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Sinead Kerr - Ice Dancer
Sinead and her brother John are the current British Ice Dance Champions and come from Dundee."Don't be put off if it feels like it's taking a while to improve! ….It's a lot of hard work to get to the top in any sport."
For this year's free dance we have chosen to skate to modern Scottish music, as we feel very proud of our roots and want to promote a vision of Scotland which is vibrant, energetic and funky! I think there's fieriness in the Scots which definitely comes across with our routines on the ice.
I miss my mum's home cooking and would find it hard to find a nicer city than Edinburgh.
Don't be put off if it feels like it's taking a while
to improve! I was a very slow developer and never the
"top of the class".
It's a lot of hard work to get to
the top in any sport, but the feeling of skating a routine
you have had a part in choreographing, to music of your
choice, in front of 10,000 people and receiving applause
or a standing ovation for it is something that's difficult
to beat!
At our first year in European Championships - 2003, we skated our free dance to music from the soundtrack "Matrix" with a routine we had choreographed ourselves. The combination of the cool music, biker style outfits and "different" choreography, compared to a lot of classical style programmes, stood out from the crowd.
The best thing is the variety of different people you come across - not just skaters but people in the Arts and sport (skating transcends both!) who share some of the same thoughts and ideas as you. The worst thing is definitely Murrayfield ice rink in the winter - cold!!
I'm most proud of achieving the Olympic qualification as set down by the British Olympic Association (top 12 placing in World championships), as the Olympics is something I've always dreamt of.
The ultimate achievement for us would be an Olympic medal at the 2010 games.
Without a doubt, our parents. They have given all their support throughout our careers without being pushy and done everything they could for us. We would absolutely not have achieved everything we have so far without them.
On the ice, we don't see each other as brother and sister. Just two people who work together. We have our moments of course, like any working partnership, but know that arguments waste a lot of time.
Having just watched Franz Ferdinand in concert, it would have to be their lead singer Alex Kapranos and U2's With or Without You would be a great track to skate to! What a weird thought!!
To find out more about Sinead please see www.sineadandjohn.com/home.asp
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