Welcome to Long Track Speed Skating in Lakefield

• The Lakefield Herald • Friday, January 9, 2015 •
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Proud Supporter of Oval Programs & 2015 Run the River
Welcome to Long Track Speed Skating in Lakefield
Every winter the Lakefield Oval provides local skaters
and speed skaters from across Ontario with the unique
opportunity to skate outdoors on a 400 metre track of
well-maintained outdoor ice. This winter’s busy schedule
includes regular free public skating sessions, club practices, sessions for school groups and special events.
Skating at the Oval relies on the efforts of the volunteers
to create and clear the ice and on mother nature to provide
cold weather and good skating conditions. Before you
visit the Oval we suggest that you check the Oval’s website (www.ontariospeedskatingoval.com) or the Oval’s
facebook page for daily updates on ice conditions. There
is also a road sign on the Lakefield Road at the new Water
Tower entrance across from Kawartha Lakes Construction that will indicate whether the Oval is open or closed.
The recreational opportunity available at the Oval is
thanks to the hard work of our volunteers and the ongoing
support of the Oval’s season sponsors. The Oval does not
require funding for any its winter programming from any
level of government and the Oval Board appreciates the
donations that are made by those who have the opportunity to visit the Oval.
New for This Winter
Pick-up Pond Hockey
Hockey sticks and pucks are not permitted at the public skating sessions, the club practices or the special
events – however this winter we will be encouraging
those who want to participate in some pick up hockey
to come to Oval on Saturday mornings from 10am to
noon. Players that arrive will be encouraged to sort
themselves into teams – the Oval will provide the ice,
the nets and a warm place to change.
The Lakefield 5K ‘Run the River’ May 2nd, 2015
Lakefield’s Run the River is back!!! On Saturday, May 2nd, 2015 Lakefield’s 5 K run and walk along the
banks of the scenic Katchewanooka River will return. Once again community members will join runners and
walkers from across Ontario as they make their way around the scenic 5 km route through the heart of beautiful
Lakefield.
Local volunteers will once again be working with local corporate partners to organize and run this wonderful
event. Proceeds will benefit the programs and activities of two worthy community organizations – Canadian
Mental Health Association and the Ontario Speed Skating Oval in Lakefield.
To register visit: www.raceroster.com/4048
www.ontariospeedskatingoval.com
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Candlelight Skate
Visit our locations in Lakefield, Bridgenorth and Peterborough.
Volunteers and Donations
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The Lakefield Oval
Community Centre is a
not for profit organization that was created to
develop a publicly owned
and operated recreation
facility in Lakefield. The
Oval owns the 13.5 acre
site where 400 metre oval
is situated along with the
equipment required to
build natural ice on the
existing track each year.
Adjacent to the track the
Oval owns an equipment
building to store the ice
making equipment
as
well a warming hut and
recreational skates that
allows the Oval to offer
free public skating during
the winter season.
The Oval is able to offer
this unique opportunity
each winter and continue
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Ontario Speed Skating Oval
Lakefield South
Next to the new water tower
Friday, January 30
6:00 - 9:00 pm
The annual candlelight skate will take place on Friday, Jan 30th
from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
The light from hundreds of candles will guide your way around the
400 metre Oval at the Ontario Speed Skating Oval.
SKATING IS FREE • RENTAL SPEED SKATES AVAILABLE
We recommend that you bring a flashlight to guide your way from
the parking lot down to the Oval site.
to work towards the ultimate goal of a completed
community recreational
facility at the Oval site
through the on-going support of our sponsors as
well as those companies
and individuals who have
donated to the Oval Project in the past.
The Oval is also made
possible through the hard
work of a number of individuals who volunteer
their time each year. The
Oval is always looking
for new volunteers. Each
year the Oval needs volunteers who are willing
to be part of the crew that
braves the elements to
prepare the ice for skating. The Oval also stages
a number of events each
year and there is always
a need for volunteers who
like to help organizing
and staging public events.
Finally the Oval continues to move towards its
ultimate goal of completing the Oval Project as
it was original designed
through the direction provided by the Oval’s Board
of Directors and the organization needs volunteers
who are willing to help
oversee the Oval’s activities.
If you are willing to volunteer in any capacity or
you would like to make
a donation please visit
the Oval website www.
ontariospeedskatingoval.
com or contact Graham
Wilkins at [email protected]
or call 705 652 7041.
For more information
please contact
the Ontario Speed Skating Oval
[email protected]
www.ontariospeedskatingoval.com
The Canadian Mental Health
Association and the Lakefield Oval
Family Day & The Lakefield 5 K
The Canadian Mental Health Association Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge
(CMHA HKPR) has been a long time
sponsor of the Lakefield Oval’s activities. CMHA HKPR provides programs
and services that promote and support
mental health recovery and wellness
while working with individuals, families and community partners. Our vision is one of mentally healthy people,
living in an inclusive society free from
stigma.
CMHA HKPR believes that by supporting the winter programs provided
by the Oval we can help our community and support our mission and vision.
We believe that mental wellness and
physical wellness go hand in hand. The
Oval provides a wonderful opportunity
for individuals and families to stay active and get some exercise in the winter. This exercise can reduce stress, increase energy, improve self confidence,
expand brain power and skating at the
Oval is a great way to meet new people,
stay active with your friends and family
and feel a part of our community.
CMHA HKPR takes a lead role in
organizing the Family Day Skate on
Monday, February 16th. We invite you
to come and visit us at the Oval – come
and learn about our programs, go for
a skate and do something positive for
your mental and physical well-being.
Recreational skating at the Oval is fun for the whole family.
Problems Coping?
Available 24-7
Here to help you!!
tel:705.745.6484
toll free: 866.995.9933
Family Life, Work, Health,
Concerned About Someone?
Free Professional Crisis Support
tel: 705-745-6484
toll free: 866-995-9933
Available 24-7
Proud to Sponsor The Family Day Skate
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Your Adventure
Starts Here!
• Cross Country Skiis
• Snowshoes
• Outerwear
www.adventureoutfitters.ca
Future Plans
The Oval Board has a set of engineered plans along with all the studies
needed to obtain the building permits
required to complete the Oval Project
as it was originally designed.
The original concept was to build an
outdoor, temperature controlled 400
metre speed skating track that will
provide a world class ice surface from
mid-November to March each season
and a concrete track suitable for in line
skating during the spring, summer and
fall. The plans also included a Community Building that will be built adjacent to the 400 metre track. The Community Building will include a banquet
hall overlooking the Oval, a training
facility, offices for the Speed Skating
Association, changing rooms for the
skaters and the space required to store
the ice making equipment.
The original Oval concept was based
on building a facility that would be
owned and operated by a not for profit
community corporation. The Oval’s
Business Plan established that it is possible to build a facility that does not
require on-going government support
from any level of government to operate. In an era when tax payers are already hard pressed to pay for essential
services the Oval was designed to provide this unique public recreation facility without requiring any tax dollars to
underwrite its ongoing operational expenses.
The Oval Board submitted a number
of well researched, professionally prepared applications for support from
the federal and provincial government
for the capital dollars needed to build
the Oval. These applications needed
strong advocates to be successful – political representatives who believed in,
understood and publicly supported the
Oval Project. Obviously this one of a
kind facility requires strong and committed local advocates to overcome the
inevitable objections from bureaucrats
who are more accustomed to funding
municipally owned recreation facilities.
To date the Oval’s funding applications that allowed for the completion of the Oval Project have not been
successful . The Oval Board remains
hopeful that the strength of the original
Oval concept and the ever increasing
amount of community use of the existing facility will result in a more effective level of political support in the
future.
In the meantime the Oval Board continues to operate this unique community recreation facility without a financial
contribution from any level of government. With the financial support of a
great group of local sponsors and the
Oval’s dedicated volunteers the Oval
will continue to provide the community with the opportunity to enjoy outdoor skating during the winter months.
Nordic Day
Cross Country
Skiing
Skate Skiing
Snowshoeing
Sunday, February 1
Ontario Speed Skating Oval
noon - 3:00 pm
Adventure Outfitters of Lakefield, Ontario will be
providing those interested the opportunity to
experience a variety of Nordic Winter Sports.
Staff from Adventure Outfitters will be at the Ontario
Speed Skating Oval in Lakefield to assist with fitting
each participant with a pair of snow shoes or Cross
Country Skis and providing a brief ‘how to’ session.
There is a trail that has been groomed for X-Country
Skiing, Skate Skiing and Snowshoeing adjacent to
the Oval site that participants will be able to follow as
part of this unique experience.
This opportunity will be provided at no
charge to participants by the owners of
Adventure Outfitters:
Adriana & Graham Wilkins and Pat Smith.
History of the Oval Project
The Ontario Speed Skating Oval is a huge area of Natural Ice that is two and a half
times larger than an NHL sized rink.
For ten years a group
of local volunteers have
worked to build a permanent home for Ontario Long Speed Skating in Lakefield. Their
initial efforts resulted
in a Business Plan that
attracted financial support from every level of
government and a large
number of individuals and local businesses. This support, along
with the money raised
at a number of successful fund raising events,
made it possible for the
organizers to purchase
a 13 acre parcel of land
in the Lakefield South
development area and
to complete plans for a
multi-use
community
recreation facility to be
built adjacent to the outdoor temperature controlled 400 metre long
track speed skating oval.
The Oval’s organizing group completed the
plans and the studies required to build the new
Oval Facility in Lakefield.
The Oval Board obtained
an Official Plan Amendment, along with the necessary Zoning change and
Site Plan approval for an
outdoor temperature controlled 400 metre Oval
and the adjoining Community Building.
In the fall of 2009 the
first significant stage of
work was completed at
the Oval site. The result
was the completion of
Southern Ontario’s only
natural ice 400 metre long
track speed skating facility in Lakefield. The Oval
Board acquired the equipment needed to create a
natural ice surface on the
400 metre track – an area
that is 2 and a half times
the size of an NHL size
hockey rink.
Over the past four winters the Oval in Lakefield
has played host to Olympic style speed skating
events, regular practices
for local speed skaters,
pond hockey tournaments
for all ages and a wide array of special events. The
Oval provides the general
public with regular free
public skating sessions
which over the past four
seasons have attracted
thousands of visitors to
the Oval. Club speed
skaters from across Ontario have been given the
opportunity to change
into their skates in a heated clubhouse adjacent to
the skating oval and the
public and school groups
have been provided the
opportunity to try skating
on the club’s rental speed
skates.
The ultimate goal of
completing Ontario’s first
outdoor temperature controlled 400 metre Oval
remains intact but in the
meantime the Oval’s
volunteers and supporters have established this
community facility that
provides skaters from
the local community and
from across Ontario with
the unique opportunity to
enjoy outdoor skating on
good ice in a wonderful
setting.
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Ontario Speed Skating Oval & Nordic Centre – 2015 Winter Schedule
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Ice Making Thursday 1
2
Ice Making Ice Making 5 Public Skating & Club Practice 4:30 – 6:00pm 6 7 8
12 Public Skating & Club Practice 4:30 – 6:00pm 13 14 15
19 Public Skating & Club Practice 4:30 – 6:00pm 20 21 22
26 Public Skating & Club Practice 4:30 – 6:00pm 27 28 29
2 Public Skating & Club Practice 4:30 – 6:00pm 3 4 5
9 Public Skating & Club Practice 4:30 – 6:00pm 10 16 Family Day Skate CMHA 11:00 am to 3:00 pm 17 Senior Skate 1 ‐3 pm Senior Ski 1 – 3 pm 11 18 Friday 12
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Saturday 3
Ice Making Sunday 4 10 Family Ski Noon to 2 pm 11 16
Club Practice 4:30 – 6:00pm 17
18 23
Club Practice 4:30 – 6:00pm 24
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Kawartha Lakes Construction Pick –up Hockey 10 am ‐ noon 1 Adventure Outfitters Polar Fest Nordic Demo Day 7
8 30
Tim Horton’s Candlelight Skate 6 – 9 pm 6
Club Practice 4:30 – 6:00pm 13
Club Practice 4:30 – 6:00pm 9
Club Practice 4:30 – 6:00pm 20
Final Club Practice 4:30 – 6:00pm Sun Life Pick up Hockey 10 am ‐ noon ISL Pick –up Hockey 10 am ‐ noon 14
Family Ski Noon to 2 pm 21
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