Inclusive Skating is thrilled to announce the British Open Inclusive Skating Championships 2025! This special additional to our events calendar will be held in partnership with Planet Ice from the 29th of April to the 1st of May 2025. Skaters will compete across all disciplines at the Milton Keynes Planet Ice Rink.

Inclusive Skating has previously collaborated with Planet Ice for Inclusive categories at events throughout the UK, and this event will serve as a natural extension of our organisations’ shared commitment to increasing participation in skating and providing opportunities for skaters with additional needs. Following the Inclusive Skating model, the British Open will welcome skaters with any form of additional needs; the event will also serve as the Special Olympics GB National Championships for 2025 (subject to confirmation). The British Open will follow the guidelines set forth in the Inclusive Skating Technical Handbook and Classification Handbook. For more information about the rules and judging system please visit this link. The event will appear on the ISU calendar and we warmly welcome the participation from international skaters from any country.

The registration deadline is the 1st of March 2025 but we encourage skaters to enter as soon as possible as space is limited. Please visit the Sport 80 Platform to register for Inclusive Skating Membership and to enter the event. We also welcome volunteers to register for Inclusive Skating Membership and to contact event@inclusiveskating.org.

We are excited to welcome you to Milton Keynes! Please stay tuned for more information about this event as well as our other upcoming events, including the Inclusive Skating World Championships 2025 to be held in October 2025.

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Contact

Margarita Sweeney-Baird Founder and Board Chair of Inclusive Skating

+44-(0)7813 993 237 margarita@inclusiveskating.org

Inclusive Skating Inclusive Skating is the world governing body of inclusive skating competitions and championships and is a world-recognised charity. Inclusive Skating’s goal is to provide events, activities, educational resources, training, and championship events for skaters with additional needs across the globe. We seek to include all skaters with additional needs on an equal basis and our competition and training pathways allow everyone to participate in all competitions and events. www.inclusiveskating.org

Planet Ice is the largest chain of ice rinks in the UK with 14 facilities all of which offer developmental programmes for figure skating and ice hockey. Planet Ice also offers multiple events for skaters to participate in competitions throughout the year, focusing on providing diverse opportunities for the communities they serve. http://planet-ice.co.uk

Special Olympics GB is a non-profit organisation which serves as the British arm of Special Olympics International. They provide competition pathways for athletes with intellectual disabilities across 27 different sports, providing opportunities from grassroots club initiatives to elite multisport events. https://www.specialolympicsgb.org.uk

International Skating Union is the exclusive international sport federation recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) administering sports in the branches of Figure Skating, Synchronised Skating, Speed Skating and Short Track Speed Skating throughout the world.  www.isu.org