General member information

Admission to Dolder Kunsteisbahn  

Those, who only enter the Dolder Kunsteisbahn for club training sessions and do not use the public ice rink either before or after club training sessions, do not have to pay Ice rink admission. Please use the separate entrance to the right of the main entrance. The access code will be communicated to members confidentially to ensure their admission. 

If you do not know the code or have not received the training pan with codes, you will find this information on the notice board at the club desk or contact praesidium@ets-ecz.ch (Tel. 079 285 62 80).

Anyone who wishes to train individually on the public ice rink or on the coaches ice must pay the regular admission fee. 

The codes for access to the club dressing room will be sent by separate e-mail and communicated in the corresponding chat in WhatsApp. There is a code for the first half of the season, valid from 18 October 2025 and a new code from 5 January 2026 until the end of the season. The club dressing room code is activated 30 minutes before the ice or ballet room time. Entry is free of charge for club training sessions. The entrance to the club dressing room is located to the right of the main entrance in the centre of the stone grandstand. Please only use this entrance if you only want to attend the club training sessions; if you use the official entrance, you will have to pay admission. It is forbidden to pass the code on to third parties.

There is no club training during the Zurich winter school holidays  22.12.2025 - 04.01.2026 (Christmas and New Year holidays).

During this time, the regular training times are not possible and the club dressingroom cannot be entered with the code during this time. We advise all those who wish to skate on the Dolder or another ice rink during this time to take their skates and equipment with them after the last training session before the winter holidays. 

Training will also be cancelled on the following dates:

• Saturday, 15 November 2025  - ‘De schnällscht Zürischlifschue’
• Saturday, 15 January 2025 – Int. Züri Leu Cup curling tournament  Limited training on a small field may be possible.
• Saturday, 31 January 2026 – Pond hockey tournament 

Any further cancellation dates will be noted in the calendar and communicated separately.  

Private ice skating lessons

must be arranged directly with the coaches and take place during reserved ice times on the ‘coach ice’. The costs and times for private lessons will be communicated by the coaches. Lessons that cannot be attended must generally be cancelled 24 hours in advance. In case of uncertain weather conditions, the coaches ask that you contact them in good time. The skating instructor reserves the right to decide whether the lesson will take place.

Season ticket / sports pass 

A personal winter sports pass can be purchased for CHF 110.00 (adults), CHF 70.00 (young people) and CHF 35.00 (children) – plus a CHF10.00 deposit for the card – and is valid on all three of the city's artificial ice rinks.

A transferable winter sports pass is also available: CHF 125.00/CHF 80.00/CHF 40.00.

The pass can be purchased directly at the ticket office or at the public cloakroom of the Dolder artificial ice rink, or at the ticket offices of the Heuried Sports Centre or the Oerlikon artificial ice rink.  

The reservation must be made directly at the ticket office or at the public dressing room of the Dolder Kunsteisbahn ice rink or at the ticket offices of the Heuried Sports Centre or the Oerlikon Kunsteisbahn ice rink.  

Lockers in the club dressing room 

Anyone who would like to reserve a locker in the club dressing room can do so at the beginning of the season.

The following rules apply:

• The list of lockers that have been allocated so far is posted in the dressing room.
• Anyone who was allocated a locker last winter may use the same locker again, as indicated by the entry or address.
• Anyone who has not yet allocated a locker or who is a new member and requires a locker should contact praesidium@ets-ecz.ch (Phone 079 285 62 80).  
• New lockers will be allocated by the club management from the remaining available lockers.
• Anyone who had a locker last winter but no longer needs it should notify praesidium@ets-ecz.ch (Phone 079 285 62 80) so that it can be reallocated.  

Ballet room

The ballet room is located in the former ECZ cloakroom at the back of the public cloakroom. Reservations are required and must be made with Dolder Sports and the other users (figure skating section). If you have any questions or require further information, please contact Sibylle Huber (trainer/coordinator, ECZ ice rink).  

Accident insurance

All members skate at their own risk. We recommend taking out private accident insurance. The skating club and coaches cannot be held liable for damage caused by students or to third parties.

Board contacts

The contact details for board members can be found here:  Board

Coach contacts

The contact details for coaches can be found here: Coaches 

Registration for new members

New members must register online using the form on the internal website: Membership Form

Registration is final and binding. It establishes membership.

Changes of address and other changes 

Members are requested to report changes to their personal details using the following form: Change of member details  

Changes (resignation, change of division, change to passive membership or membership without training fees) must be reported using the following form: Mutation 

Resignation from the ET and SYS section 

In accordance with our statutes, resignation must take place before the General Assembly in May and must be sent to the Presidium by email or post (praesidium@ets-ecz.ch). Approval will be granted as soon as all financial obligations to the club have been met. 

If resignation or transfer from active to passive status is delayed, i.e. after the ordinary General Meeting, the original membership fee for the new financial year is still payable.  This is because the corresponding fees must be paid to the main club and to Swiss Ice Skating .

Finances / Membership and training fees

The invoices for the membership fee of CHF 100.00 and the training fees will be sent by separate email by mid-October. Important: Payment can now only be made using a QR payment slip. All old orange and red payment slips are no longer valid since October 2022 and cannot be processed by the post office. We kindly request that you do not pay at the post office counter but by bank transfer or postal order. 

Members who participate in several disciplines (e.g. SYS adults and figure skating adults) pay the training fee for the highest discipline plus an additional fee of CHF 100.00 for each additional discipline. Adult figure skating members who train on two days (Monday and Thursday) pay an additional fee of CHF 100.00, i.e. a total membership fee + training fee of CHF 450.00. Those who participate in ice dancing or SYS Diamonds/SYS Jewels as their first discipline and figure skating on Mondays and Thursdays pay £450.00 for the first discipline plus two additional fees: 1x additional discipline CHF 100.00 and 1x KL adults 2 training sessions CHF 100.00, i.e. a total of CHF 650.00. If the amount invoiced has not been calculated correctly, please contact us by email at finanzen@ets-ecz.ch.  

All training sessions are open to members only. The association year runs from 1 May to 30 April. Invoices are issued for the whole year; there are no ‘half-yearly contributions’.  A one-time administration fee of CHF 30.00 is charged for new members. 

Members without a training fee pay a club fee of CHF 100, as well as CHF 30.00 per individual training session with a coach and CHF 10.00 without coach (free practice).
Example: Thursday for 2 hours: 1 hour of guided training, 2nd hour of free practice: total CHF 40.00.

Further information on this topic can be found here:  Finances  

Member administration ‘CLUBDESK’ 

Instructions for using Clubdesk can be found on this separate page: Clubdesk instructions  
or as a PDF document: ETSYS_Clubdesk_Anleitung_fuer_Mitglieder.pdf 

Dates for Sektion ET and SYS ECZ at the Dolder:

• Ice dancing matinee as a soirée 2026 Saturday, 21 February 2026, 6–8 p.m.  
• Club championship  and open championship in ice dancing, solo ice dancing and artistic figure skating 2026: Sunday, 22 February 2026, from 9 a.m. to approx. 2 p.m.

Ice dancing dates in Switzerland:

• 19–21 December 2025: Schwyz Championships Figure Skating SENIORS, JUNIORS Women, Men, Pairs incl. Ice Dancing SENIORS, JUNIORS, Lugano TI 

Dates for adults Figure skating / Style / Ice dancing / Solo ice dancing 

• 10–11 January 2026: Urdorf Free Skating Competition
• 15–18 January 2026: Aarau Cup
• 31 January–1 February 2026: Tenini Graf Cup
• 17–22 May 2026: 20th ISU Adult Figure Skating Competition in Oberstdorf

SYS dates:

• Sun 2 November 2025: Synchronised Skating Test Skate, Huttwil
• 31 January/1 February 2026: SYS Trophy, Huttwil
• Sat 28 February–Sun 1 March 2026: Swiss Cup and Swiss Championships (all categories), Widnau
• 6–7 March 2026: Neuchâtel Trophy (ISU competition)
• 13–14 March 2026: ISU World Junior Synchronised Skating Championships, Gdansk (POL)   
• 21 or 22 March 2026: Basilea Trophy, St. Jakob Arena, Basel
• 28/29 March 2026: Milano Easter Trophy
• 10–11 April 2026: ISU World Synchronised Skating Championships, Salzburg (AUT)  $

Recommendations and links

Newsletter from the City of Zurich Sports Office: https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/ssd/de/index/sport/sportamt/newsletter_sportamt.html 

Information about sport in the canton of Zurich: https://www.zh.ch/de/sport-kultur/sport.html 

‘Zürisport’ magazine published by the ZSS (Zurich City Sports Association) : You can subscribe to ‘Zürisport’ free of charge and it is sent to all club members. To ensure that your address can be passed on to the ZSS, please complete the following form: Zürisport 

The ice skating associations also offer newsletters: 
Swiss Ice Skating  - Click on the middle of the three red dots at the top left of the ‘Menu’ to open the window for subscribing to the newsletter. 
International Skating Union: https://isu-skating.com/  or https://isu.org/  

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