George Luddington and Phil O’Regan we invited to help out with the Ice Prep for the Elite 10 that happened on Mar. 16-19/2017. It all started with unloading the truck on Sunday Mar. 13th. On Monday the 14th the ice prep began with the painting of the hockey ice surface and then the lines, rings and logos went on. By Monday night we were ready to flood. Flooding continued on Tuesday. The curling ice was ready for the teams to practice by Wed afternoon. George and Phil had a chance to throw some rocks before they came on. Lots was learned from this experience. Here is a timeline of photos from the week long experience:
Monday Mar. 13th
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- From a hockey rink…
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- Hey George…
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- Paint being mixed…
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- Paint sprayer and sealer…
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- Smile for the camera George…
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- Constant readings of the ice temp…
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- Hacks are in..
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- Logos in…
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- Rings are in…
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- To three sheets of curling ice….
Tuesday Mar. 14th
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- More flooding…
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- Rocks are on the ice surface…
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- George holding the centre line…
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- Scraper is ready to go….
Wednesday Mar. 15th
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- George throwing a rock…
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- Phil throwing a rock…
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- Team Koe out practicing
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- Team Laycock out practicing…
Thursday Mar. 16th
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- Pinty’s Bar….
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- Sportsnet crew….
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- Mary Connolly timing her favourite player… Koe
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- George in the Pinty’s Bar….
Friday Mar. 17th
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- Happy St. Patrick’s Day from Pinty’s Bar…
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- Mary timing another game….
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- Phil, Charla, Iris and George in the Pinty’s BAr…
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- Phil and Brad Gushue…
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- Sportsnet announcers…
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- Team Carruthers and Phil…
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- Phil and Jeff Stoughton
Saturday Mar. 18th
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- Mary Hankey from the SACCC pictured with the Elite 10 Select Team.
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- Phil with the ‘Sweep’ brothers, Ryan and E.J Harnden from Team Jacobs.
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- Phil and Nicklas Edin…
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- Group picture of the Juniors from our club, SACCC and Sydney CC with the Team Edin and Reid Carruthers.
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- Our Junior Girls with Team Edin….
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- Vanessa and Jenna Dort with Team Edin…
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- Hanna Manthorne and Victoria Grady with Team Edin…
Sunday Mar. 19th
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- Junior session Sunday morning….
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- Aiden Halloran throwing a rock…
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- Brooklyn Jordan throwing a rock…
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- Group photo of the Young Rockstars….
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- Robbie Doherty with the trophy… Rob from PEI was the Media/sponsor guy…
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- Mike McNamara from the SACCC posing with the trophy… Mike was one of the ice prep helpers..
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- Phil with Ryan Fry from Team Jacobs…
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- Phil with the Elite 10 trophy….
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- Nancy, Chris, George and Jim in Pinty’s bar….
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- And the winner is… Team Morris…
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- The ice crew for the event…. great bunch to work with….
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- almost back to a hockey rink…
