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Amy and Carrie-Ann Warner are making names for themselves as sculls rowers. The sisters attend Clarendon High School for Girls wich is one of the only girls’ schools in the country to offer

rowing as a sport.Sculls competitors compete individually as singles in boats that are

9m long.The sport has been dominated by inland provinces for many years at

national level but Amy caused a stir when she was picked along with four other girls to represent South Africa at the Junior World Champi-onships later this year in Lithuania. She will attend a training camp in June at Roodeplaat in Pretoria.

Amy 17, is a straight A matric student. She earned her full academic colours last year. She has stopped all other sport to focus on rowing.

BREAKING THROUGH: Amy Warner left and her sister Carrie-Ann of Clarendon High School for Girls display their SA Championship medals they have won as senior and U14 sculls rowers. Both girls have bright futures ahead of them in the sport they love. Picture by Linda Warner

“I am hoping to study health sciences at a university that offers rowing as a sport,” she said.

Carrie-Ann who is 15, plays hockey for the Clarendon U16A team. Like her sister, she has earned her school colours for rowing and she is also an above average student.

Amy and Carrie-Ann row over a race distance of 2km. Rowing requires technique, strength and you have to be mentally

strong if you want to make an impact. Over the years Amy has won seven SA Championship medals. This

year Amy won a bronze medal at the SA Senior Championships. Last year she picked up a silver medal at U18 level and Carrie-Ann also brought home silver at U14 level.

“I am definitely going to keep rowing next year. My brother intro-duced me to rowing and once a rower always a rower,” Amy said.

Both girls do plenty of training on the Buffalo River. Specialist coach Bill Godfrey makes sure they are properly prepared for races.

Amy and Carrie-Ann know that fitness is the key to success so they train hard.

“During the week I row for about two hours a day. I start my day off in the gym for a least one hour,” Amy said

Amy’s training partner Darren Venter pushes her hard by racing against her in training during the week. At a typical SA squad train-ing, rowers can cover a distance of 25 to 30km on the water each day.

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In this edition as promised, we are proud to announce two new innovations which we hope will add value to the magazine.

Firstly, it is with great pleasure that we can announce our first Sports Star of the month winner.

Sponsors OK Foods of Cambridge, Windmill Roadhouse of East London and Nick’s Foods of King William’s Town, have come on board and put forward a R250 spending voucher prize which can be claimed by the winner or winners each month from School Sport Extra. Our thanks to the sponsors for supporting this initiative.

This month the R250 prize, to be shared, has been awarded jointly to Babalwa Mabona and Linsday Killeen of Clarendon Girls’ High, along with Stirling High students Nina Cressey and Tayla Louw who were all selected for the SA women’s U20 water polo squad. Their story appeared on page 6 of our May edition.

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converted to cash. Each month the sponsors will announce the individual winner or winners who will be selected from a story that featured in our previous month’s edition. The sponsor’s choice will be final.

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Once again thanks to all the schools for allowing us to interview their sports stars.

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Earlier this month eight schools participated in the Flya Sportswear Knockout School’s Netball Tournament which was played out at Hudson Park High School.

A feature of the event was that eight netball clubs also participated in a separate club knockout event. The school girls, who play for clubs as well, were free to play in both events.

Club team Spiders and Grens were winners of their sections after Grens beat Hudson Park in a final and Spiders beat Aloes.

Tournament sponsors Time Clothing proposed that the winning club and school play each other in a fun friendly using a rugby ball to end the day.

Spiders ran out as 5-4 winners as the players battled to handle the bouncing rugby ball and to shoot at the net. Great fun was had by all.

Gens showed they are a leading netball team in the province when they beat Hudson Park 29-9 in the schools’ final.

It was a pity that Grens and Kingsridge of King William’s Town were drawn against each other in the second round as Grens were tested to the limit by Kingsridge in winning 12-10. Kingsridge proved they have an excellent first team as well when they went on to beat Cambridge 15-8 in a playoff for third spot.

In other matches played, Grens beat Stirling High 16-2; and Hudson Park beat Beaconhurst 11-9.

The sponsors handed out netball kit to the winning school and the win-ning club as well as the runners-up. Spiders also took home R1000 as the winning club.

The Grens High first netball team won the inaugural Flya Sportswear Knockout Tournament which was played at Hud-son Park High School last month. Barry Neville left and John Goldhill right, of Time Clothing were there to hand over the spon-sor’s prize to the Grens team. Picture by Derek Hindman

GIVE ME THAT BALL: Kayla Vorster of Grens keeps the pressure on Hudson Park players during the final of the Flya Sportswear Tournament. Picture by Derek Hindman

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By DOCTOR GERHARD COETZER

Treating soft tissue injuries

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The most important time in the treatment of an acute soft tissue injury is the first 24 hours immediately following the injury. Most children are told next to the field to put ice on the injury and to see a doctor, who in turn prescribes anti-inflammatories and sends the child to a physio therapist.

Although that is not completely wrong, it does not substitute optimal treatment of an acute injury. The RICE principle together with common analgesia still serves as the golden standard for treating acute muscular skeletal or ligamentous injuries

R – RestI –IceC – CompressionE – Elevation

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Where ever possible following an injury the athlete should cease activity of the injured limb. That will prevent further damage to the site of the injury, reduce the bleeding in the injury, and thereby reduce the size of the scar in the injured tissue.

ICE

Immediately after an injury, ice is principally used to reduce tissue metabolism. Ice application has been associated with significantly reduced haematoma and tissue necrosis and with early regeneration of muscle tissue. Standard application of ice after soft tissue injury is 20 minutes every 2 hours for at least 6 hours.

CoMprESSIoN

Compression of the injured area with a firm bandage reduces bleeding and therefore minimises swelling. Compression should be applied both during and after ice application. Bandage should start just distal to the site of the injury, with each layer of the bandage overlapping the underlying layer, by one half and should extend one hand’s breadth proximal to the injury.

ELEVAtIoN

Elevation of an injured extremity above the level of the heart results in a decrease in hydrostatic pressure and therefore reduces the accumulation of interstitial fluid. In the first 72 hours H.A.R.M-ful factors should be avoided

H – Heat and heat rubs

A – Alcohol

R – Running/moderate activity

M – Massage or vigorous soft tissue therapy

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Pain medication is widely used in the acute phase immediately after an injury to reduce pain. The first choice of pain killers following an acute injury depending on the level of the pain should be simple analgesics without anti-inflammatories, for example, Adco-dol.

Non steroid anti-inflammatory drugs, for example Diclofinac, are drugs with anti-inflammatory properties. The use of non-steroid anti-inflammatories is well accepted in conditions where excessive inflammation is the prime cause of the patient’s symptoms, for example a bursitis.

In acute sports injuries however, anti-inflammatories are not to be used at all in the first 48 hours. Non steroid anti-inflammatories can delay healing in acute ligament, muscle and tendon injuries. With the delayed healing and increased fibrosis this slower healing increases the risk of re-injury.

There is also no evidence that prophylactic use of None Steroid Anti-inflammatories (injections before the game) decreases injury risk, or improves athletic performance.

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Cape Schools head for PaarlBy BRIAN MCLEAN

The 2013 Cape Schools Week will feature 10 schools from June 22 to June 26 at Paarl Gymnasium.

Matches to look out for on day one will be host school Paarl Gym against Grey PE. Both teams fresh from the Wildeklawer Festival will be in form going into this year’s Cape Schools Rugby week.

Queens will take on Wynberg, and Selborne will take on SACS see-ing fly halves Shane Fourie and Lungelo Gosa go head to head.

Day two’s matches will see Rondebosch take on Selborne in a match that might be won by the more elusive backline. Queens Col-lege will have quite a big task against SACS on Day two and so will Dale College as they take on Paarl Gym.

Paarl Gim almost have the easiest games ahead but can expect a challenge from Grey High School.

On the final day Grey PE play SACS which will make for an interest-ing result. Muir's mettle will be tested as they face a daunting Paarl Gym. Rondebosch might be given a run for their money against Queens but Rondebosch keep growing from strength to strength this season but won’t be a walkover.

Dale's blitz backline will come up against Wynberg while the Bo-land Landbou pack of forwards will look to put away Selborne.

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Meet James Ritchie, one of Stirling Primary’s most talented sportsmen.

In Grade One, James’s extraordinary talent was spotted by U13 cricket coach Rod Harris while

James was attending basic training sessions.“James’s skills were far beyond his years

with the result he was fast-tracked to play in the age group ahead of his,’’ said Harris. Harris should know for he has spent the past

20 years coaching the best Stirling has to offer.In interviewing James, dressed neatly in his

Stirling school uniform, it’s clear he has his feet on the ground. No bragging, just modest and respectful.

He scored his first 50 as an U8 player against Hudson Park while batting with a

runner due to a heel injury and last year made the Border U13A side while still 12 where he emerged as

the third highest wicket taker of the national CSA tourna-ment in Paarl.

James is currently in his third year of playing for the U13A side and in September will represent his school U13A side for the fourth year at the Co-ed Cricket Festival against PE schools.

To date this past season James, who bowls right-handed but bats left, is the leading run scorer and wicket taker for his school team which is so far unbeaten this year. He has also pocketed eight catches with one run-out.

For those who like stats, he has scored 486 runs at an average of 69.43 and taken 18 wickets at an average of 4.56 runs per wicket and 2.15 runs per over which isn’t bad for a leg-spinner. To cap it all James captains the Stirling team.

But his talent doesn’t solely lie with cricket as he also captains the Stirling U13A hockey team, is a member of the Border B hockey side and has played A team rugby from U7 to U13.

But don’t stop there. In the classroom he has finished third in his grade out of 140 pupils and you guessed it, is also headboy of Stirling Primary.

Unfortunately Stirling will say cheers to James as he has re-ceived a scholarship from prestigious Hilton College for his high school years.

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Punching well above her weightBy BRIAN MCLEAN

Jamie-Lee Marais of Hudson Park High ex-cels at hockey and cricket and would love to swim but she doesn’t have time.

The thing is she is so good at both sports she keeps on punching above her weight.

Master in charge of Sport Dave Alers described Jamie-Lee as a phenomenal sportswomen and rightly so.

In Grade 8 last year she played Border U18 cricket as a 14-year-old – the young-est in the team – and has also represented Border U13, U14 and this year the Border U16 hockey team which treks to Johannes-burg during the holdays.

Perhaps it’s in the genes as both her parents, Chrissy and Michael represented Border.

At cricket she bats and bowls (medium pace) right-handed and last year at age 14, travelled to Oudtshoorn with the Border U18 team.

This year she was a member of the very strong Hudson first cricket team who were undefeated on the Border, having beaten Stirling, Diocesan, Cambridge and Queen-stown Girls’ High.

Her highest score was 42 and she took six wickets against Port Rex. But it’s hockey Jamie-Lee loves most but admits to being hurt a lot.

“I have lots of astro burns on my knees and bumps and bruises all over from being hit with a stick or ball. But that’s part of the game and like in cricket, one cannot be scared.

“On leaving school I would love to study and my dream is to play for South Africa one day. I hope to make the SA U21 side because that’s where it all starts and here players are recognised,’’ she said.

As Dave Alers has already noted, Jamie-Lee has all the makings of going on to represent her country. But at what. Cricket or hockey?

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Taking life in his strideBy DEREK HINDMAN

Current Selborne College headboy Avumile Mbali takes life in his stride.

His philosophy is simple: “Live in the moment; devote everything you have to what you are doing at the time. ‘’

Avumile proudly wears his academic honours blazer which he earned in Grade 11 by making sure that he devoted an appropriate amount of time each day to his studies.

In 2009 he won his first academic prize when he was awarded an Allan Gray scholarship.

“Only 20 scholarships were awarded back then and over 2 000 students from around the country applied. We all had to write a test, handle a telephonic interview followed by a face-to-face interview with the people who decided which students receive bursaries.

“All my school and hostel fees have been paid for since I came to Selborne from Dale College. I have even had pocket money. The bursary has been a blessing.

“I have been a boarder at Selborne for four years. I like the disci-plined lifestyle here which enables me to devote four to five hours a day to my studies,” Avumile said.

The 18-year-old plans to study medicine at UCT next year and his long term goal is to be an orthopedic surgeon.

“I will hear in October if I have been accepted at university. Last term I got four A’s and maths and science have always been my strong points .I am aiming for six distinctions.”

Avumile believes that physical activity freshens up the mind and stimulates academic performance.

“If I go for run, to the gym or play hockey I make sure that I push studies out of my mind for that time. I have always believed in

focusing on what you are doing now,” Avumile said.Avumile suffers from ERBS Paralysis from birth which has resulted

in partial disability of one arm.“It is bit inconvenient but I have got used to it. I even play a bit of

rugby, normally just one or two matches a season when the school is looking for players to make up teams against big schools.

“I am a regular player for our third hockey team normally as a striker. I also enjoy playing cricket for the fifth team.

“It helps to have goals and treat every day as a blessing. Hard work always pays off in the end.

“I would like to thank my mother who still lives in King William’s Town for be-ing the pillar of strength in my life.” Avumile said.

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By BRIAN MCLEAN

An exciting time lies ahead for eight young Baysville rugby players when they represent Border at the Learner for Special Educational Needs (LSEN) Craven Week to be held in Uitenhage starting June 23.

The team will be accompanied by head coach Duane Horrmann, him-self an ex-Bayville pupil and rugby

player as well as assistant coach Ayanda Mateisi who turns out for Buffaloes and who played Vodacom Cup rugby in 2011. The team will be managed by Willie van der Vuur.

Baysville has always been well represented in the Craven Week side with the rest of the team made up of players from Bergsig and Westview.

“For the boys it means a lot and they can’t wait as many of them have never been beyond East London,’’ explained Duane.

On the day of the interview, the youngsters were being put through their paces on the rugby field and the team was to attend a training camp on June 8 at Bayville School.

Scrumhalf Devaughan Pauls, who had scored seven tries

for his school at the time of writing, said he had built up a good understanding with his flyhalf Jason Langeveldt.

“It’s important to do so and to be able to read a game,’’ he said.

Jason, who can play either flyhalf or fullback and who says Queensland Reds flyhalf Quade Cooper is his favourite player, said he is fit and ready for a week of hard rugby.

Tough flanker Emmanuel Pagel says it’s his job to watch the blindside and can’t wait to match himself against other flankers while centre Qiqa Kumalo believes he has an eye for the gap, is able to read a game and is looking forward to going away.

Prop Storm Ashby, lock Mark Wanckel, flanker Darian Booth and pacy winger Heinrich Petrus all started playing rugby at a young age with Darian saying he was looking forward to the challenge

“Playing in a tournament like this gives one a chance to learn a lot and I’m really looking forward to it,’’ he said.

For coach Horrmann it’s a special milestone. He repre-sented KwaZulu-Natal at the LSEN Craven Week in 1996 and 1997 and in 2010 became the first person to play and coach a Border side at the same time. Last year Border won the tournament with Duane as coach after going into the week as underdogs.

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Gonubie three eyeing the medalsBy BRIAN MCLEAN

The Gonubie Primary School will be pinning their hopes on three young athletes to bring home the medals when they attend the South African Biathle Championships in Pretoria this holiday.

The three are Matthew Raath and his sister Emily and Jaden Shaw. Biathle is comprised of a run (500m), swim (50m) and run (500m).

Jaden, who also plays rugby for the U10A team as a flank cum centre, started biathle late in 2012 while in Grade 3. Being a strong swimmer and runner he soon showed his potential and is excited at attending the cham-pionships. His biggest fan is his brother Travis.

“I think I have a chance of com-ing first or second,’’ he said shyly.

Matthew, who turned 11 in May, started biathle at the start of 2012 and has already won bronze and silver in local events. At the Eastern Cape Champs where he won silver, he returned the second fastest time in South Africa (4:17,81). He attended the South African Championships last year, earning a sixth place.

Gonubie Primary athletes Jaden Shaw and Emily and Matthew Raath, show off their many medals ahead of their trip to Pretoria to attend the South African Biathle Championships in Pretoria on June 21.

Matthew, who also swims and plays scrumhalf was also optimistic of doing well.

“I’m excited at going and think I can do well. I want to come first,’’ he said.

Emily, small and petite and who loves her lollipops, has already won gold at the Buffalo City and Eastern Cape Championships and has just turned nine.

She also expects to do well, saying she will just do her best. We are sure she will and good luck to all three.

Another adventure for LilyfonteinBy BRIAN MCLEAN

East London’s Lilyfontein School has been selected to host the 12th annual SA Schools’ Adventure Racing Championships set for September 2013.

This news was recently announced by Piet Lötter, Chairman of the SA Schools’ Adventure Racing body which reaffirms the Eastern Cape Tourism’s claim to be the Adventure Province

Adventure racing is a team sport with four members per team with at least one member being of the opposite sex. The race requires the team to navigate using a 1:50 000 scaled map and a compass through several activities to reach specific check points along the way. No other race information is given ahead of time and teams don’t know the start line until the day before the race.

The different disciplines are determined by the environment in which the race is set and can include hiking, running, kloofing, river crossings, mountain biking, canoe-ing, swimming, rope work (eg, abseiling & raft building), rock climbing, orienteering and special obstacles and tasks that could include environmental assistance to the local community.

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Question: How old were you when you started playing hockey and where?

Answer: I was seven years old when I started attending Mini Hockey at Queen’s Junior.

Question: Have you played or do you play any other sport?

Answer: I played rugby until the end of Grade 9 and I currently play Cricket for the schools’ first team.

Question: What made you choose hockey?

Answer: I enjoy the fast pace and the action of hockey and that it always keeps you awake and on your toes.

Question: How long have you been at Queen’s?

Answer: This is my 12th year at Queen’s Col-lege. I have been here since Grade1.

Question: When did you make the Queen’s first team and what position do you play?

Answer: At the beginning of 2012. I cur-rently play centre link.

Question: Have you captained hockey teams before and if so who and what year?

Answer: Yes. The under 14 team in 2009 and the under 16 team in 2011.

Question: Do you enjoy captaincy and if so, why?

Answer: Yes. It grants me the opportunity to test my leadership skills and it gives me the chance to set an example to others and to be someone onto whom they can rely on and lean on for guidance and support.

Question: Do you have the players to do well this season?

Answer: Yes we do. The majority of our team has represented the province with a couple of guys staking a claim for the na-tional teams.

Question: Every team has a funny guy (clown). Do you have one and who?

Answer: Yes we do have a number of clowns in our team. However Aubrey Ferreira, Justin Brill and Matthew Rasmussen stand out for me.

Question: Who do you rate as your toughest opponents this season and why?

Answer: Grey PE. They have been one of the best teams for the past few years. They are a

team filled with good players and gel together well as a unit.

Question: Who do you rate as your fiercest rivals?

Answer: Dale College. Our two schools share a very close bond and this camaraderie is evident between our hockey teams as well. They always seem to bring their ‘A’ game against us and are always in the game until the final whistle.

Question: What skills must a good hockey player have?

Answer: Good agility, vision, good ball control, patience and perseverance.

Question: How important is a good coach?

Answer: A good coach is very impor-tant as they can inspire players to be better than they already are. A good coach can influence you to always want to be the best that you can be.

Question: What are your plans after you leave school?

Answer: I plan to study a Bachelor of Commerce Degree in Accounting at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and eventually qualify as a Chartered Accountant.

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The so far unbeaten Kingsridge U13A hockey team with their coach Toets McCune pictured at the school astro.

Their only love isho c k e y

By BRIAN MCLEAN

“They just can’t get can’t get enough of hockey and absolutely love the game. They even want to train on Sundays, that’s why I think the team is doing so well.’’

So said Toets McCune, coach of the Kingsridge Primary School U13A team who so far are unbeaten among Border schools.

But Toets is quick to point out there’s still a long way to go and the team need to keep their feet on the ground.

“We don’t want to come across as big-headed. I’d prefer to just keep on playing as a team and take one game at a time,’’ she said.

Team captain Nela Mbedu who plays centre link and who has made the Border U13A side which travels to Cape Town this holiday, says she likes the skills challenge hockey presents.

“One must have skill to become a good player. Hockey is more dangerous than rough and I’ve seen a lot of players get hurt, I’ve been lucky so far and only been hit on my shin and ankle,’’ she said.

Nela said their toughest game so far was against Clarendon who they beat 2-0.

“Playing against Clarendon is always hard and they are our toughest opponents. If we remain unbeaten it would be fun but

there’s a long way to go and one never knows,’’ she said wisely.Vice-captain Hlonelwa Mbina who plays right link and like Nela,

was exposed to the game at an early age, has made the Border B team.

“We practice three times a week and love it. Our biggest win was 14-0 against Crewe and we beat George Randell 10-0. Our only loss so far was against Eunice where we lost 1-0,’’ she said.

This year Kingsridge have three players in the Border U13A side in Nela, Charmorne Theron and Rozelle van Vuuren while Hlonelwa, Kirsty Elders, Robin September and Ciana Daniels are in the B side which travels to Port Elizabeth.

Bianca rules the squash courtBy BRIAN MCLEAN

When it comes to squash, don’t challenge Hudson Park Grade 11 pupil, Bianca Brown. You’re sure to come short.

Not only is she off to Poland July 14 to attend the World Junior Team and Individual Champion-ships Bianca has already travelled to the US, Australia and Malaysia all in the name of squash.

She was part of the SA Schools’ team which visited the US and Malaysia and in Australia she was trained by top coaches attached to the World Squash Academy.

In addition, she represented SA Schools’ at U14 and U16 level the last two years then this year crowned it all by winning the SA

Closed Tournament played in Johannesburg.

So how did it all start? At school Bianca, whose favourite stroke is the forehand dropshot, first started playing tennis but when her folks started playing squash she followed suit when 10-years-old and look at her now.

“In squash one must be mentally tough and really love the game. Squash is like physical chess in that just because you are down it doesn’t mean the games over,’’ she said wisely.

It’s not surprising then that her hero is Malaysian star Nicol David.

“He plays a very physical game and to be a world champion for seven years suggests he’s some-thing special,’’ she said.

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Chase Collett started her ballet classes at three-years-old. Now at age 15, the Mar-rifield pupil is off to Los Angeles next month

as part of the South African dance team which at-tends the World Championship of Performing Arts with her dance partner Ashley Behrens. The South African team fly out from South Africa on July 6, a week before the start.

A student at the Karin Wilkie Dance Studio in East London, Chase still does ballet but realisd to get ahead in a competitive world she had to be more versatile so she turned to more styles such as Span-ish, ballroom and Latin American dancing.

Chase, blonde and slim, is no stranger to travel for in 2010/2011 she attended the Royal Acad-emy of Dance in London where she was offered a scholarship which allowed her to attend any dance academy in the world. Her studies prevented her from taking up the offer.

“Costumes for the various events are very ex-

pensive as they have to be made up but I do meet many wonderful people and some not so nice,’’ she said. And having a good dance partner is crucial.

“Ashley and I get on really well. We understand each other which is important and also encourage and support each other as in dance, you are always judged.

Chase, who was busy writing mid-year exams, ad-mits to getting nervous before performing but says it’s a good sign as it keeps one sharp and focused.

“I prefer being nervous. If one is calm and relaxed you might be inclined to take things too easy which could count against you in the end,’’ she explained.

But dance is hard work and after her afternoon session at the studio, her and Ashley meet up to run through their dance routine for a further hour.

Chase knows just how important it is to do well in Los Angeles.

“There are talent scouts from all over the world attending and that’s where the opportunities and scholarships come from.’’

Dancing her way to stardom