the Bloomington Ice Garden.
Start: Oct 31, 2010 10:45 am
End: Oct 31, 2010 12:15 pm
Celebrate Halloween on ice at the Northfield Arena! Enjoy a morning of open skating with the Northfield community. Costumes welcome and rental skates available.
Last week, fifty skaters representing 14 arenas in Minnesota and Wisconsin gathered at the Pleasant Arena in St. Paul for our annual Rising Stars Camp. Skaters ranged in age from 3 – 13. Rising Stars Camp is hosted by the St. Paul Figure Skating Club and directed by Northfield Skating School Founder/Director Carey Tinkelenberg.
Throughout the week, skaters participated in on-ice skills & drills, creative movement classes, off-ice jumping, strength, and stretch classes, arts and crafts, and special workshops. Special workshops included a nutrition seminar, strength and conditioning specialist, and SOMA class with choreographer Tara Stamm. All skaters also prepared solo routines that they performed at an exhibition on July 22. Thank to you skaters, coaches, parents, and volunteers for a fun and successful event. See you next year!
This May, Northfield Skating School Owner/Director Carey Tinkelenberg became the youngest program director in the Professional Skaters Association (PSA) to earn a Master rating.
The Master rating is the highest rating attainable in the PSA. Coaches and directors become rated in their discipline by successfully completing oral exams, sport science written exams, and meeting experience and continuing education requirements. The minimum requirements for a Master program director rating include 5 years and 500 hours of coaching and management experience and “exceptional knowledge and organization” of staffing, scheduling, promotion, safety standards, education, and ethics of managing skating programs.
Tinkelenberg completed the oral exam on May 25th and was honored at the Professional Skaters Association International Conference and Trade Show in Colorado Springs (pictured above). She also holds a Senior rating in group instruction and Registered ratings in freestyle and moves-in-the-field.
Tinkelenberg founded the Northfield Skating School after graduating from Carleton College in 2005. In 2008, the school was named a “Model Program” by the editors of SKATING Magazine and Tinkelenberg was presented the June 2008 Making a Difference Award by the Northfield Healthy Community Initiative for the school’s positive impact on youth. Tinkelenberg serves as a mentor to directors as member of the U.S. Figure Skating Basic Skills Committee and presents regularly at director training events nationwide. She coaches full time in Northfield, St. Paul, and Eagan and was the silver medalist in Masters Pairs at the 2010 U.S. Adult Championships with Peter Biver.
St. Paul FSC Rising Stars Summer Camp
Mon 7/19- Thurs 7/22. Hosted by the St. Paul Figure Skating Club and led by NSS director Carey Tinkelenberg. Half days at the Pleasant Arena, 848 Pleasant Avenue St Paul. Registration includes on and off-ice training classes, t-shirt, welcome gift, crafts, parent information meeting, and “Mini-Olympics” performance of campers. Click link to view flyer and register. Still accepting registrations.
Eagan Skate School Summer Figure Skating Camp
Monday 8/2 – Thursday 8/5. Full and half-day options at the Eagan Civic Arena. To register call (651) 675-5500 or fill out a registration form at the arena.For questions please call (651) 675-5453. Full schedule available online. Registration deadline 7/29.
Shattuck St. Mary Summer Camps
Figure Skating Camp 6/6-6/26, Day Camp 7/1-7/2, Synchronized Skating Camp 7/27-7/30. Info and registration materials online
On Sunday, June 6, Northfield Skating School skaters Emmalyn Fried, Milly Reese, and Elizabeth Penny delivered medal winning performances at the annual June Bug Jump and Spin competition held at the Pleasant Arena in St. Paul. Emmalyn moved up two levels to compete in Freeskate 2 and earned a gold medal for her performance. June Bug was Basic 6 competitor Milly Reese’s first competition, and she also earned gold. Elizabeth Penny advanced a skill level and continued her streak of winning a gold medal at every competition she has entered since she began competing in 2009. Elizabeth won gold in her compulsory program and bronze in her free skate. All skaters practice year-round and are coached by Northfield Skating School Owner/Director, Carey Tinkelenberg. Milly is co-coached by Northfield Skating School instructor Melanie Ritz.
Congratulations to our team for representing NSS so well with your skills and poise in competition!
Photos, L to R: NSS Skaters pose with Coach Tinkelenberg, skaters warm up outside the Pleasant Arena, Emmalyn Fried takes the ice.
View more and larger photos: photos page.
THANK YOU, skaters and parents, for another great season!
Remember, SKATING IS A YEAR-ROUND SPORT! Our rink may be closed, but your skating opportunities continue throughout the off-season.
Group lessons are available at surrounding areanas.
Private lessons with some NSS coaches are available at Shattuck St. Mary, Lakeville, Eagan, and St. Paul FSC.
Numerous local competitions take place over the summer. Competing involves setting up a few private lessons to put together a performance routine. ALL LEVELS of skaters may compete, beginning in Basic 1.
REGISTER NOW for SUMMER skating camps: St. Paul Rising Stars Camp, July 19-22. Run by NSS director Carey Tinkelenberg. EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION DEADLINE 5/1. Shattuck St. Mary Summer Camps, throughout June and July.
Northfield Skating School 2010-11 registration materials will be available in late summer. In the meantime, please CONTACT CAREY for details.
Last Thursday, Northfield Skating School Director Carey Tinkelenberg and Peter Biver became the Adult Masters Pairs Silver Medalists at the U.S. Adult Figure Skating Championships held at the Bloomington Ice Garden in Bloomington, MN. Tinkelenberg and Biver have been training together for just under one year and are both local professional coaches. This was the first year skating pairs for Tinkelenberg, a New England Regional Silver Medalist and U.S. Eastern Sectional competitor in singles skating. Biver, a three-time U.S. Eastern Sectional competitor and two-time North Atlantic Regional Silver Medalist in pairs, guided her from the beginning steps of pairs skating through their national medal. The pair performed to “Carmen.”
Four skaters coached by Northfield Skating School coaches entered a total of seven events at the Farmington Spring Festival last Saturday, March 27th. Out of seven events, there were six first placements and one second placement! All skaters showed their strength and positive sportsmanship. We are proud of you!
Emmalyn Fried: 1st place, Basic 8 Compulsory and Freeskate
Elizabeth Penny: 1st place, Freeskate 2 Compulsory and Freeskate
Maggie Kielas: 2st place, Freeskate 2 Compulsory, and 1st place, Freeskate
Jessica Arey: 1st place, Freeskate 4
