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A page where the synchro mascots become celebrities


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Ann-Charlotte collected for example the mascot of Zoulous (France). /Credits: Synchro Mascot Page

Braun, blue, like a giraffe or a cute panda… Synchro mascots are everywhere and bring luck during the season. To celebrate them, a young synchro skater from Belgium decided to create a Facebook’s page only for them.

Hello, my name is Ann-Charlotte Petrens, I’m 12 years old, I live with my parents and my dog in Oudenaarde, Belgium, a nice and cosy little place (very famous in the cycling world). As my mum is a coach, I’m into skating since I was born, and travelling around the world as well.

Are you skating in a team?
Ann-Charlotte: I am a synchro skater in Belgium with Team Temptation, I have been skating as a juvenile, a novice and a mixed age skater.


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Team Temptation Mixed Age /Credits: Team Temptation

Why did you create this page for synchro mascots? 
Ann-Charlotte: I created this page because I love to have a mascot, and I wanted to see what mascots all other teams have.
 
What is the goal of this page? 
Ann-Charlotte: To get to know each other, and I would like to make pictures of all mascots together at competitions.
 
How many mascot’s pictures did you already collect? 
Ann-Charlotte: Until now I have 27, out of 13 different countries. A photograph also took some at Worlds especially for me. It is only a Facebook page, in which I tag the team with their page, so people go and visit that as well.


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Ann-Charlotte

What is the most popular synchro mascot?
Ann-Charlotte: I think that the most popular is still ‘the bear’ (that’s the cutest like ours).
 
What does a mascot mean to you? 
Ann-Charlotte: Our mascot travels along the skaters, and we do silly things with it and take nice pictures, his clothes are in the colors of Belgium, and we adore Ted !!!
 
In your opinion, a team mascot is for one season or forever? 
Ann-Charlotte: We have both, we have our main mascot that stays forever, and we have smaller ones in the theme of our music.
 
How can teams reach you? 
Ann-Charlotte: They can contact me by sending a private message to the page on Facebook Synchro Mascot.