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The 2009 NHK Trophy will be conducted in accordance with the ISU Constitution and General Regulations 2008, the ISU Special Regulations & Technical Rules Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance 2008 and all relevant ISU Communications.
Participation in the 2009 NHK Trophy is open to Competitors who belong to an ISU Member and qualify with regard to eligibility according to ISU Constitutions and General Regulations Rule 102, provided their ages fall within the limits specified in ISU Rule 108, paragraph 2.b) and they meet the participation, citizenship and residency requirement in ISU Rule 109, and ISU Communication No. 1420 or any update of this Communication. Entries can only be made through the ISU Members. With reference to the Announcement of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2009/2010 the event is only open to invited competitors.
In accordance with Rule 109 of the ISU General Regulations and ISU Communication 1420, all skaters who do not have the nationality of the Member by which they have been entered or who, although having such nationality, have in the past represented another Member, must produce an ISU Clearance Certificate. Passports of the skaters, as well as the ISU Clearance Certificate, if applicable, must to be presented at the accreditation of each individual event and the Final for verification. |
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| Technical Data |
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| Place: |
main arena:
Big Hat (3-22-2 Wakasato, Nagano City , 380-0928 Japan )
(an indoor ice-rink with the ice surface of 60m x 30 m, air-conditioned and heated); |
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Short Program |
The prescribed elements to be skated are those listed in ISU Technical Rule Single and Pair Skating 2008, Rule 510, para 1 and 2 and the respective ISU Communication.
Duration: max. 2 min., 50 sec., but may be less |
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Free Skating |
In accordance with ISU Technical Rules Single and Pair Skating 2008, Rule 520 and the respective ISU Communication.
Duration: 4 min., 30 sec., +/- 10 sec. |
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| Ladies: |
Short Program |
The prescribed elements to be skated are those listed in ISU Technical Rules Single and Pair Skating 2008, Rule 510, para 1 and 2 and the respective ISU Communication.
Duration: max. 2 min., 50 sec., but may be less |
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Free Skating |
In accordance with ISU Technical Rules Single and Pair Skating 2008, Rule 520 and the respective ISU Communication.
Duration: 4 min., +/- 10 sec. |
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| Pairs: |
Short Program |
The prescribed elements to be skated are those listed in ISU Technical Rules Single and Pair Skating 2008, Rule 513, para 2 and 3, group A and the respective ISU Communication.
Duration: max. 2 min., 50 sec., but may be less; |
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Free Skating |
In accordance with ISU Technical Rules Single and Pair Skating 2008, Rule 521 and the respective ISU Communication.
Duration: 4 min., 30 sec., +/- 10 sec. |
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| Ice Dance: |
Compulsory Dance |
The following Compulsory Dance will be skated:
“Tango Romantica”
The official ISU Compulsory Dance music will be used. |
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Original Dance |
In accordance with ISU Technical Rules Ice Dance 2008, Rule 609 and all pertinent ISU Communications.
The rhythm for the Original Dance is the
“Folk / Country Dance”
Any type of folk /country dance music or typical dance of the country can be used. For the chosen type, there are no restrictions on the number of musical selections. Although the dance may consist of different musical selections ? fast and/or slow ? there must be a consistent theme based on a specific country or region.
Vocal music is permitted. Variation of tempo within one selection of music is permitted. Each selection of music may have a different tempo.
Duration: 2 min., 30 sec., +/- 10 sec. |
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Free Dance |
In accordance with ISU Technical Rule Ice Dance 2008 , Rule 610 and all pertinent ISU Communication. For the value of the required elements and components see the respective ISU Communication.
Duration: 4 min. +/- 10 sec.
ISU Technical Rules Ice Dance 2008 , Rule 610 paragraph 2 (required elements) and the respective ISU Communication must be observed. |
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| ENTRIES |
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3.1 ) Entries of Competitors by Number
In accordance with the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2009/2010 announcement entries can only be made for skaters/couples who are qualified and/or selected for invitation. The confirmation of the entries must be submitted by August 15, 2009 latest to
NHK Trophy Organizing Committee
1-1-1, Jinnan, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
150-8050 Japan
fax: +81 3 3481 2350
e-mail: info@skatingjapan.or.jp |
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ISU Secretariat
Chemin de Primerose 2
CH - 1007 Lausanne
fax: +41 21 612 66 77
e-mail: entries@isu.ch (new)
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Peter Krick
Chair Sports Directorate
Am Schorn 38
D-82327 Tutzing
fax: +49 8158 928 650
e-mail: peter.krick@eventint.com |
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3.2 ) Entries by Name
3.2.1 General
Entries must be accompanied by the official "ISU Declaration Form” as per Rule 131. Entries by fax or e-mail must be confirmed by a letter sent out simultaneously to the Organizers (Rule 115, paragraph 5).
The completed Declaration Form must be signed by the competitors and also by all officials (including team officials) appointed by the Member serving at an ISU Event (Judges, Team Leaders, and also those Coaches, Choreographers, Team Medical Doctors, Physiotherapists, Team Officials who are requesting accreditation for the Event).
In case of competitors who are not full of age (under 18), such Declaration must be co-signed by at least one of the parents or other guardian at law.
Each Entry Form and Declaration Form must be signed by an authorized ISU Member Representative such as President, General Secretary, Executive Director, CEO (Rule 104, paragraph 4). For more details please refer to Rules 115, 131, 378 and ISU Communication No. 1523 or any update of this Communication.
3.2.2 Entries of Competitors
Entries by names must be made simultaneously to
NHK Trophy Organizing Committee
1-1-1, Jinnan, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
150-8050 Japan
fax: +81 3 3481 2350
e-mail: info@skatingjapan.or.jp |
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ISU Secretariat
Chemin de Primerose 2
CH - 1007 Lausanne
fax: +41 21 612 66 77
e-mail: entries@isu.ch (new)
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Peter Krick
Chair Sports Directorate
Am Schorn 38
D-82327 Tutzing
fax: +49 8158 928 650
e-mail: peter.krick@eventint.com |
not later than September 15, 2009 .
The replacement of Competitors in the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating will be made in accordance with Paragraphs 3.5 and 7.6 of the Announcement for the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2009/2010.
Entries must be made by the Member concerned and must be forwarded by letter, fax or electronic mail. Entries by e-mail and fax must be confirmed by a letter to the Organizers sent out simultaneously (Rule 115, para 5) .
3.2.3 Entries of Judges
An entry of competitor(s) is not automatically followed by an entry of a Judge. Participating ISU Members may be invited by the hosting Federation to nominate one or more Judges for one event. Any substitution or changes for any of the invited judges need the approval of the Japan Skating Federation .
Please observe the restrictions concerning the selection of Judges within the events of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2009/2010 that no Judge may serve in more than two ISU Grand Prix events (Figure Skating and Ice Dance not separated).
Each panel of Judges will consist of a maximum of 9 Judges but with a minimum of 7 Judges, if possible.
Entries must be made by the Member concerned and must be forwarded by letter, fax or electronic mail. Entries by e-mail and fax must be confirmed by a letter to the Organizers sent out simultaneously (Rule 115, para 5) . |
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| MEALS, LODGING and TRAVEL EXPENSES |
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The organizer will provide and cover the expenses for rooms and meals for all Competitors and Judges participating, beginning with dinner from November 4, 2009 until breakfast of November 9, 2009 .
Should any Competitor or Judge arrive at the hotel before or stay longer than the period described above, their room costs and expenses will be the responsibility of the individual and must be paid on arrival, except if an arrangement has been made with the organizer.
The organizer will provide and cover the expenses for rooms and meals also for the Event Referees, the Technical Controllers, the Technical Specialists, the ISU Coordinator for the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, the Chair of Sports Directorate, the ISU Event Coordinator, the Data and Replay Operators, , the Cameraman, the Technical staff of ST SPORTSERVICE, the OAC Members and the Anti Doping Control Team during the same period as indicated for the competitors. If any longer period is agreed upon with the Organizing Committee, the period of coverage will be prolonged as agreed.
The Organizing Committee will cover the airfare for all invited Competitors, Judges, the Technical Controllers, the Anti-Doping Control Team and the Event Referee from their domicile to Narita International Airport, and ground transportation expenses to Nagano also will be provided by OC . The Japan Skating Federation is the only authorizing body of airline tickets. All participants must agree to the acceptance of the provided tickets when the invitation is accepted. No reimbursement will be made on any airline ticket issued by any other agency or any other airline unless written permission is received from Japan Skating Federation prior to its ticketing .
All extra expenses incurred by any Team Member or any kind of Official will be the responsibility of that person and must be paid prior to departure.
The Judges, the Referees, the Technical Controllers, the Technical Specialists, the Data and Replay Operators and the Officials Assessment Commission, will receive remuneration in accordance with ISU Communication No. 1401, paragraph II, I) (or any update of this Communication). The honorarium will be provided in hard currency. The remuneration will be paid upon accreditation. |
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| PRACTICE |
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Official practice for Competitors begins on November 5, 2009 / 07:00am . The detailed schedule will be issued at the time of registration. According to ISU Regulations 540 and 634 no competitor/couple may practice in a rink other than the official rink or rinks after having been accredited through the Organizing Committee. |
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| MUSIC / PLANNED PROGRAM CONTENT |
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All Competitors shall furnish competition music of excellent quality on CD or MD format, in accordance with Rule 343, paragraph 1. A list of titles, composers and orchestras of the music to be used for the Short Program and Free Skating Program for Single and Pairs, for the Original and Free Dance Program for Ice Dance and for the Exhibition must be listed for each Competitor on the official Music Selection Form and attached to the official Entry Form for Competitors.
In accordance with Rule 343, paragraph 1, all discs must show the Competition event, Competitor's name, the Nation and the exact running time of the music (not skating time) including any starting signal and must be submitted at the time of registration. Each program (short program, free skating, original dance, free dance) must be recorded on a separate disc. In addition competitors/couples must provide a back-up drive for each program.
If music information is not complete and cassettes or discs not provided, accreditation will not be given.
With the entry forms, the “Program Content Sheet” must return to the Organizing Committee in time. It is mandatory that the Program Content Sheet must be filled in precisely by each Skater/team in English using the terminology for the elements listed in the respective ISU Communication.
It is not permitted to hand over the Program Content Sheets directly to the acting Officials . |
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| ARRIVAL OF PARTICIPANTS / TEAMS |
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The participating Teams and all respective team-members as well as all Event Officials are requested to announce to the Organizing Committee as soon as possible but no later than September 15, 2009 , the name of the airlines, flight numbers, dates and times of arrival at the Narita International Airport ( Tokyo ) or any other information concerning transportation and arrivals. The official “travel form” should be used.
The nearest airport to Nagano is Narita International Airport with a distance of 4.0 hours to the official hotel. The Organizing Committee provides a bus shuttle to meet the teams on arrival. Please be informed that chaperons and all other non-guaranteed person will be requested to pay the ground transportation fee only if they arrive with their guaranteed team delegation. |
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| OFFICIAL HOTEL |
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< Hotel Metropolitan Nagano >
1346 Minami-Ishidocho, Nagano City 380-0824 Japan
Tel: +81-26-291-7000
Fax: +81-26-291-7007
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Room Charge:
Single Room 10,450Yen / per person
Double Room Single Occupancy 13,750Yen / per person
Double Room Double Occupancy 8,800Yen / per person
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* Breakfast & 10% service charge, & Tax included
* Locates 1 minutes walk from Nagano Station
* 10-15 minutes driving distance to the venue (Big Hat) |
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| ACCREDITATION |
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The official accreditation is planned at the Hotel Metropolitan Nagano (official hotel) upon arrival.
Accreditation will be given to appointed Event Officials, ISU Office Holders and Guests.
Accreditation as a Team Member will furthermore given to all entered Judges, Competitors and one Team-Leader per participating team, one Coach per Competitor, a maximum of two Officials of ISU Members, provided that they are Council Members, Technical Committee Members or Members of the Head Office of their Federation and a maximum of two medical persons, for which the organizer requests the right to have a medical certification (document) presented before accreditation. Accreditation will only be granted to persons in those various functions if officially entered and named through their National Association. The ISU Member certifies with the signed entry the indicated functions within the team of all team members. Any misuse of any function will be sanctioned by the ISU/OC.
Chaperons are requested to purchase special seats (10,000Yen/per day) locates next to skaters area . The tickets can be purchased at information desk in the official hotel. The Team Leader may request “bus permits” for the official registered Chaperons to join the official shuttle bus system of the Organizing Committee. |
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| RESULTS |
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The marking system (ISU Judging System) as described in Technical Rule Single & Pair Skating 2008, Rule 352 and Rule 353 (Determination and publication of results) will be used. |
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| PRESENTATION OF MEDALS |
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The three best placed skaters/couples in each event will be announced and honoured. Gold, silver and bronze medals will be presented to the medallists. The national anthem of the winner will be played and the flags of the medal winners hoisted. |
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| POINTS FOR “ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating” |
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Points will be awarded as follows:
| Men, Ladies, Ice Dance |
Pairs |
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
4th place
5th place
6th place
7th place
8th place |
15 points
13 points
11 points
9 points
7 points
5 points
4 points
3 points |
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
4th place
5th place
6th place |
15 points
13 points
11 points
9 points
7 points
5 points |
The points received are of value for the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating and the qualification for the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final.
If a skater/couple does not complete an event due to illness or injury, this event will be treated as "not skated", i.e. the result(s) of initial round(s) completed will not count for the Grand Prix ranking order. Such an event will however count as one participation but without receiving credit in the ranking order.
Additionally, it is understood that couples who score points at an event will only score the points according to their respective placements as stated above and that they will not “inherit” points from couples who are better placed but who have declared that the event concerned is a non-scoring event for them (e.g., a couple finishing second in a scoring event, behind a couple finishing first but who have declared this event as non-scoring, will receive 9 points and not 12).
The results of the event will participate in the ”ISU World Standings”. (see paragraph 14) |
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| PRIZE MONEY |
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The Global Prize Money per individual event of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating will be:
U.S. $180,000.00
Awarded to winners and placed skaters/couples as follows:
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Pairs and Ice Dance (per couple) |
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
4th place
5th place
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USD $18,000.00
USD $13,000.00
USD $ 9,000.00
USD $ 3,000.00
USD $ 2,000.00 |
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
4th place
5th place
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USD $18,000.00
USD $13,000.00
USD $ 9,000.00
USD $ 3,000.00
USD $ 2,000.00 |
The individual prize money will be transferred to the ISU Members concerned immediately after the conclusion of the 2009 NHK Trophy .
Skaters/couples qualified for the exhibition must participate with an appropriate show number different from their competition programs. Failure to do so, will result in a reduction of USD $ 3.000.00 from the awarded prize money.
Skaters/couples are expected to be ready for any ceremony and/or prize award and participate in press conferences and/or social events if asked by the ISU and/or the event's Organizer. Failure to do so may result in a reduction of awarded prize money. The decision to reduce prize money will be made by the assigned ISU Delegate attending the event, subsequently to be ratified by the Council.
The withholding tax will be deducted according to the actual government's law.
Exhibition Fee
An exhibition fee will only be paid to skates/couples who are not awarded prize money. The exhibition fee is set at USD$200.00 for single skaters (Men and Ladies) and USD$300.00 for Pairs and Dance couples. |
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| ISU World Standings |
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World Standing points will also be awarded according to the “World Standings Procedure”, that can be found on the ISU website
( www.isu.org ) under Single & Pairs/Ice Dance - World Standings.” |
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| ANTI-DOPING CONTROLS |
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Anti-Doping tests will be conducted at each of the six events of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating as well as at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final.
The Anti-Doping tests will be conducted in accordance with the current ISU Anti-Doping Rules & Procedures (ISU Communications No. 1546 and 1547 or any further update of this Communication).
The tests will be carried out on the winning skater/s in Singles (after the final Free Skating), Pair Skating (after the Free Skating) and Ice Dance (after the Free Dance). One skater from the remainder of the skaters shall be selected by random draw in Singles, Pair Skating and Ice Dance. In Pair Skating and Ice Dance, either the man or the lady, but not both, shall be tested and shall be selected by random draw. |
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| INSURANCE / LIABILITY |
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In accordance with Rule 119, it is the sole responsibility of each Member participating in ISU Events, to provide medical and accident insurance for their athletes, officials and all other members of the Member's team. Such insurance must assure full medical attendance and also the return to the home country by air transport or by other expeditious means of the ill or injured person .
The ISU assumes no responsibility for or liability with respect to bodily or personal injury or property damage incurred in connection incurred by Competitors and Officials. |
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| INFORMATION |
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For further information, please contact
2009 NHK Trophy Organizing Committee Office
1-1-1, Jinnan, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8050 Japan
phone: ++ 81 3 3481 2351
fax: ++ 81 3 3481 2350
e-mail: info@skatingjapan.or.jp
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International Skating Union
Chemin de Primerose 2
CH-1007 Lausanne
phone: ++41 21 612 6666
fax: ++41 21 612 6677
e-mail: info@isu.ch
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Peter Krick
Chair Sports Directorate
Am Schorn 38
D-82327 Tutzing
Am Schorn 38
phone: ++49 8158 90 30 68
fax: ++49 8158 92 86 50
e-mail: peter.krick@eventint.com |
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ISU GRAND PRIX OF
FIGURE SKATING ORGANIZING STRUCTURE |
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International Skating Union
Mr. Ottavio Cinquanta, ISU President
Mr. David Dore, ISU 2nd Vice President
ISU Figure Skating Event Coordination Group:
Mr. David Dore, ISU Vice-President of Figure Skating and
Coordinator ISU Figure Skating Event Coordination Group
Mr. Peter Krick, ISU Chair Sports Directorate
Ms. Patricia Mayor, ISU Sports Coordinator Figure Skating
Mr. Mario Meinel, ISU Event Coordinator
Ms. Rita Zonnekeyn, Member S&PTC
Ms. Halina Gordon-Poltorak, Member IDTC |
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