South Bay Open Championships, May 11-12, 2012.

South Bay Open 6.0 Events results.

South Bay Open IJS Events results.

Thank you to the volunteers from the South Bay Figure Skating Club who came and helped organize and execute this event. Special thanks to Barbara Farmer, Grace Goo, Elizabeth Goo, Tao Will, and Brooke Heri for their many hours of time on this event.

Thank you also to the many judges and officials who gave of their time so the skaters could compete. These individuals are not paid for their long hours of work and make the world of competitive figure skating possible.

Scholarship information for skaters now available on the USFS website. There are several scholarships available, so check out the requirements and application deadlines. This is worth the time, skaters.

The South Bay Figure Skating Club, Inc., was incorporated on January 24, 1964, as a nonprofit corporation, under The General NonProfit Corporation Law of The State of California. As stated in the Articles of Incorporation, this Corporation is formed to encourage the instruction, practice, and advancement of the members in compulsory figures, free skating, pair skating, dancing, and all types of figure skating; to encourage and cultivate a spirit of fraternal feeling among ice skaters; to sponsor, to produce, or co-operate in the production of amateur ice carnivals and shows; and generally to do and perform such other acts as may be necessary, advisable, proper, or incidental in the realization of the objects and purposes of this organization; and to carry out the general policies of The United States Figure Skating Association.

To achieve these purposes, the club sponsors the following activities:

• A weekly club session to provide quality practice and instruction time for skaters and their coaches.
• Monthly test sessions to administer USFSA tests.
• An annual open competition to provide skaters and their coaches with opportunities to perform in front of audiences, to compete as amateurs, and to develop competition experience for later qualifying competitions.
• Conducts an annual critique for skaters participating in qualifying competitions, and provides reimbursement for some travel and entry fee expenses for skaters competingin national and international events and competitions qualifying skaters to compete in such events. The amount of expense reimbursement is determined each year by the Board of Governors of The South Bay Figure Skating Club, Inc., based on available funds.

Also, as stated in the Articles of Incorporation, this Corporation is one which does not contemplate pecuniary gain or profit to the members thereof and it is organized solely for non-profit purposes. The South Bay Figure Skating Club, Inc., is strictly a volunteer organization. There are no paid staff or employees, and no director or officer receives any compensation or has an expense account.

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