Figure skaters from across the North took over the ice at the Canada Games Centre last weekend.

The 2015 Yukon Gold Nugget Championships were held Saturday, bookended by test days for skaters from Juneau, Inuvik, N.W.T., and Whitehorse.

“It was a good weekend,” said Arctic Edge Skating Club coach Michelle Semaschuk. “It was very busy.”

A panel of British Columbia judges was on hand for the competition, which serves as the first major meet on the calendar for the lion’s share of Arctic Edge skaters.

“We had comments from one of the judges who said ... ‘Every year we come up, we see such an improvement in the quality of skating and the expression of the skaters,’” Semaschuk said.

A full list of results is available online at www.skatinginbc.com/competitions/competitive/2015-yukon-championshipsgold-nugget/.

Next on the schedule is WinterSkate in February 2016, where the team will travel to B.C. in lieu of the 2016 Arctic Winter Games, followed by a Super Series event on Vancouver Island in April.

While Whitehorse skaters were displaying their skills in the Yukon capital last weekend, three more are readying for the national stage this week.

Bryn Hoffman, Mikayla Kramer and Rachel Pettitt will each compete at Skate Canada Challenge, beginning tomorrow in Edmonton.

The event will run until Sunday, with 500 of the country’s top skaters expected to attend.

Skate Canada Challenge will serve as a qualifying event for Hoffman and Pettitt, who are taking aim at the Canadian Tire National Skating Championships in Halifax Jan. 18 to 24, 2016.