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Some roller skating news
A couple of days ago I got hold of a copy of the draft of this year’s nationals program. Not sure just how final it is at this stage, there’ll probably be a bit of shuffling still; but apparently my events will be on fairly early this year which would make a nice change - usually I’m not finished until the last few days. It also gives numbers for how many people are competing in each event.
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There are three in Advanced Solo Dance, and four in Advanced Creative. Out of the. Entire. Country. That's just pathetic.
OK, given, there were only five in solo dance last year, but we were holding the nats in The Most Isolated Capital In The World (ie, here) that time around, so I just put the low numbers down to some of the competitors from other states not wanting to bother with all that extra traveling. Numbers have been at least in the eight-or-nine-range for as long as I can remember; up until last year anyway, and even if my other event was looking a little sparse then there were still good number for the creative last time around.
To put this in perspective, I’m really not a particularly good skater on the scale of the standard in my event. I came last in my first event last year and didn’t do much better ranking-wise in the second either. But if these numbers are accurate, this year I am guaranteed at least one medal; and I have a pretty decent chance of a second one too.
Looks like operation Make It To The Medals By Shear Persistence is paying off.
(Pst! Kneecapping brigade! I don’t know how managed to do the rounds of all the other states without ever appearing to leave WA, but let me tell you, I’m impressed.you missed a couple though)
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There are three in Advanced Solo Dance, and four in Advanced Creative. Out of the. Entire. Country. That's just pathetic.
OK, given, there were only five in solo dance last year, but we were holding the nats in The Most Isolated Capital In The World (ie, here) that time around, so I just put the low numbers down to some of the competitors from other states not wanting to bother with all that extra traveling. Numbers have been at least in the eight-or-nine-range for as long as I can remember; up until last year anyway, and even if my other event was looking a little sparse then there were still good number for the creative last time around.
To put this in perspective, I’m really not a particularly good skater on the scale of the standard in my event. I came last in my first event last year and didn’t do much better ranking-wise in the second either. But if these numbers are accurate, this year I am guaranteed at least one medal; and I have a pretty decent chance of a second one too.
Looks like operation Make It To The Medals By Shear Persistence is paying off.
(Pst! Kneecapping brigade! I don’t know how managed to do the rounds of all the other states without ever appearing to leave WA, but let me tell you, I’m impressed.