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Thu Feb 11, 2016 7:10 pm
The ice is ready and the first skaters have tested the surface at the new Ice Arena Wales (IAW) in Cardiff Bay .
Fiona Zaldua and Dmitry Sukhanov, international skaters who are in charge of the new academy at IAW, were the first out on the main rink.
They will take charge of a new skating school at the venue, catering for everybody from beginners through to the top level.
The £16m new rink, which houses two ice pads, has been described as a world class facility and will be used for public skating and schools.
Read more: Take a look behind the scenes of Cardiff's new Ice Arena
Fiona Zaldua and Dmitry Sukhanov practice on the ice
The newly-built IAW, which has not yet officially opened, will have more than 3,000 seats for the main rink.
The Cardiff Devils have been without a permanent home since the Wales National Ice Rink in Cardiff city centre closed in 2006.
The arena will host two ice hockey matches this weekend when National league amateur club Cardiff Fire play their first home fixture of the season.
More: First look inside Cardiff's new ice rink which will house 3,000 spectators
images of the inside of the new Ice Arena WalesThe front of the new Ice Arena
They take on Basingstoke on Saturday and Bristol the following evening (both 6.30pm face-off). There is a strict capacity of 500 spectators for each game with tickets being sold online at cardiff-fire.com
Fire stand top of Division Two with a 100 per cent record, having played five fixtures away so far, scoring 27 goals and conceding seven.
Former Devils defenceman Jason Stone, whose number 10 shirt has been retired and will hang above the ice, makes his first Fire appearance of the season. Slovakian centre Robert Sedlak is another key player in the Fire team along with Phil Manny, Tim Burrows, Joe Myers, Alan Armour, Steve Newton, Josh Haslam and David Sadler.
The ice rink is taking shape
There is a strict capacity of 500 for both games and tickets are being sold online via the club’s official website at Cardiff-Fire.com
Cardiff Devils, who are playing two challenge fixtures against Brest Albatros in France this weekend, are top of Elite League and play one more match at their current Big Blue Tent home before they move to the new arena, which is on the site next door.
Sheffield Steelers are the last visitors to the BBT on Sunday, February 21 (6pm), while Devils make their debut at IAW against Coventry Blaze the following Saturday, February 27 (7pm).
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local ... d-10874241
Fiona Zaldua and Dmitry Sukhanov, international skaters who are in charge of the new academy at IAW, were the first out on the main rink.
They will take charge of a new skating school at the venue, catering for everybody from beginners through to the top level.
The £16m new rink, which houses two ice pads, has been described as a world class facility and will be used for public skating and schools.
Read more: Take a look behind the scenes of Cardiff's new Ice Arena
Fiona Zaldua and Dmitry Sukhanov practice on the ice
The newly-built IAW, which has not yet officially opened, will have more than 3,000 seats for the main rink.
The Cardiff Devils have been without a permanent home since the Wales National Ice Rink in Cardiff city centre closed in 2006.
The arena will host two ice hockey matches this weekend when National league amateur club Cardiff Fire play their first home fixture of the season.
More: First look inside Cardiff's new ice rink which will house 3,000 spectators
images of the inside of the new Ice Arena WalesThe front of the new Ice Arena
They take on Basingstoke on Saturday and Bristol the following evening (both 6.30pm face-off). There is a strict capacity of 500 spectators for each game with tickets being sold online at cardiff-fire.com
Fire stand top of Division Two with a 100 per cent record, having played five fixtures away so far, scoring 27 goals and conceding seven.
Former Devils defenceman Jason Stone, whose number 10 shirt has been retired and will hang above the ice, makes his first Fire appearance of the season. Slovakian centre Robert Sedlak is another key player in the Fire team along with Phil Manny, Tim Burrows, Joe Myers, Alan Armour, Steve Newton, Josh Haslam and David Sadler.
The ice rink is taking shape
There is a strict capacity of 500 for both games and tickets are being sold online via the club’s official website at Cardiff-Fire.com
Cardiff Devils, who are playing two challenge fixtures against Brest Albatros in France this weekend, are top of Elite League and play one more match at their current Big Blue Tent home before they move to the new arena, which is on the site next door.
Sheffield Steelers are the last visitors to the BBT on Sunday, February 21 (6pm), while Devils make their debut at IAW against Coventry Blaze the following Saturday, February 27 (7pm).
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local ... d-10874241
