Irish National Championships, 01–02 April 2019

[CaroLiza_fan]

The Irish Championships were held in London the past couple of days.

Name: 2019 Irish Figure Skating Championships

Date: 1[SUP]st[/SUP] – 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] April 2019

Venue: Lee Valley Ice Centre, London, England

Announcement: https://isai.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2019-Irish-Figure-Skating-Championship-Announcement.pdf

Index: https://isai.ie/2019-irish-figure-skating-championships/

Entries / Results Page: http://www.icephoto.co.uk/IrishChamp19/

Report: XXXX

As has become the norm in recent years, the Irish Championships were held in conjunction with the IJS Skate Southern competition.

After all the excitement of multiple entries in all categories last season, there were not very many entries at all this year. Senior Men and Advanced Novice Ladies had two entries, while the others only had one.

As you all know, I am a Northerner. So, I was delighted with the result in Senior Men. Sam and Conor shared the segments, but Sam won due to his massive lead from the SP (TEN POINTS!!! :shocked: ).

WELL DONE SAM!!!

Senior Men

Name	Nation	SP	FS	Overall
		Pl.	TSS	Pl.	TSS	Pl.	Points
Sam MCALLISTER		1	57.16	2	94.35	1	151.51
Conor STAKELUM		2	47.38	1	101.66	2	149.04

Senior Men SP: Results; Protocols
Senior Men FS: Results; Protocols
Senior Men: Results


Junior Ladies

Name	Nation	SP	FS	Overall
		Pl.	TSS	Pl.	TSS	Pl.	Points
Elizabeth GOLDING		1	26.81	1	46.56	1	73.37

Junior Ladies SP: Results; Protocols
Junior Ladies FS: Results; Protocols
Junior Ladies: Results


Advanced Novice Men

Name	Nation	SP	FS	Overall
		Pl.	TSS	Pl.	TSS	Pl.	Points
Dillon JUDGE		1	24.18	1	45.85	1	70.03

Advanced Novice Men SP: Results; Protocols
Advanced Novice Men FS: Results; Protocols
Advanced Novice Men: Results


Advanced Novice Ladies

Name	Nation	SP	FS	Overall
		Pl.	TSS	Pl.	TSS	Pl.	Points
Robyn FOSTER		1	27.86	1	45.68	1	73.54
Sophia TKACHEVA		2	22.49	2	39.08	2	61.57

Advanced Novice Ladies SP: Results; Protocols
Advanced Novice Ladies FS: Results; Protocols
Advanced Novice Ladies: Results


Basic Novice Ladies A

Name	Nation	FS	Overall
		Pl.	TSS	Pl.	Points
Laura HEGARTY		1	16.60	1	16.60

Basic Novice Ladies A FS: Results; Protocols
Basic Novice Ladies A: Results


CONGRATULATIONS EVERYBODY!!!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[Nirti]

McAllister has a more ambitious technical program, with 3Lz and 3F. It will be interesting to see if he can qualify for Euros next season (for the moment he doesn't meet the TES, but with his SP at Nats, he could do so).

By the way, why are the Irish Nats held in London?

 

[La Rhumba]

By the way, why are the Irish Nats held in London?

That's a good question. When I asked the Irish FSA a couple of years ago, I was told it's "more convenient for everybody". Though I wonder how? Sam trains in Sheffield and Conor in Dundee, the travel to a rink in NI would probably be the same if not less distance. I think it's mainly because the competition is already organized and taking place anyway at Lee Valley, so the Irish FSA just enter their skaters and piggy back their Championships onto it. Though why they choose Skate Southern in East London, I can't say for sure. Maybe the timing and cost is convenient for the Irish FSA?

A lot of pics here: https://twitter.com/IceSkateIRL

Wow, they even had a workshop and seemed to all stay in Stratford. It's not the West End, but it's not inexpensive either.