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ITV News
13-05-2025
- Sport
- ITV News
Dumfries teenager preparing for life in Canada as she pursues ice skating dream
A Dumfries teenager is preparing to move her life to Canada to pursue her dreams of becoming a professional ice skater. Larissa Maxwell is back in her hometown to sit her exams after spending a few weeks in North America before she moves for a year to join the Nova Juniors ice skating team. Speaking to ITV Border at the Dumfries Ice Bowl, the 17-year-old said: "I have never been to the Canadian competitions so I think that will be really fun. I also will like to see the environments a bit more and see what it is all about. 'I have been skating for quite a few years, it is definitely a tough sport. "I think it is not recognised as much, it is still not an Olympic sport so understandably some people think differently but the amount of hard work I have already put in I just keep improving. There is always things to improve on and it motivates me even more to keep trying." Her mum, Lisa, is extremely supportive of Larrisa's journey and moving so far from home at such a young age. Speaking on the emotions of seeing her teenage daughter travel half way across the world, Lisa said: "The day that she phoned me at work to say that she got an email inviting her for an interview I didn't know whether to laugh, cry or be sick. "I had every emotion going and even just taking her to the airport for the two weeks she was out there was tears. She came back having had an amazing time and the coaches are so supportive. "They were so kind and made me feel completely at ease, the host family are lovely and they told me they would look after he like she was their own. I feel very comfortable with it all, it is an amazing opportunity." Larissa aims to join the police when her journey in ice skating is finished and is using the year away from home to gain some valuable life experience. She said: "This year away is my time to just improve on my skating before I go into the police, that is where I would like to go. I would like to be in the mounted police and have been horse riding for many years."
BBC News
07-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Gold hopes as Dumfries Ice Bowl stages 10th international event
Dumfries Ice Bowl is preparing to host its 10th international ice hockey championship with the hope that it will be marked by a gold medal and promotion for Team GB. The Women's World Group 1, Division B tournament is being staged at the publicly-run venue between 9 and 15 Britain will face teams from Italy, Latvia, Slovenia, the Republic of Korea and incentive for the winner is promotion up the sport's ladder to Division A. Dumfries has been hosting international tournaments since 2012 which it has been estimated have generated more than £1m for the local French, the general secretary of Ice Hockey UK, said the partnership with Dumfries Ice Bowl and Dumfries and Galloway Council (DGC) over the past decade had been hugely said the latest contest also represented an important moment for the GB women's ice hockey team."I think it might be the time we need to move up a level," he added. One of the game's rising stars is North Ayrshire's Emma Lamberton who is hoping to earn her place in the GB squad for the forthcoming is looking to make the step up into the senior ranks after helping the British team win gold at the Women's Under 18 Championships in Riga in 17-year-old from Ardrossan, who is a forward with Whitley Bay Beacons, will travel with the national squad to said it would be a dream come true to make it into the starting line-up."I've got a one-in-four chance and have been playing well," she is also keen to encourage more girls into ice hockey which she describes as a "tough but very rewarding" said it was "genuinely thrilled" to be hosting the event featuring competitors "who have reached the pinnacle of their sports careers".It added that it hoped the tournament could also prove "beneficial economically".
