Schedule is out:
http://www.centralcarolinasc.com/Dow...6_Schedule.pdf

And the roster:
http://www.centralcarolinasc.com/Dow...006_Groups.pdf

This year, there are:

-Only 4 championship gold men--oh, wait now it lists only 3? (there were 8 last year)
-2 championship masters men (there were 4 last year, I think one from last year is injured, and another is skating in a different section)
-12 championship gold ladies (11 last year)
-10 championship masters ladies (8 competed last year, 10 signed up)

And gold pairs is listed as an age class ("Gold Pairs IV and V") Ugh, there are no age classes for pairs.
Silver I/II men; hmm, wonder who those two are? (Good luck guys; I'll see you two at Nats.)

I hope I get a chance to drive down and watch the competition.

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I just booked my flight:] (((Hey roommies, there are still plenty of non-stop flights on US Air)))

Anyone signing up for the 15 minute messages?

NoVa --- you better get your but down here and cheer us on!!!! Not to mention a little party action after hours!

As for the 15-minute massages, the rink is part of a fitness complex and their massage therapists are all supposed to be really good. So go for it ... we've all earned it!

If anybody needs access to the schedule, it's posted on centralcarolinasc.com

See ya there!

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I'm really trying to get myself down there.
The Triangle Sportsplex is where I first learned to skate! (And where I did my first partial press lift ... with YOU!)

Our favorite married gold pairs skaters from North Carolina will be there as well to cheer y'all on.

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Is it true that the distance to travel from airport to the rink is 45 miles?

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I would say it's only about 25 miles.

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Yes, I agree with NoVa. 25 miles tops. Where did you get the 45 mile number from??

I saw on the form that the hotel that was 2 miles away from the rink was 43 miles away from the airport, my mistake

I was going to try to do a last minute entry (Silver 1), but after seeing that it was that far away from the airport, I booted the idea.
Especially I will be the only one flying and competing.

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So who's injured? Davin??? If so, (Hope he gets well soon.) BTW: Which Sectionals is the other one in? Pacific Coast or Midwestern? (Just want to keep an eye out if he's coming by my neck of the woods!)

Meanwhile, go mskater and Edward!!!

I don't know Jeremy, but GO FrankR!!! KICK BUTT!!! (Or Edward's gonna kick YOUR butt afterwards!!!) (Just kidding. I know you'll do well!!!)

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Thank you for the support, you guys!!!

The qualifiers from the Eastern section last year were Davin, Joseph Radomile, Edward and Carl DeAngelis. I know Carl is not competing this year and I thought he might be the injured skater. I had no idea that Davin was injured. Both Davin and Carl are great skaters and they'll be missed. Best wishes to both of them for a speedy recovery.

Thanks for the good luck wishes jazzpants!!

I wish everybody luck at their respective sectionals! Sk8 Gr8!!

Take care,

Frank

Yep, Davin broke his ankle and is out for the season. And Joe is skating out of a different section because he'll be at the Olympics during Easterns!

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Loops, are you competing at Easterns?

Hate to use people's names but I've seen them mentioned before on this site - anyone know why Angelo and Tim are pulling out?

Page 16 of the announcement says the hotel is 21 miles from RDU and the rink is only 2 miles from the hotel. So it's max 23 miles from rink to RDU.

I don't know about Angelo, but my understanding is Tim is out for medical reasons.

Tim, are you sure you wanna do this given your medical reasons, especially since you've also pulled out of Nationals as well, (assumably for the same medical reason?)

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Silver Moves is the next "Mission Impossible"
(Dare I try for Championship Adult Gold someday???)

Thank you for the support, you guys!!!

Nope, my new freestyle program isn't done yet. I just started working on it a couple of weeks ago.

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Well I was trying to play it by ear, due to my doctor's suggestions I should stay off the ice until May. I won't do it, its just the inner desire I have to compete is .... you know.....

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I've been following various competition event threads off and on, mostly living vicariously through the competition process of others (LOL!!!), and I've seen several references you've made to having to be off ice due to a medical problem.

Correct me if I'm off base, but you appear to be one of the skaters who's "always competing". May I ask what happened to you? Was it from skating? Just curious, as I've been off ice twice for substantial periods (tendon things), having to do physical therapy, etc. Not fun, and I'm certainly not a "competitive skater" by any stretch, although one of the off ice times was about 8 weeks before the one time a year I usually compete! It was so hard to get back to what I had been doing!

If it's something you can't or don't want to say on public forum, just say so. I won't be offended (it takes a lot sometimes..... ). Since you were saying you had such a desire to compete, my natural inquisitiveness made me think it had to be bad to keep you away!

Hey mskater, thanks for reminding me-- I still haven't bought a plane ticket to Dallas. As for eastern sectionals, I'm really excited to finally have an adult competition right here at home. Hope Nova and Loops can come down to watch. I started a blog about gearing up for the event on asianathlete.com (it seems like everyone's blogging these days!).

Hey, you and I keep missing each other in the mornings in Hills. I saw you practicing yesterday with our lovely spin-master:]

I can't believe Sectionals are less than 2 weeks away! At this point, I'm still unable to get through my program without stops

However, Davin now is wearing his boots and is skating during lessons. He just can't start training for a few more weeks.

Davin is my new coach. I'll pass along that people are wondering about him. We have a lesson tonight.

Rob

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2008 Adult Nationals - Too little sleep, too much vodka!

Is it just me, or is the fact that the Olympics are going on also a distraction as we prepare for next Sat.'s competition? I can't help staying up late watching TV and reading news online about the Olympics. Plus I have to spend tomorrow in Jacksonville for work-- ugh! If I'm lucky, I'll get to practice in Hillsborough at 5pm tomorrow. Good luck w/the practices this week!

The Olympics are good and bad for me -- I definitely lose sleep, but I do get inspired to stretch my positions and SMILE when I skate.

I am trying to skate at least twice in Hillsborough this week ... the ice conditions there have been changing lately, which can be good or bad, depending on what you're accustomed to. I think they have a different person in charge of maintaining it.

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Hey guys,
My friend who writes for the local paper is planning to write an article about the adult eastern sectionals. So, I have given her your emails (those whose emails I knew) and she might be contacting ya'll soon, if she hasn't already. I look forward to seeing everyone on Saturday!

Very curious on how everybody skated today especially on the Silver Men and Ch. Gold Men events

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Championship Gold:
1. Kelton Brown 1st (5 first place ordinals)
2. Jason Spicer 2nd (4 first place ordinals)
3. Tim Covington


Silver Men (I think they combined silver I/II and Silver III/IV because of a withdrawal?):
1. FrankR (almost all first place ordinals?)
2. Jeremy Balcom
3. David Tsai

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