EVENTS
Announcement and Event Descriptions coming soon.

ENTRY DEADLINE
June 15, 2011 (NO LATE ENTRIES ACCEPTED)

ENTRY FEE

ELIGIBILITY
Open to any SGA qualified figure skater or CA resident.

RULES
• Skaters who placed 1st in their event at the 2009 State Games of America, must move up one test level except for those at the Senior level
• Skaters may enter any event at SGA by virtue of placement at the local State Games figure skating competition
• Skaters may enter events at their current test level or one level higher
• Skaters may NOT enter events at a level lower than their current (August 2011) test level
• Skaters may NOT enter both a restricted and unrestricted free skate event
• Skaters holding memberships in both USFS and ISI must skate at the highest level attained
• Skaters are NOT required to skate all events at the same level
• Skaters may NOT enter more than one level in any event
• Decision of the judges is final once results have been posted
• Qualifying and Championship Rounds:
o Will be held for Juvenile through Senior Unrestricted Freeskate if entries warrant
o Will be organized as described in the USFS rule book under Seeding and Qualifying Rounds section 3270-3278
• To order a rulebook from either organization
o US Figure Skating: www.usfigureskating.org or 719-635-5200
o ISI: www.skateisi.org or 972-735-8800

COMPETITION
Groups in solo events will be divided by age. Because events of the US Figure Skating and ISI have been merged into a hybrid format, please read through all event descriptions carefully and thoroughly. Events are necessarily generalized because of the wide diversity currently offered by the individual states. Every effort has been made to provide an equitable event structure that will allow skaters from throughout the United States, whether a US Figure Skating, ISI, or nonaffiliated skater, to compete in a fairly defined method.

Eligibility for all age-restricted events is determined by the skater’s age as of May 15, 2011. The Chief Referee, State Games Figure Skating Commissioner, and California State Chair may elect to combine men’s and ladies’ events or boy’s and girl’s events, with the exception of freeskate and short program events, due to limited entries in the event. All adult events are for skaters 19 years of age and older.

Notes Regarding Individual State Events:
• All events at SGA are solo events except Pairs (must be male/female team), Couples Dance (must be male/female team), Synchronized Team, Team Entertainment, and Theater on Ice/Production.
• Where States provide for similar pairs or duets, skaters must break the pair or duet and skate individually.
• If one partner of a pair or dance team qualifies for participation via an individual event, the partner is automatically qualified to also enter any event.

GOVERNING BODY / JUDGING
This will be a US Figure Skating sanctioned event endorsed by the ISI. Members of US Figure Skating and ISI must be in good standing. US Figure Skating and ISI members must include their US Figure Skating and/or ISI number. US Figure Skating’s ordinal scoring method, the 6.0 system, with separate marks for technical merit and for composition and style will be used. Judging will be by 2/3 US Figure Skating judges and 1/3 ISI judges. Where events include restrictions, judges will be instructed to deduct 1.0 for every element included that is added, repeated, or not permitted. Local members of the artistic community may be used for Showcase, Artistic, and Team Entertainment events but NOT Theater on Ice/Production. The new judging system (IJS), used by US Figure Skating Qualifying competitions, will NOT be used for this competition.

AWARDS
Medals will be awarded to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place skaters.

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