Working on the Maniototo Ice Rink's $200,000 upgrade at
Naseby are (from left) Maniototo Curling International
chairman Gerald Dowling, rink manager Allan Dunford, and
rink chairman Jock Scott. Photo by Rosie Manins.
A $200,000 upgrade of Naseby's outdoor ice rink is close
to completion, with organisers hoping the rink can open on
Saturday.
Maniototo Ice Rink chairman Jock Scott, of Kyeburn, said
volunteers had almost finished laying 23km of refrigeration
piping over the rink's base, which was being covered with
plastic and levelled over the weekend.
By today, he hoped to be able to start preparing ice on the
new surface.
Mr Scott said the rink's base had to be upgraded after its
old piping system expired in 2006, 10 years after it was
first installed.
The rink committee was granted $108,000 by the New Zealand
Lotteries Commission to add to its own $53,000.
Mr Scott said that as well as new base pipes, a "support
circuit" had been installed to allow the outdoor rink to
operate independently of the [adjacent] indoor Maniototo
International Curling Rink.
Mr Scott paid tribute to the "tremendous support" for the
project from volunteers in the community.
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