HELP SAVE YOUR ICE FACILITY

As many of you will be aware, North Ayrshire Leisure in conjunction with North Ayrshire Council has started making plans for the replacement of the Magnum Leisure Centre.

They have commissioned and independent report which recommends the following:

  • Building a new leisure centre in Irvine.
  • Locating new centre on the Recreation Park site.
  • Focusing the ice sports development in Irvine, where ice facilities are in high demand.

But instead what they have decided to do is:

  • Renovate Auchenharvie Ice Rink, where demand is already in decline.
  • A joint venture with the NHS to relocate the leisure facilities to the old Ayrshire Central site, WITHOUT ice facilities.

We would now like to ask you to support our campaign to retain Ice facilities in Irvine by signing our online petition.

Please visit http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/save-our-ice.

For more information, please download this Information Pack.

Thank you for your support

Annuals 2009

MIDFSC recently held their annual competition, open to all members. This was a very successful competition with a great turnout. Well done to all skaters to who took part and helped make this a great club event.

Full ResultsPodium Photos

Skating Seminar

The club recently held a skating seminar at the rink with coaches Alice Fell, Gillian Otterson and Diane Dewer delivering various group sessions on the ice. Dimitrios Paparakis held dance classes and Tim Silvester gave the skaters a valuable insight into fitness. Club Coach Fiona Thomson gave a safety on ice talk and NISA technical specialist Anne Findlay gave a talk to both skaters and parents about competitive skating.

The Seminar was accredited by NISA the sports governing body in the UK and was well received by all the club members. The club would like to thank those who gave their inputs and to those who helped organise the event. Special thanks also to committee member and parent Moira Crancher who brought the whole event together.

Deeside Open - 13th and 14th June 2009

Some results from the Deeside Open

  • Fiona T.- 2nd Level 1 Ladies aged 10 and under
  • Lewis G. - 1st Level 6 Men
  • Heather M. and Lewis G. - 1st Novice Pairs

Congratulations to them and to all the other skaters from the club who skated at the weekend.

Recent Test Results

Congratulations go to all skaters who recently passed tests at the Magnum Ice Rink.
Full Results Available.

MIDFSC - Fee Structure

The fee structure for the 2008-2009 Season can be found here. If you have any queries at all about our fee structure, please feel free to contact a member of the committee.

Guildford Open - 6th, 7th and 8th July 2009

The Guildford Ice Figure Skating Club will be holding its annual 3 day Open on 6th, 7th and 8th July 2009. Rules, Criteria and Entry forms are now available on the GIFSC website.

Congratulations go to them and a big well done.

Magnum Open 2009 held on 7th and 8th March 2009 at the Magnum Leisure Centre

The Magnum Open competition was held at the rink on the weekend of the 7th and 8th March 2009 with a record entry this year of over 240 skaters. The event was sponsored this year by Spirit Aerosystems and the skating as usual was very competitive. The Magnum club itself had a bit of a mixed bag this year but there were some notable performances and in particular our trophy winners Gabrielle B who won the Beginners Ladies 9 & 10 competition. Lewis G won the Mens Level 5 and Brendan Dorrian won the Mens Level 10 competitions.

The event itself ran very smoothly as is the norm and thanks for that go to the Referee, Judges, Competition Secretary, the committee, helpers and parents.

The club would also like to give a special thank you to our main sponsors Spirit Aerosytems, our trophy sponsor Booth Welsh Automation and also to North Ayrshire Sports Council for their continued support. Thanks also go to our other sponsors who support the event every year.

Finally thanks to all the skaters who competed at this years event and for making it a memorable Magnum Open. See you all next year. Full results can be viewed here.

Future of the Magnum

You may be aware that the future of the Magnum Leisure Centre is currently being discussed. Our members may be interested to read the following item on the North Ayrshire Council website.

Christmas Show DVD

DVDs from the MIDFSC Christmas Show are now available to order. Please order using Order Form.

Final Update - Children in Need

Bring and Buy

A HUGE thank you to all that took part in our Children in Need sponsored skate. We raised a whopping £876.23, a fantastic achievement. Thank You!

Updated Visitors Policy

Please note that MIDFSC has introduced a new bookings policy. Visitors will be limited to 4 visits within a club year   (1st November 2008 - 31st October 2009). This will be closely monitored.

To book a visit please phone: 07920 557 767

Number of Visits: Magnum Ice Dance and Figure Skating club is located in the Magnum Leisure Center,Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland