Australian National Championships, 02–09 December 2017

notunprepared said:

I'm confused by all the different competitions. So there are two ways to split it, by age and then by difficulty.

What's the difference between intermediate and adult categories?

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karne said:

Intermediate is for those skaters who have aged out of Basic Novice A (as I understand it) but haven't yet passed their Advanced Novice test. (Basic Novice A used to be Primary, I think).

Adult skating is a different category entirely on its own for those skaters who started at/returned to skating at a more...advanced age. In Adult Silver, they are split by age as well.

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notunprepared said:

Ah so novice and intermediate are for young people who've been skating for ages, but not good enough for juniors. And adults is for...adults who picked it up later, or aged out of the 'prime' age for competitive skating. That's such a cool thing for the sport to have, and to have at a national competition level. Another reason why figure skating is a great sport.

Thanks for clarifying that for me!

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karne said:

Whoa hold up, that's not what I said.

The tests are done in level order. Once upon a time it was Preliminary, Elementary, Pre-Primary, Primary, Intermediate (if you were too old for Primary), Novice, Junior, Senior.

Now it's Preliminary, Elementary, Basic Novice A, Basic Novice B, Intermediate (if you are too old for Basic Novice), Advanced Novice, Junior, Senior. This brings us more into line with the international levels.

Basic Novice is a level, but it does have an upper age limit, which is why there is Intermediate, for the skaters that are too old for Basic Novice - and that doesn't mean they're too old altogether, the upper cap for Basic Novice is 15. Intermediate is not actually a test, but just a competition level, for a skater that might be older than 15 but hasn't yet passed their Advanced Novice test.

Your definition of Adult is correct. There are also two Adult competitive categories that aren't at Nationals - Pewter or Copper (which is no test), and Bronze (which is Preliminary).

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karne said:

Adult, Synchro, and Basic Novice A - Senior.

Entries/live results/protocols

LIVE STREAM ON ISQ FACEBOOK PAGE (click the "video" tab)

Schedule is over here


Starts today with Synchro.

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anonymoose_au said:

Ooo neat thanks for the links Karne!

I just went there now and was expecting to see some men, but they were nowhere in sight! Then I realised that Queenslanders are stuck in the past during summer and I was an hour early

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anonymoose_au said:

And now it's time for the oldies (aka 35+)

I wonder who's the oldest in the field.

Also are all these ladies in black?

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peese said:

I'm all ready to watch Jr Mens' and Ladies SP. Anybody else??

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karne said:

Some very strong performances in the ladies' tonight, and I thought Giuseppe was on fire in the men's. Lots of bold risks taken.

Did you watch the ice dance, peese?

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peese said:

Hey karne! Sorry for the late response. I missed the dance...fell asleep. Hope it went well. I havent checked protocals yet but was surprised Rose didn't win Junior SP yesterday! Just watched Novice Men and waiting for the ladies to start. The skaters are really upping their technical content! Love my Australian Nationals livestream every year!

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iskate said:

Does anyone know why the stream for Advanced Novice SP isn't up to view retrospectively? Or am I just blind? I missed the livestream as I was working, really wanted to watch though because I have a few friends in the division :sad4:

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