Eligibility Rules Texts

Eligibility Rules

• Competition events are open to any Individual or Professional member of ISI/ISIAsia whose membership is current up to and including the end date of the competition.
• All competitors must compete at their highest level passed and comply with all equivalency chart levels. All tests must be registered with the ISIAsia by May 29, 2017.
• All competitors must represent a current ISI/ISIAsia Administrative Member rink, club or skating school. It is permissible to represent one Administrative member for individual/partner events and a different Administrative member for team/group events. If less than 5 skaters from your home rink team are participating in a particular competition event, those skaters can choose to represent a different member facility for that competition event.
• Skaters in Pre Alpha-Delta may not compete in Figure 1, Freestyle 1, Bronze Freestyle, Free Dance 1, Couple 1, Pair 1, or
  Bronze Pair. Skaters who have passed Freestyle 1, Bronze Freestyle, Free Dance 1, Figure 1, Couple 1, Pair 1 or Open Pair can no longer compete in Pre-Alpha – Delta events.
• Any skater wishing to compete in Artistic, Footwork, Interpretive, Spotlight, etc. is still required to pass and register a test level
  (i.e. Pre-Alpha – Delta, traditional Freestyle or Open Freestyle) to determine the level for those event entries.
  If the Open Freestyle tests are passed based on the skater’s current USFS test level, the Pre-Alpha – Delta and traditional Freestyle tests are not required.
• Members of other organizations are eligible and welcome to compete in ISI/ISIAsia competitions as long as they are Individual Members of ISI/ISIAsia and have all their ISI tests passed and registered with the ISIAsia office. For requirements of the minimum ISI test level on which USFS skaters must compete, see chart below:

* These are minimum requirements. Coaches should check the skaters’ program content to decide the best level for crossover

competition events.

• Skaters are expected to compete at their true ability level and to uphold ethical standards. All entry forms must be signed by a current ISI/ISIAsia Professional member to verify the correct test level.
• Females and males are separated in most technical events, but may be combined in Artistic, Dance, Figures, Footwork, Interpretive, Jump & Spin, Rhythmic, Solo Compulsories, Spotlight, Stroking, Surprise and team events.
• Skate Malaysia 2017 competition use the first day of the competition as the age cut-off for grouping individual skaters and the previous July 1 of the current competition season (July 1 – June 30) for synchronized team events.
• Vocal music is permitted for all ISI competition events. There is no penalty for skating under any prescribed program duration time.

Please download PDF as below:

SM2017 – Eligibility Rules