Category Archives: Club News
LA Times: Mirai Nagasu fights keep family restaurant open
PFSC is proud of its member’s community support during these challenging times!
If any other members have community efforts to share. Please send an email to info@pasadenafsc.com.
Help support our coaches!
The PFSC board of Directors has setup a GoFundMe page to show our support for our PFSC First Club Member coaches during this national emergency related to COVID-19. They are potentially the most impacted by the current rink closure and the uncertainty of these circumstances. Please chip in what you can! See the page for more details!
Pasadena Ice Skating Center is closed until further notice
Due to the circumstances surrounding COVID-19, the Pasadena Ice Skating Center is closed until further notice. This also means our Saturday Club Ice and Club Testing sessions are canceled. We will provide updates as soon as we receive them.
The official message from the Pasadena Ice Skating Center can be found here
Adult Qualifying Season Registration is Now Open
Registration for the U.S. Adult Qualifying Season is open in EMS! The deadline for registration is Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020. No late registrations will be accepted. If you have not yet registered for the Adult Qualifying Season, log on today. There are also nonqualifying competitions available to register for!
HOW TO REGISTER
All skaters must register through EMS (Registration How To)
Competitions Available Under Qualifying Tab (Click below to view announcement)
- 2020 Eastern Adult Sectional Figure Skating Championships
- 2020 Midwestern Adult Sectional Figure Skating Championships
- 2020 Pacific Coast Adult Sectional Figure Skating Championships
- 2020 U.S. Adult Figure Skating Championships *only nonqualifying events available
Sectional Qualifying Events
- Championship adult ice dance
- Championship masters pairs
- Championship adult silver free skate (men’s and ladies)
- Championship adult gold free skate (men’s and ladies)
- Championship masters intermediate-novice free skate (men’s and ladies)
- Championship masters junior-senior free skate (men’s and ladies)
Competitions Available Under Nonqualifying Tab (Click below to view announcement)
- 2020 Eastern Adult Sectional Nonqualifying Competition
- 2020 Midwestern Adult Sectional Nonqualifying Competition
- 2020 Pacific Coast Adult Sectional Nonqualifying Competition
AFTER YOU’VE REGISTERED IN EMS
- Skaters
- Check out your Competition Information page in EMS
- Upload your Music & PPC your EMS skater portal
- Visit your competition website for event-specific information (practice ice, hotel information, tickets/credentials, etc).
- Coaches
- Skaters are asked to associate coach(es) with their entry at the time of registration (or update through the EMS Skater Portal). Once associated, you will have access to the EMS Coaches Portal. Missing skaters? Remind them to register prior to the deadline or update their EMS Skater Portal!
Scott Hamilton Skaters Education Fund
Formerly the Helen M. McLoraine Scholarship, The Scott Hamilton Skaters Education Fund was established to assist eligible current and former amateur and professional ice skaters who dedicated their lives to skating and now wish to pursue a college education.
Scholarships are offered each year for full-time undergraduate study at an accredited institution of the student’s choice. Eligible individuals are skaters that have competed at least once in a U.S. Figure Skating qualifying competition at the novice level or higher in either men’s, ladies, ice dance or pairs.
This scholarship program is administered through U.S. Figure Skating and scholarships are granted without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sexual orientation, age, gender, disability or national origin. A total of $240,000 will be awarded, ranging from $4,000 to $8,000 per recipient. Scholarship recipients will be announced in June of 2020.
Applications open today and the deadline to apply is Feb. 14, 2020. For more information and to apply, click HERE.
41st Annual Pasadena Open Championships award recipients
Congratulations to our 41st Annual Pasadena Open Championships award recipients: Elizabeth Chen, winner of the Mirai Nagasu Future Star Trophy and Alex Evans, winner of the Jacqueline Haak Most Outstanding Performance!
Elizabeth Chen
Mirai Nagasu Future Star award recipient
Pre-Juvenile and below
Alex Evans
Jacqueline Haak Most Outstanding Performance award recipient
Juvenile through Senior
PFSC Annual Winter Holiday Party
Mark your calendars, the annual PFSC Winter Party Fundraiser is fast approaching!
Join us for food, games, white elephant, a silent auction, and more.
When: Sunday, December 8th from 5:30 – 8:30pm
Where: Santa Anita Church (226 Colorado St. Arcadia, CA 91107)
Tickets may be purchased online at our Square Store
Details about the silent auction to be announced.
The 41st Annual Pasadena Open Championships schedule is posted!
Registration is now CLOSED and the schedule has been posted for our 41st Annual Pasadena Open Championships!
The link to the official competition schedule can be found here: The 41st Annual Pasadena Open Championships schedule
NOTE: PFSC is running a fundraiser with the help of the California Pizza Kitchen located at 99 N Los Robles Ave, Pasadena. Any purchases made with the flyer HERE or by mention of this fundraiser will have 20% of the check donated to PFSC. Help support your local skating club!
Additional event information can be found HERE
