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Official Rinks and Chalets Season Opening: December 20th, 2019.
We are all looking forward to skating on our rinks! Before the cold weather and ice comes, you can play deck hockey and basketball in Wendover on our new rink with your friends and family! This new rink is open all year long, for various sports, such as skating and hockey during winter, and deck hockey and basketball during the other three seasons!
Our other rinks will welcome you all winter long! Come and enjoy them and don’t forget to respect the schedule so that everyone can enjoy their favourite activity! Please note that each rink has a chalet open during opening hours.
*Please note that the opening of our rinks is subject to weather conditions.
IMPORTANT: PLEASE, RESPECT ALL SIGNAGE. If someone walks/skates on soft ice, you will delay the opening even longer. Please stay off the ice as signage indicates. Thank you for your understanding and your cooperation.
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Alfred — 555 St-Philippe St. Curran — 791 Mill St. Lefaivre — 2005 du Parc St. Plantagenet — 500 Albert St. Wendover — 5000 du Centre St. |
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Rinks Holiday Schedule 2019-2020 & Family Day (February 17, 2020) |
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Holiday Schedule (Dec. 23-Jan. 3rd) & Family Day (February 17, 2020):
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Rinks Schedules 2019-2020 |
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*Please note that outdoor ice rink operations are dependent on weather conditions. The official opening date is still to come.
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Skate and Helmet Loans — Available in our Libraries |
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| Skates and helmets are available in your public libraries and are loan free of charge. All you have to do is to become a member, to have access to various sports equipment. Various equipment is available for the year-round. Visit the public libraries page for more details and opening hours. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NEWS RELEASE
A New Ice rink in Wendover Thanks to a $ 150,000 OTF Grant
Township of Alfred and Plantagenet, March 1, 2019 —
Last Friday at the official opening, the all-new Wendover Ice Rink, located at 5000 Center Street, Wendover, On, K0A 3K0, welcomed the public and the students of Saint Joseph Catholic Elementary School of CSDCEO in Wendover .
At this event, OTF representative Jacques Héroux, and Alfred-Plantagenet School Councillor Roger Chartrand attended the official opening and congratulated the Township of Alfred and Plantagenet for the accomplishment of this beautiful project.
“I am thrilled to see this investment in Wendover, which will promote a healthy lifestyle and enrich our community spirit,” said Amanda Simard, MPP for Glengarry-Prescott-Russell.
The construction of this rink was made possible by the generous donation of the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) and the Government of Ontario. An amount of $ 150,000 has been given to the Township for this beautiful project. A supplementary budget of $ 35,000 from the Township was added, for a total budget of $ 185,000.
Two more phases of construction are planned for this location in 2019. The second phase is for the ball hockey project | Dek hockey and the next for basketball. With an additional municipal budget of $ 65,000.
The Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) is an agency of the Government of Ontario, and one of Canada’s leading granting foundations. OTF awarded more than $120 million to some 700 projects last year to build healthy and vibrant communities in Ontario.
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For more information, please contact:
Ken St-Denis, Recreation director Township of Alfred and Plantagenet | T : (613) 673-4797, ext. 227
Email: kstdenis@munap.ca
Marianne Dicaire, Communications Officer, Township of Alfred and Plantagenet | T: (613) 673-4797, ext. 230
Email: mdicaire@munap.ca
