Louise Smith, the young ice skater from Wardle, is looking forward to skating.
The 10 year old ice skater has been ice skating for only two years and has already made her presence felt. Her coaches at the Blackburn Arena are happy with her performance and the progress made by her in a very short period.

Louise achieved her skating gold passport, last year in October. She began taking part in competitions in March this year and has already won many competitions throughout the UK. She has won 3 gold medals in Bristol, Hull and Lee Valley, and two silver medals in Deeside and Telford competing against 200 ice skaters.

The young girl is now a Level 2 figure skater and will take the test for Level 3 next month. She aims to reach the Level 8 of National Ice Skating Association that will allow her to take part in qualifier competitions of International Judging.

From there, she aims to reach the Novice British Championships and pursue a career in figure skating. Louise is being coached by two former British Champions, Karen Barber and Stephen Pickavance.  Both of them are happy and excited with her progress. They are pretty confident that Louise will have a great ice skating career.