"It's a shame, I thought I was just starting to get the hang of it."
She said she was determined to shake off the injury but after driving home that afternoon she realised it was pretty bad.
"I got home and dad sent me back to Lakes Primecare.
"It was pretty swollen. It was too swollen to take an x-ray or to put it in a cast, so they bandaged it up. I'm in a cast now though."
Lakes District Health Board communications officer Sue Wilkie said the Rotorua Hospital had treated quite a few patients with injuries suffered on the ice rink, but they were unable to give full statistics.
"We are noticing a few injuries from people who have been ice skating. [On Monday this week] we had three or four. Most of the injuries are fractured wrists."
Douglas Webber Events co-ordinator Robert Ah Chee said compared with Hamilton, Rotorua was doing quite well at avoiding serious injury.
"The injuries range from bruised knees and cut fingers to broken arms.
"It's not too bad here though, we would have had at least double the amount of injuries in Hamilton."
He said they did not know about all the injuries incurred on the ice rink but kept a first aid book for those who made themselves known.
"We have between 20 or 30 injuries in the first aid book."
There were two or three broken arms but, to his knowledge, no broken legs.
"We had one lady hit her head pretty hard and go to hospital with a concussion. That is probably the worst we have had."
He said overall they were happy with the relatively low number of injuries. The company was talking to the Rotorua District Council and there was a good chance of the ice rink coming back next year.
The ice rink closes tomorrow at 10pm.