DAY 1: Main results
OnrnSaturday, the Adults started the competition.rnThere were twelve enthusiastic teams trying to achieve the brightest medal, butrnmore than that, enjoying the event.
The winner was Shadows from Espoo. They skated theme Enough and got 77.80rnpoints. The silver medalists were Ice WidernOpen and came from Kuopio, Eastern Finland. They got a total of 70.60. Theirrntheme was Casino. The third was DustyBlades from Tampere. Skating their program #challengeaccepted, they got 63.60 points.
The winner was Shadows from Espoo. They skated theme Enough and got 77.80rnpoints. The silver medalists were Ice WidernOpen and came from Kuopio, Eastern Finland. They got a total of 70.60. Theirrntheme was Casino. The third was DustyBlades from Tampere. Skating their program #challengeaccepted, they got 63.60 points.
The Adult team Shadows skating the program "Enough". (Credits: Tikkurilan Taitoluistluklubi ry, Stina Nevalainen/Antti Vainionpää - 2019)
In the Basic Novice category, Cool Steps from Vantaa won therncompetition. They earned 85.60 points and skated their program to the theme Dia de los Muertos, which seems to be also the choice of a few other teams this season. TeamrnWhite Pearl from Kouvola – a small town inrnSouth-East Finland – finished second. They earned 76.00 points with their theme Kleopatra.rnThe third was Briljantit from Kirkkonummi,rnSouthern Finland. Their Miimikot ("mime artists") reached a total of 75.80 points.
Cool Dreams won the Basic Novice category on Saturday. (Credits: Tikkurilan Taitoluistluklubi ry, Stina Nevalainen/Antti Vainionpää - 2019)
All the medals in Juveniles' category went to skaters from the Helsinki area. The winner wasrnMiniMints from Helsinki HTK (the little sisters of the famous Helsinki Rockettes). They gotrn88.60 points by skating to the theme "Staalo – the mischievous spirit of North". Team Rainbowsrnfrom Espoo came second. Their amusing "Everybody wants to be a cat" program earned 75.80. The bronze medalist was SunnyrnSteps from Vantaa. They showed a "Trip to Never land" and they earned 75.40 points.
MiniMints performed their "Spirit of the North". (Credits: Tikkurilan Taitoluistluklubi ry, Stina Nevalainen/Antti Vainionpää - 2019)
Masters - (ISU Masters) category isrnquite new in Finland. This year, only seven teams competed in this category. Thernskaters are mostly former Finnish National Championship level skaters and thernminimum age is 25 years old.
The winner of the competition was Team Chaotique, one member of the "Que-family" from Helsinki (HSK).rnThey got a total of 50.27 points. Team Best Before, also from Helsinki (HTK), got the silver medal with 49.54. All the medalists were quite even, thernthird team was Valley Bay Synchrohearts fromrnEspoo. They got 48.66 points.
The winner of the competition was Team Chaotique, one member of the "Que-family" from Helsinki (HSK).rnThey got a total of 50.27 points. Team Best Before, also from Helsinki (HTK), got the silver medal with 49.54. All the medalists were quite even, thernthird team was Valley Bay Synchrohearts fromrnEspoo. They got 48.66 points.
Team Chaoticue was the winner of the Masters' category. (Credits: Tikkurilan Taitoluistluklubi ry, Stina Nevalainen/Antti Vainionpää - 2019)
On Saturday, there were nine Junior B teams on the ice. Ice Diamonds from the middle ofrnFinland, Jyväskylä, won the competition with a total score of 49.80 points and theirrnprogram Bird Box. The silver medallist was Crystal Illusions. This team comesrnfrom South-East Finland, Lappeenranta. They skated a clean program to "We will survive" and earned 45.71. Team Hot Steps came third and got 45.65 points.
Ice Diamonds enjoying their "golden" program. (Credits: Tikkurilan Taitoluistluklubi ry, Stina Nevalainen/Antti Vainionpää - 2019)
DAY 2: Who are the medalists?
Thernfirst gold medal on Sunday went to the team Audaxrnin the Adult category. This team comesrnfrom Porvoo, not far from Helsinki. They earned 75.20 points. The second placernwent to Team Antique from Helsinki, HSK with 71.20 points and Aura Aboensis from the west coast, Turku, claimed the bronze (69.60).
The Adult team Audax skating in black costumes. (Credits: Ville Vairinen - 2019)
In the Basic Novice category, the winningrnteam came from Riihimäki, about north 70 km from Helsinki. Chicas del Amorrnpicked the gold medal getting a total of 88.00. The second team was Team Magnetique, the latest member ofrnthe Que-family, Helsinki HSK. They got 84.00 points and the silver medal. Thernthird was Sparkle Edges, the littlernsisters of the Finnish National Junior team Dream Edges from Kaarina. Thernteam reached a score of 69.20.
Chicas del Amor performing their program "STATION 20". (Credits: Ville Vairinen - 2019)
In the Juvenilesrndivision, there were nine teams competing on Sunday. Sunlights from Helsinki HL, the little sisters of Marigold IceUnity, won the competition. They earned 83.40 points with their Spiderman program. Team Sympatique was second. They skatedrntheir program called "Rain dance on prairie" and got 81.20. Ice Melody, representing the hostingrnclub Tikkurilan Taitoluistelijat ry, finished third. They were as pretty as Cinderella and got 71.20 points.
This season, Sunlights are... Spidermen. (Credits: Ville Vairinen - 2019)
rnrnValley BayrnSynchrostars from Espoo was the winner in the Seniors B category. They got 54.74 points and they chose to skate like "Beauty in a wicked way" this season. Ex-Steps from Vantaa finished second. "Tale of the Guardian" was the choice ofrnthis team, which gathered a total score of 53.14. The bronze went to Team Panique that earned 50.45 points.
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Valley Bay Synchrostars won the Senior B category. (Credits: Ville Vairinen - 2019)
The Juniors B category ended the competition day. Representing HelsinkirnHL, Moonlights took the gold medal. Their theme was an imagination of "Therndark side of the moon" that brought them a score of 53.75. Once again,rna "Que-family" team got a silver medal: TeamrnHysterique was "Hypnotized" and gathered 50.10 points. Team Explosion came thirdrnand got 44.12 points.
Moonlights skated to "The dark side of the moon". (Credits: Ville Vairinen - 2019)
Therncutest category of the competition was the Beginners.rnThere were 29 teams competing from all over the country! They were not put into a ranking, but the judges gave them some valuable feedback. This was the veryrnfirst competition for many little ice princesses. Some of them could somedayrnskate at the top of the world.
Beginner team Amicae Aboenses from Turku. (Credits: Ville Vairinen - 2019)
Thernnext Interclub qualification competition will be arranged on 8th-9thrnof February 2020 in Helsinki.