In 1996 at the age of five Sega Fairweather was introduced to her local dry slope ski centre at Swadlincote, Derbyshire to take her first ever ski lesson.  Within weeks, her enthusiasm and talent for the slopes had been noticed. She joined the Arrows Ski Racing Club under the guidance of head coach Howard Blackman who nurtured her natural ability to become a successful slalom racer.

Her first title, All England Champion, was earned just after her 9th birthday, and she went on to become the champion of Wales and Ireland during the same season.

Since being selected for the Great British Children's ski team in January 2002 Sega presently competes in around 35 races per year, both on plastic and snow.  This season has witnessed Sega taking pole position on snow to become English Giant Slalom champion and take the silver medal in the Super G.

On the dry slopes she has skied to gold overall at the Wycombe International, The Grand Prix at Hemel Hempstead, the Celtic Cup at Pontypool and the Club National, quite an achievement for a 13 year old.

Sega will concentrate on her snow training and competition results throughout her time with the British Children's team and hopefully progress through the junior and senior British Alpine teams.

Sega has a quiet determination and an optimistic attitude towards her skiing; given the right opportunities many believe that she will represent her country at world-class level.

Olivia Murphy began playing netball at junior school – now she aims to follow in the footsteps of Bobby Moore and Martin Johnson by leading England to world cup glory.

Having first represented her country aged 16, ten years on Olivia is now captain of the senior squad and has travelled the world playing the sport she loves.

"I first started playing netball at junior school and this inspired me to join Linden Netball Club,” explained Olivia.

“I received a lot of support from my parents and my club coaches and it was here my interest grew and I began playing for my county, Derbyshire, and then for England.

“I have had so many opportunities and have travelled all over the world playing matches in South Africa, New Zealand, Canada, Australia and more recently Jamaica to name just a few.

"Now my aims are to win a gold medal for England in the 2007 World Championships and to raise awareness of netball, especially amongst young people.

“I have also had the opportunity to coach and I hope more young people will now be recruited to the sport, especially through Derbyshire County Sports Partnership programme, which works through local clubs to deliver a comprehensive range of sports development opportunities for netball.”

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