Thunderbirds Skating Club

About

Thunderbirds Skating Club is a U.S. Figure Skating member club based at the Air Force Academy Cadet Ice Arena in Colorado Springs. The club describes itself as a welcoming, all-inclusive family and team environment for skaters from young beginners to adults, with a focus on safe, high quality athletic programming and good sportsmanship. Its coaching staff includes Donna Baker, a former U.S. Championships competitor at the novice, junior, and senior levels, and Shelby Lyons, the 1996 U.S. junior ladies national champion and a two-time world team pairs skater, along with Deb Shipwash, Hayley Teipel, and Janiese Poole. Recent news on the club site congratulates members on an Olympic team event gold medal, a silver at the Junior Team Cup in Milwaukee, and a bronze at the Cranberry Cup International in Boston. Its programs page invites new skaters to join and lists a club phone number for questions.