History
 The Figure Skating Club of Omaha, better known
as "FSCO", was formed in 1939 on the flooded tennis courts of the Omaha
Country Club with adults as skating members. Today FSCO is one of the
oldest skating clubs in the United States and there are over 175 members
including adults and young children. Motto McLean Ice Arena , in
Hitchcock Park, is FSCO's home rink where group lessons occur.
FSCO is governed by a Board of Directors elected from the adult
membership in accordance with the Club’s By-Laws. Our goals are to
encourage the instruction, practice and advancement of our members in
all aspects of the sport and to promote a fun, family-like atmosphere!
All FSCO skaters participate in either recreational "Learn-To-Skate"
classes or private lessons in the disciplines of freestyle, field moves,
dance and pairs. We also offer many specialty classes like power
stroking, off-ice jump class, stretch class, curves class, etc.
During the past skating season, FSCO's more competitive figure skaters
participated in numerous competitions around the U.S. They attended
non-qualifying competitions ("Pony Express", “Skate Kansas City", "Des
Moines Invitational", “Colorado Championships”, etc.) as well as the
"Southwestern Regionals" qualifying competition. FSCO co-hosts the Omaha
"Winterfestival" competition in late January every year, as well as the
figure skating competition during the "Cornhusker State Games."
In addition to practice and competitions, FSCO skaters enjoy many social
events throughout the year, including the annual awards banquet held in
June. The club also hosts picnics, parties and group social outings, as
well as the annual ice show held each May.
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