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2024 Tallink Hotels Cup | Feb 15-18

Right, we re-convene tomorrow at 08:00 EET for the Advanced Novices starting their campaign.

The second skater to go tomorrow is an Austrian girl, @CrazyKittenLady. ;)

CaroLiza_fan
 
Oh, I nearly forgot a story I wanted to tell you.

I've clearly been spending too much time with @norwegianfairytale today.

During the last resurfacing, I was looking at the website for the company owned by the parents of one of my skaters. It's a property development company, and I was noseying at what they were building.

And when I clicked on the page to contact for more information (just to see what came up), an online form appeared. And the box to put your phone number into was predicting a Norwegian phone number.

I have no idea why, because there are no connections whatsoever between Norway and me, the company, or the development.

[Insert "Twilight Zone" music]

CaroLiza_fan
 
What you are wishing for is actually the opposite of what I would want. Having so many events in in the one region in such a short space of time is a nightmare. The point I was making is that they should have been more spread out through the season.

Don't get me wrong, I am all for having more international events in North America. But not all of them in a the space of a month or two. Have a few weeks in between each of them, so that skaters that want to take advantage of them being relatively nearby and do as many as possible can get the chance to rest after one before starting to prepare for the next one.

CaroLiza_fan
yeah but North America is a little larger than the Baltics... you could have 5 events within one month in completely different regions and all of them could cater to specific training areas...

Just in Canada, you could have one in Montreal, with CQÉ or ACI, and all the international teams training at IAM... the dance event was spectacular already... pairs were not too shabby either.

Then you could have an event in the Toronto region. With Oakville pairs, TCC single skaters, London's IAM, Scarborough dance teams et the many single skaters training in that area... and of course the many that could come from down south and the Great Lakes region (Chicago, Detroit, etc)

You could have an event on the West Coast as well. Nothing much happening there in pairs and dance (Vancouver) but there are single skaters and many from California could attend too. People from Japan and Korea may fly in.

In the USA, there are even more options that are viable. West Coast, Colorado, Chicago, Detroit, Boston, NYC, even further down south like Vegas and Florida could work out.

I don't see a problem at all, even if 4-5 events were to happen within the span of a month or so. BTW, this is exactly what does happen with the summer regional competitions. You get one in BC, then one in Alberta, then there are the US ones as well, and of course, the Ontario and Quebec series. All of this happens within 6-8 weeks. The difference is that they are just local competitions... well guess how "local" CQÉ was this year when i attended it... It was pretty awesome to see some teams from all over the place.

The sport is organized differently in North America with the large training centers. In Europe, skaters can travel a bit easier to let's say the Baltics.... but what if the competitions were organized specifically where skaters train, in those large North American areas? It would be cheaper for the skaters and would give them a chance to compete and earn tech minimums and whatever.
 
Day 2 begins with an Advanced Novice triple-bill. 1 boy; followed by 18 older girls; followed by 16 younger girls.

Livestream for the Advanced Novice Men's SP is now on air.

Here is the link for the livestream:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX_yuwTH7fc

Here is the Time Schedule:
https://current.fsresults.info/2023...ADVNOV----QUAL000100--_StartListwithTimes.pdf

And here is the live scoring:
https://current.fsresults.info/2023-2024/THC2024CLUB/SEG003.htm

Hope this helps

:cheer: ALL THE BEST ILYA!!! :cheer:

CaroLiza_fan
 
When I saw the boy dressed up in a full suit, I would never have guessed that it was going to be an Addams Family programme. But, I suppose he was portraying Lurch.

That said, I've never seen Lurch so animated! :laugh:

Yes, I enjoyed that.

He scores 37.08.

Bring on the girls!

CaroLiza_fan
 
We continue our Advanced Novice triple-bill by moving from the boys to the older girls. 18 girls, arranged into three groups of 6.

Livestream for the Advanced Novice Ladies 2010 And Older SP is now on air.

Here is the link for the livestream:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX_yuwTH7fc

Here is the Time Schedule:
https://current.fsresults.info/2023...ADVNOV--01QUAL000100--_StartListwithTimes.pdf

And here is the live scoring:
https://current.fsresults.info/2023-2024/THC2024CLUB/SEG006.htm

Hope this helps

:cheer: ALL THE BEST EVERYBODY!!! :cheer:

CaroLiza_fan
 
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Looks like skater #2, Eva LAMPPU (FIN), is a withdrawal.

So straight onto skater #3, Alina SUDBINA (EST).

Actually, it's taking a long time for them to call her after announcing that Eva had withdrawn.

Come on, surely they are not going to wait out the whole of Eva's slot. I haven't had my breakfast yet! I could be doing with an extra few minutes during the resurfacing to get ready...

No, they've finally called her.

CaroLiza_fan
 
That was sad, seeing Iiris KERÄNEN (FIN) sitting on her own, and going into fourth and last position. (Her Espoo club team-mate was next to skate, so the coach was with her).

But she stayed on the sofa for Emilia PELLONMAA (FIN) getting her results, and the two of them were having great craic. And then the coach joined them, and there was barely enough room on the sofa for the three of them. It was so funny! :laugh:

Emilia went into 2nd position.

The next skater, Glafira USPENSKA (LAT), was also sitting on her own because her Jelgava club team-mate, Megija FOGELMANE, was next to skate. However, there is a Warm-Up between them. So you would have thought that the coach could have joined her. Assuming that they do have a coach with them.

She went into 4th position, 2.31 points ahead of Keränen.

CaroLiza_fan
 
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Sorry, Florent. I preferred what you were wearing yesterday.

But, your skater, Milana MOZEIKO (FRA), has just gone into a massive 12.12 point lead. And that is the main thing.

CaroLiza_fan
 
I'm still trying to decide whether I like that orchestra version of "Paint It, Black" or not. I'm really torn.

But, the rink DJ is really on the ball this morning. Straight after Maria-Michelle BARTENEVA (EST) skated to that cover of a Rolling Stones song, they played "Moves Like Jagger" by Maroon 5.

That's interesting. Isabel SAKS (EST) who skated before her, stuck around on the sofa to support Maria-Michelle. But, they had different coaches with them. Although, I just checked, and they do actually belong to the same club, Cascade.

Maria-Michelle goes into 5th position, two positions ahead of Isabel.

CaroLiza_fan
 
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And we open the final group with the first wrong music of the day.

And such a contrast in music it was too!

Matilda KOPPEL (EST) goes into 3rd. But she oesn't look particularly happy.

Have to say, I love the name of the club she belongs to - Arabesk.

CaroLiza_fan
 
Yes, Natasha JERMALICKA (LAT)! That is exactly the sort of costume that somebody should be wearing if they are skating to Stravinski's "Firebird".

Extra points for interpretation, please!

And she has two team-mates and a coach with her. But because the sofa is so small, one of the team-mates is having to stand behind it.

Natasha is the only skater from the Kaskads club in this competition. So I assume the girls with her are the two skaters from the club that are in the younger Advanced Novice competition that is coming up next.

She goes into 10th position.

CaroLiza_fan
 
Awww. Alexandra Marii PETTA (EST) had all three of her Cascade club team-mates on the sofa with her (and they fitted!) :love:

This is why I love competitions in Estonia. The skaters are so supportive of each other!

She goes into 12th position.

CaroLiza_fan
 
We complete our Advanced Novice triple-bill by moving from the older girls to the younger girls. 16 girls, arranged into two groups of 8.

Livestream for the Advanced Novice Ladies 2011 And Younger SP is now on air.

Here is the link for the livestream:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX_yuwTH7fc

Here is the Time Schedule:
https://current.fsresults.info/2023...ADVNOV----QUAL000100--_StartListwithTimes.pdf

And here is the live scoring:
https://current.fsresults.info/2023-2024/THC2024CLUB/SEG005.htm

Hope this helps

:cheer: ALL THE BEST EVERYBODY!!! :cheer:

CaroLiza_fan
 
Due to running back and forth to the kitchen to out toast on, I'm running one skater behind.

I only just noticed that the Tedersoos are in this competition. But, they are in different groups. So, you won't get the full effect of just how alike they are. (I still reckon they're identical twins, but I don't actually know).

Emma is the first of them to skate today, at #4, while Loore skates at #12.

Last week in Lõunakeskus, Emma was 12th in the SP with a score of 26.10, while Loore was 6th in the SP with a score of 27.81.

So it will be interesting to compare the scores, and see if one copes better with doing back-to-back competitions than the other.

CaroLiza_fan
 
Ach, Emma was sitting all on her own. And it's not as if she has a team-mate coming up next, because she and Loore are the only skaters from their club in this competition.

Ah, the coach is standing out of camera shot. Because he just reached in and handed Emma the doll of herself that we saw last week.

I hope he isn't hiding because of me saying last week that he looked very stoney faced after both of the girls did their SP's. (I did point out that he looked happier after the Free Skates!)

She goes into 3rd position with a score of 27.09 points. So, 0.99 points higher than last week.

CaroLiza_fan
 
Wow! What a programme from Skater #7!

First of all, I loved that rendition of "Ochi Chernye". And the skating was so impressive. Even more so when you consider how tiny the girl is!

She goes into the lead. And deservedly so.

Mind you, neither she nor her coach look very happy. It's not Anna Levandi with her, it's one of the Nekrassovas (I can never remember which of Jekaterina and Anna is which).

Hang on, I just realised. This girl is a Nekrassova as well! I take it she is a relative.

CaroLiza_fan
 
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Oh no. The Latvian skater that finished off Group 1 was crying her eyes out the whole way through the highlights. But, she managed to compose herself when they went full screen.

No, she's started again. And it got worse when the scores were announced.

:ghug:

She went into 6th position, level on points with the Lithuanian in 5th position.

Interestingly, the Latvian's TES was exactly the same as the Lithuanian's PCS.

CaroLiza_fan
 
Boys this takes me back to the days of the Compulsory Dances! "Cotton Eyed Joe"!

I can tell you what, this programme from Annika PELLONMAA (FIN) was a lot more fun!

And she goes into a 3.78 point lead!

Now for the second of the Tedersoos.

CaroLiza_fan
 
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