50th Volvo Open Cup | Nov 2-5

[gsk8]

The 50th Volvo Open Cup will take place Nov 2-5, 2023, in Riga, Latvia. It will feature the Singles (Women and Men) discipline in the Junior and Senior categories and will be conducted in accordance with the 2022 ISU Constitution and General Regulations, the ISU Special Regulations & Technical Rules for Single & Pair Skating and relevant ISU Communications.

• Official Site
• ISU Event Page
• Announcement
• Entries/Results

 

[Andrea82]

Result page: http://www.kristalice.lv/Results/volvoopencup50th.isu/

Quite a good number of entries.
Stepchenko and Ounasvuri among Women
Aleksander Selevko, Guarino Sabate and Samoilov leading Men event.

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Emilia Murdock's first competition for Spain

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Result page: http://www.kristalice.lv/Results/volvoopencup50th.isu/

And here is the Entries / Results page for the Interclub part of the event:

http://www.kristalice.lv/Results/volvoopencup50th.interclub/

Quite a lot of Nordic and Low Countries skaters competing in the older age Advanced Novice Ladies.

Emilia Murdock's first competition for Spain

And Oliviia Bazlova's first international competition representing Cyprus. She competed in the Cyprus Championships before the pandemic, but when she subsequently started competing internationally, she represented Estonia, the country her coach was based in (she was with Anna Levandi).

I don't actually know a lot about Oliviia. She might actually be from an Estonian family, but equally she might not. All I know is that she is a VERY good skater. She was a regular podium finisher in international competitions at Cubs level last season.

That said, whenever she did competitions in Latvia, she competed at a higher level than she did during the rest of the season. This will be her third time competing in the Volvo Open at Basic Novice level, and she comes in as the Gold Medallist from the 48th edition in January (she didn't compete at the 49th edition in May. She was entered for a domestic competition in Italy that week, but withdrew).

Although the 48th Volvo Open streams have gone private, the streams from the Wolmar Spring Cup in April are still viewable. So, here she is in the Basic Novice FS there, which she also won:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0ZqXgg-GXY&t=29883

Definitely a girl to keep an eye on for the future.

ALL THE BEST OLIVIIA!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

Samoilov and Litvintsev in senior men. I'm already looking forward to this!

 

[norwegianfairytale]

Does anybody have a clue about when it´s actually starting? Result page is a mess it says both the SP and free skates are all tomorrow but no actually schedule

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

Does anybody have a clue about when it´s actually starting? Result page is a mess it says both the SP and free skates are all tomorrow but no actually schedule

"Our" time (Oslo, Vienna)
Women:
SP 3.11.15:50
FS 4.11. 16:10

Men:
SP 3.11. 19:30
FS 4.11. 18:50

Junior Women:
SP 3.11. 11:05
FS 4.11. 11:30

Junior Men:
SP 2.11. 18:30
FS 3.11. 17:30

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

This channel had live streams in the past:

https://www.youtube.com/@iSPLive/streams

 

[norwegianfairytale]

"Our" time (Oslo, Vienna)
Women:
SP 3.11.15:50
FS 4.11. 16:10

Men:
SP 3.11. 19:30
FS 4.11. 18:50

Junior Women:
SP 3.11. 11:05
FS 4.11. 11:30

Junior Men:
SP 2.11. 18:30
FS 3.11. 17:30

Thanks a lot. So only junior men starts tomorrow?

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

Thanks a lot. So only junior men starts tomorrow?

Considering the ISU event, yes, only junior men tomorrow. But there will be some interclub competitions as well.

I actually found a pdf schedule now (originally got the times above from one of my figure skating apps): http://kristalice.lv/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/PTS.Volvo-Open-Cup-50th.pdf

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Grrrrr. No sign of a livestream!!!

I hope they get something sorted out. I want to see my kid Oliviia when she is skating on Sunday!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Day 1 of the Volvo Open Cup consists of three Singles Short Programme competitions. First up, it's an Advanced Novice double-bill. A group of 6 younger girls, followed by a group of 6 boys.

Livestream for the Advanced Novice 2012 And Younger Ladies SP is now on air.

Here is the link for the archived livestream (starts during the Warm-Up):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8mBQThtFqg

Here is the Time Schedule:
http://www.kristalice.lv/Results/vo...ADVNOV--01QUAL000100--_StartListwithTimes.pdf

And here is the live scoring:
http://www.kristalice.lv/Results/volvoopencup50th.interclub/SEG028.htm

Hope this helps

ALL THE BEST EVERYBODY!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

We continue the Advanced Novice double bill, and start a chaos category double-bill, with a group of 6 boys.

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

Here is the link for the archived livestream (starts at 28m 34s):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8mBQThtFqg&t=1714

Here is the Time Schedule:
http://www.kristalice.lv/Results/vo...ADVNOV----QUAL000100--_StartListwithTimes.pdf

And here is the live scoring:
http://www.kristalice.lv/Results/volvoopencup50th.interclub/SEG025.htm

Hope this helps

ALL THE BEST EVERYBODY!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Found the stream at last (just as I had given up and gone back to doing my Senior GP Predictions!):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8mBQThtFqg

It's on the same channel that was doing the Kaunas Ice Autumn Cup a couple of weeks ago:

https://www.youtube.com/@romangotovtshikov3025

Thank you, Roman!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

And we finish our chaos category double-bill, and the day, with the Juniors. 16 of them, arranged into a group of 5 boys; followed by two groups of 6 boys. And since the Time Schedule PDF's aren't working, it's anybody's guess when (or if) there will be a resurfacing.

EDIT: There was a resurfacing after Group 2.​

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

Here is the link for the archived livestream (starts at 1h 22m 55s):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8mBQThtFqg&t=4975

Here is the Time Schedule:
http://www.kristalice.lv/Results/vo...JUNIOR----QUAL000100--_StartListwithTimes.pdf

And here is the live scoring:
http://www.kristalice.lv/Results/volvoopencup50th.isu/SEG005.htm

Hope this helps

ALL THE BEST EVERYBODY!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[sk8coachus]

Found the stream at last (just as I had given up and gone back to doing my Senior GP Predictions!):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8mBQThtFqg

It's on the same channel that was doing the Kaunas Ice Autumn Cup a couple of weeks ago:

https://www.youtube.com/@romangotovtshikov3025

Thank you, Roman!!!

CaroLiza_fan

Will this link work for tomorrow’s events? And what time is Senior Women and Men in EST?

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Will this link work for tomorrow’s events? And what time is Senior Women and Men in EST?

Put it like this, I hope the channel link will work!

Seriously, yeah it will. Here is today's link (starts broadcasting in an hour from now):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnJLclyRLGs

That guy has been doing a great job streaming competitions for us for years.

As for the times, the Senior Ladies SP starts at 16:25 EET, which is 09:25 EST. And the Senior Men's SP starts at 21:10 EET, which is 14:10 EST.

Hope this helps

CaroLiza_fan

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Sorry, wrong thread.

It was bound to happen at some stage!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

We start Day 2 with an Advanced Novice double-bill. First up, the girls. But, it is a different set of girls to what we saw yesterday. 28 older girls, arranged into two groups of 7; followed by a resurfacing (presumably); followed by two groups of 7.

Livestream for the Advanced Novice 2008-2011 Ladies SP is now on air.

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

Here is the Time Schedule:
http://www.kristalice.lv/Results/vo...ADVNOV----QUAL000100--_StartListwithTimes.pdf

And here is the live scoring:
http://www.kristalice.lv/Results/volvoopencup50th.interclub/SEG027.htm

Hope this helps

ALL THE BEST EVERYBODY!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

We stay with the Advanced Novices, but go back to the boys that started off last night. A group of 6 of them.

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

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

Here is the Time Schedule:
http://www.kristalice.lv/Results/vo...ADVNOV----FNL-000100--_StartListwithTimes.pdf

And here is the live scoring:
http://www.kristalice.lv/Results/volvoopencup50th.interclub/SEG026.htm

Hope this helps

ALL THE BEST EVERYBODY!!!

CaroLiza_fan