Sad News. Bernie Gold who was the rink operator at Leslie Park for many years passed away in December. You can see Bernie featured in the video attached at 6:33 – 9:26, 11:09 – 11:42 and 12:36 – 14:36. @LeslieParkCA@OttawaRinks@ottawacity https://t.co/tbzQNJ3oRx
An L Shape portion of the Bayshore rink has been cleared. Ice is skateable though softening. Probably good for an hour or two only before it's to soft. Bayshore will close for the season by 3pm today. @OttawaRinks@ottawacity
Bayshore is in better shape that I thought it would be. Full sun will soften the ice. Get out and enjoy because this could be it for the 2021rink season here. This weekend will be wet and warm. I will evaluate Monday whether to continue. @OttawaRinks@ottawacity
Completed the last flood of the season at Bayshore. With rain on both Saturday and Sunday in the forecast Friday looks like the last skate day this rink season. @OttawaRinks@ottawacity
Bayshore is looking pretty good overall. One spot just wont freeze - marked with pylons to stay off. One last flood tonight. With snow/rain and warm temperatures forecast for Saturday and Sunday, Friday will be the last day Bayshore will be open. @OttawaRinks@ottawacity
Fresh flood down and the ice looks great. Better take advantage today and tomorrow because the weekend is a wash and the long range forecast doesn’t look promising
Bayshore Park is closed Wednesday to skaters/hockey. Please stay off the rink. I hope to open on Thursday as long as people stay off the ice. There is still a thick 6 to 8 inch base of ice to work with if we get colder temperatures. @OttawaRinks@ottawacity
Snow is cleared at Bayshore. The earliest I'll be able to flood again is Wednesday overnight. Ice is in overall good shape but tons of skate marks wont make for smooth skating. @OttawaRinks@ottawacity
Scrape, flood and hoses away 11:45pm to 2:30am. It's been a long season. Bayshore will have good ice for Sunday Challenging weather ahead. May not be able to flood again until Thursday night. @OttawaRinks@ottawacity
Bayshore Park was flooded this morning. Will be good for skaters to by 10am. Big thank you to last nights skaters for pushing the snow up against the boards. Helped speed things up this morning maintenance wise. @OttawaRinks@ottawacity