German Championships: Predictions Game Round 1

[CaroLiza_fan]

Here is the thread where you can make your predictions for the German Championships.

Entries/Results Page:
http://www.deu-event.de/results/dm2015/index.htm

The Senior competitions start on Saturday 13th December 2014 at 15:00 CET (14:00 GMT) with the Short Dance.

So, predictions need to be in 1 hour before that, i.e. 14:00 CET (13:00 GMT)

If you need any help working out what time this is where you are, here is a Time Converter that Mrs. P very kindly posted in the Cup of China Predictions thread.

Entries

Ladies:

StN.	Name	Club	Nation
	Warm-Up Group 1
1	Anneli KAWELKE	ERCM	BAY
2	Anne ZETZSCHE	DREC	SAS
3	Alina MAYER	ECO	BAY
4	Jennifer PARKER	ECO	BAY
	Warm-Up Group 2
5	Lutricia BOCK	CEC	SAS
6	Sandy HOFFMANN	DESV	SAS
7	Sarah HECKEN	MERC	B-W
8	Nathalie WEINZIERL	MERC	B-W
9	Nicole SCHOTT	EJE	NRW

W/D Luisa WEBER


Men:

StN.	Name	Club	Nation
	Warm-Up Group 1
1	Niko ULANOVSKY	ERCW	NRW
2	Panagiotis POLIZOAKIS	ECO	BAY
3	Alexander BETKE	ERCW	NRW
4	Alexander BJELDE	ECO	BAY
	Warm-Up Group 2
5	Martin RAPPE	CEC	SAS
6	Paul FENTZ	SCB	BER
7	Franz STREUBEL	ECO	BAY
8	Christopher BERNECK	SCB	BER
9	Peter LIEBERS	SCB	BER

W/D Matthias HECHLER
W/D Christopher HÜTTL


Pairs:

StN.	Name	Club	Nation
	Warm-Up Group 1
1	Minerva-Fabienne HASE / Nolan SEEGERT	BSV92/SCB	BER
2	Mari VARTMANN /Aaron VAN CLEAVE	DEG/SCB	N/B

W/D. Danielle MONTALBANO / Konrad HOCKER-SCHOLLER (KONRAD INJURED)
W/D. Annabelle PRÖLß / Ruben BLOMMAERT (SPLIT)


Dance:

StN.	Name	Club	Nation
	Warm-Up Group 1
1	Jennifer URBAN / Sevan LERCHE	ECO	BAY
2	Nelli ZHIGANSHINA / Alexander GAZSI	ECO	BAY
3	Nathalie REHFELD /Bennet PREISS	ERCW/SCM	NRW

W/D Sophia JONES / Christian NÜCHTERN


Thank you to Alex D for telling us the schedule and entry lists.

As there are only 4 entries, we will just be predicting on the podium positions in Ice Dance, with 4th Place as the alternate.

EDIT (12[SUP]th[/SUP] Dec 2014): Unfortunately, due to the withdrawal of 2 couples, the Pairs competition has now been reduced to 2 entries, and so will not count towards the Game score. However, feel free to make predictions on it anyway, just for fun!​

EDIT (13[SUP]th[/SUP] Dec 2014): Added in the Entries/Results Page link. When I copied in the start order tables, I discovered there have been a whole pile of withdrawals since Alex D posted the entry lists.

While we will try our best to take this into account when doing the scoring, it might be a good idea to amend your predictions if you do not have enough alternates to cover the withdrawals.

I have also discovered that the Senior Ice Dance doesn't actually start until 16:15 CET (15:15 GMT). Hence, the deadline for predictions is now moved back to 15:15 CET (14:15 GMT).​

Let the fun begin!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[Mohacz]

It's my first participation in the Prediction Games and I'm very excited about that. I don't know German figure skating very well, but fortunately in each category I recognize some names from various international competitions, which gives me hope I have guessed correctly at least the gold medal winners My predictions:

Ladies:

1. Nathalie Weinzierl
2. Sarah Hecken
3. Lutricia BOCK
4. Nicole SCHOTT
5. Sandy HOFFMANN
6. Jennifer PARKER

Men:

1 Peter LIEBERS
2. Franz STREUBEL
3. Martin RAPPE
4. Christopher BERNECK
5. Paul FENTZ
6. Niko ULANOVSKY

Pairs:

1. Mari VARTMANN /Aaron VAN CLEAVE
2. Annabelle PRÖLß / Ruben Blommaert
3. Danielle MONTALBANO / Konrad HOCKER-SCHOLLER
4. Minerva-Fabienne HASE / Nolan SEEGERT

Dance:

1. Nelli ZHIGANSHINA /Alexander GAZSI
2. Jennifer URBAN / Sevan LERCHE
3. Nathalie REHFELD /Bennet PREISS
4. Sophia JONES / Christian NÜCHTERN

 

[dress]

1. Sarah Hecken
2.Nathalie Weinzierl
3. Lutricia BOCK
4. Sandy HOFFMANN
5.Nicole SCHOTT
6. Jennifer PARKER

Men:

1 Peter LIEBERS
2. Martin RAPPE
3. Franz STREUBEL
4. Christopher BERNECK
5. Niko ULANOVSKY
6. Paul FENTZ

Pairs:

1. Mari VARTMANN /Aaron VAN CLEAVE
2. Annabelle PRÖLß / Ruben Blommaert
3. Danielle MONTALBANO / Konrad HOCKER-SCHOLLER
4. Minerva-Fabienne HASE / Nolan SEEGERT

Dance:

1. Nelli ZHIGANSHINA /Alexander GAZSI
2. Jennifer URBAN / Sevan LERCHE
3. Sophia JONES / Christian NÜCHTERN
4. Nathalie REHFELD /Bennet PREISS

I don't know these skaters. So, I hope I'll be lucky.

 

[Alex D]

Oh this is fun, I have sadly never really taken part in any of These games so let me know if I do something wrong

Ladies:

1. Lutricia BOCK
2. Nicole SCHOTT
3. Nathalie Weinzierl
4. Sarah Hecken
5. Sandy HOFFMANN
6. Jennifer PARKER


7. Anneli KAWELKE
8. Anne ZETZSCHE
9. Luisa Weber
10. Alina Mayer


Men:

1 Peter LIEBERS
2 Franz STREUBEL
3. Paul FENTZ
4. Panagiotis POLIZOAKIS
5. Martin RAPPE
6. Niko ULANOVSKY


7. Alexander BETKE
8. Alexander BJELDE
9. Matthias HECHLER
10. Christopher BERNECK
11. Christopher HÜTTL


Pairs:

1. Mari VARTMANN /Aaron VAN CLEAVE
2. Minerva-Fabienne HASE / Nolan SEEGERT
3. Danielle MONTALBANO / Konrad HOCKER-SCHOLLER



Dance:

1. Nelli ZHIGANSHINA /Alexander GAZSI
2. Sophia JONES / Christian NÜCHTERN
3. Nathalie REHFELD /Bennet PREISS
4. Jennifer URBAN / Sevan LERCHE

 

[silverfoxes]

Ladies:

1. Nathalie Weinzierl
2. Nicole Schotte
3. Sarah Hecken
4. Lutricia Bock
5. Sandy Hoffmann
6. Anne Zetsche

Men:

1. Peter Liebers
2. Franz Streubel
3. Martin Rappe
4. Paul Fentz
5. Christopher Berneck
6. Panagiotis Polizoakis

Pairs:

1. Vartmann/Van Cleave
2. Montalbano/Hocker-Schoeller
3. Hase/Seegert

Dance:

1. Zhiganshina/Gaszi
2. Rehfeld/Preiss
3. Urban/Lerche
4. Jones/Nuechtern

 

[guenever]

1. Weinzierl
2. Hecken
3. Parker
4. Bock
5. Mayer
6. Hoffmann

1. Liebers
2. Rappe
3. Streubel
4. Ulanovsky
5. Fentz
6. Polizoakis


1. Vartmann/Van Cleave
2. Hase/Seegert
3. Montalbano/Hocker-Scholler

1. Zhiganshina/Gazsi
2. Rehfeld/Preiss
3. Jones/Nuechtern
4. Urban/Lerche

Half of this is just random guesswork-- but so are my predictions when I know who everybody is, so.

 

[Chemistry66]

Don't know if any of you were aware, but Annabelle PRÖLß and Ruben Blommaert have split, according to the DEU: http://www.eislauf-union.de/Neuigke...flager_Newsdetail_342_kkdetail_view_news.html

 

[satine]

I admit I will definitely have to do some research on over half of these skaters before listing my predictions, but I'm excited for the fresh faces. And happy to have a hand in scoring these rounds

 

[sequinsgalore]

Don't know if any of you were aware, but Annabelle PRÖLß and Ruben Blommaert have split, according to the DEU: http://www.eislauf-union.de/Neuigke...flager_Newsdetail_342_kkdetail_view_news.html

What a shame, I wonder why? The article just says personal reasons, but both intend to compete in pairs and their goal is OWG 2018

 

[Mohacz]

It's my first participation in the Prediction Games and I'm very excited about that. I don't know German figure skating very well, but fortunately in each category I recognize some names from various international competitions, which gives me hope I have guessed correctly at least the gold medal winners My predictions:

Ladies:

1. Nathalie Weinzierl
2. Sarah Hecken
3. Lutricia BOCK
4. Nicole SCHOTT
5. Sandy HOFFMANN
6. Jennifer PARKER

Men:

1 Peter LIEBERS
2. Franz STREUBEL
3. Martin RAPPE
4. Christopher BERNECK
5. Paul FENTZ
6. Niko ULANOVSKY

Pairs:

1. Mari VARTMANN /Aaron VAN CLEAVE
2. Annabelle PRÖLß / Ruben Blommaert
3. Danielle MONTALBANO / Konrad HOCKER-SCHOLLER
4. Minerva-Fabienne HASE / Nolan SEEGERT

Dance:

1. Nelli ZHIGANSHINA /Alexander GAZSI
2. Jennifer URBAN / Sevan LERCHE
3. Nathalie REHFELD /Bennet PREISS
4. Sophia JONES / Christian NÜCHTERN

In view of the split of Annabelle and Ruben (I assume they won't participate in German Nationals), I simply eliminate them from my list and now my pairs prediction looks as follows:

Pairs:

1. Mari VARTMANN /Aaron VAN CLEAVE
2. Danielle MONTALBANO / Konrad HOCKER-SCHOLLER
3. Minerva-Fabienne HASE / Nolan SEEGERT

 

[Danja]

Ladies:

1) Hecken
2) Weinzierl - I like her a lot, but this year she looks not so well prepared. Or it`s puberty? Don`t know((
3) Bock
4) Schott
5) Hoffmann
6) Parker

Men:

1) Liebers
2) Ulanovsky
3) Streubel
4) Bjelde
5) Fentz
6) Rappe

Pairs:
1) Vartmann/Van Cleave
2) Montalbano/Hocker-Scholler
3) Hase/Seegert

Dance:

1) Zhiganshina/Gazsi
2) Rehfeld/Preiss
3) Jones/Nuechtern
4) Urban/Lerche

 

[Alex D]

In view of the split of Annabelle and Ruben (I assume they won't participate in German Nationals), I simply eliminate them from my list and now my pairs prediction looks as follows:

Pairs:

1. Mari VARTMANN /Aaron VAN CLEAVE
2. Danielle MONTALBANO / Konrad HOCKER-SCHOLLER
3. Minerva-Fabienne HASE / Nolan SEEGERT

Yes,

this is correct

http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/sh...en-Blommaert&p=1038706&viewfull=1#post1038706

They didn't had the best results this year, then the health issues, puberty and other reasons unfortunately made them split. Its a big hit for German FS, its not like we have that many pairs and we already lost our second ice dance pair ...

Minerva and Nolen look great together though, I like them a lot.

Maybe Annabelle goes back to Singles now, she was quite good there in the past, we will see.

 

[dorispulaski]

It can't help that Ingo Steuer has left Germany and is now coaching in Florida with John Zimmerman and Silvia Fontana.

nor that Ruben and Annabelle's coach was that sleazebucket Karel Fajfr.

Who is left coaching pairs in Germany that has the tech skills, and to whom would trust one's children?

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

nor that Ruben and Annabelle's coach was that sleazebucket Karel Fajfr.

Who is left coaching pairs in Germany that has the tech skills, and to whom would trust one's children?

Oh, Doris! I never thought I would see the day that you referred to somebody as a "sleazebucket"!!!

But, in this instance, I could not agree more! But, you probably gathered that by how many times I was bringing him and his indiscretions up in the Carolina thread...!

If anybody is wondering what on Earth we are on about, click on the Wikipedia link Doris provided, and then click through to the newspaper articles in "Der Zeit" and "Die Welt" that are referenced. Both are in German, but are easily translated. Suffice to say, they are very detailed and informative.

And then you'll understand why we are so astonished that he is still involved in the sport!

But, getting back on topic, we now have our scorers finalised for the Nationals Game. For more details, see this post in the rules thread.

I'll post my own predictions nearer the end of the week, once I get the spreadsheet and my GP Final predictions sorted.

CaroLiza_fan

 

[tulosai]

Ladies:

1. Sarah Hecken
2. Nathalie Weinzierl
3. Schotte
4. Bock
5. Hoffman
6. Parker


Men:

1 Peter LIEBERS
2. Franz STREUBEL
3. Martin RAPPE
4. Paul FENTZ
5. Panagiotis POLIZOAKIS
6. Niko ULANOVSKY

Pairs:

1. Vartmann/Van Cleave
2. Montalbano/Hocker-Schoeller
3. Hase/Seegert

Dance:

1. Zhiganshina/Gaszi
2. Rehfeld/Preiss
3. Urban/Lerche
4. Jones/Nuechtern

 

[satine]

Thought I'd go through the single skaters & link some examples for any you may not be familiar with! Names are clickable for ISU bios.
You can of course just post blind guesses if you prefer :thumbsup:

Ladies:
1. Sarah Hecken
2014 Warsaw Cup SP, FS
2. Luisa Weber
2012 Gardena Spring Trophy, Junior SP, FS
3. Nathalie Weinzierl
2014 Lombardia Trophy SP, FS
4. Anneli KAWELKE
2011 NRW Trophy, Junior SP
5. Alina Mayer
-----
6. Jennifer PARKER
2012 JGP Sencila Bled Cup SP, FS
7. Nicole SCHOTT
2014 JGP Ljubljana Cup SP, FS
8. Lutricia BOCK
2014 JGP Dresden SP, FS
9. Sandy HOFFMANN
2014 NRW Trophy SP, FS
10. Anne ZETZSCHE
-----

Men:
1. Alexander BJELDE
2014 Nebelhorn Trophy SP, FS
2. Panagiotis POLIZOAKIS
2014 NRW Trophy SP, FS
3. Franz STREUBEL
2014 NRW Trophy SP, FS
4. Christopher BERNECK
2013 NRW Trophy SP, FS
5. Paul FENTZ
2014 NRW Trophy SP, FS
6. Peter LIEBERS
2014 Worlds SP, FS
7. Alexander BETKE
2014 NRW Trophy SP, FS
8. Matthias HECHLER
2013 NRW Trophy SP, FS
9. Niko ULANOVSKY
2014 JGP Dresden SP, FS
10. Martin RAPPE
2014 NRW Trophy SP, FS
11. Christopher HÜTTL
2012 German Nationals, Junior SP, FS


Some I could not find links to for skates from this season, sorry. I linked to the most recent performances anyway Hope it helps your predictions.

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Thought I'd go through the single skaters & link some examples for any you may not be familiar with! Names are clickable for ISU bios.
You can of course just post blind guesses if you prefer :thumbsup:

...

Some I could not find links to for skates from this season, sorry. I linked to the most recent performances anyway Hope it helps your predictions.

Absolutely brilliant idea!!!! Thank you so much!

Also, thank you because it reminded me that, last season, I put links to the skaters' ISU Bios in the original posts.

Now, as is often the case, there have been a few partnership changes since some of them last competed internationally. So, below is a list of the ISU Bios have linked to instead.

Pairs:

Danielle MONTALBANO / Evgeni KRASNOPOLSKI (ISR)
Julia LINCKH / Konrad HOCKER-SCHOLLER (GER)
Vanessa BAUER / Nolan SEEGERT (GER)

Dance:

Sophie JONES / Richard SHARPE (GBR)
Shari KOCH / Christian NÜCHTERN (GER)

Hope this helps

CaroLiza_fan

 

[Mentalopes]

Men
1. Liebers
2. Streubel
3. Rappe
4. Berneck
5. Ulanovsky

6. Fentz

Ladies
1. Weinzerl
2. Bock
3. Schott
4. Hecken
5. Hoffman

6. Parker

Pairs
1.Vartmann/Van Cleave
2. Montalbano/H-S
3. Hase/Seegert

Ice Dance
1. Zhiganshina/Gazsi
2. Urban/Lerche
3. Jones/Nuchtern

4. Rehfeld/Preiss

 

[96skiluvr]

Men:
1. Liebers
2. Streubel
3. Rappe
4. Berneck
5. Ulanovsky
6. Fentz

Ladies:
1. Weinzierl
2. Hecken
3. Schott
4. Bock
5. Hoffmann
6. Parker

Pairs:
1. Vartmann/Van Cleave
2. Montalbano/Hocker-Scholler
3. Hase/Seegert

Dance:
1. Zhiganshina/Gaszi
2. Jones/Nüchtern
3. Rehfeld/Preiss
4. Urban/Lerche

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

This wasn’t as bad as I feared it would be. There were actually more names I recognised than I was expecting.

One of the reasons I was so determined to include the German Championships in the Game was that I thought it would be interesting to see how Annabelle Prölß and Ruben Blommaert got on now they had more international experience at Senior level under their belt. (They had beaten Mari Vartmann / Aaron van Cleave to the Senior National title 2 years ago, but did not compete last year).

But, alas, Annabelle and Ruben have now split.

The other reason was that I was interested to see how the singles skaters compared to each other. We have seen quite a few of them compete internationally in various competitions, but never seen them compete against each other in the same international competition. So, this is a chance.

Hopefully, there will be a livestream, or at least videos that we can watch…

Caroliza_fan


GERMAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

Ladies

1. Nathalie WEINZIERL
2. Sarah HECKEN
3. Lutricia BOCK
4. Nicole SCHOTT
5. Sandy HOFFMANN
6. Jennifer PARKER

Just for fun
7. Anne ZETZSCHE
8. Anneli KAWELKE
9. Luisa WEBER
10. Alina MAYER


Men

1. Peter LIEBERS
2. Franz STREUBEL
3. Martin RAPPE
4. Christopher BERNECK
5. Niko ULANOVSKY
6. Paul FENTZ

Just for fun
7. Panagiotis POLIZOAKIS
8. Alexander BJELDE
9. Alexander BETKE
10. Matthias HECHLER
11. Christopher HÜTTL


Pairs

1. Mari VARTMANN /Aaron VAN CLEAVE
2. Danielle MONTALBANO / Konrad HOCKER-SCHOLLER
3. Minerva-Fabienne HASE / Nolan SEEGERT

W/D Annabelle PRÖLß / Ruben BLOMMAERT (SPLIT)


Ice Dance

1. Nelli ZHIGANSHINA /Alexander GAZSI
2. Jennifer URBAN / Sevan LERCHE
3. Sophia JONES / Christian NÜCHTERN
4. Nathalie REHFELD /Bennet PREISS