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Skaters hitting the ice in New Ulm Fall Festival

Staff photo by Clay Schuldt Malia Wagner with the New Ulm Figure Skating Club, skates in the 15-16 year old Freestyle division. Wagner was the lone New Ulm skater in a division dominated by the Hutchinson Figure Skating Association.

NEW ULM —

The New Ulm Figure Skating Club hosted the 22nd annual Fall Festival Competition, Saturday.

The two day figure skating event featured around 180 skaters from eight skating clubs in Minnesota and South Dakota. In addition to New Ulm, clubs from Brookings, Hutchinson, Sioux Falls, Inver Grove Heights, Cottage Grove, White Bear Lake, Buffalo and Minneapolis Augsburg.

The New Ulm Figure Skating Club alone has a total of 63 members and most competed this weekend.

New Ulm’s Figure Skating Club Competition Director Eleanor Kolb said the turnout this year was significantly higher than last year. She credits the recent Winter Olympics for increasing the popularity of figure skating.

This year the competition includes individual events, couple skates, club competitions and even a family event.

Staff photo by Clay Schuldt New Ulm Figure Skating Club member, Emma Hoffman skated first In the 9-10 year-old Open Figure Skating Bronze division.

“We’re kicking off the winter season,” Kolb said. “All the skaters look forward to it.”

She wished to thank all of the volunteers who made the event possible.

The Fall Festival Competition always takes place the weekend before Thanksgiving and is a two day event. The competition will end at 12:30 p.m. Sunday. Admission to the event is free.

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