2021 Skate Canada Challenge

[gsk8]

2021 Skate Canada Challenge
Jan 8-10, 2021 and Jan 15-17, 2021

Virtual
Entries/Results
Schedule

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 8​	​
12:00 ET	JUNIOR PAIR SHORT PROGRAM
13:29 ET	SENIOR PAIR SHORT PROGRAM
15:13 ET	JUNIOR WOMEN SHORT PROGRAM

SATURDAY, JANUARY 9​	​
12:00 ET	JUNIOR PAIR FREE PROGRAM
13:45 ET	SENIOR PAIR FREE PROGRAM
15:50 ET	JUNIOR MEN SHORT PROGRAM

SUNDAY, JANUARY 10​	​
11:30 ET	JUNIOR WOMEN FREE PROGRAM
18:00 ET	JUNIOR MEN FREE PROGRAM

FRIDAY, JANUARY 15​	​
12:00 ET	SENIOR MEN SHORT PROGRAM
16:00 ET	SENIOR WOMEN SHORT PROGRAM

SATURDAY, JANUARY 16​	​
11:30 ET	JUNIOR RHYTHM DANCE
14:35 ET	SENIOR RHYTHM DANCE
16:20 ET	SENIOR WOMEN FREE PROGRAM

SUNDAY, JANUARY 17​	​
12:00 ET	SENIOR MEN FREE PROGRAM
16:45 ET	JUNIOR FREE DANCE
20:00 ET	SENIOR FREE DANCE

 

[Jeanie19]

Will there be a livestream?

 

[gsk8]

Yes but it's not clear if it will be geo-blocked.

How can I watch the 2021 Skate Canada Challenge?
Skate Canada will live stream all six days of the competition. Hosted by former skater and current broadcaster Ted Barton, coverage will also include interviews with athletes, coaches and Skate Canada leaders, along with exclusive content you will not find anywhere else. Please check the event schedule for more information.

 

[gsk8]

The virtual competition will be available globally on their Dailymotion page. More info to come soon next week

 

[rain]

I am ridiculously excited for this!

 

[jersey1302]

Can I take over for Ted... serious question.. lol

 

[Cutting the ice]

Is there a list of entries? It must be set so why not publish?

 

[SnowWhite]

Is there a list of entries? It must be set so why not publish?

They say the entry list will be posted "the week of January 4th"

 

[LadyB]

I'm really excited they eventually sorted something out. Dying to see Piper and Paul!

 

[chuckm]

Only problem is the schedule from the 15th to 17th completely overlaps with USFS senior final events (live on Peacock TV).

 

[ladyjane]

Yay, yay, yay!

 

[gsk8]

Ottawa, ON: The nation’s premier junior and senior figure skaters return to the competitive circle for the first time in months later this week at the 2021 Skate Canada Challenge.

Due to the pandemic, the 2021 Skate Canada Challenge event will be held as a virtual competition that will determine berths for the Canadian Tire National Skating Championships in February.

The event will be staged over two weekends, with the senior pair, junior pair, junior men and junior women competition kicking off the event January 8-10. From January 15-17, the junior ice dance, senior ice dance, senior men and senior events will be staged.

“These times are unprecedented, but we also understand the importance of giving our athletes the opportunity to get into a competitive environment so they are as prepared as they can be when things return to normal,” said Skate Canada CEO Debra Armstrong.

“For more than a century, skaters have pursued their dreams of competing at the Canadian Tire National Skating Championships, and we are once again giving these athletes the opportunity to qualify for this prestigious event at Skate Canada Challenge.”

As could be expected, Skate Canada Challenge will have a different look.

Prior to the start of the competition, skaters declared their performances from either their respective sectional championships or a section-organized challenge skate. Just like a live competition, once the music started, there were no second chances. Videos of these performances were submitted to Skate Canada to be judged in real time during the event.

Once the event is completed, the top two flights in each discipline will qualify for the 2021 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships, to be held February 8-14 at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre in Vancouver, B.C. Twelve competitors in men’s and women’s, 10 teams in ice dance and 8 teams in pair, at both the junior and senior level, will advance to the Canadian Championships.

Most of the Canadian national team, including reigning national champions Roman Sadovsky, 20, Vaughn, Ont., (men), Emily Bausback, 18, Vancouver, B.C., (women), Piper Gilles, 29, Toronto, Ont., and Paul Poirier, 29, Unionville, Ont., (ice dance) and Kirsten Moore-Towers, 28, St. Catharines, Ont., and Michael Marinaro, 28, Sarnia, Ont., (pair) will compete.

Like the competition, the live streaming broadcast of Skate Canada Challenge will be unique and innovative.

Not only will the entire competition be live streamed on SkateCanada.ca, but the broadcast will feature unique, engaging content including features and interviews with current and former athletes, coaches and Skate Canada leaders.

“While we are unable to host our events in the traditional sense at this time, we want to interact with our fans and bring the event to them, in the comfort of their own homes,” added Armstrong.

For more information, please visit the Skate Canada Challenge event page.

 

[LadyB]

What about Nam, Keegan, Stephen Gogolev, Walsh/Michaud? Are they already qualified for Nationals? Hope they're not injured or anything. Sorry for my ignorance if that is common knowledge.

 

[Ross74]

Entries are posted here

 

[chuckm]

They say the entry list will be posted "the week of January 4th"

Entries are up with start orders on the Challenge page.

 

[Likeadream]

can't wait to see Roman, Nam and the other guys.

 

[el henry]

Go Deanna and Maxime! Allez-y!

 

[LadyB]

Ah, I see Nam's there after all. That's fab!

 

[katymay]

Ottawa, ON: The nation’s premier junior and senior figure skaters return to the competitive circle for the first time in months later this week at the 2021 Skate Canada Challenge.

Due to the pandemic, the 2021 Skate Canada Challenge event will be held as a virtual competition that will determine berths for the Canadian Tire National Skating Championships in February.

The event will be staged over two weekends, with the senior pair, junior pair, junior men and junior women competition kicking off the event January 8-10. From January 15-17, the junior ice dance, senior ice dance, senior men and senior events will be staged.

“These times are unprecedented, but we also understand the importance of giving our athletes the opportunity to get into a competitive environment so they are as prepared as they can be when things return to normal,” said Skate Canada CEO Debra Armstrong.

“For more than a century, skaters have pursued their dreams of competing at the Canadian Tire National Skating Championships, and we are once again giving these athletes the opportunity to qualify for this prestigious event at Skate Canada Challenge.”

As could be expected, Skate Canada Challenge will have a different look.

Prior to the start of the competition, skaters declared their performances from either their respective sectional championships or a section-organized challenge skate. Just like a live competition, once the music started, there were no second chances. Videos of these performances were submitted to Skate Canada to be judged in real time during the event.

Once the event is completed, the top two flights in each discipline will qualify for the 2021 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships, to be held February 8-14 at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre in Vancouver, B.C. Twelve competitors in men’s and women’s, 10 teams in ice dance and 8 teams in pair, at both the junior and senior level, will advance to the Canadian Championships.

Most of the Canadian national team, including reigning national champions Roman Sadovsky, 20, Vaughn, Ont., (men), Emily Bausback, 18, Vancouver, B.C., (women), Piper Gilles, 29, Toronto, Ont., and Paul Poirier, 29, Unionville, Ont., (ice dance) and Kirsten Moore-Towers, 28, St. Catharines, Ont., and Michael Marinaro, 28, Sarnia, Ont., (pair) will compete.

Like the competition, the live streaming broadcast of Skate Canada Challenge will be unique and innovative.

Not only will the entire competition be live streamed on SkateCanada.ca, but the broadcast will feature unique, engaging content including features and interviews with current and former athletes, coaches and Skate Canada leaders.

“While we are unable to host our events in the traditional sense at this time, we want to interact with our fans and bring the event to them, in the comfort of their own homes,” added Armstrong.

For more information, please visit the Skate Canada Challenge event page.

They are doing a wonderful job. Wish the USFSA might step up for their 'virtual' competitions as far as production values, etc. I love how they have a pic of each skater with a short bio-very nice and organized, what I wish the USFSA had been able to do. (I have given up finding the names and start order for the Novice ladies for example) I only watched junior ladies so far-and their situation is bleak-Perhaps both the U.S. and Canada ought to regroup if they are going to have contenders for the future.

 

[NanaPat]

They are doing a wonderful job. Wish the USFSA might step up for their 'virtual' competitions as far as production values, etc. I love how they have a pic of each skater with a short bio-very nice and organized, what I wish the USFSA had been able to do. (I have given up finding the names and start order for the Novice ladies for example) I only watched junior ladies so far-and their situation is bleak-Perhaps both the U.S. and Canada ought to regroup if they are going to have contenders for the future.

It's so much like a regular competition that I started to get indignant about them having 5 pairs in a group. "You can't do that, the warm-ups aren't safe with 5 pair. Oh, wait. " It helps that I usually take a break and skip the warm-ups, so I don't miss them.

They could try to get the real-time reactions of the skaters (at home) waiting for their marks, but that might be more trouble than it's worth. The kiss-n-cry is pretty intrusive as it is.