{"id":1331,"date":"2016-01-16T09:27:41","date_gmt":"2016-01-16T09:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pjb.co.uk\/?page_id=1331"},"modified":"2025-07-07T17:33:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T16:33:59","slug":"littleport-ice-stadium-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pjb.co.uk\/?page_id=1331","title":{"rendered":"Fen Skaters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-1331\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-1331-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-1331-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1331-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 20px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>Littleport Ice Stadium Project<\/span><span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 20px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1323\" src=\"https:\/\/pjb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/fenskaters-1.jpg\" alt=\"fenskaters-1\" width=\"220\" height=\"146\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We are working with local fen skaters and the <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.littleporticestadiumproject.com\/\">Littleport Ice Stadium Project Ltd<\/a> to explore the feasibility of establishing a 400m longtrack skating arena on the historical site of Fen Skating in Littleport, Cambridgeshire, UK.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/> <a><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">New video<\/span><\/strong> <strong>\"Chasing Ice\" - published on YouTube 21 Jan 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"watch-description-text\" class=\"\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cChasing Ice\u201d tells the story of fen skating and the wonderful history and folklore that surrounds this exciting sport.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It was made as part of the Ouse Washes Landscape Partnership in collaboration with the Fen Skating Association and supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ousewashes.org.uk\/get-involved\/project\/skating-around-the-fens\/\">More information on the Skating around the Fens project<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The film was made by fen skater, Adam Giles, and his team at Cambridge Film Works.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/le6M_ZO5AEc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Other videos<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmdrawer.co.uk\/cfw\/bbc-fen-skaters-uk-longtrack-championships\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1333\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1333 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/pjb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/fen-skating-1024x540.png\" alt=\"fen skating\" width=\"700\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pjb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/fen-skating-1024x540.png 1024w, https:\/\/pjb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/fen-skating-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/pjb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/fen-skating-768x405.png 768w, https:\/\/pjb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/fen-skating.png 1047w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>See BBC Look East Feature on the <a href=\"https:\/\/filmdrawer.co.uk\/cfw\/bbc-fen-skaters-uk-longtrack-championships\/\">2015 UK Longtrack Championships<\/a> held in The Hague, The Netherlands. More on the history of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iceskating.org.uk\/index.cfm\/athletes\/speed-skating1\/long-track\/the-history-of-long-track-speed-skating\/\">Long Track Speed Skating<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mg8cpEE3pQo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Skating on the Fens filmed on the 4th and 5th Feb 2012<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MUnOitbEDpU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>\u00a0<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Latest News<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Friday 15 January 2016<\/p>\n<p>Groundwork preparations started started for a temporary ice-track by the railway line. Ditches were dug out to increase the flow of water before flooding the field.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Media Coverage<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1359\" src=\"https:\/\/pjb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Chris-Manns-Drive-time.png\" alt=\"Chris Mann's Drive time\" width=\"308\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pjb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Chris-Manns-Drive-time.png 595w, https:\/\/pjb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Chris-Manns-Drive-time-300x245.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Preparations for Fen Skating in Littleport featured on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire 15 January 2016 at 49:50 mins into the show. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p03cs6hw#play\">Listen<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Littleport Ice Stadium ProjectWe are working with local fen skaters and the Littleport Ice Stadium Project Ltd to explore the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":309,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-rightsidebar.php","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1331","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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