The ISU have published their recently adopted doping rules that come into effect on 1 January 2021. This was compiled in accordance with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and replaces any previous publications. It is important to note that as an ISU member country, SAFSA and its athletes are subject to these doping rules in […]

The WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) have sent an invitation to all of its members to encourage their athletes to attend their webinar. DATE: 7 September TIME: 12:00 GMT (14:00 South African Time) LINK: WADA WEBINAR All participants will need to register by sending their information (Name, Country, Sport, Phone Number) to e.tshabangu@africaolympic.org and sameh.elray@wada-ama.org as […]

There has been a lot of concern and, with that, questions surrounding when our skaters will be able to resume on-ice activities. The answer to this is somewhat more complicated than it appears at first glance. There are several layers of restriction that we are facing and these are described below: We are currently under […]

Olympic Solidarity Beijing 2022 – Olympic Scholarship and ISU Development Programme Junior Skater Scholarship recipients The SAFSA executive are extremely proud to announce that three of our skaters are recipients of the scholarships listed. Gian-Quen Isaacs (WP) and Evan Wrensch (WP) have each been awarded the Olympic Solidarity Beijing 2022 – Olympic Scholarship. To assist […]

The South African Figure Skating Association has voted unanimously to cancel the 2020 South African Figure Skating National Championships. This decision was not taken lightly. When calculating all of the factors, many of which were worked out with great uncertainty, there was no other choice but to cancel the event. The announcement can be viewed […]

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Courtesy of the ISU: The ISU Centers of Excellence (CoE) are pleased to announce that the “Keep Training!” series continues with new courses as of May 4, 2020 on Skating ISU YouTube Channel. As part of the #UpAgain campaign launched in November 2019, the ISU CoE offered free online training sessions with top coaches, choreographers and other Figure Skating professionals and the response from […]

While the world is experiencing a massive shutdown of all sporting events, most governing bodies, including the ISU, have been hard at work in the background. Much of this work centers around how to salvage the remainder of the season, but when the season ends in June, like ours does, a time comes when tough […]

The South African Figure Skating Association is proud to announce that we have updated our website. The previous website was a step forward in aesthetics from the original “green” site which served us well, but with this evolution we are taking it another big step forward. We wish to make our Official Association website the […]

As everyone is painfully aware, President Cyril Ramaphosa as announced a nationwide lockdown from 00:00 Friday 2th March to 16 April 2020. During this time only essential services and personnel are partially exempt from these restrictions. While Figure Skating may be “essential” to us, we sadly do not fall part of this exemption. The result […]