Spring Skating Lessons

With the snow and cold behind us (hopefully), our thoughts turn to Spring.

RPFSC will once again be sharing ice with Kitsilano Figure Skating Club during the Spring and Summer skating sessions.  Our clubs are now working together to develop our Spring Skating Schedule. We are hoping to publish our Spring Session schedule by mid February and begin registration by early March.

This Spring and Summer, the City will be closing not one, but two of its skating rinks. This means less ice time available and our Spring Session will run during April and May only.

During April and May, we will be able to offer full CanSkate and StarSkate programs and ice time to our Competitive Skaters.

In June, ice time will be reduced significantly and we will only be able to offer ice time to our Competitive Skaters.

CanSkate and StarSkate Programs will return in July for our Summer Skating Session.

Registration for 2017 Winter CanSkate

The last day of Fall CanSkate lessons will be:

  • Tuesdays – December 13
  • Thursdays – December 15
  • Saturdays – December 17

If you currently have your skater registered for Fall CanSkate lessons and would like to add CanSkate Winter lessons, (January 3 to March 18, 2017) you have priority to add on the Winter CanSkate Session until November 30.  Beginning December 1, registration for Winter Canskate lessons opens to the public and registration for Winter CanSkate will be on a first come first serve basis until all our spots are filled.

Winter CanSkate lessons will be as follows:

  • Tuesdays – January 3 to March 14
  • Thursdays – January 5 to March 16
  • Saturdays – January 7 to March 18

 

Limited Parking on Saturdays beginning November 5

The Nat Bailey Winter Market  begins Saturday, November 5th and runs until April 22rd, 2017 from 10am to 2pm in the parking lot and plaza of Nat Bailey Stadium and Hillcrest Centre. Parking will be VERY limited on these days. Please ensure you allow additional time to find parking so that you will not be late for lessons – especially for CanSkate lessons at noon!

Fall CanSkate Parent Meetings

To ensure that our Canskate families and skaters have a positive skating experience with us, we will be holding CanSkate Information Meetings this week for parents/guardians of our CanSkaters.

Our CanSkate Coordinator Carissa Wong will be reviewing safety and equipment, skater evaluation and answering any questions you may have about our program.

The meetings will take place in the lobby of the skating rink as scheduled:

Tuesday, September 27 at 4:00 pm
Thursday, September 29 at 4:00 pm
Saturday, October 1 at 12:15 pm

Please ensure that you will be attending a meeting this week.

Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions.

Summer Session

Our Summer Session Start and End Dates are as follows: 

  • Mondays – July 4 to August 8 – Including BC Day, August 1
  • Wednesdays – July 6 to August 10
  • Fridays – July 8 to August 12
  • Saturdays – July 9 to August 13

Our lessons on Mondays take place at Hillcrest Arena at 4575 Clancy Loranger Way.
Our lessons on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays take place at Sunset Rink at 390 East 51st Avenue.

Click here to view maps to the rinks.

On-line Registration is Coming!

Riley Park Figure Skating Club registration is going online!

We are excited and pleased to announce that summer registration for CanSkate, StarSkate and Ice-only will be available online starting June 8. Registering will entail creating your account, selecting your programs and then paying by Visa or Mastercard.

In-person registration will be available for those who wish to pay by cash or cheque.

Stay tuned for more details regarding the registration dates.

Click here to preview our Summer Schedule.