BELOW ARE A LIST OF ALL UPCOMING COMPETITIONS, WHICH YOU MAY CHOOSE TO ATTEND IN THE 2011 / 2012 SEASON. PLEASE NOTE THE CUT-OFF DATE FOR REGISTRATIONS TO BE RECEIVED AND THE LEVELS OF SKATERS, WHO MAY PARTICIPATE IN THE COMPETITION. HAVE FUN AND GOOD LUCK!

NAME / LOCATION OF COMPETITION	DATE OF COMPETITION	CUT-OFF DATE FOR REGISTRATION	COMPETITION EVENTS / LEVELS THAT CAN PARTICIPATE
Perth F.S.C.’s Club Competition Schedule	Nov 13/2011	Oct. 30 / 2011	CanSkate (Stage 1 to Introductory “B”), STARSkate (Pre-Prelim. To Gold) NOTE: Exhibition Skates will only take place where time permits
Prescott Invitational	Jan 21- 22/2012	December 14, 2011	STARSkate (Pre-Prelim. To Gold), Competitive (Pre-Juv. To Novice), Adult, Mixed Dance
Arnprior Great STARSkate	Jan. 28/2012	December 5, 2011	STARSkate (Pre-Prelim. To Gold)
Region Four Interclub (at Cornwall S.C.)	Feb. 18-19/2012	January 7, 2012
Skate Canada’s Eastern Ontario STARSkate Invitational Championships (E.O.S.I.C.), Belleville Multiplex	Feb. 24 – 26 / 2012	January 13, 2012	A Qualifying Event For the Trillium STARSkate Championships in Kitchener / Waterloo STARSkate Events: Freeskates (Pre-Prelim. To Gold), Mixed Dance (Prelim. To Diamond), Pairs (Open), Triathlon (Bronze, Silver & Gold) Competitive Events: Pre-Juvenile Singles, Dance & Pairs
CanSkate Challenge – Winchester	March 10 /2012	February 3, 2012	CanSkate (Stage 2 to Introductory “B”) – includes Freeskates, Individual Elements, Program Format Elements & Team Elements Events
EOS High School Invitational – Smiths Falls Community Centre	Mar. 27/2012
NOTE: Other Competitions will follow, as they are announced. Be certain to keep watching this posting for updates. Refer to www.Skate-eos.on.ca/competitionssub-club.html for full Announcements and Entry Forms.

 

Competitions (link to Skate Canada Eastern Ontario website)

A Guide To Testing:

Once a skater has moved into the “Test Stream” of Figure Skating, known as STARSkate, they begin to prepare to take their first Figure Skating Tests. Tests are divided by discipline and by level. There are four disciplines that are tested:

Freeskate, Dance, Skills and Interpretive. These are further divided, as follows:

FREESKATE TESTS:

1. Preliminary – 2 parts – Program and Elements

2. Junior Bronze – 2 parts – Program and Elements

3. Senior Bronze – 2 parts – Program and Elements

4. Junior Silver – 2 parts – Program and Elements

5. Senior Silver – 2 parts – Program and Elements

6. Gold – 2 parts – Program and Elements

Both parts (Program and Elements must be passed in order to achieve Full Freeskate Test)

DANCE TESTS:

1. Preliminary Dance Test

• Dutch Waltz
• Canasta Tango
• Baby Blues
• Preliminary Creative Dance (optional)

2. Junior Bronze Dance Test

• Swing
• Fiesta Tango
• Willow Waltz

3. Senior Bronze Dance Test

• Ten-Fox
• Fourteenstep
• European
• Bronze Creative Dance (optional)

4. Junior Silver Dance Test

• Keats’ Foxtrot
• Harris Tango
• American Waltz
• Rocker Foxtrot

5. Senior Silver Dance Test (any 4 of)

• Paso Doble
• Starlight Waltz
• Blues
• Kilian
• Cha Cha Congelado
• Silver Creative Dance

6. Gold Dance Test (any 4 of)

• Viennese Waltz
• Westminster Waltz
• Quickstep
• Argentine Tango
• Silver Samba
• Gold Creative Dance

7. Diamond Dances (any 4 of)

• Ravensburger Waltz
• Tango Romantica
• Yankee Polka
• Rhumba
• Golden Waltz
• Austrian Waltz

NOTE: All dances in the series must be completed before the Test is awarded.

SKILLS TESTS:

1. Preliminary Skills Test
2. Junior Bronze Skills Test
3. Senior Bronze Skills Test
4. Junior Silver Skills Test
5. Senior Silver Skills Test
6. Gold Skills Test

All Skills Tests consist of three parts, all of which must be passed for successful completion of the test.

INTERPRETIVE TESTS:

1. Introductory
2. Bronze
3. Silver
4. Gold

 

If you are new to testing, here is what you can expect:

• Be at the rink one hour before your scheduled test time – sometimes, tests run ahead of schedule
• Check your appearance. Hair should be neat. For female skaters, it is best to tie it back or put it up. This helps the judge to assess your posture as well as presents a tidy appearance. Ensure that your skates and laces are clean and tidy. Female skaters should wear a dress or skirt with tights. Male skaters should wear dress pants. Gloves and sweaters may be worn for warm-up, but should be removed for the test.
• Each skater will get time to warm up their test. The order of skate will be determined by the Test Chair.
• While “on test” the skater will be asked to perform specific skills in front of a judge or panel of evaluators in order to assess if he / she is ready to advance to the next level.
• Tests will be observed by the evaluator and rated as “excellent”, “good”, “satisfactory” or “needs improvement”. The skater needs to obtain mostly “satisfactory” or better ratings in order to be successful on the test.
• Once the evaluator has completed his / her evaluation, the results will be given to the skater and his / her coach.

 

A Guide To Competing:

Some skaters thrive on competition and enjoy entering Figure Skating Competitions. Throughout the season, there are many competitions, held throughout Ontario and beyond, in which your skater may choose to participate. Some are open to our CanSkaters, while others are reserved for our more serious Competitive skaters. If your child has the “competition bug”, we invite you to talk to your Coach or a member of the Club’s Executive about the myriad of possibilities that are open to him / her.

General Information About Competitions:

• Competition opens up a whole new world of figure skating!
• Many competitions are open to CanSkaters and Preliminary skaters
• Most competitions require a CD and a back-up cassette with your skater’s music
• Always double-check your skater’s bag for music, skates, costume, extra laces, extra tights / socks, warm-up jacket or sweater BEFORE you leave for the competition
• Arrive at the competition one hour before their scheduled skate time. Many competitions run ahead of schedule and if you are late, your skater will be disqualified from competition. When you arrive, ensure that you register and check-in your skater’s music (don’t forget to pick it up after the competition)
• Within the category that your skater enters, there will likely be other skaters as well. In order to fairly determine the order of skate, a draw is held by the event organizers. Where there are many skaters competing in the same category, the skaters will be divided into “flights”.
• Each “flight” of skaters will have a pre-determined warm-up period, based on the number of skaters in the flight and the level of complexity of their skate. Each “flight” at that level will receive the same amount of time for warm-up.
• A panel of adjudicators will mark each performance and Skate Canada trained accountants will tabulate and post the results for everyone to view.
• Medals are customarily awarded to the top three skaters in each flight. Some competitions award ribbons to the 4th place finisher.
• Results will be posted some time after the last skater, in the flight, has skated. Medals will be awarded at the next medal presentation. It is incumbent on the skater to be present at the medal presentation, in skates and skating attire; nobody will go searching for you if you are late or absent.
• It is an expectation of the Perth Figure Skating Club that all skaters will be good ambassadors of our Club and will demonstrate good sportsmanship, at all times. Thus, we expect that skaters will be as gracious in winning a competition as they will be in losing a competition.

 

“The contest lasts for moments,

though the training has taken years.

It wasn’t the winning alone that was worth

the work and tears.

The applause will be forgotten.

The prize will be misplaced.

But the long, hard hours of practice

will never be a waste.

In trying to win you build a skill.

You learn that winning depends on will.

You never grow by how much you win.

You only grow by how much you put in.

So any challenge you have just begun

put forth your best and you have already won.”

~ W.A.Clennan ~