2018 ISU Challenger Series announced

[Sedge]

http://www.isuresults.com/events/cat03108800.htm

Korean country code on this list
Disease?

 

[gebo]

Nebelhorn Trophy 2018 entries are up: http://www.isuresults.com/events/fsevent03111607.htm

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Nebelhorn Trophy 2018 entries are up: http://www.isuresults.com/events/fsevent03111607.htm

Do I dare say a Gold medal for Knierims?????

Has Amelia aged out of juniors?

Good to see Aussies in the mix.

Where are the russians?

oooooh, And do I dare say a gold medal for one of my husbands, Poirier?

 

[A.H.Black]

Sylvia and I will probably post this at the same time. The Classic schedule is finally up

https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/threads/2018-isu-challenger-series-announced.103959/

I see they actually have a time when they are going to clear the arena. CLEAR THE ARENA?! Please.

 

[Sylvia]

Sylvia and I will probably post this at the same time. The [U.S.] Classic schedule is finally up

Version 1.0 is dated August 8: https://www.usfigureskatingclassic.com/info

ETA - re-posting from the U.S. Classic thread in Kiss & Cry:

U.S. Classic roster changes as of August 29:

Ladies (still 15):
Added: Katie PASFIELD AUS
Moved to subs: Karen CHEN USA

Pairs (down to 5 which is the minimum for ISU WS points):
Added (moved from sub list): Winter DEARDORFF / Max SETTLAGE USA (Team USA debut together )
No longer listed as competing:
Jessica PFUND / Joshua SANTILLAN USA (listed for Nebelhorn on ISU site but not yet confirmed on USFS' Assignments page)
Nadine WANG / Spencer Akira HOWE USA

 

[mag]

Has Amelia aged out of juniors?

Amelia turned 17 in March so she has another two years of junior eligibility. She did both junior and senior comps last season so I expect we will see the same this year.

 

[danafan]

Autumn Classic entries are finally up.

http://www.isuresults.com/events/fsevent03111605.htm

20 men and 24 women! Some great skaters entered!

 

[oleada]

Medvedeva and Higuchi and Tennell

Yuzuru and Vanessa/Morgan

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Autumn Classic entries are finally up.

http://www.isuresults.com/events/fsevent03111605.htm

20 men and 24 women! Some great skaters entered!

Great ladies and men roster.

Boy, the pairs and dance fields sure seem depleted in the series this season.

Also refresh ANL's drink again... why are W&P doing this and not the GP?

 

[Sylvia]

Also refresh ANL's drink again... why are W&P doing this and not the GP?

https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/th...da-high-performance-camp.104325/#post-5402529

 

[EmmaSklad]

really good ladies competition:

Zagitova, Tsurskaya, Konstantinova, Kihira, Choi and Tursynbaeva all there.

Yes, exciting list of entries! Somebody knows whether tickets for Ondrej Nepela Trophy 2018 are already for sale?

 

[ivagall]

Yes, exciting list of entries! Somebody knows whether tickets for Ondrej Nepela Trophy 2018 are already for sale?

They are not on sale yet, but watch out for ticketportal they should be on sale in the coming days. Last year the sale started on September 1.

 

[EmmaSklad]

They are not on sale yet, but watch out for ticketportal they should be on sale in the coming days. Last year the sale started on September 1.

Thank you! What is a an official ticket portal for Ondrej Nepela Trophy ?

 

[Sylvia]

What is a an official ticket portal for Ondrej Nepela Trophy ?

https://www.ticketportal.sk (2018 Nepela Trophy not yet listed)

 

[EmmaSklad]

https://www.ticketportal.sk (2018 Nepela Trophy not yet listed)

Listed now, but still not on sale:
https://www.ticketportal.sk/Event/26th_Ondrej_Nepela_Trophy_2018
Thanks a lot!

 

[Ka3sha]

Finlandia Trophy entries are up
http://www.finlandiatrophy.com/en/luistelijat/

 

[SamuraiK]

Finlandia Trophy entries are up
http://www.finlandiatrophy.com/en/luistelijat/

Ladies, Men and even Pairs look great. Dance not so much but still this is definetly the best CS line up so far.

 

[Sylvia]

Hawayek/Baker are listed as withdrawn as of today (Sept. 7) from Autumn Classic International on USFS' International Assignments page.

ETA (from the U.S. Ladies thread):

It looks like [Emmy] Ma was moved to Finlandia after originally being assigned to Autumn Classic, but then showing up as only a sub on the Classic entry list. The ladies' field in Canada has 24 entrants, and I bet Canada only allowed the U.S. to send two ladies to not add another warm-up group/zam break.

 

[dramagrrl]

Hawayek/Baker are listed as withdrawn as of today (Sept. 7) from Autumn Classic International on USFS' International Assignments page.

Noooo! I was really looking forward to seeing them live.

 

[Bellanca]

Pretty good lineups so far - should be interesting! Thanks for the links!

 

[lauravvv]

Hawayek/Baker are listed as withdrawn as of today (Sept. 7) from Autumn Classic International on USFS' International Assignments page.

Yes, given that they are on the entry list of Finlandia Trophy, this is not surprising. As we know, it's a usual thing for skaters to be entered into several challengers at the beginning of the season and then withdrawn from the earlier ones. It does not even mean that there is an injury or something. I think in most cases they simply don't feel ready enough for the earlier events.

Finlandia Trophy entries are up
http://www.finlandiatrophy.com/en/luistelijat/

Thanks a lot, Ka3sha.

Ladies, Men and even Pairs look great. Dance not so much but still this is definetly the best CS line up so far.

One of the interesting points in dance is the competition between Smart/Diaz and Hurtado/Khaliavin. Apparently the Spanish federation is going by the same scheme as last season - the team with the higher combined score from the challenger where they are both competing + the results from Nationals will determine who will go to Worlds.

 

[lauravvv]

Sorrry, double post.

 

[levineismine]

^ Spain has two Entries for Euros.
Haven't seen any criteria from the Spanish fed published yet.
I wonder if either C/P or Manta/Johnson who are entered as substitute for Autumn Classic will compete there in place of H/B.

 

[lauravvv]

levineismine - Yes, thank you for the correction. Coincidentally, I came here to edit my post because I remembered that they have two spots at Europeans. And I know that the Spanish federation has not published any criteria about ice dancers yet. I just thought that it might be the reason for both teams competing at the same challenger like it was done last season.

 

[Dobre]

Yes, given that they are on the entry list of Finlandia Trophy, this is not surprising. As we know, it's a usual thing for skaters to be entered into several challengers at the beginning of the season and then withdrawn from the earlier ones. It does not even mean that there is an injury or something. I think in most cases they simply don't feel ready enough for the earlier events.

Maybe. Hawayek & Baker usually do a summer event, which they didn't do this year. And they were in Montreal training before Hubbell & Donohue finished touring so it's a bit ? that H&B would be the ones pushing back their debut. It's an odd choice because H&B will have to travel much farther to go to Finland and the field there is deeper.

We'll just have to stay tuned & see what happens.

They go up late on the GP so they have some time.

 

[ivagall]

Listed now, but still not on sale:
https://www.ticketportal.sk/Event/26th_Ondrej_Nepela_Trophy_2018
Thanks a lot!

Tickets are on sale now. With the zero promotion I expect the arena to be rather empty next week.

 

[insideedgeua]

Tickets are on sale now. With the zero promotion I expect the arena to be rather empty next week.

So no different to normal then.

It’s a good event and the OC works very hard, but they always seem to have a very small audience.

 

[EmmaSklad]

Tickets are on sale now. With the zero promotion I expect the arena to be rather empty next week.

Better seats for us .
I'll publish them on facebook. Is's the best idea I have

 

[EmmaSklad]

So no different to normal then.

It’s a good event and the OC works very hard, but they always seem to have a very small audience.

My husband and me will be there

 

[ivagall]

Better seats for us .
I'll publish them on facebook. Is's the best idea I have

Haha, yes...during the three days I plan to test the seats in all six sectors that will be available.

It’s a good event and the OC works very hard, but they always seem to have a very small audience.

I'm sure they do, but they should really hire someone to do the promotion, well the whole figure skating federation could use some work on marketing/promotion/image of the sport etc. but that's another story. I mean the EC 2016 had great promotion and as a result the arena was almost full for every single competition. Figure skating is still popular in Slovakia, but majority of the casual skating fans have no idea that we even host Ondrej Nepela Memorial every single year and starting the ticket sale 10 days before competition and giving an interview to print media either one day before or at the first day of competition is not going to fill those empty seats.