Spectrum Roller Skating Academy recently competed in two roller skating events events in Breydon Arena, Great Yarmouth – The National Summer Roller Cup Competition held on Saturday 13 & Sunday 14 June and British Championships Tots – Cadet Dance held on Saturday 20 & Sunday 21 June.
The back to back competitions are the culmination of a year of hard work in 5 disciplines of skating.
In Summer Roller Cup, skating in the Pairs events, Liam Stevens and Ella Hutchinson achieved 1st place in Level 2 Pairs and Nicola Stevens and Christoph Prior achieved 1st place in Level 1 Pairs!
Liam and Ella scored new elements including a new lift and throw jump in the level up from last year, while for Nicola and Christoph this was their first time entering a Pairs competition and to come away with gold was a fantastic success.
Lucy Owen skating to a Viking themed program achieved 6th place skating for the first time in a tough Level 3 free skating category and 3rd place in Level 5 figures.
Ella Hutchinson performed a Juliet themed routine and achieved 4th place narrowly missing out on 3rd (and achieving a new PB) in Level 2 free skating and came 9th in figures.
Nicola Stevens placed 6th in Level 1B free skating with a routine to Robbie Williams, Angels and came 7th in figures.
Millie Seaton-Lawes skated to The Secret Garden in level 1A free (with a new PB) and came 14th and 9th in figures.
For 3 skaters, Effie Railton, Isla Bainbridge and Anastasia Fothergill it was their first ever National event and they did amazingly well! Anastasia placed 3rd in her Level 1a free skating event, and 4th in Level 1 figures. Isla came 10th in free and 16th in figures. Effie came 12th in figures.
“It was incredible skating once again, with every athlete giving it their absolute all, we are very proud of all the skaters who took part,” said coach Tracy Stevens.
In the next event, British Championships Tots-Cadet Dance, Liam Stevens and Ella Hutchinson competed in Cadet Couples Dance with Liam skating up an age category. They completed their first ever style dance to a medley of Spanish music and a Freedance routine to music from Stranger Things to gain a new PB of 39.77 which earned them silver medals and the titles of Cadet Vice British Champions in Couples dance.
Liam competed in Espoir Solo Men’s Dance performing a Swing Foxtrot, Roller Samba and a Backstreet Boys themed Freedance placing 4th, narrowly missing out on a medal.
Ella competed in Cadet Ladies Solo Dance performing a classic themed style dance and a Tangled theme Freedance. She achieved the highest technical score for her Travelling element, achieved a new PB and placed 16th out of 22 skaters.
“We are very proud coaches and would like to thank everyone who supports our club.”
“We are incredibly happy with how the team performed and are looking forward to the upcoming British Championships for the other disciplines of Figures, Free, Pairs and Youth-Senior Dance Championships in July, as well as hosting our very own Spectrum Competition in August.”
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