FIGURE SKATING

Commissioner: Lisa Landon, lisa_landon@comcast.net
Competition Site: Sertich Ice Center, 1705 E. Pikes Peak Ave., Colorado Springs
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Competition Dates: Thursday, July 24 - Sunday, July 27

Participant Entry Fees and Deadlines:
Registration Deadline (June 15); Fees: Beginner Events - $35.00 for first event, $25.00 for each additional event
Singles - $65.00 for first event, $25.00 for each additional event Team (Team Entertainment) - $35.00 for the team and $10.00 per skater (**Entries must be received by June 15)   

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER ONLINE - FIGURE SKATING BEGINNERS

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER ONLINE - FIGURE SKATING SINGLES

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER ONLINE - FIGURE SKATING TEAM ENTERTAINMENT

Entries
Registration Form: All participants may register or request a registration packet online. Teams (Team Entertainment) must fill out the team roster/waiver (click here to view). Entry forms must be RECEIVED BY June 15. Entries received after June 15 will be considered late, and will be accepted at the discretion of the Chief Referee. Late entries will be assessed a $30.00 late fee. The competition committee reserves the right to limit entries in any event or to cancel an event. Entry fees will only be refunded in accordance with refund policy below. Notification of competition and practice ice times will not be available by phone. All competition and practice ice times will be available online ONLY on this web page and will not be sent via mail to competitors. 

The following Figure Skating events will be offered:

Solo Free Skate - Restricted
Solo Free Skate - Unrestricted
Short Program (Singles)
Compulsories
Open Solo Dance (Co-Ed Event)
Open Footwork (Co-Ed Event)
Open Solo Showcase (Co-ed Event - single skater)
Open Team Entertainment

Eligibility
In order to compete in the State Games of the West, participants must:
• have participated in their local State Games with in the 2008 calendar year.  Athletes from the following states are eligible to compete: Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Washington.

Rules
  Skaters may enter any event by virtue of participation at their local state games competition
• Skaters may not enter both a restricted and unrestricted free skate event
• Skaters holding memberships in both USFS and ISI must skate at the highest level attained
• Entrants may skate one level above that for which they qualify but they may NOT skate down a level in any event
• Entrants are NOT required to skate all events at the same level
• Decision of the judges is final once results have been posted
• Qualifying, Initial, and Final Rounds:
· Will be held for Juvenile through Senior Unrestricted Freeskate
· Will be organized as described in the USFSA rule book under Seeding and Qualifying Rounds section 3270-3278

Competition Format
Levels in solo events will be divided by age. Because events of the US Figure Skating and ISI have been merged into a hybrid format, please read through all event descriptions carefully and thoroughly. Events are necessarily generalized because of the wide diversity currently offered by the individual states. Every effort has been made to provide an equitable event structure that will allow skaters from throughout the United States, whether a US Figure Skating, ISI, or nonaffiliated skater, to compete in a fairly defined method. 

Eligibility for all age-restricted events is determined by the skater’s age as of June 15, 2008. The Chief Referee and Competition Committee may elect to combine men’s and ladies’ events or boy’s and girl’s events due to limited entries in any event. All adult events are for skaters 19 years of age and older.

Notes Regarding Individual State Events:
• All events at GOW are solo events
• Where States provide for similar pairs or duets, skaters must break the pair or duet and skate individually

Facilities
The primary ice surfaces will be at the Sertich Ice Center in Memorial Park, 1705 E. Pikes Peak Ave., Colorado Springs, CO 80909. The arena’s ice surface is 85' by 200' with rounded corners. No admission will be charged.

Liability, Judging, and Governing Body
This will be a US Figure Skating sanctioned event endorsed by the ISI but membership in US Figure Skating and/or ISI is NOT required. Registered members of US Figure Skating and ISI must be in good standing. US Figure Skating and ISI members must include their US Figure Skating and/or ISI number. US Figure Skating’s ordinal scoring method, the 6.0 system, with separate marks for technical merit and for composition and style will be used. Judging will be by US Figure Skating judges. Where events include restrictions, judges will be instructed to deduct 0.2-0.5 for every element included that is not permitted. The new judging system (IJS), used by US Figure Skating Qualifying competitions, will NOT be used for this competition.

Registration
The registration desk will be located inside the lobby at Sertich Ice Center and will open one (1) hour before the first practice ice scheduled for the competition. This is tentatively scheduled for 7:00 am on Thursday but will be dependent on entries and requests for practice ice.

Hotel Information
All room reservations can be made by phone by calling Tournament Gold at 888-252-6443 or online at www.TournamentGold.com.  On the web site or on the phone, please select or tell the reservationists that you want the hotels for the “2008 State Games of the West - World Arena and Fort Carson”.
The following hotels are located within 15 minutes of Sertich Ice Center: Antler’s Hilton, Crowne Plaza-Colorado Springs, Fairfield Inn South, Doubletree-World Arena, Comfort Inn South-World Arena, La Quinta Suites, and Residence Inn-World Arena.

Music
Competitors are required to turn in ALL their music to the registration desk when they register. You may not register unless you turn in your music.  Except for the Dance events, skaters must provide their own music. Vocal music is permitted. Only CDs will be permitted. Each CD must be clearly labeled with the skater’s name, event, and length of the program. There must only be one program on the CD. No more than a 3 second lead in can be used on CDs both for competition & practice ice. Programs are allowed a ten-second leeway from the designated times except where indicated otherwise. The State Games of the West will make every effort to protect your music but will not be responsible for CDs. Competitors should bring 2 copies of their music with them; one (1) to turn in at registration and one (1) to use for practice ice. Please pick up your music at the registration desk after your event. The State Games of the West will not return music left at the rink and assumes no responsibility for CDs that are not picked up prior to the end of the competition.

Video Taping/Photography
Professional videotaping and photographs will be available for purchase. NO FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY is allowed in the rink area during competition. Flash photography is dangerous to the skaters! The competition committee reserves the right to remove anyone from the rink who ignores requests and warnings regarding the use of flash photography.

Awards
Awards will be presented as closely to the conclusion of each event as possible. Medals will be awarded to the top three places in each event.  Depending on the number of skaters in the Juvenile, Intermediate, Novice, Junior, and Senior Unrestricted Free Skate events, the Championship event may consist of a qualifying round, an initial round, and a final round. The qualifying rounds will entitle the top three places to a medal. The championship round will entitle the top three places to medals. There will be no awards for the initial round. Results from the qualifying rounds and initial rounds will not be factored and will not be used to determine final placements.

Practice Ice
Skaters will be able to pick their own practice ice sessions online this year but you MUST indicate number of sessions you want on the registration form or online and you MUST pay for them with your entry. You will receive a PIN number in order to access your practice ice records and select your sessions with your confirmation. DO NOT LOSE THIS NUMBER!!! Practice ice will be available at Sertich Ice Center starting as early as Tuesday, July 22 depending on the competition schedule. PRACTICE ICE SESSIONS ARE NOT REFUNDABLE.

Additional practice ice will be available during the competition. Sign up will be at the Practice Ice Desk but it is suggested that you pre-sign up for the number of sessions you want so you can pick your practice sessions online and avoid long lines at the Practice Ice Desk.

Practice ice will be $15.00 per session per person in advance and $20.00 per session per person at the rink. Team practice ice will be $150.00per session online and $170.00 at the rink. Music will be played on all practice ice sessions based on random draw – each skater who wants to have their music played will draw a number before starting the session and the music will be played in the order drawn. We DO NOT guarantee that everyone’s music will be played on each session. You must have a backup copy to use on the practice ice copy as we will not retrieve music turned in at registration. Props will be allowed only on designated artistic sessions.

Practice Ice designations are as follows:
BEGINNER:   No test skaters in beginner events (ISI pre-alpha through Freestyle 2)
LOW:   Pre-Preliminary – Preliminary (ISI Freestyle 3-4)
MED:   Pre-Juvenile - Juvenile (ISI Freestyle 5-6)
HIGH 1: I  ntermediate – Novice (ISI Freestyle 7-8)
HIGH 2:   Junior – Senior (ISI Freestyle 9-10)
TEAM:   Team Entertainment groups only
DANCE:   Dance competitors only
ADULT:   Adults only (19 and older)
ARTISTIC LOW:   No-Test – Preliminary (ISI pre-alpha through Freestyle 4)
ARTISTIC MED:   Pre-Juvenile – Juvenile (ISI Freestyle 5-6)
ARTISTIC HIGH:   Intermediate – Senior (ISI Freestyle 7-10)

If a session is designated with an (IR) or (FR) at the end, it is reserved for those skaters making Initial Rounds and Final Rounds and will be opened to those skaters first after the last qualifying group has skated and results have been posted at the practice ice desk.

Practice Ice Locations: All practice ice will be held at Sertich Ice Center. Our secondary facility, if necessary, is Honnen Ice Rink located just northeast of Sertich Ice Center and takes about 10 minutes in normal traffic. Maps to this rink will be available at the practice ice and registration tables as well as on the website.

Practice Ice Purchases at the Rink: There will be a Practice Ice Desk in the lobby of Sertich Ice Center where you may purchase additional sessions and it will open one (1) hour prior to the first practice ice session scheduled for the competition.

Entries
Registration Form: All participants may register or request a registration packet online. Entry forms must be RECEIVED BY June 15. Entries received after June 15 will be considered late, and will be accepted at the discretion of the Chief Referee. Late entries will be assessed a $30.00 late fee. The competition committee reserves the right to limit entries in any event or to cancel an event. Entry fees will only be refunded in accordance with refund policy below. Notification of competition and practice ice times will not be available by phone. All competition and practice ice times will be available online ONLY on this web site and will not be sent via mail to competitors.

Refund Policy
Full refunds are available if withdrawal is prior to June 15. After June 15, entry refunds are only available if the competition is not held or there is a death in the competitor’s immediate family. There will be NO medical refunds given.

Entry Fees
Beginner Events    $35.00 for first event, $25.00 for each additional event
Singles, Pairs, Couples Dance Events    $65.00 for first event, $25.00 for each additional event
Team (Team Entertainment)    $35.00 for the team and $10.00 per skater

Make checks payable to: Colorado Springs Sports Corporation

Sport Code
Figure Skating   FS

 SOLO FREE SKATE - RESTRICTED
Skaters may NOT enter both Restricted and Unrestricted events. Competitors will skate to music of their choice. Deductions WILL be made for skaters including elements not permitted in the event description. Jump rotation counts will be as set forth in the current US Figure Skating Rule Book List of Jumps and the current ISI Test Standards for Free Skate. Beginner events are limited to the elements listed and those from lower levels.
 

SOLO FREE SKATE - UNRESTRICTED
Skaters may NOT enter both Restricted and Unrestricted events. In this division skaters are allowed more freedom to include higher moves than those in the Restricted Division but are required to comply with the “well balanced program” requirements outlined in the current US Figure Skating Rule Book in SSR 4.00-4.19. Beginner events are limited to the elements listed and those from lower levels.

SHORT PROGRAM (SINGLES)
Short Programs are skated to music of the skater’s choice on a full sheet of ice. For Short Program, the 2008 – 2009 requirements in the US Figure Skating Rulebook will be used.
 

COMPULSORIES
Skaters will perform specific maneuvers as indicated in the requirements below. Compulsories are skated in a routine without music on half the ice surface. Moves may be done in any order, but each listed move must be attempted, but attempted only once. Deductions will be made for added, repeated, or omitted elements. Connecting footwork and choreography are encouraged but excessive footwork and added elements will be penalized.

Note 1 – The second jump of a jump combination must be made from the landing edge of the first jump. No turn or change of foot between jumps is permitted.
Note 2 – The Balance Move Sequence must include a Forward and a Backward Spiral. Additional Spirals and Balance Moves such as Spread Eagles, Ina Bauers, Shoot the Ducks, etc. may be included. Skater has the choice of a Straight-Line, Circular, or Serpentine pattern. (See US Figure Skating SSR 3.00 for detailed description.)

OPEN SOLO DANCE (Co-Ed Event)
Entering a dance level higher than the level at which the skater qualified for the State Games of West requires that the skater has passed at least one dance test at that level. Introductory steps and poses cannot exceed three measures of music. The dance listed will be skated alone.

OPEN FOOTWORK (Co-Ed Event)
Skaters perform footwork sequences of their own design to music of their choice. The program should contain a variety of turns and sequences and emphasize the skater’s controlled edges and turns in addition to speed and quickness of the routine. The program may contain one-half rotation jumps and spins with less than 3 revolutions. The routine will be judged on both technical merit and presentation. US Figure Skating level restriction refers to Moves-in-the-field or Free Skate, whichever is highest.
 

OPEN SOLO SHOWCASE (Co-Ed Event--single skater)
Routines may be fun, entertaining, emotional, or a portrayal of characters using costumes and props. Emphasis is placed on the theatrical and entertainment value of the skater’s performance rather than on the technical accuracy of specific maneuvers (no grade for technical merit). Props, if used, are of weapons of any kind will not be allowed as a prop. The skaters may not be assisted during the set up time, and the set up cannot take more than thirty-seconds. A skater may not be given off-ice assistance during their number. No residue of any type may remain on the ice after the routine.  Live props are not permitted. Props may not be flame, dry ice, or smoke oriented or any substance that will alter the surface of the ice.

OPEN TEAM ENTERTAINMENT (Co-Ed Event)
Two to Twelve skaters do a routine for audience enjoyment. Team must enter the level of the highest test member. Emphasis is placed on crowd appeal, costume design, and style. Props, if used, are limited to those the skaters can hand-carry or push onto the ice themselves in one trip. Skaters may not be assisted during the set up time, and the set up is not to take more than thirty (30) seconds. Skaters may not be given off-ice assistance during their number. No residue of any type may remain on the ice after the routine. Live props are not permitted. Props may not be flame, dry ice, or smoke oriented or any substance that will alter the surface of the ice.

Competition Schedule: (Tentative)

Thursday, July 24
Practice Ice may begin, depending on number of entries, times TBA.
Figure Skating competition may begin, depending on number of entries, times TBA.

Thursday, July 24 - Opening Ceremony Activities
4:00 p.m. - Pre-Opening Ceremony Festivities begin at the World Arena
6:00 p.m. - Opening Ceremony Gates open
7:00 p.m. - Opening Ceremony begins

Friday, July 25
Practice Ice begins, times TBA
Figure Skating competition may begin, depending on number of entries, times TBA.

Saturday, July 26
Figure Skating competition, times TBA.

Sunday, July 27
Figure Skating competition, times TBA.

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