Chelsea Raful's blades are sharp and she's hoping to make the cut.
The 13-year-old from Prince George is in Kelowna for 2011 BMO B.C./Yukon section figure skating championships where she's entered in the pre-novice women's competition.
Raful, a member of the Spruce City Skating Club, began Thursday with the short program and will be back on the ice today for the free skate. Thursday's results were not available.
Last year in Richmond as a first-year pre-novice, Raful placed 47th. In 2008, her first year in the competitive stream, she placed seventh in the pre-juvenile class at the section meet in Nanaimo.
A top placing this weekend will guarantee Raful a spot in the BMO Skate Canada Eastern/Western Challenge set for Mississauga, Ont., Dec. 1-5.
