Welcome to the Amherst Skating Club's Official Web Site!
The Amherst Skating Club is a United States Figure Skating (USFS) club with 120 amateur skaters, both young and adult, and 215 non-skating adult members including parents, coaches and judges. Our home ice is the Northtown Center at Amherst; a four-rink facility located on Amherst Manor Drive in Amherst, New York, a suburb of Buffalo. We are a 501(c)(3) Not For Profit Corporation dedicated to promoting excellence in all aspects of figure skating. For more information please click on About Our Club.
FOR INFORMATION REGARDING LEARN-TO-SKATE GROUP SKATING LESSONS PLEASE CLICK ON THE "SKATE WITH US" SECTION OF OUR WEBSITE!
ASC ANNOUNCES 2012 BASIC SKILLS COMPETITION!
Posted January 19, 2012
The Amherst Skating Club will be holding it's 5th Annual "In House" Basic Skills Competition March 17, 2012. The competition is open to all current Amherst Skating Club basic skills members as well as regular club members. For more information on the competition and to download the competition announcement/form please visit the Skate With Us Homepage. Competition forms are also available outside of our office and at every SWU session.
ASC TEST DAYS FOR THE 2012 SEASON ARE ANNOUNCED!
Posted January 11, 2012
New Test Day dates have been announced. The Amherst Skating Club will hold test days on March 8, 2012, May 3, 2012, and August 25, 2012. For more information on our Test Days and to download an application please visit our Testing Homepage.
ASC "WINTERFEST ON ICE" PICTURES ARE NOW UP!
Posted December 21, 2011
To see pictures from the 2011 Amherst Skating Club ice show "Winterfest on Ice" please visit the Ice Show Homepage. Congratulations to all skaters who participated in the show. Everyone did a fantastic job!
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR EASTERNS, JUNIOR NATIONALS, AND JUNIOR OLYMPIC COMPETITORS!
Posted December 16, 2011
Congratulations to Trevor Bergvist and Jordan Bauth who competed at the 2012 Eastern Sectional Championships in Jamestown, NY. Both skaters came in 5th place in their respective divisions. Both are alternates to the 2012 US National Championships. Congratulations also goes out to Paige Conners and Volodymyr Patsukevych who competed at the 2012 Jr. National Championships in East Lansing, MI Dec. 10-14th. A special congratulations goes out to Jordan Bauth who was named to the Junior Olympic Team last month. Jordan will compete on behalf of the United States at the 2012 Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria this January. Good Luck Jordan! To see more Kudos and to read about our skaters' accomplishments please go to Kudos Homepage.
ASC SKATE WITH US PROGRAM RECIEVES MEMBERSHIP RECOGNITION AWARD!
Posted July 26, 2011
The Amherst Skating Club was awarded a Membership Recognition Award from US Figure Skating for our 2010- 2011 Skate With Us Program for having over 400 members. This is the second year in a row that ASC has recieved this award. The 2010- 2011 season boasted an enrollment of over 800 children, teens, and adults. Check out the article in US Figure Skating Magazine by Clicking Here or visit our Kudos page. For more information on our Skate With Us program visit the ASC Skate With Us Homepage.
ASC AND SOCIAL NETWORKING!
Posted July 5, 2011
The Amherst Skating Club is now on TWITTER! Follow us at Skate_ASC. to stay up-to-date on events, competitions, and club news. We will be tweeting more and more as it becomes closer to the 2012 North Atlantic Regional Championships. Not on Twitter? Like our FACEBOOK page. We will be posting pictures from upcoming events there. Click Here to like us on Facebook.