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The All Year Figure Skating Club was organized in 1939 by a small group of enthusiastic skaters under the leadership of Mrs. Ann Rork Getty at the Tropical Ice Gardens in Westwood Village. The club developed rapidly along with the popularity of the sport and held both Junior and Senior sessions. Among the club professionals were Eugene Mikeler, Hubert Sprott and Helen Gage Moore. .

In 1945 the Mercury Figure Skating Club lost its ice and was invited to share the Westwood rink. The two clubs then merged to become the All Year-Mercury FSC. After a short time Mercury FSC disbanded and the club again became known as All Year Figure Skating Club.

The club 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 the Pan Pacific Arena, but a year later that rink discontinued its ice...and All Year FSC was again without a home. Through the courtesy of the Los Angeles Figure Skating Club, one session a week was acquired at Hollywood's Polar Palace.

Because it was not possible to hold together a large junior and senior membership on one session a week, the decision was made to devote that ice time to a senior dance and figure session. That way a nucleus of loyal members could be retained to help All Year FSC again pursue the objectives stated in its By-laws: to promote and improve figure skating in all its branches.

In 1962 All Year's Board of Directors learned that a new rink would be built in Culver City. The Board negotiated with the rink's owners to obtain two sessions a week, while still retaining the dance session at Polar Palace. When sessions began in October 1962 Culver City Ice Arena became the principal skating headquarters of the All Year FSC. Six months later Polar Palace was destroyed by fire, prompting AYFSC to add a Sunday session at the Culver rink.

All Year FSC has hosted nine Southwest Pacific Regional Championships -- 1963, 1970, 1976, 1985, 1992, 1994, 1999, 2003 and 2007 -- as well as three Pacific Coast Sectionals: 1965, 1973 and 1981. In 1997 the club was pleased to host Junior Olympics, which is now known as Junior Nationals. All Year FSC was also the host club for the 2004 and 2007 Pacific Coast Adult Sectional Championships.

In 1968 the Goden West Open Freeskating Championships were created Until that time, in all comeptitions, only those who plcaed among the first eight in figures were allowed to freeskate. Many skaters never had theopportunity to perform their program. ISI did not exist. The comeptition, open to all levels, proved to be extremely popular. During the 1980's figures were added but were later removed, continuing the freeskating only format in use today. The 39th annual Golden West Freeskating Championships will be held in 2007.

The highlight of our history came with the hosting of the 2002 U.S. State Farm Figure Skating Championships at Staples Center. The 2002 Nationals Committee: Doug Williams, Valerie Lundy, Carol Hunt, Larry Kriwanek, and David Simon organized the most successful championships ever. All Year FSC was represented by 21 competitors who came away with eight medals.

AYFSC has been represented at the World Championships by Scott Williams, Sharon Carz, Doug Williams, Scott Wendland, Trifun Zivanovic, and Angela Nikodinov, Rena Inoue, and John Baldwin, Jr. All Year's National Medalists and competitors include Richard Ewell III, Michele McCladdie, Larry Schrier, Kristin Kriwanek, Jeri Campbell, Nicole Bobek, Michelle Kwan, Amber Corwin, Naomi Nari Nam, Shanell Noji, Lia Nitake, Beatrisa Liang, Danielle Kahle, Nicholas LaRoche, John Baldwin Jr. and Rena Inoue and Caronline Zhang. All Year was represented at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games by the 2006 National Pairs Champions, and 2006 Four Continents Champions, John Baldwin, Jr., and Rena Inoue. They placed 7th atthe Olympics and entered the figure skating history books by landing the first ever throw triple axel in the Olympics.