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Team Challenge Cup (new event in 2016)
Team Challenge Cup (new ISU-sanctioned event in 2016): format and dates [now Apr 22-24]
Re the new "Figure Skating Challenge Cup (invitational)" event (in TBA, USA) that had showed up on the 2015-16 ISU calendar PDF published in May:
Mods:
I purposely am posting this thread in The Edge because the event and the format are new.
Not intending this thread to serve as the competition thread.
Team Challenge Cup (new ISU-sanctioned event in 2016): format and dates [now Apr 22-24]
ETA (on Apr 25, 2016) for future reference:
... The event, organized by U.S. Figure Skating, is an International Skating Union-sanctioned international event. The scores earned during the head-to-head competition will not count toward ISU’s personal or season’s best. ...
http://www.goldenskate.com/2016/04/2016-team-challenge-men/ (Apr 23, 2016)
Re the new "Figure Skating Challenge Cup (invitational)" event (in TBA, USA) that had showed up on the 2015-16 ISU calendar PDF published in May:
The dates in the ISU doc are Apr 15-17, 2016.
And the same dates are on the ISU event page for the comp:
ETA (on Mar 12):
What seems to be the same comp is described in an article today -- which has some format details as well as new dates (emphasis added).
And the same dates are on the ISU event page for the comp:
USA Invitational Challenge Cup (invitational)
15 - 17 Apr 2016
TBD, United States
http://www.isu.org/en/single-and-pa...4/usa-invitational-challenge-cup-invitational (now-obsolete URL; new one has been added below)
15 - 17 Apr 2016
TBD, United States
http://www.isu.org/en/single-and-pa...4/usa-invitational-challenge-cup-invitational (now-obsolete URL; new one has been added below)
ETA (on Dec 23):
The URL for the ISU event page has changed to:
The announcement for the comp is posted there (thanks to TheGrandSophy for flagging):
The announcement for the comp is posted there (thanks to TheGrandSophy for flagging):
The latest and greatest URL for the ISU event page is:
What seems to be the same comp is described in an article today -- which has some format details as well as new dates (emphasis added).
In brief: Spokane a finalist for ice-skating event
Spokane is in the running to host the first Team Challenge Cup from April 22-24 in 2016.
In the Team Challenge, skaters will compete for one of three teams: Team North America, Team Europe or Team Asia.
Each team will have three women, three men, two pair teams and two ice dancer teams, according to a letter from U.S. Figure Skating.
Participants will be selected after the 2016 World Figure Skating Championships.
... U.S. Figure Skating will announce the winning city in September.
http://m.spokesman.com/stories/2015/jul/18/in-brief-spokane-a-finalist-for-ice-skating-event/ (Jul 18)
Spokane is in the running to host the first Team Challenge Cup from April 22-24 in 2016.
In the Team Challenge, skaters will compete for one of three teams: Team North America, Team Europe or Team Asia.
Each team will have three women, three men, two pair teams and two ice dancer teams, according to a letter from U.S. Figure Skating.
Participants will be selected after the 2016 World Figure Skating Championships.
... U.S. Figure Skating will announce the winning city in September.
http://m.spokesman.com/stories/2015/jul/18/in-brief-spokane-a-finalist-for-ice-skating-event/ (Jul 18)
Mods:
I purposely am posting this thread in The Edge because the event and the format are new.
Not intending this thread to serve as the competition thread.
ETA, turns out the Spokane Spokesman site originally got the dates wrong .
A different version of the article from what I originally posted now gives the dates as "April 22-24 in 2016."
This OP originally quoted the incorrect dates of Aug 3-7, 2016, as published on the Spokesman site.
This article was corrected on July 18, 2015 to correct the dates of the event. They initially were incorrect due to an editor’s error.
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2015/jul/17/spokane-finalist-host-new-ice-skating-championship/
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2015/jul/17/spokane-finalist-host-new-ice-skating-championship/
This OP originally quoted the incorrect dates of Aug 3-7, 2016, as published on the Spokesman site.
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