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The St. Ivel International was an annual international figure skating competition at the Richmond Ice Rink in England. Sponsored by the National Ice Skating Association, it included competitions in men's singles, ladies' singles, pairs, and ice dancing. In most years it was held in late September or early October.
The competition was first held in 1978 under the name Rotary Watches International and was renamed in 1980 when it became sponsored by the St. Ivel dairy product brand. In 1988, the event was renamed to (or replaced by) Skate Electric, which in some years was held in both spring and fall versions. The competition originally scheduled for October 1991 was cancelled due to loss of sponsorship, and the British federation has not held another annual senior international competition in the years since.
The event was considered one of the more prestigious international competitions of the 1980s, comparable to events such as Skate America and NHK Trophy which later became part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating.
| Men's medalists | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Refs |
| 1978 | Rotary Watches |  Fumio Igarashi |  David Santee |  Miroslav Šoška | [1] |
| 1979 | Rotary Watches |  Robin Cousins |  Brian Pockar | [1] | |
| 1980 | St. Ivel | Brian Pockar | Scott Hamilton | Fumio Igarashi | [1] |
| 1981 | St. Ivel | Brian Orser | David Santee |  Rudi Cerne | [1] |
| 1982 | St. Ivel | Brian Orser | Norbert Schramm | Tom Dickson | [1] |
| 1983 | St. Ivel | Heiko Fischer | Gary Beacom |  Falko Kirsten | [1] |
| 1984 | St. Ivel | Brian Boitano |  Viktor Petrenko |  Grzegorz Filipowski | [1] |
| 1985 | St. Ivel | Brian Orser | Grzegorz Filipowski | Christopher Bowman | [1] |
| 1986 | St. Ivel | Daniel Doran |  Oliver Hoener | Richard Zander | [1] [2] |
| 1987 | St. Ivel | Paul Wylie | Kurt Browning | Heiko Fischer | [1] |
| 1988 | Skate Electric | Kurt Browning | Christopher Bowman | Ronny Winkler | [1] |
| 1989 | Skate Electric | Todd Eldredge | Grzegorz Filipowski | Vladimir Petrenko | [1] |
| 1990 | Skate Electric | Norm Proft | Ronny Winkler | Erik Larson | [1] |
| Ladies' medalists | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Refs |
| 1978 | Rotary Watches | Linda Fratianne | Emi Watanabe | Dagmar Lurz | [1] |
| 1979 | Rotary Watches | ||||
| 1980 | St. Ivel | Sandy Lenz | Tracey Wainman |  Sanda Dubravcic | [1] |
| 1981 | St. Ivel | Tracey Wainman | Jackie Farrell | Karen Wood | [1] |
| 1982 | St. Ivel | Elaine Zayak | Tracey Wainman | Cornelia Tesch | [1] |
| 1983 | St. Ivel | Tiffany Chin | Manuela Ruben | Karen Wood | [1] |
| 1984 | St. Ivel | Kathryn Adams | Cynthia Coull | Claudia Villiger | [1] |
| 1985 | St. Ivel | Debi Thomas | Susan Jackson | Joanne Conway | [1] |
| 1986 | St. Ivel | Elizabeth Manley | Jill Trenary | Inga Gauter | [1] [2] |
| 1987 | St. Ivel | Caryn Kadavy | Patricia Neske | Joanne Conway | [1] |
| 1988 | Skate Electric | Charlene Wong | Joanne Conway |  Beatrice Gelmini | [1] |
| 1989 | Skate Electric | Tonia Kwiatkowski | Simone Koch | Patricia Neske | [1] |
| 1990 | Skate Electric | Holly Cook | Lisa Sargeant |  Surya Bonaly | [1] |
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