2024-25 British and Irish figure skating

[pesto]

My partner came in as I was watching Phoebe and James, and commented that they seemed a bit slow compared to the top teams.

Mind you he grew up as a hockey skater, and has a particular love of the Taschlers - speed is his thang!

I think the theme suits them well. I reckon all the routines are obviously quite "early season" and will be refined as we go on. There were parts of L&L that seemed a bit disjointed.

 

[FlossieH]

Darn. The stream is not showing up on my laptop today, although it did yesterday. It looks promising t first, but stays blank when I click on the start arrow. I wanted to watch the pairs classes.

They've taken it down now. Unfortunately they've only been leaving the streams up for one day. I'm not sure whether they are concerned about copyright or if they are trying to protect the skaters from the possibility of online abuse. They are kind of being left up long enough for those who know about the event and really want to watch to view things in the evening, but not long enough for them to work their way into youtube algorithms and be discovered by those who might have less positive intentions.

 

[ginsengtea]

Phebe and James have really great packaging this year, hope it moves them up the ladder of ice dance.

 

[Diana Delafield]

They've taken it down now. Unfortunately they've only been leaving the streams up for one day. I'm not sure whether they are concerned about copyright or if they are trying to protect the skaters from the possibility of online abuse. They are kind of being left up long enough for those who know about the event and really want to watch to view things in the evening, but not long enough for them to work their way into youtube algorithms and be discovered by those who might have less positive intentions.

I think the time difference worked against me. Out on the Pacific coast, I'm eight hours behind the UK.

 

[FlossieH]

Does anyone know what Nina Povey is doing? She usually does an August competition of some sort (often qualifier or domestic) and then a September Challenger event. Nebelhorn is the last September challenger this year and she isn't on the entries for that.

Alexa Severn also seems to be missing at the moment.

 

[FlossieH]

@CaroLiza_fan do you know much about Saoirse O'Sullivan? She's allocated to JGP Poland, representing Ireland.

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

@CaroLiza_fan do you know much about Saoirse O'Sullivan? She's allocated to JGP Poland, representing Ireland.

Saoirse. Well, the first thing to say is this - you would know who she was if you saw her in the line-up at the start of a group. She does fit in with the stereotype that comes to mind when people think of an Irish girl. Here are some photos:

2023 Irish Championships FS - https://www.instagram.com/saoirse.osullivan_/p/Ct4m387Lnru/
Photo advertising 2024 Irish Championships - https://www.instagram.com/iceskatingireland/p/C6-0zCIJwmX/
2024 Irish Championships SP - https://www.instagram.com/iceskatingireland/p/C79Og0_Kkkd/?img_index=2

Saoirse's family must originate in County Tipperary, as that is where she represents in the Irish Championships. But she came up through the British system, representing the Nottingham club. And she still trains there, under Margaret O'Neill (Sam McAllister's Mum). Here they are at this year's Nationals:

2024 Irish Championships SP - https://www.instagram.com/iceskatingireland/p/C79fbCFMry_/?img_index=3

The thing that struck me about that photo when I first saw it back in June is that it shows just how tall Saoirse has got! She has really shot up in the past year. And you can see this even more clearly in these photos from February:

2024 Blackburn Open - https://www.instagram.com/saoirse.osullivan_/p/C3Ic95TIZjb/

Unfortunately, I can't find any videos of Saoirse on YouTube. But, that will change soon.

You know, I'm looking forward to seeing her make her Junior GP debut. Not least because of something I wrote during the 2023 Tayside Trophy:

I see that Saoirse O'Sullivan (IRL) is entered in both the SP and FS at National 7 (i.e. Junior) level. So, it mightn't be long until Ted has to deal with her name on the Junior GP circuit!

Still looking forward to hearing what Ted comes out with. But, I'm sure Mark will have coached him, which will spoil the fun.

Finally, here is Saoirse's Rink Results profile:

https://www.rinkresults.com/skater?skater_id=35176

Hope this helps

CaroLiza_fan

 

[pesto]

How is it pronounced, approximately? Sirsha?

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

How is it pronounced, approximately? Sirsha?

Yep. That's pretty much spot on.

I am absolutely hopeless at writing things phonetically, but that's actually a good representation of it.

CaroLiza_fan

 

[Ruthypegs]

Does anyone know what Nina Povey is doing? She usually does an August competition of some sort (often qualifier or domestic) and then a September Challenger event. Nebelhorn is the last September challenger this year and she isn't on the entries for that.

Alexa Severn also seems to be missing at the moment.

I wondered that, too (about Nina). There are still two more domestic qualifiers (September and October) before the British Nationals, though, so maybe she'll compete at one of these.

 

[FlossieH]

I wondered that, too (about Nina). There are still two more domestic qualifiers (September and October) before the British Nationals, though, so maybe she'll compete at one of these.

Are you sure that there are still two more qualifiers she can compete at? All that's listed on the BIS website is a singles/pairs qualifier in October and an ice dance one in early November.

I was kind of hoping you might have seen Nina skating, seeing as you train at the same rink as her.

 

[Ruthypegs]

Are you sure that there are still two more qualifiers she can compete at? All that's listed on the BIS website is a singles/pairs qualifier in October and an ice dance one in early November.

I was kind of hoping you might have seen Nina skating, seeing as you train at the same rink as her.

You're right - the September qualifier I'd seen turns out to be a different sort of event.

I haven't seen Nina skating, (only teaching), but that could be because the elite skaters mostly train on patch ice on the other rink, and I practise at the public sessions (I'm nowhere near good enough to be eligible for patch ice!) Hopefully, she'll be at the October qualifier.

 

[Weetos]

Both Nina and Alexa were at the performance camp according to instagram, so I'm assuming that means they are planning to compete at some point this season! @theicecapture was filming with all of them so looking forward to seeing what they are making.

 

[FlossieH]

Both Nina and Alexa were at the performance camp according to instagram, so I'm assuming that means they are planning to compete at some point this season! @theicecapture was filming with all of them so looking forward to seeing what they are making.

Excellent.

Maybe Alexa will fill our remaining JGP spot. She hasn't been named as a substitute for any of them so far, which was making me wonder whether she was injured or something. Perhaps she was focussing on school after Worlds and started preparing for this season later.

 

[FlossieH]

I can't remember who, but someone on here was disappointed that Lloyd Thomson wasn't being considered for JGP spots. He has been assigned to the JGP in Ljubljana.

There's still no sign of Alexa Severn being an entry or sub for any (and we do not have a women's spot in the final event). Not sure whether she's injured or has opted not to do the JGP this season. They normally send our junior champion to one.

 

[Weetos]

I can't remember who, but someone on here was disappointed that Lloyd Thomson wasn't being considered for JGP spots. He has been assigned to the JGP in Ljubljana.

There's still no sign of Alexa Severn being an entry or sub for any (and we do not have a women's spot in the final event). Not sure whether she's injured or has opted not to do the JGP this season. They normally send our junior champion to one.

That was me, I was just about to post about the entries! Very happy to see he's finally going to get some more international experience. He needs it so he can start landing those jumps he can do in training!

It looks like Ash and Atl will be doing the last 2 events, Ljubljana and then Wuxi straight after? Seems a bit of an odd choice but I assume they have their reasons.

 

[FlossieH]

That was me, I was just about to post about the entries! Very happy to see he's finally going to get some more international experience. He needs it so he can start landing those jumps he can do in training!

It looks like Ash and Atl will be doing the last 2 events, Ljubljana and then Wuxi straight after? Seems a bit of an odd choice but I assume they have their reasons.

I had a feeling it was you, but couldn't be bothered to re-read the whole thread to check!

Yes, it looks like Ashlie and Atl are doing the final two events. I assume they must have wanted more preparation time and felt the benefits of that outweighed the drawbacks of competing two weeks in a row and travelling so far in such a short space of time.

 

[FlossieH]

We have one spot for men at the final JGP. I suspect that will be between Jedidiah Lincoln, Lucas Fitterer and Lloyd Thomson. Tao already has two spots and the other junior men were a fair way below those three at nationals and the March/August qualifiers. I know they sometimes send our Novice champion if age-eligible for juniors, but Jack Donovan seems to have struggled a bit in the March qualifier and WD from the August one. I'm therefore not sure he's really ready for a JGP.

 

[Weetos]

Here's the stream for the pairs short
Good luck Zarah and Alex!

 

[ladyjane]

There will be a few Brits at the International Skate Dordrecht this weekend. Only single's.

International Skate Dordrecht 2024

Event results for International Skate Dordrecht 2024

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