Young Durham Star to Head to the States with GB team

Josh Nimmins is a talented 14 year old roller hockey player from Durham City, so talented in fact that he is soon to be crossing the Atlantic to play for his country in a tournament in the United States. A major ambition of his however is to play ice hockey for his home town club. 

Josh, [...]

Durham skater helps break world record

Congratulations to former Durham figure skater Samantha Mason who is in the Guinness Book of Records after completing the world’s biggest ‘wheel on ice.’  Sam was the 65th and final skater to join the wheel making it a Guinness World Record for Robin Cousins’ (MBE) Holiday On Ice team. The successful record attempt was made on [...]

The Rink that Nearly Happened

In 2004, the CDIF in conjunction with Sedgefield Borough Council commissoned a Feasibility Study to examine the possibility of redeveloping part of Newton Aycliffe’s Leisure Centre to incorporate a first-floor ice facility. Intially, spectator capacity was restricted to 600 spectators, however as the study progressed, it became clear that the rink would be able to [...]