Richmond Trophy

The Richmond Trophy was an international figure skating competition for ladies held annually from 1949 to 1980 at the Richmond ice rink near London. It was the only invitational international competition (as opposed to the ISU Championships) held on a regular basis in the post-war years.^[1] The competition was sponsored by the National Skating Association and was largely due to the activity of Arnold Gerschwiler, coach of many champions at the Richmond rink.^[2]

At the last event in November 1980, participation was down to only 11 competitors, attributed to scheduling conflicts with the growing number of other international competitions such as Skate Canada International.^[3] Moreover, the National Skating Association had two years previously started another international competition, the St. Ivel International, also held at the Richmond rink but earlier in the fall and including competition in all four disciplines of skating, which by 1980 was already established as one of the more prestigious competitions on the international circuit. Therefore the ladies-only Richmond Trophy event was discontinued.

Medalists

Ladies Medalists
Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1949
1950
1951
1952	Yvonne Sugden
1953
1954
1955	Yvonne Sugden
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961	Nicole Hassler	Barbara Conniff	Heather Moir
1962	Nicole Hassler	Carol Noir
1963
1964
1965	Uschi Keszler	Zsuzsanna Almassy	Beate Richter
1966
1967
1968
1969	Elisabeth Nestler	Patricia Dodd	Rita Trapanese
1970	Rita Trapanese	Patricia Dodd	Dawn Glab
1971	Christine Errath	Cathy Lee Irwin	Kazumi Yamashita
1972	Dorothy Hamill	Karen Iten	Jean Scott
1973	Dianne de Leeuw
1974	Marion Weber	Isabel de Navarre	Kath Malmberg
1975	Lynn Nightingale	Barbie Smith	Linda Fratianne
1976	Barbie Smith	Susanna Driano	Heather Kemkaran
1977	Priscilla Hill	Kristiina Wegelius	Denise Biellmann
1978	Susanna Driano	Carrie Rugh	Karena Richardson
1979	Alicia Risberg	Carola Weiszenberg	Simone Grigorescu
1980	Karen Wood	Janina Worth	Carola Paul