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Farrell 18th At Cranberry Cup

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In her competition debut representing Ireland, Julianna Farrell has finished 18th in the Junior Women’s event at the Cranberry Cup International in Norwood, United States of America.

The 2025 Irish Junior champion had a rocky start to her short programme when she fell on a planned triple Salchow combination and popped the proscribed loop jump into a single. She settled herself with a Level 4 flying sit spin and a nice double Axel and closed out with a Level 2 camel spin, a Level 1 step sequence and a Level 2 change combination spin. A score of 28.74 points had her in 21st place overnight.

Farrell skated in Warm-Up Group 1 of the free skating the following date and opened with a double Axek and a triple Salchow. The loop jump proved to be her nemesis again with a single on her first attempt and a fall on a triple. Aside from that, she had a much improved performance from her short with two clean jump combinations – a triple Salchow-double toe loop and a double Axel-double toe loop-double loop. She received Level 3 for a camel spin and Level 4 for both change foot combination spin and a flying sit spin. She amassed 68.37 points in the free for 17th in the segment and rose to 18th overall in the final standings with a total of 97.11 points.

Photo: Robin Ritoss

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.