2022-2023 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr/Sr) November 30-December 3 2022

[danafan]

This is the qualifying competition for junior and senior skaters for the 2023 Canadian Figure Skating Championships. It will be held in Winnipeg.

Here is the main website: https://skatecanada.ca/2023-skate-canada-challenge-junior-senior/
Here is the schedule as of November 15: https://skatecanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/2023-CHA-JR-SR-Block-Schedule.pdf
There is a starting orders/results page but none of them are up yet: https://skatecanada.ca/2023-skate-canada-challenge-junior-senior/#starting-orders--results
There are two rinks and events overlap so it's going to be difficult to watch the whole thing live. I'll miss the entire senior women's free so I hope it will be archived quickly!

A maximum of 18 entries for singles, 15 in dance and 12 in pairs will compete at nationals. Top 3 from last years nationals plus those will grand prix assignments (so basically the entire national team plus Laurin/Éthier in pairs) will have byes in senior. (Pereira and Michaud should have a bye in pairs with their Golden Spin assignment; not sure if Pereira will attempt to qualify in singles or not, or if they would give her a bye based on having an assignment in a different discipline). A few skaters with byes tend to compete in this event anyway. Qualifying for the JGPF also gives a bye, so Bashynska/Beaumont will have a bye in jr dance and Kemp/Elizarov and Panetta/Thrasher in junior pairs (assuming skating junior domestically).

Start orders for senior events are also on the line. See here for more info: https://info.skatecanada.ca/index.p...tml#h11-canadian-figure-skating-championships

Oops ETA it will be streamed on Skate Canada's dailymotion page. https://www.dailymotion.com/skatecanada

 

[Sylvia]

Thanks @danafan. BTW, think you meant 2022 (instead of 2023) at the end of your thread title?

 

[danafan]

Thanks @danafan. BTW, think you meant 2022 (instead of 2023) at the end of your thread title?

LOL good catch! I was able to edit it!

 

[Skate Talker]

First - thanks so much for making all this info so easily available for us.

Are you sure the title edit was needed? I seem to recall they always use the next year in the event name to match up with the year of the corresponding National Championship.

Okay, well I actually decided to go to Skate Canada website and they have it listed on the event page as "2022-2023 Skate Canada Challenge Junior/Senior" like your thread title, but interestingly, on my browser at least, the tab shows as "2023 Skate Canada Challenge - Junior/Senior".

I still say I remember them always using the upcoming year in the name. If you search through "All Videos" on their Daily Motion page, last year's Skate Canada Challenge videos are definitely labelled "2022".

(It's just as confusing as all get out for me, lol.)

 

[danafan]

Are you sure the title edit was needed?

Yes because the competition is taking place in December 2022, not 2023 LOL

First - thanks so much for making all this info so easily available for us.

You're welcome

 

[puglover]

Thanks so much, danafan. I did not realize until you posted it that the challenge is being held in Winnipeg. I live on the SW side of the city and the competition is way N but I am going to try and go and watch Wednesday. Unfortunately, my husband is out of town and I won't have a car but I think I will be willing to swing for a taxi ride to watch live skating.

 

[danafan]

The start orders are up now!

Of note - Lia Pereira is in the senior women's start list and she is also entered in pairs with Michaud despite them competing in Zagreb a week later.

 

[Sylvia]

Schedule (as of Nov. 15, 2022): https://skatecanada.ca/2023-skate-canada-challenge-junior-senior/#schedule

RINK A on WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 30 (with Free Programs on THURSDAY DECEMBER 1):

Junior Men Short Program Starting Order
1 Etienne Lacasse QC
2 Anson Chung AB/NT/NU
3 Damien Bueckert SK
4 Jake Ellis ON
5 Christopher Hammer AB/NT/NU
6 Jacob Cote NS
7 David Li BC/YK
8 Anthony Paradis QC
9 David Bondar ON
10 Evan Prosserman ON
11 Edward Nicholas Vasii QC
12 Brendan Wong BC/YK
13 Herman Lau ON
14 Shohei Law BC/YK
15 Ethan Scott AB/NT/NU
16 David Shteyngart ON
17 John Kim ON
18 Neo Tran BC/YK
19 Jackson Ellis ON
20 Terry Yu Tao Jin ON
21 Rio Morita ON
22 Grayson Long ON

Junior Pair Short Program Starting Order
1 Ashlyn Schmitz / Tristan Taylor SK
2 Jazmine Desrochers / Aidan Wright ON
3 Ava Kemp / Yohnatan Elizarov MB
4 Martina Ariano Kent / Alexis Leduc QC

Senior Pair Short Program Starting Order
1 Emy Carignan / Bryan Pierro QC
2 Kelly Ann Laurin / Loucas Ethier QC
3 Caidence Derenisky / Raine Eberl SK
4 Lia Pereira / Trennt Michaud ON
5 Summer Homick / Marty Haubrich ON
6 Brooke McIntosh / Benjamin Mimar ON
7 Emmanuelle Proft / Nicolas Nadeau QC

Rink A on FRIDAY DECEMBER 2 (FP on SATURDAY DECEMBER 3):

Junior Women Short Program Starting Order
1 Tian Qing ON
2 Julianne Vézina QC
3 Rhea Renwick SK
4 Megan Yudin BC/YK
5 Elise Parekh ON
6 Marie-France D`Amour QC
7 Hetty Shi ON
8 Paulina Grant AB/NT/NU
9 Shannon Bowman ON
10 Stavrina Aranitis QC
11 Kara Yun BC/YK
12 Emily Sales BC/YK
13 Elisha Ryu ON
14 Stephanie Katopodis ON
15 Marie-Raphaële Savoie QC
16 Bella Jia ON
17 Rose Théroux QC
18 Lara Zeldovich ON
19 Ellie Cheung BC/YK
20 Natasha Hewitt ON
21 Aleksa Volkova QC
22 Angelina YinLin Guan BC/YK
23 Kayla Halliday AB/NT/NU
24 Alys Rajotte QC
25 Elise Dawson ON
26 Fée Ann Landry QC
27 Megan Woodley ON
28 Kiana Pan ON
29 Angelina Grant AB/NT/NU
30 Mia Clarke QC
31 Breken Brezden MB
32 Coralie Plante QC
33 Vanessa Ho BC/YK
34 Abby Bouma ON
35 Lulu Lin ON
36 Reese Rose ON
37 Abbie Baltzer ON
38 Valeria Veprjitska ON


Rink B on WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 30 (FP/FD on THURSDAY DECEMBER 1):

Men Short Program Starting Order
1 Bennet Toman ON
2 Matthew Markell ON
3 Beres Clements BC/YK
4 Alec Guinzbourg ON
5 Maksim Chelmaev QC
6 Wesley Chiu BC/YK
7 Jack Dushenski ON
8 Aleksa Rakic BC/YK
9 Antoine Goyette QC
10 Bruce Waddell ON
11 Marek Ramilison QC
12 Matthew Newnham AB/NT/NU
13 Gabriel Blumenthal BC/YK

Senior Dance Rhythm Dance Starting Order
1 Haley Sales / Nikolas Wamsteeker BC/YK
2 Mikala Cutler / Mackenzie Mah AB/NT/NU
3 Alyssa Robinson / Jacob Portz AB/NT/NU
4 Lily Hensen / Nathan Lickers ON
5 Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac QC
6 Molly Lanaghan / Dmitre Razgulajevs ON
7 Emmy Bronsard / Jacob Richmond QC

Junior Dance Rhythm Dance Starting Order
1 Hailey Yu / Brendan Giang BC/YK
2 Jordyn Lewis / Noah McMillan ON
3 Éliane Foroglou-Gadoury / Félix Desmarais QC
4 Erica Estepa / Nolen Hickey ON
5 Sandrine Gauthier / Quentin Thieren QC
6 Dana Sabatini-Speciale / Nicholas Buelow ON
7 Layla Veillon / Alexander Brandys ON
8 Kaitlyn Ho / Daniel Yu AB/NT/NU
9 Nicole Bolender / Aiden Dotzert ON
10 Alisa Korneva / Kieran MacDonald ON
11 Chaima Ben Khelifa / Everest Zhu QC
12 Savanna Martel / Kobi Chant AB/NT/NU
13 Marianne Hubert / William Oddson AB/NT/NU

Rink B on FRIDAY DECEMBER 2 (FP on SATURDAY DECEMBER 3):

Senior Women Short Program Starting Order
1 Natalie Roccatani ON
2 Emma King MB
3 Lauren Batka ON
4 Maya Isabelle QC
5 Grace Johnson AB/NT/NU
6 Lia Pereira ON
7 Amy Shao Ning Yang BC/YK
8 Audréanne Foster QC
9 Catherine Carle ON
10 Marie-Maude Pomerleau QC
11 Alexa Matveev ON
12 Amanda Tobin ON
13 Arianne Belley QC
14 Sara-Maude Dupuis QC
15 Emily Millard BC/YK
16 Fiona Bombardier ON
17 Katherine Medland Spence ON
18 Julianne Lussier QC
19 Melody Zhu BC/YK
20 Justine Miclette QC
21 Jessica Lui ON
22 Jennyfer Richer-Labelle QC
23 Laura F Paquette QC
24 Katherine Karon ON
25 Alexandra Sarmiento Diaz AB/NT/NU
26 Kaiya Ruiter AB/NT/NU
27 Cristina Lyons ON
28 Emma Dinda ON
29 Laurence Bérubé QC
30 Caitlyn Kukulowicz ON
31 Isabelle Law AB/NT/NU
32 Nour-Houda Foura QC

 

[4rkidz]

The start orders are up now!

Of note - Lia Pereira is in the senior women's start list and she is also entered in pairs with Michaud despite them competing in Zagreb a week later.

Few of the juniors have moved up to senior since the summer, including Bombardier. Will be exciting to see how the seniors will do now that their growing has settled down etc

 

[danafan]

@Sylvia Thanks for copying and pasting the start lists. There are 32 senior women you missed a page, if you wanted to edit your post.

 

[kalamalka]

There are two rinks and events overlap so it's going to be difficult to watch the whole thing live. I'll miss the entire senior women's free so I hope it will be archived quickly!

A few skaters with byes tend to compete in this event anyway. Qualifying for the JGPF also gives a bye, so Bashynska/Beaumont will have a bye in jr dance and Kemp/Elizarov and Panetta/Thrasher in junior pairs (assuming skating junior domestically).

In juniors, two of the three JGPF qualifiers (Panetta/Thrasher and Bashynska/Beaumont) aren't competing, but Kemp/Elizarov (home base in Winnipeg) are.

The overlaps are a bit annoying, because the junior and senior men and women are competing at the same time in the two rinks. At least with the women, it will be possible to watch the last couple of groups of juniors (more or less) after the seniors finish on Saturday, but not for the men.

 

[skatingguy]

That seems like a reasonable number of seniors pairs for the first time in a few years.

 

[shutterbug]

No idea how I'm going to make it back and forth between the two rinks to see everything I want to see.

 

[danafan]

Skate Canada press release

Winnipeg to Host Over 200 Canadian Skaters

OTTAWA, ON (November 23, 2022) – More than 200 skaters from across the country are set to compete at the 2022-2023 Skate Canada Challenge – Junior/Senior in Winnipeg, Manitoba from November 30 to December 3, 2022. Skate Canada Challenge serves as a qualifying event for junior and senior skaters...

skatecanada.ca

 

[shutterbug]

1st withdrawal - Sales/Wamsteeker out of Senior Dance: https://cssterminalserv.skatecanada.ca/results/23CHAJRSRSeniorDanceRD1SO.pdf

ETA: Time sheets!

Wednesday, November 30: https://noticeboard.skatecanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/2023-CHA-JR-SR-ScheduleNov30.pdf

Thursday, December 1 (placements only): https://noticeboard.skatecanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/2023-CHA-JR-SR-ScheduleDec1.pdf

Friday, December 2: https://noticeboard.skatecanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/2023-CHA-JR-SR-ScheduleDec2.pdf

Saturday, December 3 (placements only): https://noticeboard.skatecanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/2023-CHA-JR-SR-ScheduleDec3.pdf

 

[Sylvia]

1st withdrawal - Sales/Wamsteeker out of Senior Dance: https://cssterminalserv.skatecanada.ca/results/23CHAJRSRSeniorDanceRD1SO.pdf

Also Bronsard/Richmond as of Nov. 25.

Lauren Batka (#3 in Senior Women's SP starting order & 8th at the ON Sectional earlier this month) is listed as WD as of today: https://cssterminalserv.skatecanada.ca/results/23CHAJRSRSeniorWomenSP1SO.pdf

 

[danafan]

Looks like we will get protocols (unofficial) after each skater: "Results and Detail Sheets are being updated after each competitor with these representing unofficial results. Once segment results have been authorized per Skate Canada Competitions Rule, Publication of Results, printable .pdf versions of the Detail Sheets will be posted. Once these have been posted the results are considered official."

I remember when Skate Canada used to have live protocols after each element was performed but it's been a while.

In senior if I did my math right it seems that everyone will advance to nationals in pairs, dance and men. There aren't enough competitors to eliminate anyone. In senior women it depends on Schumacher's status (she hasn't officially announced a retirement though it has been speculated). So either top 16 or 15 senior women will advance.

 

[shutterbug]

Nov. 28/22 Winnipeg Free Press article by Laurie Nealin (free, but requires e-mail address):https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2022/11/28/manitobans-up-to-the-challenge

A couple of sections:

None of the four Manitoba athletes competing this week in the Skate Canada Challenge at Seven Oaks Arena had been born the last time Winnipeg hosted a national figure skating event.

When Breken Brezden, Ava Kemp, Yohnatan (Yoni) Elizarov and Emma King take to competition ice, they will be the first Manitobans to enjoy home-ice advantage since 2001 when the Canadian championships graced the old Winnipeg Arena.

Now, almost 22 years later, a new generation of 165 junior and senior figure skaters from across Canada are slated to compete Nov. 30 to Dec. 3 at Challenge (as it’s known), the qualifying competition for the national championships in early January in Oshawa, Ont.

Seriously! Nearly 22 years without an event.

Meanwhile, Winnipeg’s fast-rising junior pair skaters Kemp, 14, and Elizarov, 18, will test-drive their new Cirque du Soleil short program on Wednesday, five days before flying to Italy for the prestigious ISU Junior/Senior Grand Prix Final.

The rookie pair, ranked second and fifth in Grand Prix competition in Europe this fall, made the program change to accommodate the addition of two higher-scoring elements — a triple twist lift and throw triple Salchow. The technical upgrade will make them even more competitive with the world’s top juniors.

“We planned to do the short program at Challenge to get the feeling of doing a triple twist while we’re nervous just so we’re prepared for the final, so we don’t go into it blind,” Elizarov said.

Their calculated move to skate only the first of two competition segments to conserve energy ahead of the global event leaves just three pairs contending for the junior Challenge title.

 

[puglover]

I am still hoping to go tomorrow but I will not have a car so does anyone know if these rinks are together inside the Seven Oaks Community Centre?

 

[shutterbug]

I am still hoping to go tomorrow but I will not have a car so does anyone know if these rinks are together inside the Seven Oaks Community Centre?

Yes, both arenas are in the same building. If you go in the front entrance, Rink A (red rink) is just a few steps inside, and Rink B (blue rink) is bit further down the main lobby. It's a very cool set up, on the second level there's a walking/running track and spectator concourse circling the two rinks, making it easy to walk from one to the other without having to go back into the lobby. The track is closed to the public this week so the skaters can use it, but I'm hoping the concourse will still be open. There's also a canteen with a pretty decent menu, and a "food court" with vending machines and tables and chairs set up. Overall it's a really nice facility, I can understand why Skate Canada chose it, but a bit of a shame it's not more centrally located. Just make sure to tell the taxi driver to take you to Seven Oaks Arena (at the west end of the building), not the Garden City Community Centre which is at the east end.

 

[puglover]

Yes, both arenas are in the same building. If you go in the front entrance, Rink A (red rink) is just a few steps inside, and Rink B (blue rink) is bit further down the main lobby. It's a very cool set up, on the second level there's a walking/running track and spectator concourse circling the two rinks, making it easy to walk from one to the other without having to go back into the lobby. The track is closed to the public this week so the skaters can use it, but I'm hoping the concourse will still be open. There's also a canteen with a pretty decent menu, and a "food court" with vending machines and tables and chairs set up. Overall it's a really nice facility, I can understand why Skate Canada chose it, but a bit of a shame it's not more centrally located. Just make sure to tell the taxi driver to take you to Seven Oaks Arena (at the west end of the building), not the Garden City Community Centre which is at the east end.

Thanks so much. That is most helpful!

 

[4rkidz]

Thanks so much. That is most helpful!

Have fun and appreciate any updates and observations

 

[shutterbug]

At the rink. Senior pair practice about to start. Looks like all the teams are here.

 

[Sylvia]

Rink A is live with the Junior Men's SP: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8foti9

ETA: https://skatecanada.ca/2023-skate-canada-challenge-junior-senior/#live-streaming

"Interviews & Special Content" link also shows Rinks A & B live: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8fotgz

Rink B will start with Senior Men's SP at 1:45 pm Eastern time: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8fotio

 

[Wyliefan]

I enjoyed watching various Canadian skaters putting Mr. Potato Heads together.

 

[danafan]

Junior pairs short is just finishing. I guess Kemp and Elizarov decided not to skate their short program after all.

 

[Karen-W]

Junior pairs short is just finishing. I guess Kemp and Elizarov decided not to skate their short program after all.

I'm a bit bummed that they didn't skate today, though it's completely understandable. Next week should be exciting!

 

[danafan]

Now they are showing a video of national team members trying to identify broccoli by just touching it. This is....weird

ETA: now they are touching play doh. It's called what's in the box. LOL

 

[honey]

I was surprised how long it took them to guess broccoli .

Lots of intrigue here in this event, looking forward to it!

 

[Karen-W]

Now they are showing a video of national team members trying to identify broccoli by just touching it. This is....weird

ETA: now they are touching play doh. It's called what's in the box. LOL

I was amused at how scared Benjamin Mimar was at even putting his hand in the box when they were told "it might move" - it turned out to be one of those rubber caterpillar children's toys.