20-21 Japan National Novice Championship

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The 2020-21 season Japan National Novice Championship

National Novice Championship (第24回全日本ノービス選手権大会)
Date: Oct 24~25
Location: Mebashi, Gumma
Entries/Result page: (In English)

Novice A-ladies (protocol)
1. Mao Shimada 108.42 (3A<< attempt with a fall, but the rest of the program went on well)
2. Ayumi Shibayama 107.30
3. Ami Nakai 102.03 (3Aq attempt with a fall, and the only podiumed skater not from Kinoshita Academy/M. Hamada)

Novice A-men (protocol)
1. Rio Nakata
2. Seiko Tauchi
3. Hikari Sato

The NvA ladies' skaters were probably of the highest level in the recent years...all podiumed skaters got FS scores over 100.

 

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This is an interesting generation.

 

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Adding the result from Novice Ice dance: (protocol)

1. Kida/Morita
2. Yoshida/Ogahara (coached by Cathy Reed, both skaters also participated in single skater categories)
3. Yamamoto/ Fukuoka

Also, it is announced that the following skaters will be invited to Junior Nationals:

Ladies: Shimada, Shibayama, Nakai, Kushida
Men: Nakata, Tauchi, Sato