<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Esikhathini sika-2008-09, uSamuelsonBates wakhuphukela ezingeni eliphakeme emhlabeni jikelele. Umncintiswano wabo wokuqala wamazwe omhlaba walesi sizini kwakuyiNebelhorn Trophy ka-2008. Babekwa endaweni yesibili emdanso ophoqelekile futhi banqoba kokubili umdanso wokuqala nowamahhala ukuze banqobe isihloko esiphelele. Benza i-Grand Prix yabo yokuqala e-2008 Skate America, lapho bafaka khona indawo yesi-5 emdansweni ophoqelekile, owesine emdansweni wokuqala, nowesithathu emdansweni wamahhala, ukuze bafike endaweni yesine jikelele. Emcimbini wabo wesibili weGrand Prix, i-NHK Trophy ka-2008, babeka owesithathu emdansweni ophoqelekile nowesine emidansweni yasekuqaleni neyamahhala ukunqoba indondo yethusi. Emqhudelwaneni Wase-U.S. ngo-2009  <response>: , bathatha indawo yesibili kuzo zonke izingxenye ezintathu zomncintiswano, futhi bathola indondo yesiliva isiyonke. Kwakuyindondo yabo yesithupha elandelanayo eMqhudelwaneni Wase-U.S. Le ndondo yabenza bafanelekela amaqembu e-2009 Four Continents kanye ne-2009 World Championships. Emqhudelwaneni wamazwekazi amane, bathatha indawo yesine emdansweni ophoqelekile base bethatha indawo yesithathu emdansweni wokuqala nowamahhala ukuze bathole indondo yethusi. Emqhudelwaneni weWorld Championships, bathatha indawo yeshumi nantathu emdanso ophoqelelwe, oweshumi nanye emdanso wokuqala, noweshumi nesishiyagalolunye emdanso wamahhala ukuze babe yeshumi nanye jikelele. 