Australian figure skaters | Page 21 | Golden Skate

Australian figure skaters

GF2445

Record Breaker
Joined
Feb 7, 2012
Fantastic Free Dance by Dani & Greg!

Champion performance.

In my opinion, they can always play out even more to the audience. More exaggerated movements will give it more of that circus feel. In the slow section, more eye contact and more cuteness between each other will go along way in upping that presentation score.

Well Done!
Marks are in....87 points- Fantastic resutl

Total score of 145 points- Great show.


Time for Team Exhibition.
 

GF2445

Record Breaker
Joined
Feb 7, 2012
:):laugh::clap::party2::party:

Here are the FINAL medal standings.

RankStateGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1QLD98421
2NSW941124
5VIC3609
3NZL3205
4SA3014
6WA1326
7ACT1001
 

GF2445

Record Breaker
Joined
Feb 7, 2012
Team Event Coverage.
All Senior Team Members and Champions from other divisions take part in this event!

2 Teams
Each member performs best jump (element for couple)
Audience rates it out of 5.
This should be fun to watch! Let's see what our skaters REALLY practice in training!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpsmYfeNaM8

Captains
Team 1 Dani
Team 2 Greg
 

GF2445

Record Breaker
Joined
Feb 7, 2012
Okay- Lets see!

ROUND ONE

Andrew Dodds- 3Lz.....FALL
Jordan Dodds- 3T+3T....FALL
Taylor Dean- 2Lo+2Lo+2Lo+2Lo+2Lo...WOW
Matthew Dodds- Some stripping to begin, sexy hydroblading....(air twerking)..3Lo....FALL
Kailani Craine- Rallying the crowding...3Lo+3Lo (Two foot on 2nd 3Lo but clean!) WELL DONE! Maybe an element in the future?
Darian Kaptich- 3T+2T+2T....Nice!
James Thompson- Rallying the crowd, spread eagle, 2A
Dilli Kenyon- 2Lz+1Lo+2T+1Lo+2T+1Lo+2T+1Lo+2T+1Lo+2T+1Lo+2T

Greg's team leads Dani's 53-50 after 1 round!

Loving the collusion between the judges!
 

GF2445

Record Breaker
Joined
Feb 7, 2012
ROUND TWO

Rhiana & Thomas...Funny Lift fail...but wait! Rhiana lifts Thomas.....WOW!!!!
Eliza & Jordan- Great Pair Lift with Eliza waving the flag whilst in the pancake position.
...can't hear name....1A+1A+1A+1A+1A+1A+1A+1A+1A+1A+1A
...can't hear name....2S+ 5X 1A...fall
Mark Webster- 3F+2A
Cameron Hemmert- wally, wally, 3T, death drop, death drop

Team Greg 96
Team Dani 94
 

GF2445

Record Breaker
Joined
Feb 7, 2012
Round THREE

Brendan Kerry- Saying his prayers...BACKFLIP!!!
Brooklee Han- Georgous Layback
Greg & Matthew Dodds- Interesting pair!- Nice lift
David Kranjec- Kamikaze Step sequence, Split Jump, Spin, Break Dancing
 

GF2445

Record Breaker
Joined
Feb 7, 2012
Final Round

Scores...
401- Greg
406- Dani

Brooklee Han-3S+2T+2T+2T
Jaimee Nobbs- Split, Split, Split
David Kranjec- 3S+1Lo+3S (Fall!)
Brendan Kerry- Hush of silence falls over the crowd!- 4T (Fall!)

Team Dani Win!
 

GF2445

Record Breaker
Joined
Feb 7, 2012
A great end to a tremendous championships!
Well Done Skaters

I will take a posting break now!

I'll update when there is word about our female representative for Sochi!
 

GF2445

Record Breaker
Joined
Feb 7, 2012
Australian Champions Crowned

Read the Full Article by clicking the Link Below.

Interesting to note>
Brendan's New Free Program portrays a French Waiter- didn't get it in this program but this program's concept is better than Gangster Squad in my opinion. A lot of French Movies and maybe a trip to Paris and PLENTY OF SESSIONS WITH A CHOREOGRAPHER (or an acting coach!) will do the trick :)
Brooklee is trying to get into the elements faster and it was obvious too!

http://sochi2014.olympics.com.au/news/australian-champions-crowned

Next Stop- Taipei, Taiwan- We can confirm that the whole Olympic Team will be there.
 

karne

in Emergency Backup Mode
Record Breaker
Joined
Jan 1, 2013
Country
Australia
I love Brendan's new program. And David is fabulous as always!

Loved the team exhibition concept. Maybe THIS should be the team event in the Olympics!
 

GF2445

Record Breaker
Joined
Feb 7, 2012
I really like this team exhibition. It got the crowd going. Hopefully, Nationals will be held in Sydney one year and I would love to go to one in the future.

The live feed was great. I hope that this is kept up. Hopefully the other State Skating Federations will step up and do it.

Anyway, another article about Dani & Greg. Again, much the same of what we know of them but still- any exposure is good exposure.

Article by the Australian Associated Press for The Age
Published December 5, 2013

http://www.theage.com.au/sport/long...ng-off-to-winter-olympics-20131204-2yr2t.html
 

GF2445

Record Breaker
Joined
Feb 7, 2012
Off Ice Drama Down Under turning ugly.

Australia's National Ladies' Champion will leave Australia without news whether or not she will represent Australia. Chantelle Kerry is arguing that Brooklee should not be eligible for the Olympic spot for violating ISA policy.
The case has been taken to the Court of Arbitration for Sports, the highest authority for deliberating and mediating disputes related to sports. The hearing will begin next week.

It is expected that we will know our representative by Christmas.

Ice Skating Australia Will Defend Brooklee Han at next week's CAS Hearing.


Here is the Full Article
Bittersweet result for Sochi skate selection
THERE was both delight and disappointment for Australia's premier figure-skating family as the first members of the Australia's Winter Olympic team were named in Melbourne yesterday.

Figure skater Brendan Kerry was named in the team for Sochi but his younger sister Chantelle, 17, is contesting the decision to select Brooklee Han as Australia's representative in the women's event.

Her appeal against the national federation's decision to nominate US-based Han is expected to be heard in the Court of Arbitration for Sport next week.

The women's singles spot was consequently left vacant yesterday as Brendan Kerry and ice dancing pair Danielle O'Brien and Greg Merriman were officially confirmed in the Olympic team.

The Kerry siblings are the children of Monica MacDonald, who represented Australia at the 1988 Olympics as an ice dancer and now coaches her offspring.

Brendan earned his place in the team when he defied a broken wrist to record a fine 12th place at the Olympic qualifying event in Germany in September, while Chantelle finished 10th at last year's Youth Winter Olympics.

However, she has been in dispute with Han over the Olympic position for some months. In August she unsuccessfully appealed Ice Skating Australia's decision to send Han to the Olympic qualifying event. Han competed and secured a quota place for Australia in September but Kerry will argue that Han is ineligible for Olympic selection because she competed at a US event without the approval of the national federation. Ice Skating Australia is defending Han's position.

Winter Olympic team chief Ian Chesterman said he was looking for a fast resolution to the dispute. "The sooner it's resolved the better," he said. "The worst thing for everyone will be to have it drag on."

He hopes to confirm the successful contender's place in the team before Christmas.

Meanwhile, the 15-year partnership of Sydney duo O'Brien and Merriman, once coached by MacDonald, received its reward yesterday with their official selection, four years after their first attempt to qualify for the Olympics was scuppered by misfortune.

They were preparing to compete at the Olympic qualifying event for the 2010 Vancouver Games when Merriman began experiencing chest pains. He was diagnosed with pericarditis, an infection of the sac around the heart, which prevented him from competing.

They were unsure if they would continue to compete in 2011 but decided to re-commit to their Olympic dream and chose to train full-time in Detroit, where many of the world's best skaters are based.

O'Brien said they hoped to secure a top-20 finish in Sochi.

All will compete at the Australian figure skating championships at Melbourne's Ice House this week."


Article Written by Nicole Jeffrey for The Australian (New Limited)
Published on December 5, 2013

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/spo...skate-selection/story-e6frg7mf-1226775450193#
 

GF2445

Record Breaker
Joined
Feb 7, 2012
Brendan is ready to compete.

An Interview with Male Sochi Representative Brendan Kerry on how he got started, comments from his mum Monica MacDonald as well as his plan to execute Quads in his programs.

The Article also mentions about the CAS hearing- but only that he was not willing to discuss anything about this hearing.

Enjoy!

Article Written by the Australian Associated Press for Wide World of Sports Australia
Published December 5, 2013

http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8766238

*Also here is the official report from the Court of Arbitration for Sport in the case of Appellant: Chantelle Kerry vs. Respondant: Ice Skating Australia
http://www.tas-cas.org/d2wfiles/document/7265/5048/0/Award20341520_FINAL_internet.pdf
 

GF2445

Record Breaker
Joined
Feb 7, 2012
Hometown Newspaper Congratulates Brooklee Han for National Victory

"REDDING, Conn. – Redding's Brooklee Han won her first Australian Senior Ladies figure skating title and posted a personal best score early Friday in Melbourne. Now, she has to await word on whether she will be allowed to represent the country in the Winter Olympics in Sochi in February..."

Article Written by Tom Renner for the Daily Voice: Danbury
Published December 5, 2013

http://danbury.dailyvoice.com/sports/redding-teen-wins-australian-figure-skating-championship
 

GF2445

Record Breaker
Joined
Feb 7, 2012
Score Tracker Update for the Men's skaters.

Score Tracker

With the Junior Grand Prix over and the Grand Prix series looming over us, it is safe to say that we are moving on in the skating season.
In this segment, I am going to be keeping track of the scores of our Olympic contenders and other Australian Skaters this season. In addition to that, I will compare their current results to the results they achieved at any of the 2013 Championships (Four Continents and Worlds).

I will post this, discipline by discipline- starting with the Mens.

Mens

Brendan Kerry

Best Results from 2013 Championships
SP 28.06+25.31= 53.37
FS 38.03+43.86-1.00= 80.89
Total Score= 134.26

Results This Season

1. Skate Down Under
SP 35.61+31.76-1.00= 66.37
FS 62.25+63.66= 125.91
Total Score= 192.28

2. Junior Grand Prix of Latvia
SP 34.27+27.90-1.00= 61.17
FS 50.29+59.56-1.00= 108.85
Total Score= 170.02

3. 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy
SP 38.58+29.39= 67.97
FS 59.56+61.14= 120.70
Total Score= 188.67

4. Junior Grand Prix of Estonia
SP 33.52+28.14= 61.66
FS 65.24+61.36= 126.60
Total Score= 188.26

5. 2013 Australian Figure Skating Championships
SP 31.64+29.25= 60.89
FS 60.76+57.68= 118.44
Total Score= 179.33



Statistics this season
Short Program
Best Score 67.97 [That's an improvement of 27.36% from 2013 Season]
Best Technical Score 38.58
Best Presentation Score 31.76
Average Score 63.61
Average Technical Score 34.72
Average Presentation Score 29.28

Free Skate
Best Score 126.60 [That's an improvement of 56.51% from 2013 Season]
Best Technical Score 65.24
Best Presentation Score 63.66
Average Score 120.10
Average Technical Score 59.62
Average Presentation Score 60.68


David Kranjec

Best Results from 2013 Championships
SP 27.66+23.71-1.00= 50.37
FS 39.49+42.70-2.00= 80.19
Total Score= 130.56

Results This Season

1. Skate Down Under
SP 27.14+31.75-1.00= 57.89
FS 52.02+59.52= 111.54
Total Score= 169.43

2. Junior Grand Prix of Poland
SP 22.35+25.63-2.00= 45.98
FS 45.33+54.72-1.00= 99.05
Total Score= 145.03

3. Junior Grand Prix of Czech Republic
SP 29.80+25.46= 55.26
FS 41.80+51.88= 91.68
Total Score= 146.94

4. 2013 Australian Figure Skating Championships
SP 31.98+29.33= 61.31
FS 52.36+61.16-1.00= 112.52
Total Score= 173.83


Statistics this season
Short Program
Best Score 61.31 [That's an improvement of 21.72% from 2013 Season]
Best Technical Score 31.98
Best Presentation Score 31.75
Average Score 55.11
Average Technical Score 27.82
Average Presentation Score 28.04

Free Skate
Best Score 112.52 [That's an improvement of 40.33% from 2013 Season]
Best Technical Score 52.36
Best Presentation Score 61.16
Average Score 103.70 [That's an improvement of 29.32% from 2013 Season]
Average Technical Score 47.88
Average Presentation Score 56.82
 

GF2445

Record Breaker
Joined
Feb 7, 2012
Score Tracker Update for Senior Ladies'

Score Tracker

Ladies

Brooklee Han

Best Results from 2013 Championships
SP 29.56+21.06= 50.62
FS 48.10+43.16=91.26
Total Score= 141.88

Results This Season

1. Junior Grand Prix of Mexico
SP 19.31+20.70-1.00= 39.01
FS 41.70+39.27= 80.97
Total Score= 119.98

2. 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy
SP 27.19+22.55-1.00= 48.74
FS 51.62+46.80= 98.42
Total Score= 147.16

3. Junior Grand Prix of Czech Republic
SP 25.60+21.49= 47.09
FS 46.67+42.69-1.00= 88.36
Total Score= 135.45

4. 22nd Volvo Open Cup
SP 30.71+23.24= 53.95
FS 50.09+48.72-1.00= 97.81
Total Score= 151.76

5. 2013 Australian National Figure Skating Championships
SP 33.53+25.08=58.61
FS 49.81+54.00-1.00=102.81
Total Score= 161.42


Statistics this season
Short Program
Best Score 58.61 [That's an improvement of 15.78% from 2013 Season]
Best Technical Score 33.53
Best Presentation Score 25.08
Average Score 49.48
Average Technical Score 27.27
Average Presentation Score 22.61

Free Skate
Best Score 102.81 [That's an improvement of 12.65% from 2013 Season]
Best Technical Score 51.62
Best Presentation Score 54.00
Average Score 93.67
Average Technical Score 47.98
Average Presentation Score 46.29


Chantelle Kerry

Best Results from 2013 Championships
SP 25.31+18.64= 43.93
FS 37.57+37.61= 74.18
Total Score= 118.11

Results This Season

1. Skate Down Under
SP 28.94+24.88= 53.82
FS 39.74+44.00= 83.74
Total Score= 137.56

2. Junior Grand Prix of Poland
SP 24.56+18.36= 42.92
FS 41.89+39.13= 81.02
Total Score= 123.94

3. Ondrej Nepela Trophy
SP 24.33+21.48= 45.81
FS 42.43+40.28-1.00=81.71
Total Score= 127.52

4. Junior Grand Prix of Estonia
SP 24.92+18.98= 43.87
FS 32.07+38.24-3.00=67.31
Total Score= 111.18

Statistics this season
Short Program
Best Score 53.82 [That's an improvement of 22.51% from 2013 Season]
Best Technical Score 28.94
Best Presentation Score 24.88
Average Score 46.61 [That's an improvement of 6.10% from 2013 Season]
Average Technical Score 25.69
Average Presentation Score 20.93

Free Skate
Best Score 83.74 [That's an improvement of 12.89% from 2013 Season]
Best Technical Score 42.43
Best Presentation Score 44.00
Average Score 78.45 [That's an improvement of 5.76% from 2013 Season]
Average Technical Score 39.03
Average Presentation Score 40.41
 

GF2445

Record Breaker
Joined
Feb 7, 2012
Ice Dance Update

Score Tracker

Ice Dance

Danielle O'Brien & Gregory Merriman

Best Results from 2013 Championships
SD 27.00+21.81= 48.81
FD 40.99+34.08= 75.07
Total Score= 123.88

Results from This Season

1. Skate Down Under
SD 32.18+25.10= 57.28
FD 45.00+38.19-1.00= 82.19
Total Score= 139.47

2. 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy
SD 27.14+23.38= 50.52
FD 39.91+36.77= 76.68
Total Score= 127.20

3. 22nd Volvo Cup
SD 22.42+23.08-1.00= 44.50
FD 41.36+34.55-1.00= 74.91
Total Score= 119.41

4. 2013 Australian Figure Skating Championships
SD 33.34+24.69= 58.03
FD 47.16+40.78=87.94
Total Score= 145.97


Statistics this season
Short Dance
Best Score 58.03 [That's an improvement of 18.89% from 2013 Season]
Best Technical Score 33.34
Best Presentation Score 25.10
Average Score 52.61
Average Technical Score 28.77
Average Presentation Score 24.06

Free Dance
Best Score 87.94 [That's an improvement of 17.14% from 2013 Season]
Best Technical Score 47.16
Best Presentation Score 40.78
Average Score 80.43
Average Technical Score 43.36
Average Presentation Score 37.57
 

GF2445

Record Breaker
Joined
Feb 7, 2012
My Mock Results for the Grand Prix Final- Ice Dance Short Dance Event

1st. Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir

Technical Elements 40.00
1. Non-Touching Mid Line Step Sequence 4 GOE:3 =11.00
2. Sequential Twizzles 4 GOE:3 =7.50
3. First Section of Finnstep 4 (All Keypoints met) GOE:3 = 8.50
4. Second Section of Finnstep 4 (All Keypoints met) GOE:2 = 8.00 (The Standing Stop part of the Finnstep was slightly messy)
5. Rotational Lift 4 GOE:2 = 5.00 (A Little Slow to give it a +3)

Presentation Score 39.63
1. Skating Skills 9.75 (x0.80) = 7.80
2. Transitions/Linking Footwork 9.75 (x0.70) = 6.83
3. Performance/Execution 10.00 (x0.70) = 7.00
4. Choreography/Composition 10.00 (x0.80) = 8.00
5. Interpretation/Timing 10.00 (x1.00) = 10.00

Total Score 79.63

2nd. Meryl Davis & Charlie White

Technical Elements 39.00
1. Non-Touching Mid Line Step Sequence 4 GOE:2 =10.00 (There was a twizzle in the second half of the sequence that was out of sync)
2. Sequential Twizzles 4 GOE:2 =7.00 (They were slightly out of sync in the first set of twizzles)
3. First Section of Finnstep 4 (All Keypoints met) GOE:2 = 8.00 (They were a whisker behind on the timing)
4. Second Section of Finnstep 4 (All Keypoints met) GOE:3 = 8.50
5. Rotational Lift 4 GOE:3 = 5.50

Presentation Score 39.46
1. Skating Skills 9.75 (x0.80) = 7.80
2. Transitions/Linking Footwork 9.75 (x0.70) = 6.83
3. Performance/Execution 9.75 (x0.70) = 6.83 (This performance in comparison to their Skate America was a little frantic at times)
4. Choreography/Composition 10.00 (x0.80) = 8.00
5. Interpretation/Timing 10.00 (x1.00) = 10.00

Total Score 78.46

3rd. Kaitlyn Weaver & Andrew Poje

Technical Elements 36.00
1. Sequential Twizzles 4 GOE:3 =7.50
2. First Section of Finnstep 3 (2/3 Keypoints met) GOE:2 = 7.00
3. Second Section of Finnstep 4 (All Keypoints met) GOE:1 = 7.50 (A whisker sloppy and they grew quite apart at the end of the finntep after the twizzle step.)
4. Non-Touching Mid Line Step Sequence 3 GOE:2 = 8.50
5. Rotational Lift 4 GOE:3 = 5.50

Presentation Score 37.23
1. Skating Skills 9.25 (x0.80) = 6.80
2. Transitions/Linking Footwork 9.00 (x0.70) = 6.30
3. Performance/Execution 9.25 (x0.70) = 6.48
4. Choreography/Composition 9.75 (x0.80) = 7.80 (The Tap Dancing aspects made this program a choreographic masterpiece.)
5. Interpretation/Timing 9.25 (x1.00) = 9.25

Total Score 73.23

Ekaterina/Dmitri 36.00+36.55= 72.55
Anna/Luca 33.00+35.25-2.00= 66.25
Nathalie/Fabian 32.00+34.08= 66.08
 

GF2445

Record Breaker
Joined
Feb 7, 2012
Ice Dance amd Pair Free Skates at the GPF was nothing short of spectacular.

The Germans overturn the staus quo and Pang/Tong in Olympic Podium shape.

Tessa and Scott have clamped the gap pretty much shut with their American Rivals and the French dethroned the Russians off the podium. And lots of 10's for components.
 
Top