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he Haydenettes, 18-time U.S. champions, captured their first World medal — a bronze — at the 2010 ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships last month in Colorado Springs, Colo. The podium finish marks the second time a U.S. team has won a World medal, as Miami University took the silver in 2007. The Crystallettes, the 2010 U.S. silver medalists, finished ninth out of 23 teams. The Haydenettes sat just 2.78 points out of first after the short program, receiving a 78.62 segment mark for its routine to Sarah Brightman's "What a Wonderful World." The team displayed four level-four elements, including a beautiful opening moves in the field, and picked up more than 10 points in Grades of Execution. Despite making no mistakes in its West Side Story free skate, the Lexington, Mass.-based team could not fend off Finland's number-two team, Marigold Ice Unity, for silver. The Haydenettes earned 137.86 points for their free skate and 216.48 overall, placing the team just 0.50 points behind the silver medalists. The Crystallettes of Dearborn, Mich., matched their finish in their only other appearance at the World Synchronized Championships in 2004. Skating its short program to "Love Me or Leave Me," the team received three level fours and entered the free skate in ninth with 64.42 points. Three more level-four elements, including a nice moves in the field, in the Crystallettes' "Malagueña" free skate placed them 10th in the segment with a 104.94- point score, giving them a competition total of 169.36. Finland dominated the World podium, with the country's number-one and num- ber-two teams, the Rockettes and Marigold Ice Unity, finishing first and sec- ond with 223.90 and 216.98 points, respectively. ★ T he Come Play Youth Hockey work- shop, presented by USA Hockey, is a four-hour seminar for local youth hockey leaders focused on attracting new players and keeping current players com- ing back season after season. In addition to best practices on growing your pro- gram, other topics that will be covered are local association membership statis- tics, results on the 2 & 2 National Challenge and resource material to share with your association. Be present for a chance to win 25 sets of OneGoal gear for your program! For more information on the Come Play Youth Hockey Workshops visit usahock- ey.com/programservices or call the Membership Development department at (719) 576-8724. USA Hockey's adult ice hockey mem- bership continues to shatter records with a 5.3% increase to finish the 2009-2010 sea- son with 133,390 adult players. Congratulations to the over 600 registered adult leagues around the country. If your rink's adult program is interested in find- ing out more, please contact the adult hockey department at USA Hockey. Call 800-566-3288 or email us at adulthockey@usahockey.org. 54 R INK MAGAZ INE may/june 2010 STARrinks.com NGB News T Sign On For Come Play Youth Workshops There will be five clinics offered this year: • Saturday, May 22 at the Holiday Inn Grand Island Resort & Conference Center (Grand Island, NY) • Saturday, June 26 at the University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT) • Sunday, June 27 at the Hilton Garden Inn (Burlington, MA) • Friday, July 9 at Shanty Creek Resort (Bellaire, MI) • Saturday, July 10 at the Crowne Plaza — O'Hare (Rosemont, IL) U.S. Wins Second-Ever Medal At World Synchronized Skating Championships PAUL HARVATH