About Us

MIDC (Mercian Ice Dance Club) is affiliated to NISA (National Ice Skating Association) and has all the relevant insurances in place. Our books are regularly audited by Roger Peters (A qualified accountant of Stowell London)

MIDC has gone from strength to strength. In 2004 we obtained Awards for All lottery funding to assist with holding our first Mercian Ice Dance Club Open Competitions, consisting of British Solo Ice Dance Qualifier, British Accredited Ice Dance Event for couples and our own Mercian Ice Dance Open - all of which were very successful and we understand we are the first Ice Dance Club to be awarded lottery funding, so we are very proud. We held Mercian Ice Dance Club Open Competitions and the British Ice Dance Solo Qualifiers again in April 2005 at Coventry Arena. In 2006 again we obtained Awards for All lottery funding to host the British Solo Ice Dance Qualifiers in Solihull

Each year we hold a successful Ice Dance Workshop. In 2005 with Master Coach - Joan Slater, we were very delighted to be awarded funds by Solihull Sports Council, towards the cost of this event. In 2006and 2007 Master Coach Vivienne Dean with Duncan Lenard and Lynn Burton held a very successful workshop, to be repeated in 2008

MIDC joined the Central League of the RIDL (Recreational Ice Dance League) in 2002, when we won the Senior Competition. We are proud to have won the Senior Competition and Junior sections in 2003.

In 2004 we were invited to join in the Northern Ice Dance League which gives younger skaters in our club a chance to compete.

We have 8 internal competitions per annum, some for juniors and some for seniors.

From January 2005 we relocated Mercian Ice Dance Club to Solihull Ice Rink meeting mostly Sunday evenings, guests and potential new members are most welcome (Please always check Mercian Diary). The first part of Dance Club is for Dance Lessons and Practice, the second hour is purely a Dance Interval and our two resident coaches (Duncan Lenard, Lynn Burton) often stay to skate with everyone.

Full Years Membership is £30 for an adult and £20.00 for youth under 18 years. Guests are welcome to attend up to four times per annum before deciding whether to join. The cost of Skating Fees for the two hours are, for members £8.00 and for guests £10.00. If skaters take part in the group lesson learning to ice dance with one of our qualified professional coaches an addition £2 is charged at registration.

We have designed our own Club Tracksuits and badges,click on Merchandise

In May 2005 we were awarded £100 by Powergen, as MIDC were selected as a winner for providing good club facilities for skaters over 60 years of age, in addition to younger members.

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Duncan Lenard & Lynn Burton - both Gold Ice Dance, who coach at Mercian Ice Dance Club. They represented Gt. Britain in the European Ice Dance Championships 1995.