Pinoy skaters make waves on the overseas rinks

Pinay skaters set to participate in the Asian Junior Figure Skating Challenge in Hong Kong on October 5-7

21 Pinay figure skaters represented the Philippines in the just-concluded Hong Kong leg of the Asian Junior Figure Skating Challenge (October 5-7). These ladies, who are between 8-17 y/o, will be going up against their counterparts from China, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Chinese-Taipei, Thailand, and the hosts in various competitive divisions, including Elite Junior, Basic Junior, Basic Novice, and Basic Juvenile.

These young athletes (who are named below, along with their coaches) train regularly at the SM Skating rinks in the SM Mall of Asia, SM Megamall, and SM Southmall.


1) Bianca Vinarao
2) Julienne Ang
3) Emee Dy
4) Mikayla Fabian
5) Ysabelle Abis
6) Charmaine Skye Chua
7) Alexa Gonzaga
8) Kara Frances Guzman
9) Aliya Isidoro
10) Dianne Gabriel Panlilio
11) Aikon Shibata
12) Aleckxis Chuidian
13) Sofia Nagrampa
14) Elaine Solomon
15) Aicel Johanna Tecson
16) Felicity Eco
17) Veronica Claire Eid
18) Ann Cathryn Lagemann
19) Kate Venturina Orrock
20) Ryza Takahashi
21) Amanda Hernandez

COACHES:

1) Abraham Domdom
2) Noni Nerida
3) Ronan Capili
4) Jerico Lim
5) Clarisse Roman
6) Al Marinas


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Michael Martinez with some of the Pinoy skaters

In addition to the ladies above, four skaters, including the lone Pinoy Winter Olympian Michael Martinez, participated in the ISU Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy in Bangkok a few months ago (August 5-8).

Martinez defeated eight other skaters from Japan, Chinese-Taipei, Hong Kong, Australia, and India for the Senior Men's nod, while Sofia Guidote finished fourth in Basic Novice B Girls division.

Also participating are Diane Panlilio, who finished 19th of 23 in Basic Novice A Girls division, and Jules Alpe, who finished 9th of 11 in the Junior Men division.