The 2020 Figure Skating competition will take place January
3-5, 2020 at Williams College in Williamstown, Mass. This is the earliest the
competition has ever been held in Bay State Games history. This competition
will feature more than 400 skaters from Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont, New
Hampshire, and Rhode Island. Skaters ranging in age from 5 to over 65 represent
the United State Figure Skating Association or the International Skating
Institute.
Highlights for this upcoming competition include the
reinstatement of the Bay State Skate Show on Saturday, January 4. Gold
medalists from certain events will skate in this exhibition show. The figure
skating competition will begin on Friday evening with the short programs. This event will also serve as a qualifier for the 2021 State Games of America to be held
in Ames and Des Moines, Iowa. All medal winners will receive an invitation to
compete at the 2021 State Games of America.
“We are thrilled to be hosting the Bay State Games again in
2020,” says Sue Briggs, Executive Director of the Williamstown Chamber of
Commerce. “The Games bring an incredible group of up-and-coming athletes from
all over Massachusetts, to our small corner of the state. We look forward to
welcoming them and their families into our community in January.”
Masters Ice Hockey will take place February 28 – March 1,
2020 in North Adams, Mass. at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Skating Rink. Bay
State Games is expecting 8-10 teams to register to the tournament, some of whom
have participated in every Bay State Winter Games thus far.
Registration for both figure skating and masters ice hockey
is ongoing. For more details and links to on-line registration, go to www.baystategames.org.
For questions email info@baystategames.org or call 781-932-6555.
