Author: Rachel Gibbons

  • May / June Class bookings

    Bookings are now open for all classes for May / June: General classes: for children aged 5+ and adults You can book here for general classes. You should have received an email with the booking password if you are currently in one of these classes. Please look in your junk or contact me if you…

  • Skating Christmas Party

    It’s the Penistone Leisure Centre Christmas party next Saturday (20th) and we’ll be playing lots of skating party games. There’s party food and a present from Father Christmas – we have a lot of fun! Nice to see that lots of you have already booked, and the first party is full. There are places in…

  • Bookings are open

    Classes restart on 9th November. All the dates, information and booking forms are here: If you don’t want to book this block, please let me know so I can offer your place to someone else. Please note, there are also still places at the Halloween parties on this Saturday – the 25th. All the details…

  • This summer we’ll be going outside!

    Would you like to try your skills in the real world? We’ll be getting used to different surfaces – starting with the very smooth, wide and flat, and practicing ways to manage rough areas, until we can do a circuit of the park and follow paths out towards the edges. There are over 2 miles…

  • Speed Skating – this Saturday

    The next speed skating session is this Saturday – 31st May and it would be great to see you there – regulars – and anyone new who would like to give it a try. You can book on here: Speed skating – Penistone Skate Club There will be lots of races and people will be…

  • New speed skating dates

    The speed skating sessions are now booked for the rest of the year and you can book on here: Speed skating – Penistone Skate Club It would be great to see some new faces as well as the regulars – there will be lots of races and people will be grouped according to speed, so…

  • speed skating this saturday

    The next speed skating session is this Saturday, 5th April. Note that it’s the first Saturday this month, not the second Saturday, due to an Easter Fair at Stocksbridge Leisure Centre. This will be a training session focussing on speed, technique and race tactics. Skaters will be split into groups and compete in several different…

  • The club at competitions

    Three members of Penistone Skate Club have been to events at Derby and Leicester this year. There are usually about 4 races, including some ‘unusual’ ones like an obstacle race or the ‘shortcut’ race, as well as numbers of laps. Here are a few photos to give you a feel for what happens:

  • March speed skating

    Hello everyone, Speed skating is usually on the second Saturday of every month, but this month (March) the hall at Stocksbridge wasn’t free, so I booked the third Saturday. Unfortunately this clashes with Glow and Junior Glow skates at Penistone Leisure Centre, which a lot of you go to. This means I haven’t had many…

  • Skating events

    We are currently offering those interested, the chance to take part in the 2024/25 inline speed skating events. With many events held indoors during the Winter, as we approach the warmer months, many dates will then become outdoors. At the moment we are trying to encourage as many people from the club as possible to…