Jenna Makes it Seven - and Makes History!

As Jenna McCorkell packs her bags in Sheffield this weekend, she takes with her an unprecedented record 7th British title win re-writing the history books in the process! Jenna has been national champion for the last 6 years and was head and shoulders above the competition at this event held at Ice Sheffield, England. The top 10 European and world competitor was literally in a class of her own and has been making big improvements all season on the international stage. The 22 year old Coleraine skater however suffered a shoulder injury in the morning and was skating under par but she already has her sights set on another international event in Germany – NRW Trophy next week, and whilst Jenna is clocking up the miles in different time zones it doesn’t seem to be affecting her skating.

Yuri Bureiko Jenna’s coach commented:

‘Jenna has been improving each time she is going out there to perform in fact the performance value of her programmes has improved out of all recognition and her confidence is really really good. I feel she is very relaxed also with her skating. Her experience is showing, and feedback from the judges this season has been tremendous. Jenna’s choreographer is Shanetta Folle who is world renowned and very much in demand, we were so fortunate to get her to work with Jenna this season and this is now being reflected in her performances.’

Yuri Bureiko has been Jenna’s coach since she was 15 years old and Jenna has received support from Sport NI since the age of 14 yrs to help her to achieve her goal of competing on the World stage and the Winter Games. Next year Jenna will become the first athlete from Northern Ireland ever to compete at the Winter Games and funding will be of paramount importance. Yuri continued:

In the Finlandia Trophy, Finland Jenna performed a seasons best in the short programme of 49.93; at The Rostelecom Trophy, Cup of Russia Jenna scored a personal best of 93.76 in the free programme. Her overall world ranking has also improved this season, prior to competitions Jenna was ranked 33rd in the world now she is 17th after two international events, and ranked 7th in Europe. However, the hard work continues towards the New Year whenever Jenna will take to the world stage in the Europeans, Olympics and World Championships in January, February and March respectively...

Jenna now flies out for the NRW Trophy in Germany next week...www.jennamccorkell.com