2025

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Curling Improver sessions return

We are delighted to say that the Curling Improver sessions hosted by Fiona McLaren will be re-starting on Thursdays at 2:15 pm from October 30th 2025. These sessions are aimed at anyone who wants a little bit of practice and coaching on pretty much any aspect of your curling game, from the complete beginner who is just starting out on their curling journey, to the experienced curler who finds they need to adapt their game as they mature. Book a space on the session using this link : Curling Improver Sessions – Inverness Ice Centre and then use the payment…

Skate Sharpening

Is your skating getting a bit blunt? Do your skates need sharpened? For some time now, we’ve not been formally accepting skates for sharpening, because our machine broke down and we didn’t have a good process in place to keep track of skates handed in for sharpening. Well that’s all changed. If your skates need a bit of sharpening up, bring them in to Reception and we can arrange to have them sharpened off-site. We’ll try to get them done and back to you as quickly as possible, but bear in mind that we are passing them on to Keith…

23rd September update

Inverness Ice Centre – Newsletter 23rd September 2025 A Quick Update on Our Journey to £250K   Thanks to your incredible support, we’ve now raised £90,988 towards our £250,000 goal! Our Patron Scheme continues to thrive, with 7 members in the 10-Year Patron Membership and the 3-Year Membership now fully subscribed. ✨ FOMO? We’ve reached 20 three-year memberships already! Please consider joining the 10-Year Scheme or put your name down on our 3-Year Waiting List. Fundraising Progress Source Amount Raised Sponsorship of Curling Stones £8,000 In-Ice Adverts & Advertising Boards £10,000 3 Peaks Challenge £7,000 Crowdfunding £988 Patrons of Inverness…

17th September update

Inverness Ice Centre – Update Newsletter 17th September 2025 A Quick Update on Our Journey to £250K Our Patron Scheme continues to be a huge success with 7 members now in the 10-Year Patron Membership and 18 members in the 3-Year Patron Membership. Fundraising Progress So Far   £87,855   Source Amount Raised Sponsorship of Curling Stones £8,000 In-Ice Adverts & Advertising Boards £10,000 3 Peaks Challenge £7,000 Crowdfunding £855 Patrons of Inverness Ice Centre £62,000 Patrons Scheme – Join Today Almost all the 20 spaces for the 3 years have gone. We welcome your application and will create a waiting…

Essential Maintenance Thursday, 4th September

We will be having some essential preventative electrical maintenance carried out on the morning of Thursday, 4th Sep 2025. This will involve disconnecting the electricity supply to the whole building. While the work is being carried out, we will have no telephone, email or internet access. The work (hopefully) won’t take more than a couple of hours, after which normal service shoud be resumed. Thanks for your patience while we do this.

Season 2025-26

Folks, The Ice Pad Diary is now completed through to March 2026. Bookable skating sessions (public, patch, lessons, parties) will be updated regularly throughout the season as they are made available Skating and Ice Hockey club sessions are as published – if you want extra, club secretaries can get in touch and we’ll see what we can do for you (please email david@inverness-ice-centre.co.uk) Curling sessions are populated with fixtures where I have them – please note, if there’s a discrepancy between what a match secretary has told you, and what is published, get in touch with David at the Ice…

Curling coaching

There will be a Level 1 Coaching Course at Dewars, Perth on Sunday 7 December. Anyone interested should register here. Scottish Curling have secured funding support to reduce course costs for eligible groups: U21 Females Disability or neurodivergent Living in an area of deprivation (SIMD areas 1 or 2). Anyone registering for this course — or any other coaching qualification course across the country — can check this link to see if they qualify for a subsidy. There will also be courses in Forfar and Dumfries coming up in October and November, respectively. Details will be posted when we get…

2025 AGM

Inverness Ice Centre AGM 2025 will be held on Thursday, 28th August 2025 at 7:00 pm. A formal notice has been sent to all Constitutional Members by email or post today, 24th July. If you haven’t received the notice, and think you should have, please contact David ( david@inverness-ice-centre.co.uk ) at the Ice Centre.

EGM – 8th May 2025

Following this evening’s Extraordinary General Meeting, I am pleased to confirm that the members of Inverness Ice Centre Limited have voted overwhelmingly in favour of the proposed Recovery Plan. With 82 votes cast in favour and 7 abstentions, the resolution to secure a £150,000 loan from Social Investment Scotland has been passed. On behalf of the Board, I want to thank our members and supporters for their strong backing at this critical time. This vote of confidence gives us the stability to move forward and the opportunity to continue developing the Ice Centre as a hub for all three ice…