US Open Inline Chicago 2010


General Category Info

 

This is the first time this competition is being held with this format. There may be some last minute changes. In addition, we will make adjustments for future competitions and hope to set up a basis of rules for other competitions. Please feel free to make suggestions and comments to info@usfifs.org

 

Eligibility

See General Rules

 

Age Levels

    

All age requirements must be met on the day of the competition.

 

Rules and Scoring

 

Some events are based on U.S. Figure Skating or Ice Skating Institute events or are original events. This will be scored using USARS/FIRS accounting whenever possible for simplicity sake.

 

The USARS/FIRS events are  based on standard USARS/FIRS rules where appropriate and use a 10 or 100 pt scoring system. We have included a summary of relevant rules in the General Rules section. 

 

General

 

Unless further specified below the following age categories will be used for all events. Age categories may be subdivided in the case of a large number of entries. See the General Rules below for more exceptions.

Tot 0 - 6

Pre-teen 7 - 12

Teen 13 - 19

Youth (Dance only) 19 and younger

Adult 20 - and older

 

Adult Subcategories

 

if necessary (Will only be used in cases where there are more than 3 adults in a particular event or at the discretion of the Competition Planning Committee):

 

Adult I 20 - 30

Adult II 31 - 40

Adult III 41 -  50

Adult IV 51 - 60

Adult V 61 and older

Number of Skaters Per Event

 

Category

 

Number of Skaters

 

Solo

 

Male or Female

 

Pair/Couple

 

One Male and One Female

 

Family

 

2+ At least one parent and one child from the same family

 

Small

 

3 - 6

 

Medium

 

7 - 12

 

Large

 

13 - 24

 

Unlimited

 

25+

   

Precision/Sychro

Also  the Competition link for Precision


 

Level

 

Age

 

Length

 

# of Skaters

Novice  

Age 12 & Up

 

4:00 +/- 10

 

8 to 16 plus 2 alternates

 

Junior

 

Age 15 & Younger

 

4:00 +/- 10

 

8 to 16 plus 2 alternates

 

Senior

 

Age 12 & Up

 

5:00 +/- 10

 

12 to 24 plus 4 alternates

Show Categories

Also see the Competition link for Show

 

 

 

Level

 

Age

 

Length

 

# of Skaters

 

Novice

 

Age 12 & Up

 

4:00 +/- 10

 

8 to 16 plus 2 alternates

 

Junior

 15 & Younger  

4:00 +/- 10

 

8 to 16 plus 2 alternates

 

Senior

 12 & Up  

5:00 +/- 10

 

16 to 30 plus 4 alternates


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