They started skating at St Moritz Ice Palais in St Kilda in June 1946 and both eventually represented Victoria in interstate competition.
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Len felt there should be a separate trophy for Interstate Racing; especially after the Victorian team was very successful in Hobart in 1952.
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The Duke Trophy was made in 1952 and donated to the Australian Amateur Ice Racing Council by Len Duke, the first
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By 1951 the AAIRC was formed and had separate associations for Speed Skating in Victoria and New South Wales and even for a short time in Tasmania, which was the venue for the 1952 Australian Championships.
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In 2002, The Spirit of the Duke Trophy Perpetual Trophy was donated by Australian Olympian, Colin Coates and is awarded to a skater has the "spirit" of the Duke Trophy.
Duke University | Duke Ellington | Duke | Heisman Trophy | Duke of Wellington | Prince William, Duke of Cambridge | Duke of York | Duke of Norfolk | Duke of Edinburgh | Duke of Burgundy | Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn | George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham | Prince Andrew, Duke of York | Duke of Northumberland | Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester | Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany | George Duke | Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond | Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans | Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset | Philippe II, Duke of Orléans | John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony | Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster | 2005 ICC Trophy | George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle | Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg | Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba | Duke of Buccleuch | Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen |