News and Information:

10/21/07

For anyone interested in continuing ice this season, the fees breakdown as follow. At the beginning of the next season you will be able to pay practice by practice. Unfortunately, as it stands now, ice time is very expensive and this is what they must charge to cover expenses.



For more information about ice time, pleas check out their web site, here.

9/16/07

Last week we enjoyed the presence of some of the best in-line skaters in the world. Rollerblade/MPC's Shane Dobbin and Diego Rosero. Shane Dobbin came all the way from New Zealand and has many world and in-line cup titles to his name. Diego Rosero hails from Colombia, the same place where our former team-mate and friend, Jorge Botero came from. Diego like Shane and of course Jorge, have many world championship medals and numerous victories in the world in-line cup. Their technique and power are arguably the best any of us may have ever seen. We truly were treated to some of the best skating in the world and anyone who showed up to practice were fortunate enough to observe and learn a thing or two from these world class athletes.

From our first practice with these athletes it became very clear as to why Team USA is no longer the top nation at the world championships. Anyone who managed to skate a few laps with them quickly realized that they may be even stronger than the best skater USA currently has to offer, Joey Mantia. This weekend added evidence to that thought, as Diego Rosero claimed victory at this weekends North Shore In-line Marathon with the largest margin of victory every recorded for that event. 4 minutes and 55 seconds!

We here at Team-RISK appreciate the opportunity to skate with such high caliber skaters and look forward to the future guests that are yet to come this season!

9/09/07

Congratulations on a great season this year and a job well done to all those who went to outdoor and indoor nationals. This season's star goes to Lisa Stewart who medalled this year at the USA Rollersports Indoor National Championship. In the Novice Senior Ladies Division, she finished 3rd overall and received the bronze medal. Tune in for more updates as I catch up on things.

5/22/07


Team-RISK and the Bay State Speed Skating Club are offering skaters from both clubs an opportunity to practice with each other on ice and in-lines. As we all know from the past Olympics, the combination of ice and in-line has proven to be a potent combination, and earned the United States many Olympic medals through skaters like Chad Hedrick and even Apolo Ohno.

The benefits seem to be great for both teams by gaining better conditioning and technique. To ease the process, equipment will be provided to any who need it. Fortunately in most cases your current boots will be sufficient and all you will need to do is swap your blades or frames.

For more information please seek the following:

Paul DiJulio
Nate Bolton
Bay State Speed Skating Club

4/24/07

Here are a few helpful reminders for you all.

Regional entry fees need to be collected, please bring them to practice ASAP.

Outdoor Nationals is fast approaching and if you do not want to pay double the money, you must have you application faxed in to the national office no later than tomorrow. Here is a direct link to the forms required. If you are going to the upcoming clinic then you will not need to fill out your medical information twice as they will already have it

http://usarollersports.org/pages/pdf/forms/2007OutdoorNationalsForms.pdf

The weather has been very nice lately, it's very advisable that you all take advantage of this and do some outdoor skating, especially those who have plans on going nationals this year.

Until next time, keep on training!

3/23/07

Here's some information on this season's regional championships.

May 20, 2007
Carousel Skating Center
4 David Brown Blvd
Fairhaven, MA 02719
Contact: Cathy Morante
CMLISL8@optonline.net
Floor Surface: Wood with Roll-On
Size of skating surface: 75x180
Meet Director: Cathy Morante
Tabulator: TBD
Speed transfer deadline: April 20, 2007

2/25/07

Amongst the "wheel war" of the Blue Ridge Challenge in Roanoke, Virginia, Team-RISK had a dozen skaters or so represent the small region of the North East in perhaps one of the biggest indoor races of the year. Everyone did exceptionally well but I'd like to take this opportunity to shine light on two of our skaters who seem to have been under the radar for a while.

Marissa Pacheco and Rudy Lapin Normann both skated great this last weekend, making it out of their heats, and taking a huge step forward in obtaining their goals. Together, they skated in the standard sophomore 2 mix relays and edged out their competition and qualified in the last remaining spot to gain entree into the semis. Marrissa would later continue her success, teaming up Kaela Chappell in the standard sophomore 2 lady relay. Of course there was much more success had by the team, but these two stuck out the most this time around.

Keep up the hard work all!

1/17/07

Over the Martin Luther King weekend, a handful of skaters from our team went down to the West Palm Beach Challenge in Florida. Congratulations to Alex Harris, Rachael DiJulio, Johnny MacEachen, Moe Hall, Lisa Stewart and Erin DiJulio for a job well done. Here I have listed some of the results from the indoor portion of the Challenge.

Lisa Stewart
3rd - Novice Senior Ladies
2nd - Senior Ladies

Rachael DiJulio
3rd - Sophomore 2 Lady w/ Alex
3rd - Senior 3 Lady w/ Alex, Erin

Alex Harris
2nd - Sophomore Ladies 500m Final
3rd - Sophomore 2 Lady w/ Rachael
2nd - Senior 4 Mix w/ Johnny, Moe, Erin

Johnny MacEachen
5th - Junior Men
3rd - Senior 2 Man w/ Moe
2nd - Senior 4 Mix w/ Alex, Moe, Erin
4th - Senior 2 Mix w/ Erin

Moe Hall
2nd - Junior Men
3rd - Senior 2 Man w/ Johnny
2nd - Senior 4 Mix - w/ Alex, Johnny, Erin

Erin DiJulio
3rd - Pro Ladies
3rd - Senior 3 Lady w/ Rachael, Alex
2nd - Senior 4 Mix w/ Alex, Johnny, Moe
4th - Senior 2 Mix w/ Johnny

12/2/06

This Sunday, the North East Speed League will be holding their first inter-club open practice, which will be held at the Carousel Skating Center in Fairhaven, MA. Originally it was scheduled from 9-12 however a private party has moved the practice to 7-9am. The cost of the practice will be $10. We will still have our practice later in the day, but it has also been changed to 4:30-6:30pm.

Over Thanksgiving many of us enjoyed a good meal with our families. Then there were the few who were much happier competing head to head at the Thanksgiving invitationals and chowing down on a nice hamburger and french fry dinner instead.

It would appear our skater did very well too. Here are some of the results of our skaters. I'm not too sure how accurate these are but none the less, here you go.

Waco, Texas

Rachael DiJulio
4th - overall sophomore division
4th - overall junior division
1st - senior 2 lady w/ Erin DiJulio
5th - overall pro women (outdoors)

Erin DiJulio
1st -overall pro women
1st - senior 2 lady w/ Rachael DiJulio
2nd - overall pro women (outdoors)

Greensboro, North Carolina

Kaela Chappell
2nd - overall sophomore division
semi finalist - senior 3 mix w/ Johnny MacEachen & Leeza Hargreaves

Johnny MacEachen
semi finalist - long distance race junior division
semi finalist - sprint race junior division
semi finalist - senior 3 mix w/ Kaela Chappell & Leeza Hargreaves

Leeza Hargreaves
finalist - sprint race junior division
semi finalist - senior 3 mix w/ Kaela Chappell & Johnny MacEachen

11/14/06

We will now share Tuesday nights with the Providence Roller Derby Team. Due to this, we have changed our practice time to 6:30pm so that the roller derby team can get to practice a little earlier as well. Once 8:30pm comes along it will be their time to skate.

During the Thanksgiving break, the floor should be receiving a fresh coat of plastic thanks to the financial contribution of our very own coach, Paul DiJulio. In return the rink has promised us an extra day of practice, allowing us to skate 3 times a week with no change to our monthly dues. With that said, please e-mail Paul with your top 3 choices of practice time.

10/31/06

Just a little reminder that there will be no practice tonight. Practice has been rescheduled for Wednesday from 7:00pm - 9:00pm so that you all can get some candy. Happy Halloween!

10/8/06

Just a reminder that Sunday evening practices will now start at 5 instead of 5:30. For those of you who can arrive early, off skate exercises will be done prior to the beginning of practice in the parking lot.

In November, there will be a race in Waco, Texas and a race in Greensboro, North Carolina. The one in Texas will consist of both outdoor and indoor races while the one in North Carolina will only be offering indoor racing. Chip will be attending the one in NC while Paul will be down in TX along with MPC wheels. So if anyone is interested in racing next month, there will be a coach at both events.

Plyo and goal sheets were handed out today. If you need a copy or have lost yours, please contact Paul.

7/29/06

After a few canceled flights and lost luggage, skaters from all over competed at the Indoor National Championship in Lincoln, Nebraska. Congratulations to all skaters from our own region and everywhere else for putting on an amazing show of record breaking performances and top notch head to head action.

Team-RISK results:

John MacEachen - JO Sophomore Men
500m semi-finalist
1000m semi finalist

Lisa Stewart - JO Senior Ladies
500m finalist
1000m finalist

Leeza Hargreaves - Junior Ladies
500m finalist
6th place overall

Joshua Simas - Senior Men
1500m semi-finalist
3000m semi-finalist

Erin DiJulio - Pro Elite Ladies
1000m semi-finalist
500m semi-finalist
5000m finalist

Not to be forgotten were the efforts of Kaela Chappell, Rachael DiJulio, and Rudy Lapin Normann who also represented Team-RISK at this year's National Championship.

Following the Championship was the Corn Husker Classic Marathon, where our skaters learned there is more than just corn in Nebraska. In fact there are actually hills!

Team-RISK results:

Rachael DiJulio - Jr. World Class Ladies
1st place

Leeza Hargreaves - Jr. World Class Ladies
3rd place

John MacEachen - Jr. World Class Men
3rd place

Erin DiJulio - World Class Ladies
2nd place

A special Thank you to all the coaches and parents for taking care of the "kids".

Paul DiJulio
Chip Chappell
Janice Chappell
Rose Hargreaves
Linda Lapin

5/13/06

This year Kaela Chappell and Johnny MacEachen have both picked up sponsors for the season. Representing the colors of Team Calvano will be Kaela Chappell and in the red and silver of Team Mogema Jr. will be Johnny MacEachen. Keep up the good work and best of luck to you when you go and compete at Outdoor Nationals.

Also going to Outdoor Nationals this year will be Rachael DiJulio, Leeza Hargreaves, Erin DiJulio and Joshua Simas. Best of luck to everyone and keep on training hard. Outdoor Nationals is only days away!

4/27/06

You know you've left a good mark in the world when there's a two hour line at your wake. This week a great coach and skater passed away in a motorcycle accident, ending his life at age 30. Nicholas L. Butler leaves behind his wife of two and a half years and one year old daughter. Pleases keep Nick and his family in your prayers.

If you would like to make a donation, please send it to the following:

Samantha L. Butler Educational Trust Fund,
c/o St. Mary's Credit Union
133 West Main St.
Marlborough, MA 01752

4/5/06

On Monday, April 3rd, skaters from all over the region attended the Northeast USA Roller Sports Association Annual Banquet. The event was held at the Venus De Milo in Swansea MA. This year our very own Erin DiJulio was awarded Speed Skater of the Year for all of her hard work and achievements this past season. Erin serves as a role model for any athlete, and has shown that commitment and dedication pays off in trying to reach your goals. Congratulations to Erin and all those who helped her get to where she is today.