Boondall Figure Ice Skating Club athletes at the prestigious Crystal Challenge

How’s this for high sporting achievers - 33 athletes, 23 medals? That was the performance by Boondall Figure Ice Skating Club athletes at the prestigious Crystal Challenge.

Meili Wu gliding on the ice.

Boondall Figure Ice Skating Club have dominated the prestigious Ice-Skating Australia benchmark mark event, the Crystal Challenge, bringing home 23 medals.

Five goal medals and 18 podium finishes were secured by the 33 strong squad over the gruelling four day event.

Boondall Figure Ice Skating Club’s gold rush was started by Zofia Forbes who won a tightly contested Freeskate 2 Division, with clubmate Luna Chan finishing in third place.

Balancing act - Rose Dobson in action.

In the Intermediate Women’s Division, Kathrin Macak nailed a clean program and personal best score on the way to gold, with teammate Nia Doherty claiming the silver in a one-two finish for the club in a field of 18 competitors.

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Other Boondall club winners were Jessica Rotondo in Adult Elite Women, Alex Cooke in Adult Bronze Male, and Nicola Cheyne in Adult Artistic Bronze Division.

Abbey Dobson in action for Boondall.

In the Junior Women’s Division, the second highest level of competition, Sienna Kaczmarczyk and Simona Bhasin were both on the podium with second and third placings respectively.

For Bhasin, there was a personal best score also as she cracked the 100+ points barrier for the first time.

Kathrin Macak was in fine form.

Rounding out the competition for BFISC at the highest level was Emily-Jean Kelly in Senior Women.

Kelly was within striking distance of a podium place after the Short Program but had to settle for fifth place overall at the completion of the Free Skating Program.

Heidi Adams was outstanding for Boondall.

For many within the squad, while they did not place, it was a wonderful learning experience on their first interstate tour.

The style of Caitlyn Ryan.

Full Results of Boondall competitors

Aussie Skate 9:

Rose Dobson 3rd

Freeskate 1:

Heidi Adams 3rd

Annabelle Christison 6th

Freeskate 2:

Emily Phillips is all style.

Claire Brow 2nd

Zali Matthews 3rd

Roselinde Dowideit 6th

Freeskate 3:

Zofia Forbes 1st

Luna Chan 3rd

Caroline Dowideit 7th

Adult Bronze Female:

Nicola Cheyne 3rd

Adult Bronze Male:

Alex Cooke 1st

Adult Elite Women:

Jessica Rotondo 1st

Adult Masters Women:

Emily Phillips 3rd

Adult Silver Women:

Courtney Mackay 3rd

Adult Gold Women:

Mackenzie Moor 4th

Dinda Keith calm and composed.

Advanced Novice Women:

Hattie Meadows 6th

Shuri Tomihara 11th

Grace Seaton 18th

Dinda Keith 20th

Elementary Girls:

Caitlyn Ryan 5th

Axelle Simons 6th

Intermediate Women:

Kathrin Macak 1st

Nia Doherty 2nd

Intermediate Novice Women:

Abby Smith 8th

Jayla Tarbuck 9th

Junior Women:

Sienna Kaczmarczyk 2nd

Simona Bhasin 3rd

Abbey Dobson 5th

Preliminary Girls:

Meili Wu 3rd

Izabella Thistleton 12th

Sophie Cann 13th

Preliminary Boys:

Dwight Kaptich 4th

Senior Women:

Emily-Jean Kelly 5th

Artistic Adult Bronze/Copper:

Nicola Cheyne 1st

Alex Cooke 2nd

The club is based at Ice World Olympic Ice Rink, 2304 Sandgate Rd. Visit www.bfisc.org.au

The style of Emily-Jean Kelly.