A STIRLING ice skater is celebrating success.

Brodie Sneddon, 11, competed in the Sheffield IJS competition at Sheffield Ice Arena this month and won third place in the Basic Novice A Category.

She skated fourth in the first warm up group, scoring 27.90 putting her into second place, where she remained until the second last skater took first position and knocked Brodie into third place.

Earlier in the year, Brodie qualified to compete for the British Championships which will take place in December this year.

Brodie said she looked at this competition as a warm up to the British Championships.

She added: “I went to Sheffield with the only aim to run a clean programme and give 100 per cent to my skate, finishing on the podium is a fantastic bonus but more importantly I now know what I need to do to score higher.

"My focus from now to December will be to improve my programme with harder jumps and spins.”

Coach Gemma Stark said: “I am very proud of Brodie.

"She works so hard and pushes herself at every training session.

"Her next competition will be Aberdeen Opens in October."

Brodie started her skating journey at The Peak where she took part in Active Stirling’s learn to skate programme.

Since then she has skated in competitions all over the UK and represented Great Britain in her first international competition.