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Did You Know? 

  • Our club celebrates is 50 years old  

  • The first ice skates were found in 3000 BC.
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  • It was Marie Antoinette who made figure skating popular in Paris, during the reign of her husband, King Louis XVI. 

  • Madame de Pompadour, Napoleon I, Napoleon III and even Casanova were all fans of the sport.
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Marie Antoinette
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​Sonja Henie
  • The patron saint of ice skating is Saint Lidwina.
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  • The first ever ice skating club was founded in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1742.
 
  • Paris’ first artificial ice rink opened in 1892 and was called ‘Le Pole Nord’.
 
  • Three times Olympic champion, Sonja Henie, skated in the Chamonix Olympics aged just 11 years old, and introduced the short skirt and white skates to the sport.
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  • The most spins that a skater has ever performed without stopping is 115. ​
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