I started to twirl when I was just 4 years old:

I get nagging my mum until she let me join Liphook Bluebelles in February 1996! I loved the dressing up in costumes and putting make up on more than I did the actual twirling part.

My current teacher Rosie was one of the teachers back then, so I have been driving her mad for a very long time now!

This is me at my first IBTA competition.

I didn't win anything, but loved dressing up in my beautiful costume. And yes, my mum did sew the frills on my ankle socks so they matched my costume!