Competition Announcement 2015 November 19-22, 2015 Isabelle and Paul Duchesnay Arena, 92 Patrimoine, Aylmer Quebec, J9H 3P4 The Asticou Figure Skating Club is pleased to announce the 24th annual competition. This competition is open to eligible skaters who are members in good standing of Skate Canada and whose home clubs are located in one of the following regions. Outaouais, Abitibi-témiscamingue, Eastern Ontario, Laurentian, Sud-Ouest (SO) This competition is sanctioned by Skate Canada and will be held under the rules of this Association. COMPETITION COMMITTEE AMANDA DANN... ORGANIZING COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON WALTER DANN... COMPETITION CHAIRPERSON BRUCE MALANKA.TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVE SANCTIONED BY LA FÉDÉRATION DE PATINAGE ARTISTIQUE DU QUÉBEC NO. DE SANCTION : IR-15-020 HOST CLUB : ASTICOU FSC ADDRESS : PO Box 422, Gatineau, Québec J9B 1B5 EMAIL: cpa.asticou@bellnet.ca WEBSITE: www.cpaasticou.com Arena : Isabelle and Paul Duchesnay 92 Patrimoine Gatineau, Québec J9H 3P4 RINK DIMENSIONS: 85 feet x 200 feet This announcement is available in both French and English, the official version being French. Interpretation of this announcement is at the sole discretion of the Technical Representative and all decisions are final. OCT 10, 2015 PAGE 1
RESPONSIBILITIES Skate Canada, Québec Figure Skating Federation, the regional association and Asticou Figure Skating Club take no responsibility for damages or injuries suffered by the skaters. As a condition of, and in consideration of their entries therein, all competitors and their parents, or guardians, shall be deemed to agree to assume all risks of injury to the competitors person and property resulting from, caused by or connected with the conduct and management of the competition. The participants will release any and all claims, which they may have against the officials, Skate Canada, the Quebec Section, Asticou Figure Skating Club, the volunteers and their officers and their entries shall be accepted on these conditions. CONDUCT OF COMPETITORS 1) Competitors are bound to obey implicitly the instructions of the officials in charge of the competition. 2) A competitor who, directly or indirectly, expresses himself in an improper manner regarding the officials or their decisions or regarding the marking of the judges may be suspended and/or excluded from further competition. RESTRICTIONS The committee reserves the right to limit the number of participants in each category. The decision of the committee is final. REGISTRATION AND DEADLINE Each skater must sign and return the completed registration form indicating the category(ies) in which he/she wishes to participate. Teams must complete the appropriate form. The registration including the completed application and payment in full must be postmarked no later than October 12 th, 2015. Entries filed after the closing date specified in the announcement may be accepted only at the discretion of the committee in charge. AGE AND TESTS QUALIFICATIONS For Competitive Categories and No-Limits the age requirement specified is as at July 1 st, preceding the competition. There is no age limit for official STARSKATE categories. The date for tests passed is October 12 th, 2015. FEES: $55 Star 1-2-3 $65 Star 4 and above, Competitive, Solo Dance, Interpretive $45 Each additional event $55 per team for team Elements PAYABLE TO: CPA Asticou. (Cheque or money order only, please) MAIL TO: ASTICOU INVITATIONAL COMPETITION c/o: Walter Dann 2 Paul Claudel, Gatineau QC, J9J 2R5 There are no refunds after the deadline unless the event is cancelled. Registration fees will be refunded if the registration is withdrawn prior to the deadline. A cheque postdated after October 12th, 2015 will NOT be accepted. A $40.00 fee will be applied on all NSF cheques. OCT 10, 2015 PAGE 2
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: CPA Asticou email: cpa.asticou@bellnet.ca CALCULATION OF RESULTS CPC «CPC" (calculated by cumulative points) will be used according to the categories. For categories STAR 1-3, the results of the skaters are calculated separately because skaters do not compete against each other for ranking. The awards are based on the standards of performance achieved (Merit, Bronze, Silver or Gold ). MUSIC Each skater must provide two (2) CDs at registration. REGISTRATION All skaters must register upon their arrival at the arena a minimum of one hour before the beginning of their scheduled event. At that time they will hand in to the person-in-charge: two (2) CDs, clearly identified with their name, category, priority (1 or 2) and the length of their program. The Committee will be responsible for the music until the end of the competition. NCCP certified coaches, who are members of Skate Canada, must register; presenting their photo ID cards (no exceptions). Please note: meals tickets and a rest area will be provided for certified coaches with identified skaters in the competition. ADMISSION Adult : 6.00 $ Pass : 12.00 $ Free : 12 years and under AWARDS Medals shall be presented to the top three places in each event in accordance with the rules. In the case of only two entries, each entry will be awarded a medals. Awards - STAR For categories STAR 1-3, they will receive a ribbon on a standard of performance reached. For category 4 STAR medals will be awarded to three (3) first on the standard of performance reached. COMPETITION SCHEDULE A tentative schedule will be sent to each register skaters and coaches, if email address is provided. The official schedule will also be available on the Asticou website before the competition. http://www.cpaasticou.com/ OCT 10, 2015 PAGE 3
FORMATION OF GROUPS : For the categories of Annex 1 - competitive skating, SR Bronze - Gold, groups will be formed by a draw, according to Skate Canada rules. VIDEO A video service will be available on site. RESTAURANT Snack bar facilities will be available in the Frank Robinson arena during the competition. HÔTELS DoubleTree Gatineau-Ottawa 1170 Chemin Aylmer Gatineau, Quebec J9H 7L3 1-800-807-1088 OCT 10, 2015 PAGE 4
COMPETITIVE CATEGORIES For all categories, skaters must be eligible under the Skate Canada rules of section 5000. Skaters may not register in a competitive category and a STAR skate category in the same competition in the same discipline (e.g. free skating). Skaters have the right to enroll in a higher category. Skaters have the right to enroll in two categories in the same discipline (e.g. Pre-Novice and Novice singles). CATEGORY TIME REQUIREMENTS/CONDITIONS Junior Short Not exceeding 2 minutes and 50 seconds Junior Free Ladies Free Program 3.0 minutes 30 seconds to music. (+/- 10 seconds) Men 4 minutes (+/- 10 seconds) Novice Short Not exceeding 2 minutes and 30 seconds Novice Free Pre-Novice Ladies and Men Ladies Free Program 3.0 minutes to music. (+/- 10 seconds) Men 3 minutes 30 seconds (+/- 10 seconds) Short Program 2 minutes and 30 Free Program 3.0 minutes to music (+/- 10 seconds) As described in Skate Canada Rules. Age Eligibility: Under the age of 19 as of July 1 preceding the competition Test Eligibility: Must have passed the Gold Freeskate Test. As described in Skate Canada Rules. Age Eligibility: Under the age of 19 as of July 1 preceding the competition Test Eligibility: Must have passed the Gold Freeskate Test. As described in Skate Canada Rules. Age Eligibility: Under the age of 17 as of July 1 preceding the competition Test Eligibility: Must have passed the Gold Freeskate Test. As described in Skate Canada Rules. Age Eligibility: Under the age of 17 as of July 1 preceding the competition Test Eligibility: Must have passed the Gold Freeskate Test. As described in Skate Canada Rules. Age Eligibility: Under the age of 16 as of July 1 preceding the competition Test Eligibility: Must have passed the Junior Bronze Freeskate Test (or higher) OCT 10, 2015 PAGE 5
Juvenile under 14 Pre-Juvenile under 11 2 minutes and 30 seconds (+/- 10 seconds) 2 minutes and 30 seconds (+/- 10 seconds) As described in Skate Canada Rules. Age eligibility: Under the age of 14 as of July 1 preceding the competition Test Eligibility: Must have passed the Junior Bronze Freeskate Test (or higher) As per Skate Canada Rules. Age Eligibility: Under the age of 11 as of July 1 July 1 preceding the competition Test Eligibility: Must have passed the Junior Bronze Freeskate Test (or higher) OCT 10, 2015 PAGE 6
NO-LIMIT CATEGORIES. No test restriction. No-Limit 7 Years Old Ladies 2 minutes (+/- 10 seconds) No-Limit Ladies 8 Years Old 2 minutes (+/- 10 seconds) No-Limit Ladies and men 9 Years Old 2 minutes (+/- 10 seconds) No-Limit Ladies 10 Years Old 2 minutes (+/- 10 seconds) Skaters must be under 7 years old before July 1, preceding competition. Skaters must be under 8 years old before July 1, preceding competition. Skaters must be under 9 years old before July 1, preceding competition. Skaters must be under 10 years old before July 1, preceding competition. OCT 10, 2015 PAGE 7
STAR SOLO PATTERN DANCE Program Length and Specifications: As listed in the Skate Canada technical package: Events will consist of two pattern dances that are drawn and announced by Skate Canada annually. See Skate Canada Supplementary StarSkate Events program requirements & CPC Event Procedures Document Eve Preliminary STAR 3 Junior Bronze Senior Bronze Junior Silver Senior Silver Gold Diamond Must have passed the complete Preliminary Dance Test and not the complete Junior Bronze Dance Test Must have passed the complete Junior Bronze Dance Test and not the complete Senior Bronze Dance Test. Must have passed the complete Senior Bronze Dance Test and not the complete Junior Silver Dance Test. Must have passed the complete Junior Silver Dance Test and not the complete Senior Silver Dance Test. Must have passed the complete Senior Silver Dance Test and not the complete Gold Dance Test. Must have passed the complete Gold Dance Test and not the complete Diamond Dance Test. Must have passed the complete Diamond Dance Test. 1 Dance 2 OCT 10, 2015 PAGE 8
STARSKATE OFFICIAL CATEGORIES For all categories, skaters must be eligible under the Skate Canada rules of section 5000. Skaters may not register in a competitive category and a STAR skate category in the same competition in the same discipline (e.g. free skating). Skaters have the right to enroll in a higher category. Skaters have the right to enroll in two categories in the same discipline (e.g. Senior Bronze and Junior Silver). Skaters may not register in a competitive category and a STARSKATE category in the same competition in the same discipline (eg. free skating). Skaters may register in a category higher in accordance with Skate Canada rules. These events are not open to skaters who participated in the Sectional Championship in the preceding year (except pre-juvenile and juvenile skaters who are no longer eligible for these categories), who registered or participated in the Sectional Championship in the current year (July 1 st to June 30 th ), who participated in the Quebec Winter and/or Participation Games Provincial Finals in the preceding year. No age restrictions. Equivalency - Juvenile Junior Silver; Pre-Novice Senior Silver; Novice, Junior, Senior Gold TECHNICAL INFORMATION FOR EVENTS STAR SINGLES EVENTS TEST ELIGIBILITY: As of July 1, 2015 Age admissibility: under 18 yrs as of 1 July, 2015 TECHNICAL: For STAR 1 to 5 Program Length and Specifications As listed in the 2015 2016 Skate Canada STAR 1 to 5 Technical Package. STAR 1 Competitors must not have passed any part of the Senior Bronze Free Skate test (the competition is for skaters who do not have more than three single jumps). The elements are evaluated according to standards (merit, bronze, silver or gold). It is possible to group competitors by age. OCT 10, 2015 PAGE 9
STAR 2 Competitors must not have passed any part of the Senior Bronze Free Skate test. (Designed for skaters who do not have more than five different single jumps) The individual elements, skating skills, performance / execution (focus on holding the line and shape) and the components are assessed according to standards (merit, bronze, silver and gold). It is possible to group competitors by age. Ladies A program with a duration of 2 minute (+ / 10 seconds) ; vocal music is not permitted Men A program with a duration of 2 minute (+ / 10 seconds) ; vocal music is not permitted STAR 3 Competitors must not have passed any part of the Senior Bronze Free Skate test. (Designed for skaters who have not yet mastered double jumps and train for the Junior Bronze Free Skate test.) Vocal music is not permitted. The individual elements, skating skills, performance / execution and interpretation are evaluated according to standards (merit, bronze, silver and gold). It is possible to group competitors by age. Ladies A program for 2 minutes ( +/ 10 seconds) Men A program of 2 minutes ( +/ 10 seconds) STAR 4 Competitors must not have passed any part of the Senior Bronze Free Skate test. (Designed for skaters who have not yet mastered double jumps and train for the Junior Bronze Free Skate test ) Vocal music is not permitted. The individual elements, skating skills, performance / execution and interpretation are evaluated according to standards (merit, bronze, silver and gold). Ladies who have not reached 10 years as of July 1 preceding the competition. Men who have not reached 10 years as of July 1 preceding the competition. Ladies who have not reached 13 years as of July 1 preceding the competition. Men who have not reached 13 years as of July 1 preceding the competition. Ladies 13 and over as of July 1 preceding the competition. OCT 10, 2015 PAGE 10
Men 13 years and over as of July 1 preceding the competition. STAR 5 Competitors must not have any part of the Junior Silver Free Skate test. (Designed for skaters who have passed the Preliminary Free Skate test and train with double jumps, but are not yet ready to move to Pre Juvenile or pass the Senior Bronze test.) Vocal music is not permitted. The 5 STAR competitions are scored according to the CPC and skaters are graded. Four components are noted: skating skills, transitions, performance / execution and interpretation. Spins shall not be designated at a higher level than B. Ladies Who have not reached 10 years as of July 1 preceding the competition. Men Who have not reached 10 years as of July 1 preceding the competition. Ladies Who have not reached 13 years as of July 1 preceding the competition. Men Who have not reached 13 years as of July 1 preceding the competition. Ladies 13 year and over July 1 preceding the competition. Men 13 years and over as of July 1 preceding the competition. STARSKATE SINGLES EVENTS TECHNICAL: FOR SENIOR BRONZE TO GOLD Program Length and Specifications: As listed in the 2015 2016 Skate Canada STARSkate Competition Technical Package. SENIOR BRONZE WOMEN Test Eligibility: May have passed Senior Bronze Free Skate Test but no higher complete Free Skate test SENIOR BRONZE MEN Test Eligibility: May have passed Senior Bronze Free Skate Test but no higher complete Free Skate test JUNIOR SILVER WOMEN OCT 10, 2015 PAGE 11
Test Eligibility: May have passed Junior Silver Free Skate Test but no higher complete Free Skate test JUNIOR SILVER MEN Test Eligibility: May have passed Junior Silver Free Skate Test but no higher complete Free Skate test SENIOR SILVER WOMEN Test Eligibility: May have passed Senior Silver Free Skate Test but no higher complete Free Skate test SENIOR SILVER MEN Test Eligibility: May have passed Senior Silver Free Skate Test but no higher complete Free Skate test GOLD WOMEN Test Eligibility: May have passed the Gold Free Skate test GOLD MEN Test Eligibility: May have passed the Gold Free Skate test OCT 10, 2015 PAGE 12
TEAMS MEN AND LADIES For all categories, skaters must be eligible under the Skate Canada rules in section 5000. Skaters have the right to enroll in a higher category than their qualifications. A team must consist of at least 3 skaters at most 4. Each skater will be allowed to make a maximum of two elements. Any substitution of skaters must be approved by the technical representative of the competition. (50% of the skaters must have passed the required tests for the event). Teams can be formed by skaters from different clubs. The elements will be skated in the order announced. Each element will be executed once. Technical details are available on info.skatecanada.ca Current version : https://info.skatecanada.ca/hc/en-ca/article_attachments/203022510/2015-2016_starskate_supplementary_events_technical_package September_8_.pdf Age: No age limit for these categories CATEGORY Star 4 REQUIREMENTS Competitors must not have passed any part of the Senior Bronze free skate test Star 5 Competitors must not have passed any part of Junior Silver Free Skate test Senior Bronze Team Junior Silver/ Team Senior Silver/Gold Team Test: Must have passed the Senior Bronze Free Skate test but no higher level test. Test: Must have passed the Junior Silver Free Skate test but no higher level test. Test: Must have passed the Senior Silver or Gold test freestyle. OCT 10, 2015 PAGE 13
INTERPRETIVE SINGLES For all categories, skaters must be eligible under the Skate Canada rules in section 5000. Skaters have the right to enroll in a higher category than their qualifications. Refer to the Skate Canada Technical Manual Section C Interpretive Tests. Skaters may register in a category higher than the category for which they qualify. No age restrictions CATEGORY TIME REQUIREMENTS/CONDITIONS Pre- Introduction Introductory Bronze Silver Gold Maximum 2 minutes Maximum 2 minutes Maximum 3 minutes Maximum 3 minutes Maximum 3 minutes No Interpretive Test passed Must have passed the Introductory Interpretive Test but no higher level test Must have passed the Bronze Interpretive Test but no higher level test Must have passed the Silver Interpretive Test but no higher level test Must have passed the Gold Interpretive Test OCT 10, 2015 PAGE 14