ARTISTIC SKATING WORLD CUP

PESARO –

CATEGORIES SHOW GROUP AND PRECISION

FROM 07 TO 11 NOVEMBER 2018

BULLETIN N°01

DATE 31/07/2018

ARTISTIC SKATING WORLD CUP: SHOW GROUP AND PRECISION

Dear Sirs,

We welcome you to the Artistic Skating World Cup: Show groups and precision. This World Cup aims to propose a format for a trophy at a world level for the specialty Entertainment Groups and Precision.

It is a competition that does not replace the World Championships but provides a format to allow participation in an international competency, to those groups that fail to reach the top of the World Championships or the Continental Championships or who do not even participate but which have a level admissible at an international level.

LOCATION

The event will take place in the city of (Italy), at the Adriatic Arena.

Adriatic Arena is strategically located on , on the Adriatic Coast. It is easily reachable from North to South Italy; 4 km far from Pesaro downtown and beach, 3 km far from Pesaro railway station and 2 km from A14 highway exit.

BY CAR A14 Highway Bologna-Taranto – Pesaro-Urbino exit

BY TRAIN Pesaro is connected with every city from North to South. Check your train timetable here www..com

BY PLAIN Bologna International Airport Guglielmo Marconi Airport / BLQ Distance: approx. 150 Km (A14 Highway) (+39) 051 6479615 www.bologna-airport.it

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LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: USEFUL CONTACTS

You can send an e mail to the following e-mail addresses and request more information regarding:

• Information for the public: [email protected] • Communication Management with the media: [email protected] • Communication with all the delegations: [email protected] • Relationship with sponsors, suppliers and others: [email protected]

OFFICIAL WEBSITE

Visit the official website of the event to find even more details about the World Cup: www.aswcpesaro.it

ACCOMODATION AND TRANSPORTATION

The Local Organizing Committee has chosen 3 to 5-star hotels in a single cluster.

We invite you to contact the LOC to get the best accommodation and meals proposal in the official hotels.

Download the Annex 1 to find the delegations booklet with more details about the accommodation, facilities, location and meals.

Transportation to and from the airport and shuttle on site will be guaranteed only for the delegations who book an official hotel through the LOC.

REGULATION

These are the rules and constraints for the National Federation organizing and for participation in the Cup.

- The specialties admitted and the timing of their programs are the following:

• Promotional Quartets 3:00 mins +/- 10 secs • Promotional Groups (min 6-max 12 skaters) 3:30-4:00 mins +/- 10 secs 3

• Youth Quartets 3:00 mins +/- 10 secs • Youth Groups (min 8-max 16 skaters) 3:30 mins +/- 10 secs • Quartets 3:00 mins +/- 10 secs • Small Groups 4:30 – 5:00 mins +/- 10 secs • Large Groups 4:30 – 5:00 mins +/- 10 secs • Precision Junior (min 12-max 16 skaters) 4:00 mins +/- 10 secs (World Skate 2017) • Precision Senior 4:30 mins +/- 10 secs

- The duration of the Cup is 5 days (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday). - Each National Federation can register 5 groups for each specialty except for Promotional Quartets and Groups that is open with no limits. The hosting nation can enter 7 groups each speciality. These groups will participate for the membership club. - The competition of Promotional Quartets and Promotional Groups runs out on the first day. Thursday and Friday are dedicated to qualifying for Youth Quartets, Youth Groups, Quartets, Small Groups, Large Groups, Precision Junior, Precision Senior0. - The current World Champions will be eligible for the final. In addition to those entitled, each national federation can bring up to 5 groups per specialty. - For the International categories there is a cash prize for the first three classified. - A special prize is provided for the promotional categories. - In the final the first 6 of the classifications will be admitted. - Precision Senior will be judge with the new Roll Art system.

REGISTRATION

The registration will be available through the official online platform that will open on September 17th at 00:00 AM (European time) and will close on October 21st at 11:59 PM.

The World Skate will send you the link to the Platform and the User Guide with the next bulletin.

Promotional groups and quartets shall get in touch with their own N ational Federation in order to register to the event.

For any further information regarding the registration process, please contact us at [email protected].

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ENTRY FEE

Each participating athlete will pay the following fee: 40 USD and 30 USD for the promotional groups.

Fees must be paid without additional bank expenses (free of charge) to World Skate at the following bank account:

WORLD SKATE BENEFICIARY: WORLD SKATE UBS Lausanne BANK ACCOUNT: 0243-186105.61M IBAN: CH580024324318610561M BIC: UBSWCHZH80A REASON OF PAYMENT (mandatory): WC Pesaro 2018

THE PRIZE

We are happy to announce that for the first time for an Artistic Skating World Cup, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd positions from categories: Youth, Junior and Senior will receive a money award.

PROGRAM

You can find the competition program in the following link: http://www.worldskate.org/artistic/events- artistic/competitions/event/14.html

VISA

For all those who will need to apply for an entry visa in Italy these are the general requirements*:

- Valid Passport - Return flight ticket - Documentation of the place of accommodation in Italy

*Please consider these requirements might change from country to country, so please check the requirements with the Italian consulate/embassy of your country. 5

Should you need any assistance to obtain an Italian entry visa or an invitation letter please contact: [email protected]

ANTIDOPING CONTROL

The anti-doping control will be carried out according to World Skate Medical Regulations and WADA Rules.

More details are forthcoming.

We look forward to seeing you in Italy!

Best Regards,

Nicola Genchi Roberto Marotta Artistic Technical Commission Secretary General Chairman

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