Some of our talented skaters have been lucky enough to obtain sponsorship from businesses which is invaluable in providing support in the sport. We profile these skaters below and explain what sponsorship has meant to them.
If any business wishes to sponsor one of our other club skaters and help them progress and maximise their potential with figure skating, please contact the Club Secretary at secretary.ekifsc@gmail.com
Christie Shannon started skating age 8 and first competed for the club in 2011. Within two years of competing she qualified for the Great Britain Development Squad. In 2015 she became the British Champion at Basic Novice A level. Since then she has continued to podium regularly throughout the skating levels and currently competes in the Junior Ladies category. She has represented Great Britain at international competitions on 7 occasions and won gold at the Olympic Hopes competition in Romania in 2018. In 2018 she received a provost Civic Award in the youth category in recognition of her significant contribution and achievements in ice skating.
Christie is delighted to be sponsored by Paradice Sport, Cloudcover IT, Glasgow and Pressley Electrical, Glasgow, and has recently been appointed as a silver level Frozen Couture skater. The funding has been invaluable towards the cost of her equipment and competing and has supported her progression in her skating journey.
Lia Wilson started skating age 5yrs old and competed for the first time at Blackpool Ice Festival when she was age 6. At age 8, Lia was talent identified by British Ice Skating and joined the Young Stars Development Programme. Two months later, she qualified for the GBR Development Squad where she is in her second season.
She currently competes at Basic Novice level. She has had great success in Beginner to Level 5 with a total of 25 podium places and currently holds Level 7 in both Free and Field moves.
Lia has also represented Great Britain Internationally in Latvia.
She currently has sponsorship deals with Lanarkshire Stoves Ltd based in Motherwell and MacLeod & Naismith Dental Surgery in Airdrie, and more recently Lia has been selected as a Brand Ambassador for Italian figure skating clothing company Thuono. Being offered sponsorship was a great honour for Lia and fantastic recognition of all the hard work she has put in over the last 5yrs.
Rebecca started skating at the age of 7, taking part in the learn to skate sessions and went on to compete in her first competition on her 8th birthday at Kyle Open where she finished a fantastic 4th place. She has podiumed in all levels from beginner to Advanced Novice.
She has qualified for the British Development Squad for four years and had represented her country 4 times internationally winning gold at the Olympic Hopes competition in Romania and has also qualified for the British Championships from 2015-2019.
Rebecca was one of the original Ambassadors for Two Birds London and 2 years on, is very much part of the Two Birds Team with continued sponsorship and support from company founder Shirley. Rebecca regularly features on their website and social media modeling Two Birds merchandise
Cara stepped on the ice when she was 4 years old and has skated with the Club for over 10 years. She has podiumed on numerous occasions and currently skates at Intermediate Novice level. In 2011 Cara was the youngest in the club at age 7 to be part of the British National development team. In 2014 at age 10, Cara had the qualifying score but was too young to enter the British Championships. However she was invited to compete at Basic Novice level where she finished in the top 15 despite her young age.
Cara has also represented Great Britain internationally on 5 seperate occasions and won a gold medal for her country in Croatia. She has performed on the Professionals on Ice Tour with the professional skaters from Dancing On Ice and appeared on STV’s Riverside show to discuss her skating. Cara is currently a flag girl for Glasgow Clan ice hockey team at Braehead and has performed numerous skating routines during their games.
Over the years Cara has been lucky to have the support of various sponsors and continues to be sponsored, one business being CSK entertainment. CSK support Cara directly as well as helping the club over the years with mascots for bag packing, shows and parties.
Taylor Mcleod started skating age 4 and first competed age 6. She currently holds level 10 Field Moves and Level 9 Elements and Free. She has podiumed on numerous occasions from Beginners to Junior Ladies.
Taylor has represented Great Britain internationally 6 times. She is currently the longest serving club member on the GBR Development Squad and has served 7 years on the squad to date. She has also for the past 2 years qualified for the UK Talent Potential Squad.
At age 8, Taylor performed on the Professionals on Ice Tour with the professional skaters from Dancing On Ice. In April 2019, Taylor was named Cambuslang & Rutherglen Sports Council Junior Sports Personality of the Year.
Taylor is sponsored by Love Ice Skating which is family run business based in Chelmsford in Essex, England. They are a premium supplier of all Ice skating related products. Taylor has been sponsored by this business from 2016 and Taylor feels very honoured and privileged to be part of the #loveiceskatingfamily.
Nicole Brolly started skating at the age of 5 and competed for the very first time at Blackpool Ice Festival at the age of 6, where she came in first place. Since then she has been very successful, managing to podium 15 times, with 10 being in first place.
Age 7 she was talent identified by British Ice Skating and was invited to join the Young Stars Development Programme. Nicole was also invited to skate a programme at the Best of British Gala to close the British Championships in 2018, and was thrilled to meet all the British Champions and the stars of Dancing on Ice.
She is now skating at Level 4/Basic Novice and currently holds her Level 5 field moves.
Nicole is sponsored by Two Birds London, a skating clothing and accessories company. She is very excited to represent this amazing brand and she can’t wait to see what happens in the future!
Naomi Ogbu started skating when she was 4 years old and first competed at the Blackpool Ice Festival in 2017. Since then she has competed in many competitions all over the UK from Beginner to level 4 and has achieved a total of 14 podium places. She currently skates at Basic Novice/Level 4.
She is now in her third year on the British Ice Skating Young Stars Development Squad, the purpose of which is to nurture young talent. Naomi enjoys attending the squad camps.
She has been selected as a Brand Ambassador for Magpie Crystals and Frozen Couture, and is very excited to be involved in promoting their clothing and accessory range.
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