DGWGO follower Anne-Marie Coxon wanted us to let everyone know that Dumfries and Galloway’s amazingly talented youngsters the Solway Stars and Solway Eclipse are off tomorrow to compete in Belguim this weekend!
These twenty dedicated girls, aged between 11 and 17, will be up against a strong field of 50 teams from all over Europe. The girls are all members of the Solway Sk8ting Club and train at Dumfries Ice Bowl both before and after school. Last year they even won Sports Team of the Year at the D&G Life Awards!
The Solway Stars became first ever Scottish synchronized skating team to be named in the National Ice Skating Association’s Performance Squad and one of only three teams in the whole of Britain. Solway Eclipse became the first British team to win an International Skating Union championship event against opposition in March of this year.
They will be next in action at the British Skating Championships in Sheffield in January and then at the Trophy D’Ecosse in Dumfries next March.
Good luck to all team members and please feel free to send any of your pics for us to share!
