"A Sunday Star Times article read … 'adventurous kiwi women wanted…' and I thought, it had to be me. The article was about this exciting sport called skeleton racing. All I knew was that these full on athletes speed down the bobsleigh track head first on their stomachs. That was how it all began.

After reading this article, I contacted Bruce Sandford, the 1993 World Champion skeleton racer from Hamilton and after our talk I was hooked.

So without any knowledge of the sport, I headed to Canada to give it a go. After a 5-Day school at the Calgary Olympic Park, I was a qualified international skeleton racer! I entered my first international race the following weekend, representing New Zealand.

In true Kiwi O.E. fashion I slept on floors, hitched lifts, borrowed speed suits and sleds, and made it happen. Foreign athletes and officials ensured I was looked after and arrived and made it to each of the following races.

Despite not having a coach or my own sled my progress was surprisingly good. Three months after my first ever run I was representing New Zealand in the Park City World Cup. Today with 4 International seasons under my belt, I am ranked 18th out of 33 in the world circuit and I finished 16th in the world Cup final in Altenberg, Germany.

I am currently overseas racing, this ismy 5th World cup season, with my goals set on finishing in the top 10 at the World Championships, February 2005 in Calgary, Canada."