Short-Track Luxembourg - Newsletters 1 To 27 - 2014-2015
Short-Track Luxembourg - Newsletters 1 To 27 - 2014-2015
Short-Track Luxembourg - Newsletters 1 To 27 - 2014-2015
NR 1 Season 2014/2015
DEAR ALL!
SOON THE SKATING SEASON STARTS ! WE HAVE GREAT NEWS FOR YOU
PETER MURPHY WAS CHOSEN TO THE COSL CADRE AS OUR
REPRESENTATIVE! THAT MEANS THAT OUR COMPETITION GROUP GETS
MORE ICETIME ALSO DURING THE WEEK! MORE DETAILS LATER!
HERE ARE SOME INFORMATIONS ABOUT THE SUMMER CAMPS OUR
SKATERS HAD ATTENDED!
• Kisakallio, Finland 13 - 17.7 Cecilia & Max
• Oberstdorf, Germany 2 - 9.8 Caroline, Cecilia, Augustin, Cameron,
Eric, Hugo, Max & Peter (+ many family members!!!)
• FIRST COMPETITION OF THE SEASON => see the fantastic results next page!!!
• Turnhout, Belgium 17 – 22.8 Caroline, Cecilia, Cameron, Max &
Peter
Oberstdorf Shorttrack competition
9.8.2014
Results:
Caroline Murphy 1st Girls novice
Augustin Gere 1st Boys novice
Hugo Smith 25th Boys novice
Peter Murphy 2nd Men Junior C
Cecilia Backström 5th Ladies Junior B
Cameron Bissett 6th Men Junior B
Max Backström 9th Men Junior A/ Seniors
Eric Gere 3rd Masters
DEAR ALL!
TODAY AT 16:00 KOCKELSCHEUER OPENS THE DOORS AND THE ICE
IS PREPARED! AS YOU SEE ALSO OUR MARKINGS ARE DONE BY US!
Dear all!
Yesterday Kockelscheuer ice rink opened its doors. Also our season is ready to start, the
markings have been already done on 28th August by us!
Our cadre skaters had yesterday their first training and from now on they have two
sessions during the week and two during the weekend. It was nice to see the group so
motivated!
We start the training on Sunday 21st September at 15:30 and as last year, we will have
around 17:30 a information session. Might be that we have something to eat & drink!
If you are interested we have received an invitation from Mannheim, Germany to a small
competition which is held on 27th September from 12:00-17:00
We would recommend you to make a one day trip to Mannheim (2h30min drive) to test your
speed after the summer holiday. All skaters are mostly welcome!
Also Aldwych is having a competition on the same day, if Mannheim is too close!
Please inform under [email protected] or next Sunday to Simon if you are attending to one of
these competitions!
As you already know, under www.shorttrackonline.info you will find more information
about ALL competition, skaters etc.
SHORTTRACK LUXEMBOURG NEWS 3/ Season 2014-2015
by ULPV
Next Saturday we have skaters competing in the Opening Games in Turnhout. Over
180 skaters will skate on one day in many races, so there will be much action on
ice. We wish Caroline, Augustin, Eric and Max good luck! And to Cecilia and Peter
get well soon! To Cameron we wish best luck for the studies and we like to see you
on Sundays on ice, as we do like to see you all there!
First BENELUX Cup in Wilrijk will be skated by Caroline and hopefully also Peter is
back on track! It will be on the 19th October, 2014
First Starclass competition will be held in Dresden 24 - 26.10.2014 and there are
already 113 skaters entered to the competition, Cecilia & Max included!
Caroline 1st, Augustin 2nd and other good results from TURNHOUT
Opening Games in Turnhout was skated two weeks ago and Caroline took the
1st place in Girls Junior D. Augustin took the 2nd place in Boys Junior D. Eric & Max skated well, but the
official overall positions are not yet out. Congrats!
First BENELUX Cup in Wilrijk was skated by Caroline, Augustin but not Peter because of the bad ice-
condition. All Group A skaters were not allowed to start! Results will follow when they are out!
Cecilia and Max will skate next weekend in the Starclass competition in Dresden with many other skaters.
Wishing them good luck!
Today, 27th October from 14:00 we are having in Kockelscheuer the Journéé Nationale des Sports de Glace. We
would like to see as many skaters as possible on ice. Please arrive to Kockelscheuer latest 13:30 ! Our session is from
14-15 and the club presentations of all clubs starts at 16:00
Results and many informations under www.shorttrackonline.info when it starts to work again!
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We had six skaters on ice, our competition group with Caroline, Cecilia, Cameron, Max and Peter and newly from figure
skating to shorttrack moved Anna. I think they made a very nice impression to the audience. A special thank goes to Steve
for the comments during the shorttrack presentation!
We like also to thank the organisers for this event! Thank you Anne Chlecq, Marie-Jeanne Schmit, Gilbert Stoffel, Alex Benoy,
and not to forget Lex, Bea & Heidi. A special thank also to the EISMEISTER’s who helped our team with the matts!
And sorry, if we forgot YOU, thank you and thank you for reading this!
Next weekend our skaters Caroline and Peter are participating in the 26th Autumn Tournament in Groningen in the
Netherlands. Wishing them good luck and wishing to ALL HAPPY VALENTINE!
Next weekend Augustin is skating in Cholet the Challenge Pays de Loire and from 28-30.11 the
Starclass 2 NC – Europe Cup is hold in Grenoble and skated by Caroline, Augustin and Peter.
Good luck!
This weekend you can follow the WORLDCUP 2 streamed from Montreal. Link to the site via
www.shorttrackonline.info where you also find the results and many information. WORLDCUP 1 from
Salt Lake City last weekend showed, that many skaters are still starting in the OLD style!
SHORTTRACK LUXEMBOURG NEWS 9 / Season 2014-2015
by ULPV
WORLDCUP 1 & 2 are over, you can watch some of the races in YOUTUBE
or via www.isu.org
As always all competitions and results you can find under www.shorttrackonline.info
In case you would like to invest new equipment like new boots, blades, cut-proof underwear etc our club has got a
very good offer from Maple! If interest, please contact us!
SHORTTRACK LUXEMBOURG NEWS
ULPV 10 / Season 2014-2015
Our Starclass Ladies Junior D skater Caroline was 3rd in the 1000m final and she was
crowned with a bronze medal. Overall Classification a fine 4th place. Congrats!
Peter was 29th in the Overall Classification.
Next weekend Cecilia and Max will skate in the Starclass 3 SAB – Europe Cup in Hasselt.
Have a nice trip and good luck!
Next competitions:
20.12.2014 KNSB Cup 3 Tilburg
27.12.2014 Regio West Competitie 2 Den Haag
28.12.2014 Regiocompetitie Nooroost 3 Leurwaarden
9 - 11.1.2015 Starclass 4 (BA-(L/M-3) Europa Cup Nottingham
18.1.2015 Finale Regiocompetitie Noordoost Heerenveen
23-25.1.2015 European Championships Dordrecht
30.1-1.2.2015 Starclass 5 (NC-2) Europa Cup Heerenveen
Next competitions:
9-11.1.2015 Starclass 4 (BA-(L/M-3) Europa Cup Nottingham
18.1.2015 Benelux Cup 3 (last day for entry 10.1) Tilburg
23-25.1.2015 European Championships Dordrecht
30.1-1.2.2015 Starclass 5 (NC-2) Europa Cup Heerenveen
6-8.2.2015 WORLD CUP Dresden
7-8.2.2015 Speculaas Cup Hasselt
14.2.2015 RANKING-Benelux Cup Liedekerke
8.3.2015 LUX National Championships Luxembourg
Next weekend you might be able to follow Cecilia & Max skating in Nottingham on LIVE STREAM. The GB-TEAM is also there!
Results and many informations under www.shorttrackonline.info
SHORTTRACK LUXEMBOURG NEWS 14/ Season 2014-2015
by ULPV
Max was skating his season best in 1500m 2:34.686 and was 16th overall in Men Junior A
Cecilia made a PB first in Semi Finals and then even a better time in the Final and was 15th
overall in category Ladies Junior B. Here is her new PB:
Third BENELUX Cup will be skated next Sunday in Tilburg and we will have a big team there.
We wish good luck and good races to Anna, Caroline, Cecilia, Augustin, Edward and Peter.
Here are the other PB’s (but I will surely correct them later and not ALL results are here)
Anna PB 500m 59.85
Cecilia PB 500m 50.30
Augustin PB 500m 47.64
Edward PB 500m 59.66
Peter PB 500m 46.98 Congrats to ALL!
Tomorrow Max will start the journey to Dordrecht where the European Short Track
Speed Skating Championships 2015 are starting on Friday.
We wish him good luck and let the fastest win! You can load a link from
www.isu.org to your computer so you can follow the races on Saturday
and Sunday afternoon!
Like promised, here are the final results for the BENELUX CUP skated two weeks ago.
Anna & Max were both 1st and Peter & Edward 3rd in there Divisions
Here are the PB’s
Anna PB 222m 27.93 PB 333m 40.52
PB 500m 59.85
Cecilia PB 500m 50.30
Caroline PB 1000m 1:44.32
Augustin PB 500m 47.64
Edward PB 222m 27.94 PB 333m 40.34
PB 500m 59.66
Peter PB 500m 46.98 Congrats to ALL!
Next Friday our skaters Caroline, Augustin and Peter will start the StarClass 5 (NC-2) Europe Cup competition in
Heerenveen. We wish them good luck!
Streaming, results and many information's under www.shorttrackonline.info
SHORTTRACK LUXEMBOURG NEWS 17/ Season 2014-2015 by ULPV
Tomorrow Max will travel to Dresden to participate in the WORLD CUP competition. This will be the first time we
send a skater to a WORLD CUP. He will skate with 115 skaters from 25 countries in two distances, 500m and 1000m.
ISU is streaming the races and Korean TV is sending it as always live!
On Saturday and Sunday Caroline and Cecilia will participate in the SPECULAAS CUP in Hasselt.
We wish all skaters good luck!
Results and many information's under www.shorttrackonline.info or www.shorttrackluxembourg.weebly.com
SHORTTRACK LUXEMBOURG NEWS 18/ Season 2014-2015 by ULPV
Max was in Dresden skating in the ISU WORLD CUP and took the 45th place in both distances. First place in 500m
with a time 40,853 went to Dmitry Migunov from Russia (leader in the World Cup) and 1000m winner was Semen
Elistratov also from Russia. Max was skating times close to his PB’s. This time he shared the changing room with the
Italians and Chinese!
Same weekend our skaters Caroline and Cecilia were in Hasselt to participate in the SPECULAAS CUP.
Caroline won all her races clearly! So in the end she was 1st in category Girls Junior D.
Cecilia achieved the 6th place in category Ladies A/B.
Congrats to ALL!
Next Saturday many of our skaters (old & new) will participate
in Liedekerke in the RANKING – Benelux Cup competition.
We wish all skaters good luck and to all reader’s HAPPY VALENTINE!
RANKING – Benelux Cup competition was skated last Saturday in Liedekerke where we had a team of nine (9)
skaters and from these five (5) where first time attending on international competition! The success was great and
our Belgian and Dutch friends where astonished about the many new skaters! Here you have the PB’s done last
weekend, first the NEW SKATERS:
222m 333m 500m
Elisa Aulamo 37.52 57.45
Anna Maria Giannetto 41.98 1:10.98
Laura Hegarty 31.41 46.71
Allen Hegarty 39.10 57.96
Kevin Hegarty 32.52 48.21
Caroline and Peter are skating in the Starclass 6 (NC-3) - Europa Cup competition starting Friday in Torino. It’s the
last Starclass competition before the CUP FINAL. We wish them good luck and a safe journey!
SHORTTRACK LUXEMBOURG NEWS 20/ Season 2014-2015 by ULPV
Last weekend Caroline and Peter were competing in the StarClass 6 (NC-2) Europa Cup in Torino. This was the last
competition before the EUROPA CUP FINAL which will be skated in Oberstdorf from 20-22.3.2015. Here the eight (8)
best skaters of each category from the StarClass Series and the Danubia Cup will meet to see who is fastest! We have
two skaters participating in the FINAL, Caroline and Augustin. CONGRATS!!!
On Saturday and Sunday Cecilia and Max will participate in the MUNICH OPEN in Munich.
We wish all skaters good luck! World Junior Championships are skated in Osaka next weekend!
Results and many information's under www.shorttrackonline.info or www.shorttrackluxembourg.weebly.com
SHORTTRACK LUXEMBOURG NEWS 21/ Season 2014-2015 by ULPV
We are arranging the Luxembourg Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Kockelscheuer on
Sunday 8th March, 2015 from 16:00
Over 30 skaters in different categories will have exciting races to see who is fastest in Luxembourg.
We start the WARM-UP session at 15:45 and the first race starts 16:15
All skaters please arrive in good time!
Like always, we arrange a BUFFET for the audience and hope that the skaters get also some left overs!
CECILIA BACK FROM MUNICH WITH A PB AND MAX WITH A NEW LESSON
Munich Open was skated last weekend by Cecilia and Max. 170 skaters in many categories were competing during
two days in over 250 races. Here are the results from our skaters from Munich
On Sunday 8th March, 2015 from 16:00 we will have the Luxembourg Short Track Championships.
Luxembourg Short Track Speed Skating Championships was skated last weekend. Thank you to all skaters, parents
and congratulations to all Champions. Results on a separate sheet
and also in our INFO BOARD!
Caroline and Augustin are the next skaters on ice. They will skate in the EUROPA CUP FINAL and we all wish them
good preparation for the exciting competition!
Coming weekend you have the chance to see excellent FIGURE SKATERS in Kockelscheuer in the Coup du Printemps!
Remember: NO TRAINING ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON!
Next weekend we have Cecilia and Max skating in Trophee Grand Lion in Belfort and Caroline is skating in the British
Long Track Championships in Den Haag for Luxembourg! Augustin is practicing in Fontenay! After that we have still
Easter Cup in Gent 4 -5.4.2015 and 11.4.2015 Closing Games in Turnhout.
Cecilia & Max were asked also to participate in a 3000m RELAY with two skaters from Albertville Mathias Courteville and
Cédric Glauda. This team won the relay but due to a PENALTY the time was taken out. It was less than 4:38.076!!
Caroline was taking in Den Haag first trials in LONG TRACK with PB’s in all distances!
Here are the results: 500m 51,66s/1000m 1:42.29s/1500m 2:38.36 CONGRATS TO THE SKATERS
Next weekend we have Anna, Caroline, Cecilia, Peter and Max skating in the Easter Cup in Gent.
Next weekend we have Anna, Caroline, Cecilia, Augustin, Peter and Max skating in the
last competition of this season in the Closing Games – Golden Sun in Turnhout.
Good luck to all skaters. We have still this Sunday and next (12.4 & 19.4) training, and then this season is done.
We start to prepare the summer training and hope to get some time in Coque!
The Golden Sun Award is given to the best skaters of each category from the competitions in Amsterdam, Hasselt, Gent &
Turnhout. Our skaters Caroline and Cecilia were awarded in their category.
We have still training next Sunday 19th April and we start to prepare the summer training and hope to get some time in
Coque! Summer camps are organized in different places and if you have interest take contact with Eric, Simon or Kaj.