BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIPS 2007/08

Saturday 12th January, saw the culmination of the week long British Championships. Capacity crowds at iceSheffield saw, what was perhaps, the most competitive finish to a senior mens event for a great number of years. At the completion of the short programme, only 0.96 points separated the top four skaters. After a very hard fought competition, Elliot Hilton finished first with 149.72 points.

In the ladies section, Jenna McCorkell finished first with 142.76 points. It is very encouraging to see Jenna’s return to form and giving performances that we all know she is capable of. Her return to form is just coming at the right time ahead of the European Championships.

In the dance competition, John and Sinead Kerr finished first with 169.26 points followed by Pippa Towler-Green and Philip Poole who produced a personal best score of 150.74 and finally Stacey Kemp and David King won the senior pairs with 178.99 points.

For full details of all the results please click here.

In addition to the singles/pairs and dance, NISA also for the first year ever included IJS Synchronized skating in with the event. This gave an additional buzz to the proceedings on the Saturday. It is very good to see so many enthusiastic young skaters who are all involved in this discipline.

Immediately following the British, the team for the European Championships was announced and with so many skaters coming to form at this time we look forward to some very encouraging results from this years Championships.

Finally a very special thanks to all the volunteers, judges and officials who as always, give freely of their time to support NISA events and without whose help we most certainly would not be able to provide the support to our skaters. Whilst it was a very long and tiring week, the quality of the skating was good, organization excellent and very refreshing to see the capacity crowd on the Saturday.

Look forward to seeing you all in Nottingham for the 2008/09 Championships.