Second Lieutenant Robert Jones of the Royal Artillery published the world's first book on the sport::-"A Treatise on Skating. Founded on certain principles deduced from Many Year's experience."

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To mark the centenary of the formation of the NSA, a celebratory lunch was held at the Guildhall in Cambridge, birthplace of the NSA. Later a Gala was organised at the Empire Pool in Wembley. This was attended by the patron of the NSA, HRH Queen Elizabeth ll and the Duke of Edinburgh.

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The ISU allocated the World Championships to London. It was held at the National Skating Palace and was won by Henning Grenander. 1899

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Addeddate 2013-04-05 21:22:00 Call number Skating 51 Identifier the_edinburgh_skating_club_00edin Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t46q3hm4b Ocr tesseract 5.0.0-1-g862e Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 1.0000 Ocr_module_version 0.0.15 Ocr_parameters -l eng Scanning_center hbl_storrs Worldcat (source edition) Cecilia Colledge retained her European title in St Moritz, Switzerland, but was unexpectedly beaten in her defence of the World Championship, by Megan Taylor.The Olympic Games were held in London and the NSA organised the first ever skating events at Prince's Skating Club. Ulrich Salchow (Sweden) won the men's Gold medal. Mrs Syers won the women's title and with her husband, Edgar, took the Bronze in Pair skating. Other British skaters were second in the Pairs and also second and third in the Special Pattern Skating Competition for drawing complicated designs on the ice. 1909 Burnt Offerings | Birlinn Ltd - Independent Scottish Publisher - buy books online <img height="1" width="1" Compulsory or "School" figures (the tracing of turns or loops in figure eights or 3 circle patterns) were discontinued after the World Championships in Halifax, Nova Scotia. 1994

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The first NSA Junior Women's Competition was held and later became the Junior Championship for Ladies. 1938 The NSA of Great Britain assumed responsibility for Roller Skating. This was relinquished in 1990 when a separate Roller authority was set up. 1895 Mr and Mrs J.H. Johnson presented a cup for the new British Pair Skating Championship and won it themselves at the Haymarket rink in Edinburgh, which opened in 1912. Until 2000, it was the only senior national championship ever to be held in Scotland.Besse Craw is a young mother whose husband has mysteriously vanished. And in a time when women were powerless, she is accused of witchcraft, abused by her employer, and destined to lose her daughter, her freedom and her life. The World Men's Championship was held at the Ice Club, Westminster. The winner was the legendary Swedish architect, poet and painter, Gillis Grafstrom(1893-1938) Three time Olympic Gold medallist and runner up in 1932, he seldom bothered to enter the World Championships, but when he did , he won.