BOLTON water skier Arron Davies has been selected to compete for Great Britain in the World Water Skiing Championships.

The teenager was part of the Great Britain team who won bronze in the European Championships last year and is now looking forward to taking on the best in the world.

The Bolton School Year 12 student will travel to Chile in 12 months' time when he will be looking to add to his medal in the European Under-17s Championships in Italy last summer.

The A-level student was one of 30 water skiers from countries all over Europe to take part in the four-day tournament, which consisted of three separate competitions – slalom, jump and tricks.

While he did not come away with any individual medals he was a key member of the British team that came third overall.

He went on to produce an impressive performance at the British Championships to earn the call to go to the World Championships.

Arron, who won an individual bronze in the British Championships, said: “My parents are water skiers, and were before I was born.

"I first went on a set of skis when I was 18 months old and I’ve been doing it ever since."

Living in a land-locked area of the country, Arron occasionally has to travel large distances in order to train.

He does most of his training at the British Water Ski and Wakeboard Association Centre at the Three Sisters Water Ski Club in Wigan, but does sometimes travel to Lincolnshire.

“I’m training for the worlds at the minute, but with it being cold conditions, you don’t want to be going too fast on the water, so I’ve been concentrating on tricks. But I will be going to Florida in the Easter holidays to practise in warm weather.”