Lucette's figure skating dream
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Hi, my name is Lucette, I am 14 and my passion is figure skating. I have been nominated to represent Australia in Poland and Romania in January 2016 and am desperate to go. I need help....
I live in country Victoria with my mum who works very hard to help me achieve my dreams.
I have been ice skating since I was 9 and had a birthday party at the Icehouse in Melbourne. I begged my mum to learn figure skating and despite it being nearly an hour stravel to the rink from our home my mum said I could do 1 lesson per week. I fell in love with it at once and started having private lessons and doing competitions. Poor mum....I now go 3-4 times per week and try to make the most of that time.
Training is mostly mornings for me as my mum works most nights. So i get up at 4.30am, travel to the rink, skate for a couple of hours then come back in time to go to school. My mum says not many teenagers would get up at 4.30am so she knows how important it is for me.
I am currently the Victorian Novice Ladies Champion and was lucky enough to skate in Malaysia ISU Development Trophy in February this year where I came 3rd. That was very exciting but scary too as my mum could not afford to pay for a coach to go. All the other skaters had their own coaches and I felt very nervous.
If I get to go to Poland and Romania I will be so excited and will do my very best. I am prepared to go with just my mum if we can raise the funds, but having a coach there would be such a help and make me feel more confident ... its very nerve racking being the only one going up to skate alone.... mums aren't allowed near the barrier.
Either way I soooo want to go and would be so grateful for any help you can give as sadly figure skating is not mainstream enough to qualify for any government assistance in Australia.
Thanks for reading, Lucette xx
I live in country Victoria with my mum who works very hard to help me achieve my dreams.
I have been ice skating since I was 9 and had a birthday party at the Icehouse in Melbourne. I begged my mum to learn figure skating and despite it being nearly an hour stravel to the rink from our home my mum said I could do 1 lesson per week. I fell in love with it at once and started having private lessons and doing competitions. Poor mum....I now go 3-4 times per week and try to make the most of that time.
Training is mostly mornings for me as my mum works most nights. So i get up at 4.30am, travel to the rink, skate for a couple of hours then come back in time to go to school. My mum says not many teenagers would get up at 4.30am so she knows how important it is for me.
I am currently the Victorian Novice Ladies Champion and was lucky enough to skate in Malaysia ISU Development Trophy in February this year where I came 3rd. That was very exciting but scary too as my mum could not afford to pay for a coach to go. All the other skaters had their own coaches and I felt very nervous.
If I get to go to Poland and Romania I will be so excited and will do my very best. I am prepared to go with just my mum if we can raise the funds, but having a coach there would be such a help and make me feel more confident ... its very nerve racking being the only one going up to skate alone.... mums aren't allowed near the barrier.
Either way I soooo want to go and would be so grateful for any help you can give as sadly figure skating is not mainstream enough to qualify for any government assistance in Australia.
Thanks for reading, Lucette xx
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Carmel Amelia Horsfield
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Tirau, NZ
