The Niles Park District Iceland Thirty-Eighth Annual Sweetheart Open ISI Team Competition February 10 & 11, 2018 ISI Endorsement - 1-3140- 2017
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ISI Endorsement Niles Park District 8435 W. Ballard 1-3140- 2017 Niles, IL 60714 Phone: 847-297-8010 Fax: 847-298-5768 The Niles Park District IceLand Thirty-Eighth Annual Sweetheart Open ISI Team Competition February 10 & 11, 2018 ISI Endorsement - 1-3140- 2017 Events are offered to all ages - Tots through Adults N I L E S September 2017 Dear Skaters, Parents, and Coaches, The Niles Park District IceLand invites you to participate in the 38th Annual Sweetheart Open Team Competition. The Sweetheart Open Competition will be held on February 10 & 11, 2018 at Niles IceLand. We have lowered the cost on your “additional events” and all competitors will receive a competition T-shirt. We also invite all competitors to take a spin on our covered outdoor rink during an outdoor public skate session offered over the weekend of our competition. We hope that you will support us in our endeavor by choosing to compete at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Sweetheart Open Competition. This year we are excited to bring the competitors two created events, Couples Interpretive and Ensemble On The Spot. We have also added the following three events, Stroking, Spirals, and Spins. Check out the event descriptions included in our competition packet. Grab a friend or two and sign up for the most fun events offered this year. These in additional to all of the other events we offer secure a place in our competition for every skater! Whether you love team, technical, or artistic type events we have a place for you! Enclosed is an information packet with entry forms and everything you need to know about registration, compulsory skills, event descriptions and judges. Applications and payment are due by Monday, January 10, 2018. A competition schedule will be available no later than February 1, 2018. If you have any questions, please call Niles IceLand at 847-297-8010, and I will be happy to help you. The IceLand Staff looks forward to seeing you as a competitor in the 2018 Sweetheart Open. Sincerely, Amy Forbes Skating Director Niles IceLand 847-297-8010 [email protected] DISTRICT 8 REFEREE PANEL District 8 is proud to announce the continued success of the District Referee Panel & Committee Currently in its 7th season the goal of this panel continues to ensure the consistency and quality to all District 8 competitions by enforcing the ISI guidelines and procedures. The members of this panel have gone through training endorsed by the ISI national office. Each referee is a current ISI professional member, gold certified judge, and ISI Certified Referee. Each competition will be supplied with a referee for the duration of their competition to ensure quality judging and rule interpretation. In order to continue supplying each competition with qualified individuals, an additional $2 per competitor and $15 per team is added to each entry fee to support this program. (Some competitions include this fee in their registration fee.) Thank you for supporting the district’s continued efforts to provide fair and positive experiences for all its skaters, parents and coaches. Niles IceLand 38th Annual Sweetheart Open February 10 & 11, 2018 Endorsed by the Ice Skating Institute Endorsement Number: 1-3140- 2017 The Niles Park District with Niles IceLand would like to invite you to the Sweetheart Open Competition on February 10 & 11, 2018 at Niles IceLand, 8435 W. Ballard Rd. in Niles, Illinois. Eligibility Check-in and Registration Events are offered to all ages - Tots through Adults Skaters must register one hour before the scheduled program The competition is open to all skaters who are individual event. CDs must be brought to the registration table during members of the ISI. Skaters should enter in the highest level check-in. CDs should be labeled with the skaters name and level passed and must be registered with ISI by January 10, 2018. and can be picked up at the registration table after the event. USFS skaters are encouraged to participate in the ISI Open Free- There should only be one track on each CD. Skaters should style test levels. ALWAYS have back-up CDs on hand. The schedule will be Enter the registration number and test level (competition level) in sent to the home ice rink and posted online at the appropriate areas on the competition entry form. The skating www.learntoskate.org director and skater’s coach must verify the information with a signature at the bottom of the form. Incomplete or inaccurate forms will not be accepted. Points and Awards– Come with your team! Competitor's names and ISI numbers will be submitted to ISI Participants in all events will earn participation and placement points for their home rink team. The team accumulating the most points will prior to the competition. be the Overall Team Champion of our event. Niles IceLand is not *Skaters cannot compete if tests are not registered and ISI eligible to win the team trophy. Awards can be picked-up at the awards memberships are not current.* table after the event results are posted. Team awards will be presented on the ice following the event. Tot events will be judged and placed Entry forms must be received by January 10, 2018. Niles IceLand accordingly however, all tots will receive a participation award. reserves the right to limit the number of post entries. Individual, Partner and Group events will receive 1 Participation Point NOTE: The 2018 Sweetheart Open Competition will conducted per entry (not per skater) in addition to the Placement Points Below: in strict accordance with the rules and regulations set forth in the 1st Place = 5 Points current 2016 Edition of the ISI Handbook. We suggest that you 2nd Place = 4 Points and your skaters refer to the current publications, which are 3rd Place = 3 Points available from the ISI Office, 6000 Custer Road, Building 9, 4th Place = 2 Points Plano, Texas, 75023, phone 972-735-8800. 5th Place = 1 Point Performance Rules Synchro Teams, Production Teams, and Team Compulsory, entries will All routines begin from a stationary position. The timing of a receive 5 Participation Points plus the Placement Points below: routine begins with ANY action after the music starts. There is a short warm-up before each division skates. 1st Place = 25 Points 2nd Place = 20 Points 3rd Place = 15 Points 4th Place = 10 Points Judges and Coaches 5th Place = 5 Points In accordance to the ISI rules and regulations, ALL COACHES with participating skaters are REQUIRED to be ISI Professional Conversion Chart Members. Any coach attending and/or signing a competitor’s Skaters must pass the ISI tests to compete in any ISI competition event. registration form is expected to judge and be certified to judge at Skaters who have only passed the following USFS tests should refer to the appropriate level. Only certified judges may judge at the 2018 the ISI Conversion Chart as follows: Sweetheart Open Competition. It is the responsibility of each Pre-Preliminary—FS 3/Open Bronze skating director or team coach to ensure that a judge is provided Preliminary—FS 4/Open Silver for no less than (2) hour judging assignments per 1-10 events Pre-Juvenile—FS 4/Open Silver from their facility. Team points will be deducted if this Juvenile—FS 6/Open Gold requirement is not fulfilled. The competition director reserves the Intermediate—FS 6/Open Gold right to deny access to the competition ice door and hospitality Novice—FS 8/Open Platinum room without proper coaching and judging credentials. All Junior & Senior—FS 8/Open Platinum attending coaches must be current ISI professional members. Adult Pre-Bronze—FS 2/Open Bronze Coaches will be contacted for judging times. Team points will be Adult Bronze—FS3/Open Bronze deducted from those teams who do not provide appropriate Adult Silver—FS 4/Open Silver Adult Gold—FS 5/Open Gold judges. Individual Entry Fees All first event entries are $55.00, each additional event will be the $15 per additional event. More events, more fun! All competitors will receive a competition T-shirt. Fun and Exciting CREATED events in 2018!!! These events are considered a "created event" for this competition. The event guidelines and judging criteria will not be found in the ISI Handbook. Couples Interpretive Ensemble On The Spot! *New in 2018* Couples Interpretive Levels: *Groups of 3 to 7 skaters will sign up as a Spirals Low: Alpha-Delta: FS 1 and team. Any level and any age may participate *Skaters should register Below maneuvers. together in this event. for this event based on Bronze: FS 1-3/Bronze: FS 4 *Teams should assign a team captain to lead the their ISI Open level. and Below maneuvers. creative process. *Skaters will perform a Silver: FS 4-5/Silver: FS 6 and FORWARD Spiral on any Below maneuvers. *Teams will get a piece of music, a box of props, edge. *Skater will be Gold: FS 6-7/Gold: FS 8 & a boom box and 15 minutes in a locker room to judged on the spiral posi- Below maneuvers come up with a short ensemble routine. tion and timed for length of Platinum: FS 8-10/Platinum: time held. Any maneuvers. *Teams will then get on the ice and get a 3 *Skaters will go one at a * Levels are the same as couples minute warm-up to warm-up any skills they plan to spotlight. do in their program. time. *There will a short *The penalty for not following the *Teams will then get their music played for them warm-up. limitation on moves the skaters once on the ice so that they can practice what perform during the Couples they have created in the locker room.