North East Opens Figure Skating Competition

02/01/2026

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The North East Opens is back for 2026
Monday 16th February to Thursday 19th February at Billingham Ice Arena ⛸️⛸️⛸️

01/03/2025

**UPDATE**
We are hoping to start the refund process for skaters affected by the cancelled competitions next week.

Please be patient and bear with us during this process, we have a lot of refunds to sort so this will take some time. Please also remember that refunds can take a few days to show in your account.

Please note - as per the original NE Opens Entry Announcement, there will be a £10 deposit deducted from refunds to help cover overheads, those doing both short and free will only incur one £10 deduction. The announcement can be found on both Sportity and our website, northeast-opens.co.uk, should anyone wish to refer back to it for reference.

We thank you all for your understanding and patience so far 🙏😊

North East Opens Feb 17-20th 2025 Open Free Skating / Adults competitions Sportity code: NE_OPENS We recommend following our page to get notified of any updates. https://www.facebook.com/neopens The fourth North East Opens Figure Skating Open will be held on 17-20th February 2025. This w....

21/02/2025

Firstly, we would like to thank everyone who has sent us kind messages and offers of support - we are extremely grateful to you all - what a lovely community we belong to ⛸️🌟😊
Secondly, we just want to keep everyone informed with next steps.
Everyone who was still expecting to skate in the cancelled competitions will be refunded their entry fees, however we currently can’t give a timescale as to when this will be able to happen.
We are busy going through the insurance claim process, which will probably take a little bit of time to sort, so we would ask you to bear with us as we navigate this difficult time.
Please be assured that we are working hard behind the scenes to sort everything out, and will update when we have new information for you.

18/02/2025

**IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT**

NORTH EAST OPENS HAS BEEN CANCELLED

The original issue has been resolved, however there are now secondary issues that have arisen.

We are all absolutely devastated that this has happened but please be assured that we have tried our hardest to make this event happen for everyone.

Please bear with us and be patient whilst we sort out everything, we will be in touch with everyone affected as soon as we possibly can.

18/02/2025

**UPDATE**
The engineer obtained the relevant part last night and has worked through the night to install. As we speak the system is being re-pressurised. The plant will be switched on and monitored closely.
By late afternoon we should have the rink frozen and we will be liaising with rink management team & the engineers closely.
We will be making a formal announcement when we are happy with the quality of the ice at 5pm and we are confident that this will be a positive outcome however we cannot currently guarantee this.
We appreciate that this may be frustrating for people in this difficult situation that is unfortunately totally beyond our control, however everyone is working together to resolve this situation as soon as possible.

18/02/2025

We are aware that people are asking about the ice, so thought we would show you how wet it still is this morning 💦😞
There is a meeting scheduled for 12pm today to make a decision on what is happening.
*Please note we will be unable to reschedule today’s events*
The Forum staff have been working all through the night to try and make the ice good again, and officials and volunteers are on site and will let everyone know as soon as we possibly can.

18/02/2025

**URGENT**
We have come in this morning and the engineers have been working all night.
The ice still isn’t to a safe standard and we have made the very difficult decision to cancel all the competitions due to take place today.
We are so sorry and are devastated that we are having to make this decision.
We will inform people of further developments as we are aware of them 😞

17/02/2025

Please see amended schedule for tomorrow.
**PLEASE NOTE NEW SKATING SCHEDULE**

17/02/2025

Please note tomorrow’s competition will go ahead with the addition of the Level 7 ladies short programme from this afternoon which has been rescheduled for first thing.
Unfortunately we are unable to accommodate the Level 2 Girls, Level 2 Boys & Beginner Girls and these groups have been fully cancelled. Ww will be in touch with regards to refunds in due course.
We are really sorry for those groups affected 😞

17/02/2025

**URGENT**
We are busy trying to contact all Level 7 skaters who missed out on their short programmes today.
If you haven’t managed to speak to one of our team in the next hour could you please contact us urgently!
We are busy trying to ring everyone now

17/02/2025

**IMPORTANT **
They have found the fault with the plant and are now fixing it.
The referees have made the decision that they are happy for the competition to go ahead tomorrow morning.
**THERE WILL STILL BE NO PRACTICE ICE TOMORROW MORNING**
We obviously can’t guarantee that it will all be ok, but all things considered everyone is happy that this is the right decision.
**IMPORTANT SCHEDULE CHANGE**
There will be a new schedule being posted as the competition times are now changing due to today’s issues.
Please continue to check social media & Sportity for updated timetable which will be released as soon as we possibly can.
Please bear with us we are doing everything we possibly can.

17/02/2025

**IMPORTANT**
Rink management will make a decision at 5pm tonight as to whether or not it is viable for the competition to proceed tomorrow, we will update everyone by 5.30pm this evening