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| Season 2008/2009 Friday 29th August
Arrangements are made for us to fly in and compete in the National IJS event in Sheffield UK on the 15th & 16th September at Ice Sheffield. Here is the link to the timetable - http://www.iceskating.org.uk/node/1884 for those of you that may be interested in coming to watch.
Monday 18th August
We return to meet with our new Director of Performance to discuss our targets and plans for this and future seasons. We flew in and out very quickly to return to training as soon as possible.
Monday 4th August
We work with former World Ice Dance Champion Kristina Regoczy. She is brought in to help with technique, particularly compulsory dances and the new dance the Finnstep.
July 2008
We have been given British Olympic Passports by the British Olympic Association as potential Olympic athletes.
July 2008
We have been selected for Team GB.
Friday 16th May
Exhibition for Lyon Skating Club end of season show! 2007 Original Dance saved the day again!!!
Saturday 26th April – WISA GALA!
Dear All,
Thank you very much for the invite to perform in this years Wisa Gala. As you know, we made a very brave and important decision to relocate our training to Lyon, France earlier this year. After much thought and consideration, also based on the advise from WISA, we have decided not come home for this occasion. We collectively decided that as we have only been training in the Academy for a few weeks, it was in our best interest to stay and continue our training regime in France. We are working to better our results on last year, defend our Welsh title and hopefully make you all proud. We are back in June for our ‘Summer Break’ and we will be back in rink to see you all then.
Sorry we can’t be with you, we are thinking about you.
Love and best wishes
Louise & Owen
xxx
Wednesday 23rd April
We perform as guest skaters in Lyon at the Genrali Ice Show Tour!!!
Slightly unexpected, but much to our delight we are asked to skate an exhibition at this show. With less that 24 hours notice we resurrect our 2007 Original Dance. It is an electric atmosphere as we perform to a full stadium with over 3000 people. Our fellow performers include Fredric Dambier, Julia Obertas and Sergey Slavnov, Rori Flack, Fernand Fedronic and the shows presenter Annick Dumont
Monday 7th April
Original Dance & Freedance music are decided!
We are very excited as both selections of music are very different to what we have done before.
Wednesday 2nd April
We accidently appear on French television with famous skating star Phillipe Candeloro!
As our French is not wonderful yet, the situation was quite amusing – we had no idea what was going on!!!
THANK-YOU
We would just like to take this opportunity to thank all the people that have sent us gifts, cards and best wishes for our move. It was very difficult to say good bye but we will be back to see you all soon. Your support is invaluable and we hope to make you all very proud.
Love and Best Wishes
Louise and Owen
xxx
Saturday 29th March
We move to France today!
We have decided to relocate our training to Lyon France with Muriel Zazoui and Romain Haguenauer. This was a big decision for us but we have no doubts that this is the right one. We will still be representing the UK and WISA and we will be back in the UK frequently to see friends, family and of course perform.
Monday 10th March
Louise's last Ice Times Show!
After a great deal of thought and consideration, it was agreed that this was to be my last show with Nicky Slater. Unfortunately as the shows were not local to where Owen and I train, the remaining shows would impose too much on our preparation for the next competitive season. I have had so much fun and I have loved working with Nicky, I will miss the show and the team I have worked with immensely.
Sunday 9th March
Deeside Mini Annual Event 2008!
We performed our Viennese Waltz and Paso Doble Compulsory Dances. We perform well and enjoy seeing many friendly faces.
March Magazine Articles
Check out the latest media articles featuring Louise and Owen - iskate and Womans Own.
Sunday 24th February
Welcome 'Baby Slater'!
Our friends Nicky and Christiane Slater welcome their little bundle of joy into the world. Congratulations, we are delighted and very excited for you.
Friday 15th February
Third Ice Times Show!
Thursday 7th February
Second Ice Times Show!
Monday 4th February
Media Event!!!
A long day travelling to teach some Media professionals how to skate on our Ice Times ice - supplied by 'Ice Magic'. ITV, Herts fm and several papers involved. Look out for Louise and watch out for pictures and footage in our gallery.
Wednesday 31st January
Ice Times!!!
Louise performs the first date of the Ice Times tour. This is a show with Nicky Slater telling the story of skating from Victorian Times to Dancing On Ice. The show is perfect for all the family, it is planned to run for 14 days around the UK and details can be found at www.nickyslater.com No need to panic though this is not the beginnings of a professional career, just a project in the off season. Great experience and jolly good fun.
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