With this rink I thee wed!

Cool wedding for couple who met through ice venue

- Hayley Parker

A COUPLE who met through an ice rink have now tied the knot - at the same venue.

School teacher James, 32, and Lauren, 33, now known as the newlywed Mr and Mrs Marston, first met in 2022.

Lauren had taken up figure skating two years earlier and was coached by James’ brother David.

When she invited his mum, Angela, to a gig where she was singing, she didn’t realise she was about to meet her future husband.

“I started skating in Uttoxeter to pick up a new hobby and to get out there a bit and meet some new people,” Lauren said.

“I absolutely love figure skating and I've made some incredible friends, like Angela, who also skates at the rink.

“I invited her to come and watch me sing and I didn’t know she was going to bring her other son along, James.

“As crazy as it sounds, we fell in love at first sight!”

The wedding day was held at at Uttoxeter’s CineBowl.