British Figure Skating Results

I am trying to locate the details for the British Novice and Primary Figure Skating Championships held in Swindon in April 1998. If anybody has any information they can share I would be very grateful.

In researching for results it’s amazing the information you come across. This link shows how skating was once part of the prime time TV schedule

BBC Programme Index 18:25Hot IceBBC Television Thu 11th Jul 1963, 18:25 on BBC Televisionor The Cool D.J. Showwith David Jacobs.The last in a series of disc shows with a difference...Music interpreted on ice by The Beattys, Jacqueline Harbord, Michel and Carol, Robert McKay, Wendy Paton, John Pearce and Lesley Norfolk,...

After a significant amount of work, you can now view my initial list of all RJS results in the British Championships from 1946 to 2004, when the scoring system was moved over the IJS method, at https://eleanorhayes.co.uk/bis-results-rjs-scoring
This is still a work in progress and there are gaps/errors. If anybody can help with filling these in that would be much appreciated.

Website of Eleanor Hayes, British figure skater This area will be used to share detailed results of competitions under the RJS scoring system where British skaters have been involved

Still the most sublime skating performance by a British figure skater, the incomparable John Curry
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z79TMsYRnEc

John Curry 1976 Innsbruck Olympics LP John Curry 1976 Innsbruck Olympics LPGold Medal

Here is the beautiful Free Dance from Sinead & John Kerr, winning the second of their 2 Bronze Medals, at the 2011 European Championships
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1nlpHNvvz8

Sinead KERR / John KERR GBR Free Dance 2011 European Championships Sinead KERR / John KERR GBR Free Dance 2011 European Championships

In light of Daisuke Takahashi attempting to become the first skater to compete at both singles and ice dance in the Olympics, I thought I would share details of the British skaters who have achieved this feat for singles and pairs:-

Jack Page - 1924 & 1928
Ethel Muckelt - 1924 (Bronze Medal)
Basil Williams - 1920 (Bronze Medal)
Kenneth MacDonald Beaumont - 1920
Phyllis Johnson - 1920 (Silver & Bronze Medals, and first skater to win medals with 2 different partners!!)
Madge Syers - 1908 (Gold & Bronze Medals!!)

This once again underlines the incredible history and legacy that British Skating has

British Figure Skating Results updated their business hours.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM4FLGhyMSw

Jeannette Altwegg, a true legend of British Figure Skating, sadly passed away recently on June 18th. The 1952 Ladies Olympic Champion was simply incomparable in Figures and is the last British woman to win an individual medal in Olympic skating.
An incredibly talented athlete, she also reached the Junior Ladies Final at Wimbledon.

Queen Of The Ice (1948) Full title reads: "QUEEN OF THE ICE".Wembley, London. Jeannette Altwegg and Miss B. Wyatt putting on skating boots during British Amateur Skating Championshi...

I have posted this video to mark the passing of a true British skating legend, Janet Sawbridge.
As well as her incredible international achievements in Ice Dancing (3 World Championship and 6 European Championship medals, with 3 different partners) she also won 4 British Championships. But alongside achieving all these successes in Ice Dancing, Janet also finished 3rd in the British Championships in 1964 in Singles, as well as runner up in the 1961 Junior Championships. Her earliest success I can find is in the 1956 Wembley Junior Open where she won the Under 8 Ladies!
A truly remarkable athlete, she will be sadly missed

https://youtu.be/L9D-4LWwePc

Janet Sawbridge & Peter Dalby 1972 Europeans FD & Podium The skating world owes Janet Sawbridge a huge thank you and many people won't even know why. It was Janet who, having turned to coaching after retiring from ...

Great picture of Wendy Paton, who coached my daughter, her coach Dawn Peckett and many other well known skaters. And still coaching today. This picture is from 1960. As my daughter said to me, what a legend 😀

The legendary Torvill and Dean, winning Britain’s last Olympic medal (Bronze) at the 1994 Lillehammer games

[HD] Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean - 1994 Lillehammer Olympic - Free Dance Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean / Джейн Торвилл, Кристофер Дин / ジェーン・トービル, クリストファー・ディーン Music: "Let's Face The Music and Dance" [HD] 1994 Lillehammer Oly...

Nick & Penny secure Britain’s most recent medal success winning the Bronze Medal at the 2014 European Championships

https://youtu.be/AMP1lkWxb2c

Penny Coomes & Nicholas Buckland (GBR) - Europeans 2014 FD Free Dance

To mark Robin Cousin’s birthday, here is his winning Free Skate from the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEec6XAhsUg

1980 Winter Olympics Long Program - Robin Cousins Robin Cousins narrowly defeats Jan Hoffmann and takes the gold medal at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid after this long program placed 1st in th...

The wonderful Diane Towler & Bernard Ford, 4 times World Ice Dance Champions in the 1960s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR32QePC9ig

Diane Towler & Bernard Ford - 1966 World Figure Skating Championships Free Dance Coached by the inimitable Gladys Hogg, Diane Towler & Bernard Ford bridged the gap from the old style of ice dance and a more modern approach to the free dan...

I am adding a series of iconic British skating performances on video. This link shows Jean Scott skating in the European Championships. Jean is the last British woman to win an individual medal in a major championship

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sh6yD5zSfU

Jean Scott - 1972 European Figure Skating Championship LP In early 1973, the pride of Scotland Jean Scott won the silver medal at the European Championships in Cologne behind Christine Errath of East Germany. Coache...

Just wanted to share this skating score sheet. All beautifully worked out in painstaking detail

I am in the process of building a database of all British Figure Skating results achieved in the RJS era. If anybody has any information they can share please post on this page or feel free to mail me