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[b:1k9je1tj]Update 3:[/b:1k9je1tj]
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[*:1k9je1tj]Bode, Hans and myself cleared a bunch of crap from the area the shooting gallery will be in today.[/*:m:1k9je1tj]
[*:1k9je1tj]The figure skaters should have moved their stuff tonight or will be doing so tomorrow.[/*:m:1k9je1tj]
[*:1k9je1tj]Hans (with some help from me) welded up a whole bunch of caging to completely block off the cooling tower from pucks.[/*:m:1k9je1tj]
[*:1k9je1tj]We’re currently looking at installing some very professional looking dasher boards although we don’t have enough to go the whole way around the rink so they wont quite reach around the end we’ll be shooting from.[/*:m:1k9je1tj]
[*:1k9je1tj]The netting should have arrived tonight and it’ll be waiting to be tacked up.[/*:m:1k9je1tj]
[*:1k9je1tj]I tried getting hold of Andre van Leeweun today to ask him if he’d mind putting down some paint on to the concrete to make it look a little more professional and hopefully make the puck slide better.[/*:m:1k9je1tj]
[*:1k9je1tj]I need to get hold of our electrical person (and get more lights) to install some new lighting[/*:m:1k9je1tj][/list:u:1k9je1tj]So, the shooting gallery is well on track to being completed
” title=”Smiley” />On a side note, Bode contacted Marty Yewchuk (who I met a few years back) who runs a shooting gallery in Canada ([url:1k9je1tj]http://www.goalieshop.com/goaliedevelopment.htm[/url:1k9je1tj]).
He said the synthetic ice is a big no no and recommended training on inline skates with a Sport Court surface or any other plastic tiled inline hockey style surface. The shooting gallery he runs uses real ice.[img:1k9je1tj]http://www.goalieshop.com/newlayout/photos/gdcice_sm02.png[/img:1k9je1tj]
[size=9px]Here’s a pic of the shooting gallery run by Marty Yewchuk[/size]Ryan,
We need to get Kyle to book it in. Unfortunately I think we’re too late to get it booked in for tonight
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We’ll have to see what times are available now, although we’ll probably have to move to 9pm on Wednesday which is getting quite late.The shooting gallery is also looking like being built in the next few days so that will possibly take over some of the need for the inline hockey practice. But we’ll wait and see. There’ll be a lot of hockey on, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday and another late night on Wednesday might be a bit much for me. Particularly with them being late nights.
If anyone feels like volunteering to run it then let me know as I’m more than happy to pass the job on to someone else.
Ryan,
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Er, Kyle, that’s definitely a major miscommunication coz I’ve been telling everyone it’s on tonight!!!!!!
I intended this to be a permanent thing, definitely not a one off at all.
Ryan,
"Jack":1wgno6j8 wrote:Holy crap!! Good shit steffan, congratz on being the first player to break the glass…. i bet even James will be jealous now
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Apparently some Ice Black beat him to it. So Stefan is now the second person to break the glass. But he is the first player from Dunedin
” title=”Smiley” />Ryan,
[b:5gquqwfs]Update 2:[/b:5gquqwfs]
Hans is planning to weld the fencing on tomorrow. He’s also arranging wood to place at the bottom of the netting. I’ll be taking my light along tomorrow for fitting and I’ll track down a few more hopefully. Apparently I don’t need any with covers now though as Hans wants to put the lighting above the netting which will come over the top of the gallery as a roof to stop pucks coming out the top. Hans was also planning to put that green rubbery shit down, but I suggested that was [b:5gquqwfs]really[/b:5gquqwfs] bad plan since a lot of people (me included) want to use our inline skates up there and to practice puck handling on it (no good on rubber). We’ll also be helping move a bunch of junk tomorrow which is sitting in the way at the moment – old skates, paint and a whole pile of other trash which needs taken down the other end of the grandstand. Apparently there’s a bunch of other things which need done too and Hans is keen for a few extras to come help. So far I’ve got me, possibly Andy Noble if he’s not too busy and Bode said she might help too. Extra helpers would be much appreciated. I’m not sure when Hans is wanting us to turn up, but I’ll give him a call tomorrow and find out what the deal is. We’ve also got an [i:5gquqwfs]electrician[/i:5gquqwfs] lined up to do the wiring for the lights.Ryan,
Impressive use of a fish eye lens. I’ve never seen much use for them and definitely not for shooting hockey pics, but you’re using it to good effect there. Keep up the good work
” title=”Smiley” />Ryan,
Can that, I tracked down the original copy at [url:6nqhxll2]http://planb.smugmug.com/gallery/2665112/1/141070389#141070389-O-LB[/url:6nqhxll2]
I’d be inclined to sacrifice some shutter speed for a lower ISO rating. Those pics are a little too grainy as they are now. At least for the action shot of me anyway (ISO 1000!), the static shots aren’t too shabby though
” title=”Smiley” />I particularly like the one of Jamie you posted above and this one:
[img:6nqhxll2]http://planb.smugmug.com/photos/141070949-M.jpg[/img:6nqhxll2]Thanks for the pics
” title=”Smiley” /> I was getting sick of posting butt awful ones from my buget compact camera. The galleries section of this site was very popular whenever I uploaded new ones, despite how low quality they were. We were getting hoards of people (well, that means about 40 or so) who trolled through a hundred odd pics in one sitting. I’m sure some decent pics for once will definitely be appreciated by our users, so once you’ve posted enough I’ll copy them over to the main gallery if it’s okay by you ” title=”Smiley” />cheers,
RyanExcellent photos Joe, keep them coming
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That guy in red looks particularly stylish
” title=”Tongue” />I was going to suggest you uploaded them directly to this site, but something has screwed up recently (presumably to do with changing hosts) and I can’t seem to allow users to upload anything larger than about 30 kB now
” title=”Sad” />I’d particularly like a high resolution version of the pic of me you posted, feel free to email it to webadmin@dunedinicehockey.hellyer.kiwi, thanks.
What sort of lens are you using for those pics?
cheers,
RyanThat’s a hell of a good photo you’ve got there Joe.
And welcome to the forum
” title=”Smiley” />Ryan,
Post your shoe/skate size and we may be able to help. There’s some spare roller hockey skates lying round that I know of which may suit.
Ryan,
[b:ebw66g9j]Update:[/b:ebw66g9j]
Neil has kindly agreed to provide some fencing he owns to protect the cooling tower thingy. Hans is going to weld it on for us. Graham is working on getting the nets for us and I’ll take my new lights along and try and rustle a few more up if possible – or at least some protective covers for the existing ones. Then all we need is wood which James has offered us and some tools, bolts etc. for attaching the netting etc. in to place, then we have 1x fully functional shooting gallery” title=”Smiley” /> Hans and Neil are both happy with the plan. I guess some more fancy stuff like a plastic shooting surface or special inline surface could be added, plus maybe the windows that Graham mentioned, but I’d like to see the main part done asap so we can start making use of it ” title=”Smiley” />Ryan,
Not too shabby by the Bears I reckon
” title=”Smiley” /> I was concerned at the size of Jamie our goalie when I first met her, but she’s very skilled and stops heaps of shots. Her positioning is particularly good. Our peewee players were much better this week which helped a lot and Juanita Kinraid was handy at pinning the Beasts and generally getting in their way. Plus of course we had that bean pole who sunk a puck in the net which helped somewhat ” title=”Tongue” />The Beasts need to sort out their defense a little, they were a little too easy to break through. I’m not normally particularly good at skating from goal line to goal line but I managed it a few times last night with ease. Hopefully that gets sorted before I play for them in the Easton Cup on the weekend!
Ryan,
