Portsoy group skips to Belgium for training

By SPP Reporter

Published: 12:30, 04 July 2012

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Some of the members of Portsoy’s Skip 2 The Beat who will take part in the training camp in Belgium this week. Back row (from left): Lisa Smith, Anya Matheson and Chloe Ewen. Front row (from left): Abigail Kerr and Maddie Cox.

A GROUP of skippers from Portsoy will be honing their skills this week in Belgium, where they will be guided by some of the best in the sport.

Members from Skip 2 The Beat are taking part in a summer camp which their coach hopes will progress them further so they can compete in both double Dutch (two ropes) and single rope freestyle events.

They will receive instruction from coaches who are either current or former world champions.

Coach Silvanna Matheson said: “There will be skippers from all over Europe attending, and Skip 2 The Beat will be the only club from the UK.

“To progress any further our members need to develop a higher level of skills, and they will receive such instruction at the Belgian camp.

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