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Peterson 23rd At Maiden Junior Grand Prix

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Allie Peterson (Co. Galway) has finished 23rd at the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Riga Cup in Riga, Latvia.

Peterson, in her Junior Grand Prix debut, first performed in yesterday’s Junior Women’s short programme. Skating to “Right Now” by The Pussycat Dolls (NBA Version), the current Irish Junior champion began with a triple Salchow-double toe loop attempt, but she could only tack on a single toe loop on the end of the triple. A subsequent double Axel was landed, although deemed a quarter short by the technical panel. A Level 3 sit spin, a Level 2 step sequence and a double flip followed. She closed out her routine with a Level 2 flying camel spin and a Level 2 change foot combination spin. A score of 37.16 points left her in 23rd place overnight.

This evening Peterson competed in Warm-Up Group 3 of the Junior Women’s Free Skating. This season she has chosen “Ange et demon” by Maxime Rodriguez and “Pie Jesu” by Saara Alto and Esko Grundstrom for her free. She struggled at the start of today’s performance with a step out of a downgraded triple toe loop, a fall on a triple Salchow and a hand down on a double Axel. She got back on track with a Level 3 change foot combination spin before reeling off a clean triple Salchow-double toe loop jump combination. She then executed a double Lutz-Euler-double Salchow jump sequence, a Level 3 flying sit spin and a choreographic step sequence. She concluded with a double flip-double toe loop combination and a Level 2 flying change foot combination spin. She earned a free score of 69.45 points which gave her a combined total of 106.61 points.

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Peterson Prepared For First Junior Grand Prix

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Allie Peterson (Co.Galway) is all set to make her ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating debut this week when she performs at the Riga Cup in Latvia (29-31 August), the opening event of this season’s series.

The current Irish Junior Women’s champion competes in the Short Programme on Thursday, 29 August and will return to the ice on Friday, 30 August for the Free Skating.

“I am so excited and honoured to be representing the Irish team at my first JGP,” Peterson said. “I am hoping to skate my very best here in Latvia and to improve from my previous competitions. I am looking forward to a great experience.”

The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series features young skaters from all over the world. The 2024/2025 season marks the 27th edition of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating which was introduced in 1997. This season more than 300 skaters from over 50 different nations are expected to compete in the series.

This week’s Junior Grand Prix in Riga, Latvia will be broadcast live on the Skating ISU YouTube channel. Direct links for each of the segments Peterson will skate in are as follows:

Junior Women Short Programme (29 August)

Junior Women Free Skating (30 August)

The conversation about the series can also be followed by using the #JGPFigure and #FigureSkating hashtags on social media.

Peterson 15th On International Debut At Cranberry Cup International

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Allie Peterson has competed internationally for the first time at the Cranberry Cup International in Norwood, United States of America and placed 15th in this weekend’s Junior Women’s event.

Peterson initially took to the ice at the Skating Club of Boston rink in the short programme. She landed a triple Salchow-double toe loop combination to start, but was not able to complete a double Axel attempt and received no points for the element. She recovered quickly and executed the rest of her routine well with highlights including a Level 4 sit spin, a Level 4 step sequence and a Level 4 change foot combination spin. Her score of 43.40 was a new Irish Junior record and put her in 15th place overnight.

The following day saw Peterson perform in the free skating. She attempted a triple toe loop jump to start that unfortunately she fell on. She next went for a triple Salchow and made up for her error in the short by cleanly landing a double Axel. She struggled with a number of the subsequent elements, but managed to include a jump sequence, a jump combination, a choreographic step sequence and a Level 4 flying sit spin. She scored 72.87 points for her free giving her a total of 116.27 points. Both marks represent new Irish Junior records.

Peterson will next compete at the ISU Junior Grand of Figure Skating in Riga, Latvia at the end of this month.

2024/2025 National Team Members Named

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The Ice Skating Association of Ireland has selected the following athletes to represent Ireland in international competitions during the 2024/2025 season:

Figure Skating

Senior Men – Dillon Judge* (County Armagh)

Senior Ice Dance – Carolane Soucisse/Shane Firus (County Wexford)

Junior Women – Saoirse O’Sullivan (County Tipperary), Allie Peterson (County Galway), Sophia Tkacheva* (County Wexford)

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Short Track Speed Skating

Senior Men – Ryan McAnuff (County Antrim), Sean McAnuff (County Antrim), Liam O’Brien (County Cavan)

Irish Figure Skaters Ready To Take The Ice At Nationals

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The cream of Irish figure skating talent assembles in Dundee, Scotland this weekend (8-9 June) for the Irish National Figure Skating Championships which take place over the course of two days at the Dundee Ice Arena. A total of seven skaters compete at the championships with four separate categories being held.

Dillon Judge (Co. Antrim) won his first Senior Men’s title last year. 2023/2024 was his first complete season in the senior ranks and he concluded his international events with a bronze medal at Triglav Trophy in Jesenice, Slovenia back in April. He is coached by Barbara Luoni at Ice Lab in Bergamo, Italy, an ISU Centre of Excellence.

Carolane Soucisse and Shane Firus (Co. Wexford) have had a busy and rewarding 2024. The 2023 Irish ice dance champions became the first ice dancers to represent Ireland at both the ISU European Figure Skating Championships in January and the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in March of this year. The recently married duo train in Toronto, Canada with Carol Lane, Jon Lane, Juris Razgulajevs and Marc Andre Servant.

Saoirse O’Sullivan (Co. Tipperary) was crowned Advanced Novice Girls champion at last year’s Nationals. This time round she competes in the Junior Women’s event. She is coached by Margaret O’Neill in Nottingham, England.

Allie Peterson (Co. Galway) makes her Irish Nationals debut this year in the Junior Women’s category. She trains under the tutelage of Tammy Gambill and her team in Colorado Springs, United States of America.

Sophia Tkacheva (Co. Wexford) is the reigning and two-time Junior Women’s champion and will compete again in the Junior Women’s event this weekend in Dundee. Her coaches are two-time European medallist Kevin van der Perren and eleven-time British champion Jenna McCorkell.

Caoilfhionn Kavanagh (Co. Louth) skates in the Advanced Novice Girls event in her first ever Nationals. She works with coach Fabrice Masachs in Riihimäki, Finland.

Regular updates from the Irish National Figure Skating Championships will be posted on the Ice Skating Association of Ireland’s social media accounts.

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