Susie's Precision Page

News

Dr Richard Porter, the inventor of precision skating died on December 18th 1997. For more information or to send a card to his family, click here.

What Is Precision Skating?

First I suppose I should give a brief explanation as to what precision skating, or precision team skating as it is officially known, actually is. Precision skating ' involves a team of twelve to twenty four skaters skating various manoeuvres and formations to music of the team's own choice ... Precision refers to the importance of unison, accuracy of formations and synchronisation of the team.'

In Great Britain there are 4 levels of competition: Novice, Junior, Senior and Adult, although there are no British Championships at the Adult level.

Members of a novice team must be under 15 years of age on 1st July preceding the competition, novice teams only skate one programme. The number of team members (not including reserves) has to be between 12 and 24.

Members of a junior team must be over 12 years of age, but under 19 on 1st July preceding the competition, and skate two programmes, a short programme, lasting 2 minutes 40 seconds,and a long programme, lasting 4 minutes. The number of team members (not including reserves) has to be between 12 and 20.

Members of a senior team must be over 12 years of age on 1st July preceding the competition and the team skate two programmes, a short programme lasting 2 minutes 40 seconds, and a long programme lasting 4 minutes 30 seconds. The number of members has to be between 16 and 24.

British Championships 1999

Senior Champions - Team Champagne, Lee Valley

Junior Champions - Ice Jems, Lee Valley

Novice Champions - Ice Precise, Bracknell

International Competitions 1998/1999 Season

Results from these competitions can be found via the ISU Page as well as the competition web pages.

Date Event Location

7-9 January Snowflake International Warwick, RI, USA

15-17 January Precision Canada Competition Mississuaga, Canada

4-7 February French Cup International Rouen, France

11-14 February Spring Cup Milan, Italy

26-28 March Dan Cup Copenhagen, Denmark

18-21 March Neuchâtel Trophy Neuchâtel, Switzerland

8-11 April World Challenge Cup Göteborg, Sweden

Date	Event	Location
7-9 January	Snowflake International	Warwick, RI, USA
15-17 January	Precision Canada Competition	Mississuaga, Canada
4-7 February	French Cup International	Rouen, France
11-14 February	Spring Cup	Milan, Italy
26-28 March	Dan Cup	Copenhagen, Denmark
18-21 March	Neuchâtel Trophy	Neuchâtel, Switzerland
8-11 April	World Challenge Cup	Göteborg, Sweden

International Competitions 1999/2000 Season

If you know of any international competitions not listed here, please email me

Date Event Location

28-30 January Finlandia Cup Helsinki, Finland

3-6 February Coupe Internationale Rouen, France

10-13 February Spring Cup Milan, Italy

4-5 March Dan Cup Copenhagen, Denmark

16-18 March Neuchâtel Trophy Neuchâtel, Switzerland

5-8 April World Championships Minneapolis, USA

Date	Event	Location
28-30 January	Finlandia Cup	Helsinki, Finland
3-6 February	Coupe Internationale	Rouen, France
10-13 February	Spring Cup	Milan, Italy
4-5 March	Dan Cup	Copenhagen, Denmark
16-18 March	Neuchâtel Trophy	Neuchâtel, Switzerland
5-8 April	World Championships	Minneapolis, USA

Links

Here are some links to other pages about precision skating:

Firstly, a precision skating bulletin board
Precision Skating on the WWW
House of Precision Skating by Skating Dad!!
Road to the Gold
Precision Skating in Canada
The ISU's precision index
Jennifer's Shrine to Precision Skating
Canadian Synchronized Skating
Sandra Wardell's Precision Skating Site
Secrets of Great Skating - Precision
A Precision Skating Fan Page

also ... some non-precision skating pages

TEAM LINKS - I've added lots of team links recently!

susie_jackson22@hotmail.com

Please feel free to email me at the above address with any comments, questions or suggestions.

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Last updated 14th September 1999

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