About the Club

Stratford Park Skating Club was founded in 1975. It is based at the Stratford Park Leisure Centre, Stroud, Gloucestershire. We keep a balance between leisure and competitive skating. Skaters of all disciplines are welcome and have their enthusiastic followers at the club with coaches and members proficient in more than one discipline. The club is affiliated to the Federation of Artistic Roller Skating, FARS.

From April 2009 Stratford Park skating Club now also skates in Cirencester, Gloucestershire at the Cotswold Leisure Centre having taken over the former Cirencester Skating Club. Click Here For Details

REVISED SKATING DATES

There will be no skate on Sunday 17th Jan and Sunday 31st Jan 2010.

Congratulations Vicky and Molly

Alfreton Derby 25th October 2009

More Medals For Stroud

Well Done To All who Took Part See Trophies& Gallery

Events

Recent events

Sunday, November 22^nd, 2009 - Grades 1-6 Basic Skills Tests

Saturday, December 5^th, 2009 - Xmas Disco. Xmas Theme. Click Here For Details.

Sunday, December 13^th, 2009 - CLUB XMAS PARTY

Sunday, October 25^th, 2009 - FARS Winter Solo Competition Alfreton Derby

Sunday, November 1^st, 2009 - Grade 6 And Above Test Day. Please See Jenny If You Wish To Take The Tests

Saturday, September 5^th, 2009 - Late summer Disco. Back To School Theme. Click Here For Details.

Saturday, July 25/26^th, 2009 - Kent Artistic Competition. Rochester, Kent see trophies & Gallery

Saturday, July 11^th, 2009 - Summer Roller Disco.

Sunday, June 21^st, 2009 - Basic Skills Tests

Sunday, 17th, May 2009 - Moonrakers Competition. Well Done To All who Took Part See Trophies& Gallery

Saturday, 2nd, May 2009 - FREE Trial Skating Sessions in Cirencester 10.00am-12noon. Come to the Cotswold Leisure Centre Cirencester and enjoy our FREE taster sessions. Skates can be provided by the club. All ages welcome.

Sunday, April 19^th, 2009 - - Annual General Meeting

Saturday, April 18^th, 2009 - Easter Bunny Roller Disco.

Sunday, March 29^th, 2009 - Generation Game - All day have-a-go event at Stratford Park Leisure Centre

Saturday, December 13^th, 2008 - Christmas Roller Disco

Sunday, December 14^th, 2008, FARS Winter Solos

Saturday, October 25^th - Halloween Roller Disco - We have donated £ 100 of the proceeds to Breast Cancer Care.

Saturday, September 20^th, 2008 - Stratford Park Skating Club Roller Dance Competition

Saturday, July 5^th, 2008, 19:00 to 21:00 - Roller Disco - Beach theme

Sunday, April 13^th, 2008 - Annual General Meeting

Wednesday, April 9^th, 2008 Trip to ice skate at Swindon

Saturday, April 5^th, 2008, 19:00 to 21:00 - Roller Disco - Easter Bonnet theme

Saturday, September 22^nd, 2007 - Stratford Park Skating Club Roller Dance Competition

Sunday, February 4^th, 2007 - West Berks RSC Open Competition - Newbury - A credit to all who took part and more trophies

Weekend, November 11-12^th, 2006 - FARS Winter Solo Dance - Alfreton - with trophies to take home

Sunday, September 10^th, 2006 - Club Competition - A busy day for organisers and skaters with so many entrants we ran two hours late.

Sunday, July 30^th, 2006 - Dance Training Day - A huge success enjoyed by all. We extend special thanks to Claudia Linden for vigorous and clear explanations of dances - some of them quite difficult.

Saturday, April 1^st, 2006, 19:00 to 21:00 - Easter Roller Disco and Easter egg raffle - Well attended by skaters of all ages and abilities.

Saturday, December 17^th, 2005, 19:00 to 21:00 - Christmas Roller Disco - We relaxed and celebrated with fancy dress, prizes and party games.

Sunday, November 20^th, 2005 - Reunion and 30^th Birthday Party. Skaters from the present and past came to celebrate the Club's 30^th birthday. Despite the freezing cold weather outside, it was heart warming to see so many friends.

Saturday, November 12^th, 2005 - Dance Training Days with Ron and Bobby Gibbs as our guest coaches. Ron and Bobby are international judges and Ron the Chairman of FARS. Fellow skaters from clubs including Moonrakers, Lea Manor, Forest Rollers, Romford YMCA and Sherwood Rollers also attended. Our club donated the profit from the training day to the Maydaye Fund.

Saturday, November 5^th, 2005 - Jenny Newby came first in a solo dance competition in Espoire in Cambridge.

Sunday, October 30^th, 2005 - We attended the Medway Roller Dance Competition. Leah Tomkins got a Gold and Jenny Newby a bronze. Other participants also performed very well.

Sunday, October 9^th, 2005 - Family Activity Day - Partnership with ACET, Gloucestershire County Council - The club formed a partnership with ACET (Adult Continuing Education and Training) in organizing an activities day for the Chinese community in Gloucestershire. Jenny Newby and some of our skaters supervised the skating and put on some dances. The participants clearly enjoyed the session except that they commented that it was too short. It was very enjoyable and rewarding for us to introduce skating to this community which would otherwise not have had such an opportunity.

Saturday, September 10^th, 2005 - A number of the us took part in the Milton Keynes Skating Festival and triumphantly brought back many medals. Well done and bring back more next time!