The All Year Figure Skating Club was formed in 1939 at what was then the Tropical Ice Gardens in Westwood Village by a small group of skaters under the leadership of Ann Rork Getty. As the popularity of skating grew, so did the club; it became big enough to hold separate junior and senior sessions, and among the club’s professionals were Eugene Mikeler, Hubert Sprott and Helen Gage Moore.
The club would soon grow even bigger: When the Mercury FSC lost its ice, it was invited to share the Westwood rink, and the two clubs merged to become the All Year-Mercury FSC. But Mercury would soon disband, and the club reverted to its All Year Figure Skating Club name
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All Year Figure Skating Club has suffered a severe setback in 1949, when the Westwood rink — by this time known as the Sonja Henie Ice Palace — was torn down to accommodate expansion of UCLA. Arrangements were made to conduct sessions at what was then the Pan Pacific Arena, but a year later that rink discontinued its ice, and All Year was again without a home. Through the courtesy of the Los Angeles FSC, one session a week was acquired at what was then Hollywood’s Polar Palace.
All Year Figure Skating Club
@ Culver Ice Arena
4545 Sepulveda Blvd
Culver City, California 90230
4545 Sepulveda Blvd
Culver City, California 90230