[ICE]: Tina Noyes: history fig skate

[Dennis Shea]

Recently, I took my boy to his "squirt"
level hockey game. We arrived early and
while he was playing a video game, I watched
several good quality recreational figure skaters
practicing. It brought back some memories ...

A *LONG* time ago, a skater by the name of
Tina Noyes, used to practice before I played
hockey (Boston area). I *think* she used to
place 2nd or 3rd to Peggy Fleming in the Nationals.
She was the 1st quality figure skater I had ever
seen in person. As a hockey player,
I had always thought figure skaters moved rather
slowly. However, several guys on my team and I used
to watch her, and we were very impressed with her speed.
(OK, OK ... we also thought she was cute!!)

I never met her but I always used to pull for her
to do well. From what I remember, she was more athletic
than PF but not as graceful. On TV, Dick Button
used to criticize her skating relative to PF artistry.
I think he used to compare everyone to PF!!

Anyway,
(0) IS the above a figment of my imagination?

If not;

(1) Where did she finish in the Nationals
(Worlds?) during the 60s.
(2) What has happppened to her?

Just curious, THX!

[Nancy Polk]

>A *LONG* time ago, a skater by the name of
>Tina Noyes, used to practice before I played
>hockey (Boston area). I *think* she used to
>place 2nd or 3rd to Peggy Fleming in the Nationals.

[SNIP]

She always placed after Peggy. Peggy retired after the 68 Olympics.
Then, Tina's "year" as leading favorite to win was 1969, the place was
Seattle, and Janet Lynn won the first of her five national titles. Tina
went pro. What she's doing now, I haven't a clue.

I thought she was cute with her red hair. I remember reading that it was
very curly, so she had it straightened. Then it kept falling on to her
face while trying to do figures. So she went back to being curly again.

Dick Buttons definitely compares everybody to his current favorite. I
remember him raking Trixi Shuba (sp?) across the coals because his fav was
Janet Lynn. I adore Janet Lynn and wished she still skated. But all
skaters have their good points. Dick is incredibly partisan.

Nancy in Seattle

[D Reed-Margetan]

In article <3eka69$m...@ncar.ucar.edu>,

Dennis Shea <sh...@isis.cgd.ucar.edu> wrote:
>
>A *LONG* time ago, a skater by the name of
>Tina Noyes, used to practice before I played
>hockey (Boston area). I *think* she used to
>place 2nd or 3rd to Peggy Fleming in the Nationals.
>She was the 1st quality figure skater I had ever
>seen in person.

>Anyway,
> (0) IS the above a figment of my imagination?
>
>If not;
>
> (1) Where did she finish in the Nationals
> (Worlds?) during the 60s.
> (2) What has happppened to her?
>

Two summers ago, I picked up "Figure Skating" by Tina Noyes in a used
bookstore in Colorado. This particular paperback was published in 1973
and apparently was previously published as "I Can Teach You to Figure
Skate." The ISBN is 0-8015-2626-4. It is out of print -- but
you could probably locate a copy at the library (or inter-library loan).

In addition to a short history of figure skating and a discussion of fs
technique, the book also contains some autobiographical details. She
was coached at the Skating Club of Boston by Montgomery "Bud" Wilson.
During the summers, she and her coach were based at the Michigan State
University Ice Arena in East Lansing, Michigan. After Bud Wilson died,
she was coached by Peter Betts and later Carlo Fassi (while she attended
Colorado College).

She became U.S. Novice champion 1961 when she was 12 years old.
She was a member of two Olympic ('64 and '68) and five world teams.
Her great rival in the U.S. was Peggy Fleming. She was second to
Peggy in the '68 Nationals. (Janet Lynn was third.)
She finished fourth at the '68 Olympics. She retired from amateur
competition in '69 and joined the Ice Capades. She was with the show
for three and a half years. As of the publication of the book, she was
teaching ice skating at the Burlington Ice Palace (no location was given).

The book contains many photos of her. Her red hair is straight and shoulder
length, as was the fashion in the seventies. There are a few photos of her
as a youngster in which her wavy hair is bound up in braids -- which is
probably the way you remember her.

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Speaking of "whatever happened to" -- does anyone know what Wendy Burge is
doing these days?

Deborah
--
Deborah Reed
de...@iastate.edu

[Louis Epstein]

D Reed-Margetan (de...@iastate.edu) wrote:

: She became U.S. Novice champion 1961 when she was 12 years old.

: She was a member of two Olympic ('64 and '68) and five world teams.
: Her great rival in the U.S. was Peggy Fleming. She was second to
: Peggy in the '68 Nationals. (Janet Lynn was third.)
: She finished fourth at the '68 Olympics. She retired from amateur
: competition in '69 and joined the Ice Capades. She was with the show
: for three and a half years. As of the publication of the book, she was
: teaching ice skating at the Burlington Ice Palace (no location was given).

Note that her full name,as likely to be found in record books,is Albertina,
not Tina,Noyes.She won two silver and four bronze medals at Nationals.

: *******************

: Speaking of "whatever happened to" -- does anyone know what Wendy Burge is
: doing these days?

Wendy Burge (Dickinson) is teaching at the Glacial Garden in Anaheim,Calif.
Laura Lipetsky,who just made Nationals in Senior Ladies(second at Pacifics),
is among her students;another Nationals vet she has coached(hasn't made it
yet as a Senior) is Kristy Venasky.