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New Zealand Figure Skating Championships

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The New Zealand Figure Skating Championships are held annually to crown the national champions of New Zealand. Skaters compete in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance at the senior, junior, and novice levels, although not every discipline is held every year due to a lack of participants. The event is organized by the New Zealand Ice Figure Skating Association, the sport's national governing body.

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The first New Zealand Championships were held in 1939 on the Manorburn Dam in Central Otago. Championships were conducted on frozen lakes on the South Island until 1952, when the Centaurus Ice Rink in Christchurch opened.[1] The first indoor rink on the North Island opened in 1964 in Wellington.

Ricky Cockerill and Ivan McDonald are tied for winning the most New Zealand Championship titles in men's singles (with seven each), while Gay Le Comte and Alexandra Rout are tied for winning the most New Zealand Championship titles in women's singles (with six each). McDonald holds the record in pair skating (with seven), although not all with the same partner, and also holds the record in ice dance (with nine); again, not with the same partner.

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Senior medalists

Men’s singles

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  1. John Walkingshaw was named the 1981 New Zealand Champion since Robin Smedley, the first-place finisher, was a guest skater from Australia.

Women's singles

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  1. Aslihan Aydin was named the 2003 New Zealand Champion since Sarah-Yvonne Prytula, the first-place finisher, was a guest skater from Australia. Aydin had competed the year before as a guest skater from Turkey.

Pairs

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  1. Lesley Anderson and Leslie Coxon were named the 1966 New Zealand Champions since Edwina Sloman and Bill Hewison, the first-place finishers, were guest skaters from Australia.
  2. While R. Loader and Kelvin Nicolle were the only competitors at the 1971 New Zealand Championships, they did not achieve the minimum required score to be named the New Zealand Champions.

Ice dance

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  1. While Rebecca Khoo and Evgeni Borounov were the only competitors at the 2000 New Zealand Championships, they were not named the New Zealand Champions since they were guest skaters from Australia.
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Junior medalists

Men's singles

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  1. Thomas Woodbridge was named the 2012 New Zealand Junior Champion since Darian Kaptich, the first-place finisher, was a guest skater from Australia.

Women's singles

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    Pairs

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    Ice dance

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    Records

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    1. Ivan McDonald won five championship titles in pair skating while partnered with Lynne McDonald (1954/55–1956/57; 1958/59–1959/60) and two with Wendy Grafton (1961/62–1962/63).
    2. Ivan McDonald won three championship titles in ice dance while partnered with Lynne McDonald (1955/56–1957/58; 1958/59–1959/60), four with Wendy Grafton (1961/62–1963/64; 1972/73), one with Christine Besley (1968/69), and one with Christine Wadsworth (1971/72).

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