Moosomin hosting Regional Invitational Figure Skating Competition this weekend
Skating club expects 150 skaters and 500 people in town
February 9, 2026, 10:56 am
Donnie Matichuk
Moosomin will be busy this weekend with the Moosmoin Skating Club hosting a Regional Invitational Figure Skating Competition this Saturday, February 14 and Sunday, February 15.
“We are hosting the Region 1 and Region 6 competition,” says Chelsea Doane of the Moosomin Skating Club. “Region 1 is kind of the southeast corner of the province and Region 6 is Parkland, so it’s like Melville-Yorkton area. We do have skaters coming from as far as Saskatoon and even Virden, so there will be about 150 skaters from over 20 different communities competing, with roughly 25 coaches. Our home club has 17 girls competing.”
The event will have nine judges in attendance throughout the weekend to watch and critique skaters, as well as three data specialists from Skate Saskatchewan to calculate the results of events. These specialists conducted the draws and schedules for the weekend. The competition committee has members from the Moosomin Skating Club Board, as well as parent volunteers.
“Without the help of volunteers, there is no way we would be able to put on a competition like this,” Doane said.
“In the region, everybody like takes turns hosting if they want to. So if you want to host, you put in a bid to host at the start of the year, and then they choose which community it’s going to host. I believe the last time we hosted was seven years ago in 2019. This year it was kind of back around to where maybe it was our turn, so we threw our name in and we got it. We just wanted to take our turn.
“It’s a lot of work to put something like this on. I don’t know how many volunteer hours it took just to put this together, but it’s definitely a lot of work, if you were to do it every year. I think it’s important for each community to take their turn, just so nobody gets burnt out.”
The weekend will see many different events for all ages and levels of skaters.
“We are doing a number of different events. There are Artistic events, there are Creative Improv events, there are Elements, Free Skate, and Dance. We also have a Showcase event, and there will be Team Element events as well. We did offer Special Olympics events, however we didn’t have anyone sign up for those. Some of it only goes up to Starskate Level 4, and then some of it goes up all the way to the Gold level. Anyone from the new Starskate level all the way up can come and do an event, or more than one event. We will be posting our schedule soon on our social media on Facebook and Instagram.”
There will also be a vendor market set up in the Convention Centre next door to the rink where fans can go during the weekend.
“There are 22 vendors. I know there’s a lot of makers coming with homemade goods. We have someone bringing honey in, some people bringing food items to sell. So there should be a lot of different things to check out,” said Doane.
Doane noted that most of the skaters and families will probably be staying overnight in town, and that it should bring a significant boost to the local economy for the weekend.
“With 150 skaters, and everyone bringing at least one parent, I would say there will be probably close to 500 extra people in town.”
She said that the weekend was all about exposure and giving young skaters experience.
“I think it’s a great way to get the young skaters into it more. They’re just starting out into Starskate, which is the more competitive part of figure skating, and coming to something like this is really exciting, and they kind of get to see what it’s all about. They get to see what they’re able to do when they go to these kinds of events, and hopefully it will get them inspired to do more competitions in the future.”
The competition committee is doing everything it can to get the word out about the event, and hopes lots of people come watch the skaters.
“We’ve been posting on our on our Facebook and our Instagram pages, and the Moosomin Bulletin Board, and running full page ads in the World-Spectator.
We’re going to put posters up around town, that kind of thing. It would be awesome if we could get people to come down and check out all the talent from our corner of the province and beyond, and there will be lots to do there. The rink kitchen is going to have some specials for us, and with the vendors in MCC, it will be a little bit of something for everyone.”
Events run from 9 am to 8 pm on Saturday, and from 9 am to 3:30 pm on Sunday. Entry is free, and there will be a silver collection at the door.
