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Multi-talented Timperley teenager wins national ice skating competition

Multi-talented Timperley teenager Troy Wood has won a top men’s national ice skating competition, condensing six months’ work into a two-and-a-half minute routine.

Troy with BBC presenter Lindsay Russel and astronaut Tim Peake at the unveiling of his official Principia Mission logo. Photo: ESA

Multi-talented Timperley teenager Troy Wood has won a top men’s national ice skating competition, condensing six months’ work into a two-and-a-half minute routine.

The GCSE student from St Ambrose College, 15, who has already achieved a degree of fame for designing astronaut Tim Peake’s mission badge, trains both at Altrincham and Blackpool ice rinks.

He has been working on his technical and artistic work at Blackpool under three-time Swiss champion, Oscar Peter, and Dancing on Ice professional skater and choreographer, Katie Stainsby, while at Altrincham he is coached by three-time British champion, Jake Bennett.

Troy said: “Practice makes perfect and since I was nine years old I have been training for up to 10 hours each week. You need balance, determination and yes a bit of luck as well to win. One day you can land everything and the next day little seems to come off.”

Timperley teenager Troy Wood
Timperley teenager Troy Wood

Troy started his ice skating with the scouts, through which he has also become a black belt in karate.

He said: “I am not too sure how far I want to go in the ice skating world because I really have my heart set on becoming a doctor and I don’t think it would be possible to combine both seeing how much work you have to do, but I would love to compete in more international competitions and become as good as I can given the time constraints.”

James Keulemans, Principal of St Ambrose College in Hale Barns, said: “Troy is a multi-talented young man who is determined to reap the rewards of all his hard work.”

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Troy with BBC presenter Lindsay Russel and astronaut Tim Peake at the unveiling of his official Principia Mission logo. Photo: ESA

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