British Junior Champions 2011/12: The Wight Jewels. Photograph copyright 2011 Digital Photo Events (Graham Taylor Photography)
Wight Jewels: Junior British champions for 2008/9, 2009/10, 2010/11 and 2011/12 seasons; Junior Scottish champions in 2008, 2009 and 2011 (SK8 Scotland, event not held in 2010); Junior Welsh champions for 2010/11 and 2011/12 seasons.
The Jewels competed at the Junior World Challenge Cup (JWCC) – the junior world championships – in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 2010, placing 19th. They improved their place to 17th at the JWCC held at Neuchâtel, Switzerland, in 2011. At the JWCC in 2012, again held in Gothenburg, they achieved 15th place – the highest position achieved by a British team in the history of the event (ref: event archives at http://www.eiskunstlauf-ecke.de/).
The Jewels were ranked 17th in the world for the 2010/11 season, according to the ISU (PDF archive: World Standings 2010-11): the rankings for 2011/12 at : http://www.isuresults.com/ws/wssys/wsjuniorsynchro.htm do not yet include their performance at the JWCC.
Wight Crystals, gold medallists at novice level at the 2011 Welsh championships. Photograph © 2011 David Paterson, www.eventfotos.co.uk
Wight Crystals: Juvenile British champions in 2007/8 and 2008/9, silver medallists in 2009/10 (won by Nottingham Silhouettes), champions again in 2010/11; Juvenile Scottish champions in 2008, 2009 and 2011 (SK8 Scotland event not held in 2010).
Novice Welsh champions for the 2011/12 season. Bronze medallists at novice level at the 2011/12 British championships.
Wight Sparkles: A new elementary level team formed for the 2011/12 season. They made their debut at the Trophy D’Ecosse (Sk8 Scotland) in 2012, where they were bronze medallists.
Wight Gems: Silver medallists Preliminary level in British championships 2009/10. The Gems have had two incarnations (the 2006/7 team turned into the Diamonds when the original Diamonds became the Jewels). Team not active; retired in the 2011/12 season.
Wight Diamonds: Novice British champions in 2007/8; Bronze medallists at elementary level at SK8 Scotland in 2007. Team not active; members formed the Wight Jewels in late 2008.
Official results
World Championships
2012 Junior World Challenge Cup, Göteborg, Sweden (15 to 17 March 2012)
Wight Jewels, 15th (junior)
http://www.isuresults.com/results/syswjc2012/CAT001RS.HTM
2011 Junior World Challenge Cup, Neuchâtel, Switzerland (10 to 12 March 2011)
Wight Jewels, 17th (junior)
http://events.skating.ch/events1011/wccj2011_Event/index.htm
2010 Junior World Challenge Cup, Göteborg, Sweden (11 to 13 March 2010)
Wight Jewels, 19th (junior)
http://www.isuresults.com/results/syswjc2010/index.htm
British Figure Skating Championships and British Synchro Skating Championships
2011/12 season (BFSC, 21 to 27 November 2010)
Wight Jewels, gold (junior)
Wight Crystals, bronze (novice)
http://www.johnds.org/British-11_12/
2010/11 season (BFSC, 21 to 27 November 2010)
Wight Jewels, gold (junior)
Wight Crystals, gold (juvenile)
http://www.johnds.org/British_10/
2009/10 season (BSSCNO, 18 to 19 February 2010)
Wight Jewels, gold (junior)
Wight Crystals, silver (juvenile)
Wight Gems, silver (preliminary)
http://www.johnds.org/synchro_10/
2008/9 (BSSCNO, 8 February 2009)
Wight Crystals, gold (juvenile)
http://www.johnds.org/synchro_09/
2008/9 season (BFSC, 11 to 16 January 2009)
Wight Jewels, gold (junior)
Wight Diamonds, silver (novice)
http://www.johnds.org/British_08-09/
2007/8 season (BSSCNO, 24 March 2008)
Wight Crystals, gold (juvenile)
2007/8 season (BFSC, 7 to 12 January 2008)
Wight Diamonds, gold (novice)
http://www.johnds.org/British’08/index.htm
2006/7 season (BSSCNO, held 19 March 2007 )
Wight Diamonds, bronze (intermediate)
Wight Gems, silver (novice)
BFSC refers to the British Figure Skating Championships; BSSCNO refers to the British Synchronized Skating Championships & National Opens. In years where synchronized skating happens at both the national and the synchro events, the BFSC is the national championship event for Senior, Junior and Novice levels, and the BSSCNO is only an open competition at these three levels, not a championship event. Yes, it is confusing.
In the 2009/10 season, synchronized skating did not take place within the BFSC, and so the championship event was the BSSCNO. For the 2010/11 season, NISA again incorporated the Senior, Junior and Novice synchronized skating classes into the British Figure Skating Championships, and moved this event to early in the season (November 2010) to allow individuals and teams to meet the criteria to participate in international events.
The BSSCNO is the championship event for the lower levels of synchronized skating, such as preliminary, intermediate, elementary and juvenile.
Welsh Championships
2011/12 (held 3 to 7 October 2011)
Wight Jewels, gold (junior)
Wight Crystals, gold (novice)
http://www.johnds.org/IJS-Deeside’11/
2010/11 (held 19 to 22 October 2010)
Wight Jewels, gold (junior)
http://www.johnds.org/deeside_10/
Sk8 Scotland (Scottish Championships)/ Trophy D’Ecosse
2012 (held 6 to 8 April 2012)
Wight Crystals, silver (novice)
Wight Sparkles, bronze (elementary)
Notes: The Trophy D’Ecosse became an ISU event for the first time
www.sk8scotland.org.uk/Results/TrophyDeEcosse2012/index.htm
2011 (held 16 to 17 April, 2011)
Wight Jewels, gold (junior)
Wight Crystals, gold (juvenile)
http://www.johnds.org/Sk8scotland_11/
2009 (held 17 October 2009)
Wight Jewels, gold (junior)
Wight Crystals, gold (juvenile)
http://www.sk8scotland.org.uk/Results2009/Synchro/index.htm
2008 (held 25 October 2008)
Wight Jewels, gold (junior)
Wight Diamonds, gold (novice)
Wight Crystals, gold (juvenile)
2007 (held 16 October 2007)
Wight Diamonds, bronze (elementary)
