Seven youngsters will compete for Great Britain at the Europe & Africa Youth Waterski Championships being held in Spain next week.

They are among 123 athletes from 22 countries who will be going for gold. The event will crown champions in two age categories – Under 14s and Under 17s.

The GB team is made up of:

UNDER 14s

• Lara Cosgrove (11) 
• Isabel Cosgrove (13) 
• Buddy Carrington (12)

UNDER 17s

• Harley Coster (15) 
• Seb Turp (16) 
• Charlie Fearn (15) 
• Willow Skipsey (15)

With the exception of Buddy Carrington, who will compete only in the tricks event, the GB squad will be demonstrating their skills in the three waterski disciplines of slalom, tricks and jumping.

All the athletes have represented the nation at this level before and many of them were in the squad that picked up seven medals at the 2024 Europe & Africa Youth Championships in Italy, including Under 14s Team silver.

The outstanding performer at those Championships was Harley Coster, who won four individual medals in Under 14 Boys – gold in jump, bronze in both slalom and tricks and silver overall.  Last year he also broke the Under 14 Boys’ British slalom record.  He has now moved up to the Under 17s age category.

Isabel (Issy) Cosgrove was the other individual medallist at the 2024 Championships. Then only 12, she won bronze in Under 14 Girls’ slalom, breaking her own Under 14 Girls’ British record in the process.  

She will be joined, once again, by her sister, Lara, who is one of the youngest competitors at the Championships.

Issy and Lara have a host of British records between them in slalom, tricks and jump. At the end of June, Issy set a new Under 14 Girls’ GB jump record of 31.7 metres during a Junior Pro competition in Spain.

Charlie Fearn was a medallist at the 2023 Europe & Africa Youth Championships where he won bronze in the Under 14 Boys’ Jump.

The 2025 Europe & Africa Youth Waterski Championships will take place from Wednesday 16 to Sunday 20 July at Botaski in Seseña, near Madrid, Spain.

The full schedule and results will be available here.