British Adult Championship Photos

Mrs Redboots · #1 10-09-2003, 08:28 AM

The photos from the British Adult Championships are up at http://www.icephoto.co.uk/british/de...competition=22

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, oh dear..... well, no wonder we always place last.... WAIL......

plinko · #2 10-09-2003, 08:38 AM

I like this one

You look lovely.

blurrysarah · #3 10-09-2003, 08:46 AM

Well done! I don't consider it last to be 2nd out of 2 couples, so one group was better, pfft.

Reminds me, we need a thread where everyone posts a photo of themselves skating.

Black Sheep · #4 10-09-2003, 09:34 AM

I was wondering if there were any photos around of what must have been a fun & exciting event! At last, I can have a look at skaters at my level and/or age from across the pond.

Black Sheep · #5 10-09-2003, 09:39 AM

My God, these guys do great on-ice photos! I'm so insanely jealous. Looks like a whole lot of fantastic skaters. Wish I could have seen it!

flo · #6 10-09-2003, 10:15 AM

Hi,
You look great in the short skirt!
Good job!

Mrs Redboots · #7 10-09-2003, 10:16 AM

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Originally posted by plinko
I like this one

You look lovely.

Thanks - but look how hunched over I am, and the angle of my free leg, compared to Robert's, and the fact that my toe, far from being pointed, is actually rather cocked!
This one is, I think, the best of a bad lot (except that my tight is lifting slightly, and you can see how fat my arms are!).

Having said that, there are some superlative skaters out there. May I commend to you Joy Shellard (her interpretive is here) who is well into her 70s now, but still practically the best skater of all of us!

I won't name other people you don't know, but here are NickiT and Batikat.....

Black Sheep · #8 10-09-2003, 10:27 AM

I hope I'm that good when I'm in my '70s! What level is Joy? She looks amazing.

Mrs Redboots · #9 10-09-2003, 11:27 AM

I think she was skating Intermediate - probably the equivalent of Adult Silver or Adult Gold in the internationals.

I would certainly like to be as good as she is when I'm in my 70s!

blurrysarah · #10 10-09-2003, 12:09 PM

I noticed Joy Shellard too, what an inspiration. That jump she's doing (waltz?) is about 5 times higher than anything I've ever done. Proves that age makes no difference on your ability to learn to skate.

Moto Guzzi · #11 10-09-2003, 12:40 PM

Annabel, you and Robert look great! Thanks for posting these. I'm impressed by Joy Shellard. She has a better sitspin position and more height on her waltz jump than a silver level competitor at our rink who is probably half her age.

I like her bathtub pictures. Do you know what her music was? 'Splish, Splash, I was Taking a Bath'?

It was nice to see Batikat's and Nicki T's pictures, too. Well done, all of you.

batikat · #12 10-09-2003, 02:19 PM

But why does he always catch the most unflattering poses? The spin and the drag (lunge ) look OK but the rest look rather strange. I'm sure I'm not quite so knock-kneed!!!!! .

- think the picture was from my start - and some of the others look like I am barely moving. But at least they are better than nothing since my video didnt' turn out

MQSeries · #13 10-09-2003, 02:31 PM

You can't really blame the camera or camera man for any unflattering poses

Seriously though, I do have to give kudos to you adults that are putting yourselves out there in front of the judges and audience.

batikat · #14 10-09-2003, 03:32 PM

No, but in real life you are not frozen in time as in a photo, so if you are passing through a not so flattering postion on the way to a better one then the eye would not dwell on the unflattering position and hopefully would barely even notice.

In fact Icephoto do the best on-ice photos I have seen, under very difficult circumstances and of course he has never seen the performances before so can't plan the pictures.

NickiT · #15 10-09-2003, 03:42 PM

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Originally posted by batikat
But why does he always catch the most unflattering poses? The spin and the drag (lunge ) look OK but the rest look rather strange. I'm sure I'm not quite so knock-kneed!!!!! . - think the picture was from my start - and some of the others look like I am barely moving. But at least they are better than nothing since my video didnt' turn out

I know what you mean Gail!!! It doesn't help that I have that petrified expression on my face. My sit spin photo was obviously taken before I'd got right down into it, but I'm quite happy with my parallel spin photo as I don't look as bad as I thought I would doing this, especially since it wasn't one of my best on that day!

Nicki

batikat · #16 10-09-2003, 06:46 PM

The funny thing is when you start looking at some of the other photos and realise you weren't the only one caught at a bad moment. Some of the facial expressions caught on camera are priceless!

dbny · #17 10-09-2003, 10:21 PM

Thanks for posting the pix. You all look great! I'm so jealous, don't think I'll ever compete.

batikat · #18 10-10-2003, 02:37 AM

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Originally posted by dbny
Thanks for posting the pix. You all look great! I'm so jealous, don't think I'll ever compete.

Why is that? Is it lack of opportunity? Are there no adult competitions in your area? Or do you feel too nervous at the idea or not 'ready' to compete? A feeling I know well

I started competing when a skating friend wanted a buddy to go to a competition with. I was terrified and nowhere near ready but my arm was twisted! It was a dance comp for level 5 and under and I had not taken any tests in dance at all. There were 18 competitors and my legs were like jelly. I still don't know how I got round. As it happened I placed 15th of 18 so there were 3 ladies I was actually better than on the day - I was very surprised as I expected to be last.

I said then that it would be my first and last competition but somehow I keep going back.........
It helps that my rink runs one of the biggest adult-only Open comps in the country (UK)of course but the great thing is that at the adult level everyone is very friendly and supportive and respects you for going out there and giving it a shot. Hope you get the opportunity to try it one day

Mrs Redboots · #19 10-10-2003, 07:19 AM

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Originally posted by Moto Guzzi
I like her bathtub pictures. Do you know what her music was? 'Splish, Splash, I was Taking a Bath'?

Yes, I think so. She certainly had everybody in fits....

NickiT · #20 10-10-2003, 08:12 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by batikat
The funny thing is when you start looking at some of the other photos and realise you weren't the only one caught at a bad moment. Some of the facial expressions caught on camera are priceless!

Do you know what? After looking at mine, the first thing I did was go and check a few other competitor's expressions!!! It's hugely reassuring to know that we all share that common trait - a petrified look on our faces. The most frustrating thing is that I did remember to smile in the last bit of my programme but he didn't capture any photos of that!!!

Nicki

melanieuk · #21 10-10-2003, 01:04 PM

Thanks for posting the link to the photos Annabel.
They are great. Well done to you all.
Mel

Mrs Redboots · #22 10-10-2003, 01:33 PM

I thought you'd like them, Mel - you've checked all the photos of your friends, of course? It's lovely to have such a big group of skaters coming South for the big events these days.

wannask8 · #23 10-10-2003, 03:10 PM

These are fabulous! I don't know what you're all complaining about -- you look wonderful to me! Good job, all!

-- wannask8

Lutzgirl · #24 10-11-2003, 01:41 PM

wow you english really are learning something from the other better skating countrys! Not saying that britain isnt as good as canada but u dont have as many figure skaters do u ?

You all great well done!

dooobedooo · #25 10-12-2003, 12:27 AM

Is there a national skating championship for adults in Canada? How long has it been running?

I have heard about the US adult championships - what is the standard? How many entrants? Do they have qualifiers?

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