Oberstdorf 2014: Day six results

What fabulous results we've seen coming out of the ISU Adult Figure Skating Competition in Oberstdorf this week. Today's results are below, but first, take a look at the following table. Turns out adult skating in the UK is pretty decent! Note: The "rank" is purely based on total number of medals, just for reference.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total medals
1	Canada (CAN)	10	13	9	32
2	United States (USA)	12	10	7	29
3	Great Britain (GBR)	13	6	8	27
4	Germany (GER)	3	7	9	19
5	Poland (POL)	6	3	2	11
6	France (FRA)	3	4	4	11
7	Italy (ITA)	2	5	2	9
7	Russia (RUS)	3	3	3	9
8	Finland (FIN)	4	1	2	7
9	Australia (AUS)	2	0	4	6
10	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	2	2	5
10	Switzerland (SUI)	0	3	2	5
11	Japan (JPN)	0	0	3	3
12	Brazil (BRA)	0	2	0	2
12	Austria (AUT)	2	0	0	2
12	South Africa (RSA)	0	1	1	2
13	Serbia (SRB)	1	0	0	1
13	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	0	1
13	Slovenia (SLO)	0	0	1	1
13	Hungary (HUN)	1	0	0	1

Day 6 results: 

Oberstdorf 2014: Day five results

It's been a fantastic day five for GB adult skaters at the ISU Adult Figure Skating Competition in Oberstdorf.

Topping five out of the 10 categories skated today, Team GB have taken the tally of gold medals so far throughout this competition to 12.

Taking home the gold medals today were: Jennifer Stewart in the

Oberstdorf 2014: Day four results

The results from day four of the ISU Adult Figure Skating Competition in Oberstdorf are in. On a personal note, I did a little "yay" when I saw Stuart Bell had topped the leaderboard in the men's artistic event master (elite) II category. I don't personally know many of the skaters, but I did have the pleasure of being taught by Stuart at last year's NISA adult camp, and couldn't have had a lovelier coach, so congratulations Stuart.

Today's results also show GB skaters

Oberstdorf 2014: Day three results

The results from day three of the ISU Adult Figure Skating Competition in Oberstdorf are in - and those who competed for Team GB has will be bringing home a bumper haul of seven medals from the day's events.

The successes mean British adult skaters have secured a total of 14 podium places over the last three days - five gold medals, five silver and four bronze.

In today's events, gold medals went to

Oberstdorf 2014: Day two results

It's been another action-packed day at the ISU Adult Figure Skating Competition in Oberstdorf, with two gold medals for Team GB. Rowena Sirey took gold in the ladies' bronze IV artistic event, while Atsushi Arauchi placed first in the men's bronze II free skating.

There were also silver medals for Hana Connor in the ladies' silver IV free skating, and Roland Suckale in the men's bronze IV artistic, as well as a bronze for Monica Spalding Brown in the ladies' gold III + IV artistic event. Well done everyone who's competed so far!

Here are all the results from day two

Adults really can skate too!

It's a fantastic time of year for adult skating right now, with the ISU Adult Figure Skating Competition kicking off in Oberstdorf, Germany, yesterday, plus the British Adult Championships coming up in Sheffield in just a few weeks.

And Oberstdorf has really got off to a brilliant start, with Team GB securing some podium places on day one of the competition.

For team GB, Jenny Kasoumpi took the silver medal in the bronze ladies free skating category (class I), while Rachael Richards - a fellow north-east girl - placed third in the gold ladies artistic (class II). Well done ladies! Also notable was Roberta Wheeler who placed fourth in the bronze ladies artistic (class III).

For anyone who doesn't compete (like me!) and is wondering what the classes and bronze, silver, gold categories are all about, let me briefly explain, to the

Dozens of adult skaters heading for international stage

Hopes are high for great success at this year's Oberstdorf competition, set to take place next week, with 59 adult skaters signed up to represent Great Britain.

The skaters range in age from 25 to 78.

You can read more about this as well as a comment from NISA's director of development David Hartley on NISA's news page here.

Competition news, program excitement and a bit of a whinge. (Well, you gotta have a bit of variety in a post...)

Great news, guys.

As many of you will  know, the 10th ISU Adult Figure Skating Competition will be held as usual in Oberstdorf, Germany towards the end of this month, and I'll be able to bring you news directly from team GB over there thanks to one of the skaters.

Lulubelle Alexandra has kindly agreed to provide us with news throughout the competition as well as some video coverage if possible. She will be competing there herself, defending her gold artistic title and competing in the gold free skating category too. I wish you - and everyone else - the best of luck, Lulu.

For those of you not familiar with this international competition, it's been held in Oberstdorf every year since 2005. That first year, 120 skaters from 12 countries participated. Six years later, in 2011, that number had risen to more than 300 from 25 countries - so you can see how it's grown. It includes skaters from all disciplines - free, artistic, pairs, ice dance and synchro.

I'd love to one day