SHE may want to be a classical ballerina, but 15-year-old Louise Flanagan still enjoys football.
The teenager has beaten tough competition to gain a place at the Royal Ballet School at Covent garden, London, in September.
Louise has been dancing since the age of three and attends the Hammond School in Chester. She trained previously at the Lois Booth School of Dance in Bolton.
To gain a place at the Royal ballet School she took part in an audition with students competing from all over the world. There are only 30 places granted each year -- with only half going to girls. Although she will be in London,
Louise whose parents live at Kilworth Drive, Lostock, has a season ticket for Bolton Wanderers so she is determined to retain her home town links.
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