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2008 British Figure Skating Championships
The 2008 British Figure Skating Championships were held from 7 to 12 January 2008 in Sheffield. Skaters competed across the levels of senior (Olympic-level), junior, and novice, and across the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, ice dancing, and synchronized skating. The event was used to help pick the British teams to the 2008 World Championships, the 2008 European Championships, and the 2008 World Junior Championships. The senior compulsory dance The compulsory dance (CD), now called the pattern dance, is a part of the figure skating segment of ice dance competitions in which all the competing couples perform the same standardized steps and holds to the music of a specified tempo and ge ... was the Yankee Polka and the junior compulsory dance was the Viennese Waltz. The first novice compulsory dance was the Rocker Foxtrot and the second one was the Paso Doble. Senior results Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing Synchronized Junior results M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in South Yorkshire, England, whose name derives from the River Sheaf which runs through it. The city serves as the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is Historic counties of England, historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire and some of its southern suburbs were transferred from Derbyshire to the city council. It is the largest settlement in South Yorkshire. The city is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines and the valleys of the River Don, Yorkshire, River Don with its four tributaries: the River Loxley, Loxley, the Porter Brook, the River Rivelin, Rivelin and the River Sheaf, Sheaf. Sixty-one per cent of Sheffield's entire area is green space and a third of the city lies within the Peak District national park. There are more than 250 parks, woodlands and gardens in the city, which is estimated to contain around 4.5 million trees. The city is south of Leeds, east of Manchester, and north ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The 2008 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were held from February 25 through March 2 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Commonly called "World Juniors" and "Junior Worlds", they are an annual figure skating competition in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Junior Champion. The event is open to figure skaters from ISU member nations who have reached the age of 13 by July 1 of the previous year, but have not yet turned 19. The upper age limit for men competing in pairs and dance is 21. Skaters compete in four disciplines: men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac .... The term "Junior" refers to the age level rather than necessarily the skill level. Therefore, some of the skaters competing have com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Hanretty
Mark Hanretty (born 21 March 1985) is a Scottish former competitive ice dancer who represented the United Kingdom with Christina Chitwood. They are two-time (2008, 2010) British medalists and competed at the 2009 European Championships, placing 18th and 2010 World championships in Turin. Competitive career Hanretty began figure skating in 1995. As a single skater, he was coached by John Christie and Diane C. Dewar in Edinburgh and East Kilbride. He switched to ice dancing in 2004. He competed briefly with Lauren Bradshaw. Hanretty and American ice dancer Christina Chitwood decided to team up on 31 December 2005 and began training together properly in May 2006. Their training was disrupted by Chitwood's contraction of mononucleosis (glandular fever). They made their debut in January 2007 at the British Championships at the National Ice Centre in Nottingham, England, finishing in 7th place. Chitwood/Hanretty won bronze at the 2008 British Championships at IceSheffield in She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christina Chitwood
Christina Chitwood (born 21 March 1990) is an American former competitive ice dancer who represented Great Britain with Mark Hanretty. They are two-time (2008, 2010) British bronze medalists and competed at the 2009 European Championships, placing 18th. Competitive career Early in her career, Chitwood competed in pair skating with her brother, Will Chitwood. She later switched to ice dancing and competed with Stephen Chasman. Chitwood and Scottish ice dancer Mark Hanretty decided to team up on 31 December 2005 and began training together properly in May 2006. Their training was disrupted by Chitwood's contraction of glandular fever (also known as mononucleosis). They made their debut at the 2007 British Championships at the National Ice Centre in Nottingham, Great Britain, in January 2007, finishing in 7th place. Chitwood and Hanretty won bronze at the 2008 British Championships at IceSheffield in Sheffield in January 2008. In the summer of 2008, they were selected by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phillip Poole
Phillip Poole (born 24 June 1981 in Windsor) is a multi-medal winning English ice dancer and ice dance coach. Competitive career Phillip Poole's skating career began in 1986 at the age of five and he competed at his first British Championships in 1991. In the 1990s he was the British champion in novice-level single skating. He was also the champion in intermediate-level solo ice dancing before commencing his couples ice dance career. With his second partner, Charlotte Clements, Poole became the 2002 British bronze medalist on the senior level. The following year he teamed up with Phillipa Towler-Green and was coached by former World Champion, Diane Towler. Poole and Towler-Green were the 2005-2008 British silver medalists and the 2004 Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medalists. Poole and Towler-Green represented Great Britain at the European Figure Skating Championships in 2006, 2007 and 2008. In March 2009, they competed at the World Figure Skating Championships in Los Angeles, rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phillipa Towler-Green
Phillipa Mary Towler-Green (born 11 May 1984 in Lambeth, London) is a former competitive English ice dancer. Career Initially a singles and pair skater, Towler-Green took up ice dancing at age ten. With Robert Burgerman, she won two junior international medals, silver at the Pavel Roman Memorial and silver at the Mezzaluna Trophy in Rome. They represented Great Britain at four JGPs and one World Junior Championship and were crowned British junior ice dance champions 2000. In 2003, Towler-Green teamed up with Phillip Poole. They won the silver medal at the British Ice Figure and Dance Championships for four consecutive years from the (2005–06) season to (2008–09) season and represented Great Britain at the 2006, 2007 and 2008 European Championships as well as the 2009 World Championships held in Los Angeles. They won two international medals: in Oberstdorf Oberstdorf ( Low Alemannic: ''Oberschdorf'') is a municipality and skiing and hiking town in Germany, located in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phillipa Pickard
Philippa is a feminine given name meaning "lover of horses" or "horses' friend". Common alternative spellings include ''Filippa'' and ''Phillipa''. Less common is ''Filipa'' and even ''Philippe'' (cf. the French spelling of ''Philippa of Guelders'': ''Philippe de Gueldres''). It is the feminine form of the masculine name ''Philip''. It is composed of the Greek elements ''philein'' (to love) and ''hippos'' (horse), and is derived from the name of Alexander the Great's father, the ancient Greek king, ''Philip II of Macedon'' (''aka'' ''Philippos'', ''Filippos'', and ''Pilipos''), who was an avid horse lover. The name is commonly shortened to the nicknames '' Pippa'', ''Pippy'', ''Pippita'', ''Pipka'', ''Pippulina'', and Pip. Notable people with the name Philippa include: Pre-modern era * Saint Philippa (died 220), Christian martyr and saint *Philippa of Hainault (c.1310/15–1369), queen consort of Edward III of England *Philippa Roet (c. 1346–c. 1387), wife of Geoffrey Chaucer *Ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
