Ice queen Daisy now crowned among elite
AVALLEY ice queen with Olympic dreams has received a top award from Burnley College.
The college’s Elite Athlete Programme marked the end of the 2020-21 academic year with an awards ceremony with a difference.
In a year in which competitive sport on a regional, national and international stage has been impacted by
Covid restrictions, the talented athletes reflected on a year where their focus had shifted to increased strength and conditioning training and making progress in the gym.
Figure skater Daisy Oldfield, 17, from Haslingden, was named Top Female Elite Athlete (Year 1).
The former pupil at Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School, has the ambition of competing in ice dancing at the Olympic Games. She is studying A-Levels in English Language and Literature, Chemistry, Psychology and Dance alongside her training in the Elite Athlete Programme.
Lead Strength and Conditioning Coach Nathan Norris said: “Our annual awards ceremony usually acknowledges those elite athletes who have excelled in competitions in their chosen sport.
“This year, due to Covid and many sporting events being cancelled, we’ve switched the focus to how our elite athletes have progressed in their personal training in the gym, how much commitment and resilience they’ve shown and how they’ve acted as role models to inspire and motivate others.
“Our elite athletes are truly outstanding and, over the course of the pandemic, have shown they have the mental, as well as they physical strength, to make it in their chosen careers in the world of sport and fitness. It was great to acknowledge that at the awards ceremony.”