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that shooting gallery looks nice, so whats the chance of getting another 100k of funding to build our very own private “real” ice shoot gallery
” title=”Cheesy” />Well, probably slim to none, as while hypothetically someone could raise the money, there’s nowhere left in the building left to lay ice. Unless someone wants to run all the curlers out of town, but I can’t imagine that Neil would look on that too kindly.
"Kyle":2n4vv616 wrote:Any idea what the story will be when it’s done about having access to it? And, will there be a cost?[/quote:2n4vv616]There’ll be a key at the rink which will be available to certain members of our club. Obvious candidates being coaches, managers etc. I had a chat with Neil the other week about the cost and after a brief discussion about how much he’d make out of it, he decided to charge us the grand some of zip, zero, nothing
” title=”Smiley” /> So we can use it as much as we want for free ” title=”Smiley” />"Kyle":2n4vv616 wrote:Well, probably slim to none, as while hypothetically someone could raise the money, there’s nowhere left in the building left to lay ice. Unless someone wants to run all the curlers out of town, but I can’t imagine that Neil would look on that too kindly.[/quote:2n4vv616]Untrue, there’s also the other side of the cooling tower which is (I think) exactly the same size as the end we’re using for the existing gallery. Plus there’s the bowls hall upstairs at the front of the building
” title=”Smiley” /> I don’t see either of those options coming to fruition any time soon though 
” title=”Tongue” />Ryan,
"Ryan":2wfurglb wrote:"Kyle":2wfurglb wrote:Well, probably slim to none, as while hypothetically someone could raise the money, there’s nowhere left in the building left to lay ice. Unless someone wants to run all the curlers out of town, but I can’t imagine that Neil would look on that too kindly.[/quote:2wfurglb]Untrue, there’s also the other side of the cooling tower which is (I think) exactly the same size as the end we’re using for the existing gallery. Plus there’s the bowls hall upstairs at the front of the building
” title=”Smiley” /> I don’t see either of those options coming to fruition any time soon though ” title=”Tongue” />Ryan,[/quote:2wfurglb]
I’m no expert on laying down ice, but I can’t imagine that either of those spaces would work very easily. You couldn’t put pipes inside the existing floor, so you’d need to put pipes in sand or concrete on top of the existing floor and then ice on top of that. It’d end up going up a couple of feet, and there’s not much room in there to do that. I presume the floor would hold how ever many tonnes of weight a mini-ice rink weighs, but that’d be another question to be answered.
That’s if you can even get the pipes up there. That floor must be at least a foot thick. And the bowls hall is at the other end of the building from the cooling unit, they’d have to lay pipes of about a hundred metres or put in an additional unit for it.
I was thinking of the trouble the SNC practice has been having with the defensive zone stuff that Jenel has been trying to teach. The off ice area would be ideal for that, if it was just a little bit bigger. Get everyone to turn up early and go up there and just have people in their shoes, throwing around a tennis ball for the puck.
But it’d need to be about five metres wider
” title=”Sad” />The concrete is 100mm thick and a new ice slab would be 225mm thick above that. But there is no point in building another mini rink. Its not commercially viable and would have limited use and besides theres a very large rink in the building already!. Why would you want another piddly poo one. Stupid idea if I may say so myself.
"leftright":1qndg890 wrote:Why would you want another piddly poo one. Stupid idea if I may say so myself.[/quote:1qndg890]I definitely wasn’t suggesting this as a viable option if that’s what anyone thought.
I hadn’t thought about the load the floor could carry actually.
"leftright":3sdn9rzt wrote:The concrete is 100mm thick and a new ice slab would be 225mm thick above that. But there is no point in building another mini rink. Its not commercially viable and would have limited use and besides theres a very large rink in the building already!. Why would you want another piddly poo one. Stupid idea if I may say so myself.[/quote:3sdn9rzt]There ya go Jack. Yer a ning nong
” title=”Smiley” /> From the horse’s mouth even.It’s out of my hands now unfortunately. I was planning to do it all myself but Hans has kindly taken it over for me
” title=”Smiley” /> But I’m not sure where he’s at with it now. Last I saw the side nets were up but not attached at the bottom, the lights weren’t up but waiting for installation and the boards weren’t attached to anything just loosely balanced on the ground. So still some work to be done. The boards/attachments for the nets was to be done by James van Leeuwen last I heard.Ryan,
Okay i kinda just stumbled into this topic. But it looks really cool. Can someone give me a quick run down of what all this is about.
What exactly is being built and where? Who can use it and when?Cheers!
What? You don’t want to read through five pages of me dribbling on about surfaces, netting and cooling towers? Fair enough …
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[*:35c05hz8]Shooting gallery for firing pucks into a net[/*:m:35c05hz8]
[*:35c05hz8]It’s [i:35c05hz8]about[/i:35c05hz8] 16 m long I think[/*:m:35c05hz8]
[*:35c05hz8]We have plastic boards similar to the main rink[/*:m:35c05hz8]
[*:35c05hz8]There’s netting all the way round[/*:m:35c05hz8]
[*:35c05hz8]There’s some metal caging at the end as double protection to protect the cooling tower[/*:m:35c05hz8]
[*:35c05hz8]It will presumably be used for puck handling, possibly passing practice etc. as well[/*:m:35c05hz8][/list:u:35c05hz8][b:35c05hz8]Where?[/b:35c05hz8]
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[*:35c05hz8]It’s below the main grandstand, above the changing rooms/social room[/*:m:35c05hz8]
[*:35c05hz8]There’s a cooling tower for the main refridgeration system in the centre so we can only use one end[/*:m:35c05hz8]
[*:35c05hz8]You can access it via the stairs you pass on the way to the changing room (between the curling and hockey rinks). Turn left at the top of the stairs and follow your way around the back of the grandstand, it’s behind there.[/*:m:35c05hz8][/list:u:35c05hz8][b:35c05hz8]When?[/b:35c05hz8]
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[*:35c05hz8]Completion date unknown – depends on volunteers – hopefully within a week or so but we’ll have too see what Hans gets done[/*:m:35c05hz8]
[*:35c05hz8]Can I use it now? Yes, but you’ll likely get banned from the rink so don’t try it! The netting isn’t attached properly so the cooling tower is open to damage – that’s really bad by the way![/*:m:35c05hz8][/list:u:35c05hz8][b:35c05hz8]Who?[/b:35c05hz8]
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[*:35c05hz8]At this stage it’s likely that people involved with the administration side of the club, team managers, coaches etc. will have access to a key for it.[/*:m:35c05hz8]
[*:35c05hz8]To prevent vandalism you will need to use it when someone with a key is there to keep an eye on it[/*:m:35c05hz8]
[*:35c05hz8]It will be available for anyone to use as long as the rink is open and someone with access to the key is there[/*:m:35c05hz8][/list:u:35c05hz8][b:35c05hz8]What needs done?[/b:35c05hz8]
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[*:35c05hz8]Netting attached to boards[/*:m:35c05hz8]
[*:35c05hz8]Boards reinforced and attached to floor[/*:m:35c05hz8]
[*:35c05hz8]Lighting installed[/*:m:35c05hz8]
[*:35c05hz8]Netting put in place as a ceiling – currently only the sides are done[/*:m:35c05hz8][/list:u:35c05hz8][b:35c05hz8]Future Developments?[/b:35c05hz8]
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[*:35c05hz8]The floor may be painted which will make it look really fancy, improve the lighting and provide more grip for inline skate wheels[/*:m:35c05hz8]
[*:35c05hz8]Phil Pielak-Jones is talking about installing a radar gun for measuring shot speed[/*:m:35c05hz8]
[*:35c05hz8]Shot pad may be installed – basically a sheet of plastic to stand on for shooting from if you don’t have roller hockey skates to wear[/*:m:35c05hz8][/list:u:35c05hz8]Nice Summary Ryan
Are they looking for volunteers? I’m looking for an excuse to spend even more time down at the rink.I think Hans would be happy if someone were to volunteer to work on it. He is currently working on it now or about to start. Hans works Mon- Wed so give him a ring at the rink. Dont bother asking Neil. By the way its not the cooling tower its the airconditioning unit under the stand. The cooling tower is outside out back.
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