The 2008 British Figure Skating Championships were the British Figure Skating Championships

British Figure Skating Championships

The British Figure Skating Championships are a figure skating competition held annually to crown the national champions of the United Kingdom...

 of the 2007–2008 season. Skaters from the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 competed for the title of British Champion across the levels of senior (Olympic-level), junior, and novice, and across the disciplines of men's singles

Single skating

Single skating is a discipline of figure skating, wherein a single person skates alone. Men's singles and ladies' singles are both Olympic disciplines and are both governed by the International Skating Union. The other Olympic figure skating events are pair skating and ice dancing...

, ladies singles

Single skating

Single skating is a discipline of figure skating, wherein a single person skates alone. Men's singles and ladies' singles are both Olympic disciplines and are both governed by the International Skating Union. The other Olympic figure skating events are pair skating and ice dancing...

, pair skating

Pair skating

Pair skating is a figure skating discipline. International Skating Union regulations describe pair teams as consisting of "one lady and one man." The sport is distinguished from ice dancing and single skating by elements unique to pair skating, including overhead lifts, twist lifts, death spirals,...

, ice dancing

Ice dancing

Ice dancing is a form of figure skating which draws from the world of ballroom dancing. It was first competed at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, but did not become a Winter Olympic Games medal sport until 1976....

, and synchronized skating

Synchronized skating

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. The event was used to help pick the British teams to the 2008 European Figure Skating Championships

2008 European Figure Skating Championships

The 2008 European Figure Skating Championships were European Figure Skating Championships of the 2007–2008 season. Skaters competed in the categories of men's singles, ladies singles, pairs, and ice dancing....

, the 2008 World Junior Figure Skating Championships

2008 World Junior Figure Skating Championships

The 2008 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were the World Junior Figure Skating Championships for the 2007/2008 season. 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...

, and the 2008 World Figure Skating Championships

2008 World Figure Skating Championships

The 2008 World Figure Skating Championships was the World Figure Skating Championships of the 2007–2008 figure skating season. The World Championships are an annual figure skating competition in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion. The event was open to figure skaters...

.

The 2008 British Championships were held in Sheffield, England from January 7 through 12th, 2008.

Competition notes

• The senior compulsory dance was the Yankee Polka. The junior compulsory dance was the Viennese Waltz. The first novice compulsory dance was the Rocker Foxtrot and the second was the Paso Doble.

Men

Rank	Name	Nation	Total Points	SP	FS
1	Elliot Hilton Elliot Hilton Elliot Hilton is a British figure skater. He is the 2008 British national champion. His highest placement at an ISU Championship is 16th at the 2005 World Junior Figure Skating Championships. He is coached by Juri Bureiko.-References:...	COVEN	149.72	2	1
2	Thomas Paulson Thomas Paulson Thomas Paulson is a British figure skater. He is the 2005, 2006–2007 and 2008 British national silver medalist. Thomas has been a member of Team Skate GB, the British national squad, since 2002.-External links:*...	NIC	148.68	1	2
3	Tristan Cousins	NIC	145.25	3	3
4	David Richardson David Richardson (figure skater) David Richardson is a British figure skater. He currently trains at the NIC Nottingham.He is the 2006 British junior national champion, 2007 senior national bronze medalist, 2008 he was fourth place in senior nationals, 2009 senior national silver medalist, 2010 senior national bronze medalist and...	COVEN	140.34	5	4
5	Nick Rigby	DUNDE	133.81	4	5
6	Robert Murray	EK	113.02	6	6

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation	Total Points	SP	FS
1	Jenna McCorkell Jenna McCorkell Jenna McCorkell is a British figure skater. She is the 2002–2004 & 2007–2010 British National Champion and a 2010 Olympian...	NISA	142.76	1	1
2	Karly Robertson Karly Robertson Karly Robertson is a Scottish figure skater who competes for Great Britain. She is the 2008-2010 British silver medalist. Sister to fellow figure skater Kristie Robertson.-Programs:-Competitive highlights:...	DUNDE	105.45	2	2
3	Phillipa Pickard	DUNDE	95.10	3	3

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation	Total Points	SP	FS
1	Stacey Kemp Stacey Kemp Stacey Kemp is an English pair skater who represents Great Britain. She competes with David King. They are the 2006-2010 British national champions. Kemp & King changed coaches in the summer of 2007 and moved to Poland to train under Mariusz and Dorota Siudek.-Competitive highlights:-External...  / David King David King (figure skater) David King is an English pair skater who represents Great Britain. He has competed with Stacey Kemp since 2003. They are the 2006-2010 British national champions. Kemp & King changed coaches in the summer of 2007 and moved to Poland to train under Mariusz and Dorota Siudek...	NISA	128.99	1	1

Ice Dancing

Rank	Name	Nation	Total Points	CD	OD	FD
1	Sinead Kerr Sinead Kerr Sinead Houston Kerr is a Scottish ice dancer who represents Great Britain. She teamed up with her brother John Kerr in 2000. They are two-time European bronze medalists and the 2004–2010 British national champions...  / John Kerr John Kerr (figure skater) John Alastair Kerr is a Scottish ice dancer who represents Great Britain. He competes with his sister Sinead Kerr...	MURR	169.26	1	1	1
2	Phillipa Towler-Green Phillipa Towler-Green Phillipa Towler-Green is a British ice dancer. After originally skating with Robert Burgerman they won 2 junior international medals , They represented Great Britain at 4 JGPs and 1 World Junior Championships...  / Phillip Poole Phillip Poole Phillip Poole is a multi-medal winning ice dancer and ice dance coach born 24 June 1981 in Windsor, Great Britain.-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...	STREA	150.74	2	3	2
3	Christina Chitwood Christina Chitwood Christina Chitwood is an American ice dancer who represents Great Britain. She teamed up with Scottish ice dancer Mark Hanretty on 31 December 2005. They are the 2008 & 2010 British bronze medalists...  / Mark Hanretty Mark Hanretty Mark Hanretty is a Scottish ice dancer who represents Great Britain. He teamed up with American ice dancer Christina Chitwood on 31 December 2005. They are the 2008 & 2010 British bronze medalists...	ICESH	145.13	4	2	3
4	Louise Walden Louise Walden Louise Walden is a British ice dancer. She competes with Owen Edwards, with whom she teamed up in 2006. They are the 2010 British Gold Medalists and are 2011 British and Welsh ice dancing champions.Walden was born in Preston, England...  / Owen Edwards	DEES	141.12	3	4	5
5	Kira Geil Kira Geil Kira Geil is an ice dancer who currently represents Austria with Tobias Eisenbauer.In her early career, Geil represented Great Britain with Andrew Smykowski. She moved from Great Britain to Austria in 2009 and teamed up with Dmitri Matsjuk to represent Austria...  / Andrew Smykowski	ICESH	138.10	6	5	4
6	Melyssa James / Jamie Burns	NISA	120.83	5	6	6

Synchronized

Rank	Name	Nation	Total Points	SP	FS
1	Storm	BAS	99.58	1	1

Men

Rank	Name	Nation	Total Points	SP	FS
1	Phillip Harris	BL-PO	110.69	1	1
2	Jono Partridge	LEE V	101.81	3	2
3	Daniel King	BRADF	95.17	4	3
4	Luke Chilcott	GILL	93.23	2	4

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation	Total Points	SP	FS
1	Karla Quinn Karla Quinn Karla Quinn is a British figure skater. She has just been crowned as [British Junior Ice Skating Champion 2008] British junior silver medallist and the 2006 British junior bronze medalist...	ICESH	96.09	1	3
2	Amy Tanner	NIC	92.39	2	1
3	Katie Powell	DEES	89.35	3	2
4	Toni Murray	HULL	81.41	4	6
5	Stephanie Smith	DUNDE	79.34	8	4
6	Laura Kean	DUNDE	78.86	6	5
7	Marissa Henderson	DUNDE	74.12	5	8
8	Amanda Hughes	EK	72.17	7	7

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation	Total Points	SP	FS
1	Sally Hoolin / Jake Bennett	BLACK	94.10	1	1
2	Tameron Drake / Edward Alton	DUNDO	75.09	2	2

Ice Dancing

Rank	Name	Nation	Total Points	CD	OD	FD
1	Penny Coomes Penny Coomes * *...  / Nicholas Buckland Nicholas Buckland * *...	NIC	129.71	1	1	1
2	Lindsey Cohen / Evan Roberts	NISA	119.25	2	2	2
3	Sarah Coward / Michael Coward	CHELM	103.26	3	3	3
4	Rebecca Forsyth / Christopher Hockaday	BRACK	94.65	4	5	4
5	Danielle Bennett / Josh Boulton	GUILD	91.35	5	4	5

Men

Rank	Name	Nation	Total Points	SP	FS
1	Jamie Whiteman	NIC	81.50	1	1
2	Mark Frost	DUNDE	70.80	2	2
3	Michael Duffield	BILL	66.06	3	3

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation	Total Points	SP	FS
1	Jodi Easson	DUNDE	75.05	2	1
2	Annabel Colenutt	BAS	73.94	1	3
3	Laura Freeman	BAS	72.43	6	2
4	Jessica Roebuck	HULL	67.49	3	5
5	Anastasia Vinnikova Anastasia Vinnikova Anastasia Vinnikova born April 15 1991 is a singer from Belarus. She represented her country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, failing to qualify to the final.-References:...	COVEN	66.89	8	4
6	Daisy Lloyd-Hazelgreaves	BLACK	65.45	4	7
7	Rowena Mackessack-Leitch	ELGIN	64.36	9	6
8	Shelley Thomson	DUNDE	63.38	7	8
9	Alisha Annandale	HULL	62.80	5	13
10	Natasha Mckay	DUNDE	60.52	11	11
11	Jordan Bonello	SWIND	60.51	10	15
12	Sophie Kent	ICESH	60.32	13	9
13	Sarah-Jane Smith	ELGIN	59.62	15	10
14	Lauren Fenton	LEE V	58.31	14	14
15	Kirsty Richardson	GUILD	57.97	17	12
16	Sasha Crompton	COVEN	56.42	16	16
17	Carys Birse	DUNDE	53.53	12	20
18	Lauren Mackessack-Leitch	ELGIN	53.29	18	17
19	Helen Clark	DUNDE	51.37	20	19
20	Lorna Jade Skipper	NIC	51.01	22	18
21	Kristie Robertson	DUNDE	49.69	21	21
22	Eleanor Warn	DUNDE	47.52	19	22

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation	Total Points	SP	FS
1	Catherine Clement / James Hunt	CHELM	53.67	1	1

Ice Dancing

Rank	Name	Nation	Total Points	CD1	CD2	FD
1	Georgia Robinson / Joseph Buckland	NIC	53.56	1	2	1
2	Melissa Chan / Tobias Wallis	STREA	49.33	2	1	2
3	Zoeanna Battershill / Stephen Moore	GUIL	45.60	4	4	3
4	Sophie Jones / Richard Sharpe	GILLI	44.33	5	5	4
5	Charlotte Aiken / Fergus Finden-Browne	GUILD	43.87	3	3	5

Synchronized

Rank	Name	Nation	Total Points	FS
1	Wight Diamonds	I_O_W	31.75	1
2	Shadows Nic	NIC	29.14	2
3	Fusion	BRACK	28.31	3