ICE SKATING sisters Samantha, Annabel and Jessica Colenutt were celebrating recently after passing National Ice Skating Assocaition tests.

Samantha, 11, who attends Robert May's School in Odiham, started skating in the Saturday morning classes when she was just five.

She passed the Inter Bronze field moves and Level 3 elements and free tests. Her sisters Annabel, 10, and Jessica, eight, pupils at St Mark's Junior School in Hook, are eager to follow her example and soon all three will be involved in competitions and shows.

Annabel has also just passed Inter Bronze field moves and Level 3 elements and free tests, while Jessica was successful in Prelim field moves and Level 2 elements and free.

Samantha qualified for the British Solo Dance Championships earlier this year, while Annabel won five gold medals, two silvers and one bronze in free skating competitions, and Jessica picked up three bronze medals - including one at the Basingstoke Opens.

The trio are currently training with Michael Jaye at the Planet Ice Arena as they prepare for this year's Christmas pantomime on ice, The Enchanted Garden, on December 28 and 29.

Group skating lessons, incorporating the new NISA Skate UK scheme, are held on Saturday mornings.

For further information, contact the Planet Ice Arena on 01256 355266.

NISA test successes: Junior Test: Antoinette Hempel. Novice short programme: Michael Wilkins. Inter-Silver field moves: Rebecca Griffiths, Victoria Heath-Smith, Claire Miller. Bronze field moves: Rosanna Littleton. Inter-Bronze field moves: Samantha Colenutt, Amy Sanders. Prelim field moves: Oliver Davies. Novice field moves: Stephanie Humphries, Laura Webb, Myfanwy Wood, Alison Wright. Level 6 Elements and Free: Claire Miller. Level 3 Elements and Free: Fiona Piggott, Amy Sanders, Sarah Snowball. Level 3 Free: Susan White. Level 2 Elements and Free: Jessica Colenutt, Laura Webb. Level 2 Elements: Oliver Davies. Level 1 Elements: Stephanie Humphreys, Myfanwy Wood, Alison Wright.