2011-2012 Short Track Schedule

[Laura (Lori)]

Before making travel arrangements, double-check with USS and ISU official schedules!

2011 - 2012 SHORT TRACK SPEEDSKATING SCHEDULE:
Updates and current info can be found at www.isu.org/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0,10853,4844-191888-209111-nav-list,00.html
And at USS: webpoint.usspeedskating.org/wp/events/listmeets.asp

MAJOR EVENTS:

• Oct 1-2, 2011 - American Cup 1 (Fall World Cup Qualifier) - St. Louis, MO
  
• Oct 21-23, 2011 - World Cup 1 - Salt Lake City, UT
  
• Oct 28-30, 2011 - World Cup 2 - Saguenay, Canada
  
• Oct 29-30, 2011 - American Cup 2 - Cleveland, OH
  
• Dec 2-4, 2011 - World Cup 3 - Nagoya, Japan
  
• Dec 9-11, 2011 - World Cup 4 - Shanghai, China
  
• Jan 6-8, 2012 - US Championships (Winter World Cup & World Championships Qualifier) - Salt Lake City, UT
  
• Jan 13-22, 2012 - Winter Youth Olympic Games - Innsbruck, Austria
  
• Jan 27-29, 2012 - US Junior Championships - Dale City, VA
  
• Jan 27-29, 2012 - European ST Championships - Mlada Boleslav, CZE
  
• Feb 3-5, 2012 - World Cup 5 - Moscow, Russia
  
• Feb 10-12, 2012 - World Cup 6 - Dordrecht, Netherlands
  
• Feb 18-19, 2012 - American Cup 3 - Champaign, IL
  
• Feb 24-26, 2012 - World Jr. ST Championships - Melbourne, Australia
  
• Mar 9-11, 2012 - World Championships - Shanghai, China
  
• March 16-18, 2012 - American Cup Final / Nat'l Age Group Championships - Green Bay, WI
  

[Laura (Lori)]

The World Cup 5 date (Moscow) HAS to be an error! Jan 3-5 is a Tues-Wed-Thurs...

However, FEBRUARY 3-5 is a Fri-Sat-Sun, and is exactly 1 week before World Cup 6 in Heerenveen. They generally have the World Cups in pairs, 1 week apart - so I'm thinking that Feb 3-5 will be the correct date for Moscow.

EDIT (Apr 28): ISU made the correction - it IS February, not January.

[Laura (Lori)]

My original post on this thread has been modified to include the following changes to the 2011-12 schedule:

• The World Cup 4 location is now listed by ISU as Shanghai, China (formerly Harbin).
  
• World Cup 6 (Heerenveen, Netherlands) is no longer listed as *provisional* - it's official.
  
• USS is now listing Age Group National Champ's for Mar 16-18, 2012 in Green Bay, WI.
  
• The American Cup Final is usually on the same weekend/location as Nationals, so it's likely to be Mar 16-18 in Green Bay.
  

Heads-up: ISU has announced some Provisional Allotments for the 2013-14 Short Track season...

• Junior World Championships - Warsaw, Poland
  
• World Championships - Montreal, Canada
  

Hmmm... if the Montreal venue 'sticks', I just might make it to my first World Champioinships!

[Laura (Lori)]

USS is now listing the following competitions on their schedule:

American Cup 1 - Oct 1-2, 2011, St. Louis, MO
US Championships - Dec 19-24, 2011, Salt Lake City, UT
American Cup 2 - Oct 29-30, 2011, Cleveland, OH

USS’ schedule differs from ISU - USS still lists WC4 in Harbin, China - and World Championships in Beijing, China. ISU’s recent Communication 1680 is showing that both will be in Shanghai, China.

Several of the ISU competitions are no longer listed as ‘provisional’.

All changes are reflected in the original post on this thread.

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In addition, ISU’s provisional allotments for 2013 and 2014 are as follows:

ISU European Short Track Speed Skating Championships, January 18-20, 2013
Svenska Skridskoförbundet: Malmö/Sweden

ISU World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships, February 22-24, 2013
Polish Speed Skating Association: Warsaw/Poland (new provisional allotment)

ISU World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, March 8-10, 2013
Hungarian National Skating Federation: Budapest/Hungary

ISU European Short Track Speed Skating Championships, January 17-19, 2014
Deutsche Eisschnellauf-Gemeinschaft: Dresden/Germany

ISU World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships, March 7-9, 2014
Turkish Skating Federation: Erzurum/Turkey

ISU World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, March 14-16, 2014
Speed Skating Canada: Montreal/Canada

[Laura (Lori)]

*DATE CHANGE FOR US CHAMPIONSHIPS*

The original date that I posted (Dec 19-24) was the one that USS had on its Schedule at that time - but one of our members notified me that they've changed it within the last few days. They're now listing it as:

December 30, 2011 - January 1, 2012 - Salt Lake City

As much as I'd love to ring in the New Year in 'wild and crazy' SLC ;D, I'm most definitely gonna have to pass this year, 'cause we'll be in Atlanta!

[sk8er]

Ohhhhh Budapest! My dear friend Susan Blakney and I went to Budapest to a World Cup in was it way back in 2005? It is really cold but a great city visit even in the winter. (We traveled by the metro and its really warm down there). Spas on the site founded by the Romans during their stay, great Hungarian style comfort food. It's a beautiful city even in the winter with a lot of museums etc. We rented a BOX at the Opera House and saw Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutti. What a blast....and the skating was great too of course. I hope some of y'all out there make this trip. My only regret (besides the fact that I'm not much of a skater) is that I didn't go to Prague when they held a WC there. Budapest is the perfect venue to combine a European city with ST.

[Laura (Lori)]

Well... the US Championships is no longer on USS' schedule, and I've heard that they may be changing the dates again.

PLEEEASE have it in mid-January!

The whole thing is a case of difficult timing - they need time after World Cup 4 to train for US Championships (they didn't even go to WC4 last year for that reason), but also time to rest, then train for the Winter World Cups.

Keep in mind that the Winter World Cups can comprise a different mix of skaters who may or may not have trained with the National Team in the past. Throw the holidays into the mix, and it's a tough call.

Keep watching the USS schedule for updates!

Sk8er: Yes, Budapest is an awesome city - we were there in December, and it was a Winter Wonderland. The architecture is amazing, and it wasn't difficult to communicate with the locals. I wish we had had time to check out the ice arena!

[Deleted]

Mid-January would be good for me too!

[Laura (Lori)]

*DATE CHANGE FOR US CHAMPIONSHIPS*

Third time's the charm???

USS is now showing US Championships on Jan 6-8, 2012 in Salt Lake City. Some 'insiders' are sure enough about this date that they've booked airfare.

[Laura (Lori)]

The last two major ST events for the 2011-2012 season are now on the USS calendar, and I've started threads for them:

Jan 27-29, 2012 - US Junior Championships - Pittsburgh, PA
Feb 18-19, 2012 - American Cup 3 - Champaign, IL

[Seo]

Hi! Thanks for great discussions!!

I have a quick question. Do you guys know when I can find out the final entries for 10/21~23 SLC event? Or whether Koreans are participating? Thanks

[Laura (Lori)]

Hello Seo, and welcome to the board!

The best information we have would be on the following link:

www.isu.org/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0,10853,4844-138352-155568-nav-list,00.html

They're not showing entries yet, but as far as I know, Korea will be participating.

For discussion and chat about World Cup 1, you'll want to bookmark the following thread here at BB:

therockerforum.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=trips&action=display&thread=820

Anything we know about World Cup 1 will be posted there!

[Laura (Lori)]

For those of you who haven't heard yet, USA will NOT be competing at World Cup 2 in Saguenay, Canada. From what I hear, it's a funding issue...

[therockfairy]

Wow really?! How odd, bummer

[sk8er]

Not the first time. This is not a sport that attracts attention or funding, sadly. Hopefully as we get closer to 2014 the money scene will pick up. Sigh...in China they throw government money by the bushel at sports that will raise the country's profile. Here, we can't even raise money for the education and technology that will keep our country competitive on the global scene.