Test sessions are a cooperative effort of the Houston Figure Skating Club and the Iceland Figure Skating Club now referred to as the Coalition.
Effective January 1 , 2003 the following rules will be in force for any participant who desires to test at sessions sponsored by the Coalition:
- All test applications will be mailed to the Houston FSC test chair at HoustonFSC P.O.Box 460394 Houston , Texas 77056-8634
- Any test application handed to a coalition test chair or board member will be acceptable however, all non mailed applications will be standby and considered only after all mailed applications have been processed including late applications.
- Any skater canceling a test seven (7) days or less prior to a test, will not be entitled to a refund of any fees, no matter how many tests are scheduled. Skaters providing more than seven (7) days will be entitled to a full refund of all monies paid . Skaters who are injured or incur illness during the seven (7) days prior to testing may be entitled to a refund. A letter from a licensed medical physician stating the skater was ill or injured and advising against skating until after the test date will be required. Otherwise all test fees will be retained by club coalition.
- If a test applicant is unable to test, due to injury or non-preparedness, those applicants will have to resubmit a new test application and check for a future test session. Our test chair coalition will not forward (roll to the next session) test applications to a future test session . All test applications and checks for applicants who will not be testing will be destroyed, unless you attach a self addressed stamped envelope so your check may easily be returned.
- If a skater is taking a contingent test and fails the underlying test, the contingent test fees shall be retained by club coalition.
- Test chairs of our coalition will make every effort to accommodate those desiring to test. Sometimes the judging resources are difficult to obtain, or to expensive to obtain, and we reserve the right to decide who will test for a given session, based upon the judging resources we are able to obtain. We will design a test format theme (High FS, High Dance, etc..) for the year to allow participants time to plan accordingly.
- Deadlines for tests taking place after January 1, 2003 will be expanded to 21 days before the test date, to allow test chairs to notify coaches who will or won't be able to test at a given test session. The test chairs feel the expanded deadline will assist skaters, their parents, and their coaches ample time to adjust training schedules .
- With test sessions commencing after January 1, 2003, test chairs will not communicate directly with participants or their parents . All communication will take place between test chairs and coaches of participants. If you have any questions pertaining to your status on a given test session, your communication should be directed to your coach. Test chairs will notify coaches directly, as soon after the deadline as possible, who will or won't be testing at a given test schedule. Any attempt by a participant to commujnicate directly with a test chair to determine your status on a test session may disqualify the participant from the test session altogether. Anyone disqualified from a test session will be required to pay an administrative fee of $25.00. This amount would have to be paid in full, in order to become eligible to test at future test sessions sponsored by our coalition. The only exception to this requirement, would be participants who are testing who do not have a coach and did not list one on their test application.
- Please remember that all test chairs are volunteers and are donating their time for this effort.
Click on Test Application Form which is available online. Fill it out and return to the indicated person/address.
