Anastasia and Luke at Skate America? Wow!! That is quite a coup for them. I know they did the Sheffield GP last year, but that was because they are British. They probably would not have got a GP event otherwise. Getting chosen by the US federation for their GP is a big achievement.
2023-24 British and Irish Figure Skating
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Challenge accepted.
Date | Location | Skaters | SP Pos | SP Score | FS Pos | FS Score | Total Pos | Total Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14–20 Mar. 2016 | Debrecen (HUN) | Chloe Curtin / Steven Adcock | 12 | 44.74 | 13 | 67.94 | 12 | 112.68 |
And before that:
Date | Location | Skaters | SP Pos | SP Score | FS Pos | FS Score | Total Pos | Total Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Feb. – 06 Mar. 2011 | Gangneung (KOR) | Catherine Clement / James Hunt | 19 | 25.15 | – | – | 19 | 25.15 |
| 09–13 Mar. 2010 | The Hague (NED) | Catherine Clement / James Hunt | 19 | 31.80 | – | – | 19 | 31.80 |
But, here is the reason I went back further. Northern Ireland's only Pairs partnership:
Date | Location | Skaters | SP Pos | SP Score | FS Pos | FS Score | Total Pos | Total Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Feb. – 01 Mar. 2009 | Sofia (BUL) | Tameron Drake / Edward Alton | 21 | 30.82 | – | – | 21 | 30.82 |
By the way, as far as I know, Tameron is still the reigning Northern Ireland Junior Ladies champion. (Or is it Senior? I can't remember. Anyway, as you have probably worked out, it hasn't been held for a long time!)
Ach, I'll continue on:
Date | Location | Skaters | SP Pos | SP Score | FS Pos | FS Score | Total Pos | Total Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Feb. – 04 Mar. 2007 | Oberstdorf (DEU) | Sally Hoolin / Jake Bennett | 16 | 30.90 | 13 | 63.52 | 14 | 94.42 |
| 28 Feb. – 06 Mar. 2005 | Kitchener (CAN) | Stacey Kemp / David King | 12 | 39.71 | 11 | 69.81 | 11 | 109.52 |
| 29 Feb. – 07 Mar. 2004 | The Hague (NED) | Rebecca Collett / Hamish Gaman | 14 | | 14 | | 14 | |
| 26 Feb. – 02 Mar. 2001 | Sofia (BUL) | Rebecca Corne / Richard Rowlands | 17 | | 18 | | 18 | |
| 05–12 Mar. 2000 | Oberstdorf (DEU) | Rebecca Corne / Richard Rowlands | 19 | | 18 | | 18 | |
| 21–29 Nov. 1998 | Zagreb (HRV) | Marsha Poluliaschenko / Andrew Seabrook | 15 | | 14 | | 16 | |
| 24 Nov. – 01 Dec. 1996 | Seoul (KOR) | Marsha Poluliaschenko / Andrew Seabrook | 9 | | 8 | | 8 | |
| 26 Nov. – 01 Dec. 1991 | Hull (CAN) | Victoria Pearce / Clive Shorten | 8 | | 8 | | 8 | |
| 27 Nov. – 02 Dec 1990 | Budapest (HUN) | Victoria Pearce / Clive Shorten | | | | | 14 | |
| 28 Nov. – 03 Dec. 1989 | Colorado Springs (USA) | Catherine Barker / Michael Aldred | | | | | 8 | |
| 29 Nov. – 04 Dec. 1988 | Sarajevo (BIH) | Catherine Barker / Michael Aldred | | | | | 8 | |
| 02–07 Dec. 1986 | Kitchener (CAN) | Catherine Barker / Neil Herring | | | | | 9 | |
| 11–16 Dec. 1984 | Colorado Springs (USA) | Lisa Cushley / Neil Cushley | | | | | 7 | |
| 05–11 Dec. 1983 | Sapporo (JPN) | Lisa Cushley / Neil Cushley | | | | | 9 | |
| 14–19 Dec. 1982 | Sarajevo (BIH) | Lisa Cushley / Neil Cushley | | | | | 8 | |
| 15–20 Dec. 1981 | Oberstdorf (DEU) | Lisa Cushley / Neil Cushley | | | | | 11 | |
| 15–20 Dec. 1981 | Oberstdorf (DEU) | Carol Nelson / Carl Nelson | | | | | 10 | |
| 08–14 Dec. 1980 | London, (CAN) | Carol Nelson / Carl Nelson | | | | | 7 | |
| 27 Mar. – 04 Apr. 1979 | Augsburg (DEU) | Susan Garland / Robert Daw | | | | | 9 | |
| 21–26 Mar. 1978 | Megève (FRA) | Susan Garland / Robert Daw | | | | | 5 | |
| 10–13 Mar. 1976 | Megève (FRA) | Karen Wood / Stephen Baker | 7 | | 6 | | 6 | |
Wow! In the 1981–82 Season edition we had two entries!
And Jean-Luc's Dad was half of our partnership at the first Junior Worlds!
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Clive (Shorten) never told me he did pairs at that level! Or, actually, at all... You wait till I see him! He's still a great skater and an excellent coach. Doesn't get to do it much since Plymouth rink closed, but the rink at the Eden Project is now open until February half term, so he'll be coaching there.
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I thought substitues aren't generally chosen by a federation, that the ISU bases it on world ranking/top scores.
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The same happened at her JGP assignment due to an injury. Perhaps that's still an issue?
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There's a list of GP alternates for all disciplines (everyone in the top 75 SB list of the last season without two GP assignments, excluding those who have declined to compete in the GP circuit, are not Senior-eligible, competed at a JGP this season or have split), and for non-host spot withdrawals, federations are free to choose anyone from the 10 highest ranked skaters on that list (excluding skaters belonging to countries who already have three entries at the event, or who are already entered in the same event, of course).
I'm guessing that in last-minute replacements like this, they might sometimes get away with choosing someone from lower on the list if there was nobody else who would be able to travel within the short timeframe, but they could have also chosen to leave the spot vacated.
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That was Arabella Sear-Watkins, not Alexa Severn (their names are a bit similar!). Arabella had a groin injury from a fall during one of the practice sessions at JGP Istanbul. I had a look the other day, and cannot see any sign of her having competed since. The GB senior qualifier she competed in was earlier.
Alexa completed both programmes at both of her JGP events. She was under-prepared for her first one because she replaced Daria Dalgich (who was injured) and only had a couple of days notice but, as far as I know, Alexa wasn't injured during either of her JGP events.
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Those names aren't really similar. Just mixed them up!
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Right, it's now Thursday, and there's still no sign of any skating on Viaplay, Eurosport, Sky, or any of the other broadcasters that we were looking at.
HOWEVER, all of the livestreams for the World Feed coverage of Skate America are now visible on the "Upcoming Livestreams" page on the ISU YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@SkatingISU/
I would say that is a good sign that the streams will NOT be geo-blocked for us when they come on-air.
So, I take it this means that Viaplay has already handed back the rights in the British Isles, and nobody else has bought them.
Well, at least it means we will be able to watch the skating for free. Just a pity that it is online only, and not on linear TV as well.
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The YouTube streams became geo-blocked today. And there is no sign of skating on any of the broadcasters I have been keeping an eye on.
Yesterday, we thought everything had been worked out. Now, five and a half hours before it is due to start, we are back to not knowing where or if we can watch it!
This is beyond ridiculous now.
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So frustrating, was hoping to watch this, I managed to watch the Europeans and Worlds on the ISU challenge last year. 
I've just been watching the pairs short. You need the Opera internet browser. Turn the inbuilt VPN on and set it to 'Europe'. Then go to the Skating ISU youtube page. I've not idea which country Opera uses as its European country, but it's clearly one that isn't georestricted!
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There's actually an easy way to find out - look at the YouTube logo in the corner.
The "Europe" option on Opera's VPN used to use the Netherlands, but for some reason it changed to using Sweden in the middle of last year's Senior GP Series. And this meant that using Opera's VPN no longer got around the geo-blocking because Viaplay broadcast the skating in Sweden, and we all know how protective Viaplay are of their rights.
But now that Viaplay no longer have the rights in Sweden, it is getting around the geo-blocking again. Thank goodness!
I have got into the habit of doing all of my online skating viewing on Opera. Even when I don't need the VPN switched on. It's just handier to use the same browser all the time for watching skating.
CaroLiza_fan
I think you'd have to set a VPN up on your laptop and then connect that to your TV (using the TV screen like a computer monitor).
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Well yes but that somewhat defeats the object of using the TV, making it more complicated not less
Ugh I am disgusted with the whole situation. Useless tv companies.
Skating doesn't attract many viewers here, so there isn't the money in it for the TV companies. I'm just glad at the moment that there is a way we can watch it - I did think a couple of days ago that we might not be able to at all.Well yes but that somewhat defeats the object of using the TV, making it more complicated not less
Ugh I am disgusted with the whole situation. Useless tv companies.
