Team Excel and The Skating Club of Boston are excited to host the inaugural Boston Synchronized Skating Classic. The competition will be held on Saturday, March 27, 2010 at the Skating Club of Boston. The Boston Classic will offer competition in the Beginner 1, 2, and 3, preliminary, pre-juvenile, open juvenile, open collegiate, and open adult divisions. We are pleased to be a part of the Eastern Synchronized Skating Challenge Series. This competition is one last chance to earn points for your team!
In addition to the competition, we are offering two clinics led by Merita Mullen, Director of Team Excel and coach of national medal winning and US world synchro teams, and her coaching staff. Team Excel and Merita believe that synchro is built from the ground up, and we hope these two clinics will introduce new skaters to the sport and foster a greater commitment to the sport in introductory levels. In keeping with the mission statements of both Team Excel and the Skating Club of Boston (found here and here) we hope this competition, along with the clinics, will promote and encourage the sport of figure skating and synchro, and help prepare skaters for a future on nationally competitive synchro teams.
Prior to the competition (at 11:00) we will hold an Intro to Synchro Clinic for Basic Skills skaters (Basic 3 or higher). This clinic is intended for skaters who have never before tried synchro. They will be able to spend 45 minutes on the ice learning the basics of synchro and then watch the competition, as admission is included in the clinic fee. Parents of clinic participants can also purchase discounted tickets at the door the day of the competition.
At the conclusion of the competition, we will hold a complimentary synchro clinic for competition participants and their coaches. We hope that your whole team will be able to participate, but individuals are welcome even if the whole team cannot stay. In addition, coaches are invited to stay for the clinic, with or without their team’s participation.
Team Excel is excited that the 2010 Boston Synchro Classic is a competition devoted to the foundation of the sport of synchro. Team Excel and SCOB are proud to have a solid base of volunteers with many years of practice in hosting successful competitions but we welcome any other ideas that would help to improve your team’s experience at our competition. Details about the competition and entry forms can be found at our website. Questions can be directed to Deanne Benson, Competition Chair, at info@bostonsynchroclassic.org.
We look forward to seeing you on March 27!
Krista Benson is a member of the local organizing committee for the 2010 Boston Synchronized Skating Classic and the Team Excel coaching staff.
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