2022 Grand Prix Assignments - when do they come out?

[Gris]

I'm sure that we'll see a post welcoming them back to IAM soon enough, if the Weibo reports are accurate.

Sorry for being unclear, by "they" I meant Wang and Liu themselves have posted they're back in Montreal.

 

[leilaofpaper]

The lack of any communications from the ISU about the GP assignments is getting laughable at this stage. They’re almost a month later than usual but yet radio silence

 

[misskarne]

It is getting very silly. The ISU should put out an official date/release every year, but it's not usually an issue; this year, especially where the waters are perhaps being deliberately muddied, it was really imperative they stayed on top of it.

 

[airgelaal]

To day, or not to day, that is the question

 

[once_upon]

I understand we (FS fans) want to know, -but I rarely purchase competition tickets just to see one or two specific skaters.

Sure there is always someone I'm hoping to see, but to see lice skating is good enough for metree.

Do you wait to purchase Grand Prix Final until you know who will be there?

 

[Dobre]

Do you wait to purchase Grand Prix Final until you know who will be there?

Sometimes. If one of Skate America or Skate Canada is within driving distance, we'll generally go to the close event. But we have made a decision between the two events or made a later decision to purchased tickets to an event that will require a flight after seeing a great line up.

 

[leilaofpaper]

Do you wait to purchase Grand Prix Final until you know who will be there?

Now that the aussie 4CCs has been cancelled (and it seems like there won’t be a big competition over here for quite a while) I’ve been considering pairing up an overseas holiday with a skating event. So yes, if I’m going to pay that much money, it does matter who will be there.

 

[Kateri]

Never book a skating event based on who will be there! Because I guarantee you, they WILL withdraw at the last minute. Yes, all of them.

 

[MsZem]

Never book a skating event based on who will be there! Because I guarantee you, they WILL withdraw at the last minute. Yes, all of them.

Or they'll skate so badly you end up wishing that they'd withdrawn

 

[antmanb]

Never book a skating event based on who will be there! Because I guarantee you, they WILL withdraw at the last minute. Yes, all of them.

I had booked tickets to Europeans 2012 because it was in Sheffield and there's no way I was missing but the no. 1 people i wanted to see were Savchenko/Solkowy and the pulled out at the last minute and i was gutted.

They did sit right in front of me for most of the competition so i actually got to see them even if it wasn't on the ice.

 

[Finnice]

Sheffield now confirmed by ISU. The GP assigments will ne published tomorrow, July 2022.

 

[sk9tingfan]

Sheffield just confirmed!

https://connect.xfinity.com/appsuite/#!!&app=io.ox/mail&folder=default0/INBOX

 

[Sylvia]

Sheffield now confirmed by ISU. The GP assigments will ne published tomorrow, July 2022.

"... MK John Wilson Trophy has been allotted to Sheffield (GBR) and will be hosted as planned on November 11-13, 2022."

The fourth ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating event 2022/23 allotted to Sheffield (GBR) - International Skating Union

Further to the cancellation of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating – Cup of China event, the International Skating Union (ISU) is pleased to announce that the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating - MK John Wilson Trophy has been allotted to Sheffield (GBR) and will be hosted as planned on November...

www.isu.org

"The lists of entries for the 2022/23 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series will be published on the ISU website on Friday, July 22nd 2022."

ETA: Is this the first time a figure skating competition has a title sponsor that's actually related to its own sport?

 

[On My Own]

Michelle Kwan John Curry David Wilson Trophy you heard that right

 

[ChelleC]

Finally!!!!!!

 

[Ena Grins]

Maybe the delay was actually due to MK and John Wilson fighting over whose name goes first in the competition title

 

[Debbie S]

Maybe the delay was actually due to MK and John Wilson fighting over whose name goes first in the competition title

I think one company owns the other? They just continued to keep their product lines separate.

 

[Sylvia]

Article from October 2014:

Sheffield skate blade maker bought by US investor

A historic Sheffield manufacturer which crafted the figure skate blades used by every single medallist at the Winter Olympics in Sochi has been acquired by US-based private investment group.

www.insidermedia.com

... operating as HD Sports NA, it was the exclusive distributor of MK and John Wilson ice skate blades in North America. The new owner plans to keep all manufacturing, research and development in Sheffield.
HD Sports, which can trace its South Yorkshire roots back to the 17th century, has its headquarters in Rutland Way. Its history dates back to 1696, when Royal toolmaker and Sheffield engineer John Wilson started making blades.
Renowned engineers Hattersley & Davidson (est. 1894) acquired the firm in the early 20th century and further developed John Wilson's reputation for innovation.
Skate company Mitchel & King then joined the stable in 1997, combining to make HD Sports, as it is now known.

 

[Karen-W]

That's so great for Great Britain and Sheffield! Do we have a venue yet?

And so exciting that we FINALLY will get the GP assignments tomorrow!

 

[Vagabond]

Come out, come out, come out
Assignments, don't let us wait,
Sometime next week is much too late,
But sooner or later it comes down to fate
You might as well get it done,
Tell us where will we see You Young
Tell us baby
You know that we wanna see You Young
We only wanna see You Young
Only wanna
Only wanna see You Young
​

 

[morqet]

Sounds like it's going to be at iceSheffield: https://www.iceskating.org.uk/post/...irst-ever-uk-figure-skating-senior-grand-prix

So only a 1.5k spectator capacity

 

[On My Own]

Exclusive!

 

[litenkyckling]

Sounds like it's going to be at iceSheffield: https://www.iceskating.org.uk/post/...irst-ever-uk-figure-skating-senior-grand-prix

So only a 1.5k spectator capacity

Ticket buying stress kicking in already!

 

[Sylvia]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1550128909139578883

 

[quartz]

Ticket buying stress kicking in already!

I’ve always thought that all senior competitions should have an automatic block of tickets set aside solely for FSUers.

 

[antmanb]

Ice Sheffield is not big enough to host a GP!

When the British championships take place and it's mostly coaches and the skaters families Ice sheffield is full.

It's a definite way to guarantee the UK won't get another GP again

 

[On My Own]

It's a definite way to guarantee the UK won't get another GP again

Could it have gone to some other rink?

 

[antmanb]

Could it have gone to some other rink?

Nottingham Ice Arena is set up with proper seating around it and can seat 10,000 but there is no parking.

They never seem to want events. I think there was a JGP in Sheffield at some point which makes a lot more sense in terms of not needing the spectator space that a senior GP would need.

 

[Rukia]

At this point we should just be happy there is a 6th GP.

Assignments when?

 

[Colonel Green]

Assignments when?

Tomorrow, supposedly.