East Hants Sportsplex
1076 Highway #2 B2S 1M8 Elmsdale, NS, Canada

In partnership and support from the Municipality of East Hants we are please to announce the return of public skates for the holidays. To ensure we keep everyone safe and follow the restrictions in place we will be limiting each skate to 35 people by registration only. To register please use the following link. https://easthants.perfectmind.com//BookMe4Booking/Classes

With the recent update and easing of restrictions from the Government and Chief Medical Officer, the East Hants Sportsplex will be re-opening for regular hours at 7:00am Monday Dec 21st. At this time all participants numbers have been reduced to 25 total and there can be no spectators. This is in effect until midnight Jan 10th. Please email [email protected] for all rental requests. Thank you for your continued support through these challenging times.

Due to the recent restrictions imposed by the Government and Chief Medical Officer, the East Hants Sportsplex will close to the general public today at 5 pm, Nov 25th, 2020 until Dec 9th, 2020. We will re-assess based on Public Health and Government recommendations as we move through this pause period and provide further communication. Thank you for your understanding and please stay safe and follow the recommended guidelines so we may return to play sooner than later.

The zamboni in action! https://www.easthantssportsplex.ca/ice-rinks/

From the East Hants Curling Association - 2020 curling at 1:15 pm on Thursdays. There are a total of 10 teams in the association! https://easthantscurling.ca Send us your East Hants team pics! Post them below or send them to us through DM and we can share on our page!

The East Hants Sportsplex is proud to be the home of many sporting organizations including the East Hants Curling Association! For more information on the association and their upcoming plans go to https://easthantscurling.ca

The Dome is open for walking. Please wear your mask as you enter and exit the building and follow all safety protocols put in place to help create and maintain the safest environment possible for our users, community and staff.

Molly Smith, Janice Smith, and Deanna Smith stand by some of the food collected in the first 90 minutes of the memorial food drive in East Hants.

East Hants Ryson Construction Junior C Penguins has tryouts scheduled for tomorrow night, Saturday Oct 17th, from 6pm-7pm. http://nsrjhl.com/schedule_team.php?team_id=805114.

When you sign up with Adapt Fitness between now and December 20th, their staff will give back to the community and purchase a $30.00 gift card to ANY LOCAL business of your choice in East Hants.

The East Hants Historical Society is creating a slide show of East Hants veterans of WWI and WWII. They are looking for local images of East Hants men and women from World War II. If you have photos that you are willing to share of family members who were either born in East Hants or lived out their post-war years in East Hants, please contact them on their Facbeook page (below). https://www.facebook.com/EastHantsHistoricalSociety They will will be uploading the slide shows to their YouTube channel for Remembrance Day.

Throwback Thursday! Share your East Hants Sportsplex sports or event photos with us and we will share/post them on our FB page. Message us with your photos and we will share them on our page!

The Nova Scotia Trail Guide is your go-to website for information on your favourite trails throughout the province! Check out the guide at: http://nstrails.com/trailguide

The Dome is open for walking from at 7am to 9pm Monday to Friday and from 12pm to 4pm on Saturdays and Sundays. Please wear your mask as you enter and exit the building and follow all safety protocols put in place to help create and maintain the safest environment possible for our users, community and staff.

We hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Adapt Fitness is going to give away 30 FREE DAYS to any NEW member from Friday the 9th to Sunday the 11th. . Promo ends Sunday, Oct 11th 9:00pm. To sign up email [email protected]

East Hants Ryson Construction Junior C Penguins tryouts start tonight (Thursday, Oct 8th) from 7pm-8pm. Additional tryouts are on Sunday Oct 11th, 7pm-8pm and Saturday Oct 17th, 6pm-7pm. http://nsrjhl.com/schedule_team.php

The East Hants Sport Heritage Society recognizes and supports sport excellence of both the past and the present in the East Hants community. For more information go to https://www.easthantssportheritage.com

A little ball hockey last year! Share your photos of the East Hants Sportsplex with us. We would love to see your pictures.

Oct 02, 2020 To the Users and Clients of the East Hants Sportsplex Since March 17, 2020, the world has experienced a dramatic change in how day to day life is lived. Residents of our community have found it just as challenging and devastating with many families, organizations and businesses struggling to figure out how to live, survive and adapt to the effects Covid 19 has had on us.... For the East Hants Sportsplex it has been no different, on March 17, 2020 we were forced to shut down our facility and quickly found ourselves realizing zero revenue and still many liabilities. We were forced to lay off 75% of our staff and prepare the facility for shut down while still incurring many expenses. As the summer progressed things slowly re-opened, and we like many of our users were excited that we could explore the possibility of having hockey for the fall. EHMHA reached out to us in August and together we created a plan to get kids back on the ice. Due to the financial impact from Covid 19 the EHS realized we would not be able to operate both ice surfaces for the 2020/21 season. Where IPB is 17 years newer than KMA and runs approximately 25% more efficiently, management presented the option of installing ice to IPB as the most viable way to ensure we could operate for the 2020/21 season. We started slowly with phase I and quickly were able to move to phase II always following the protocols put in place by Dr. Strang and Government of Nova Scotia. It is these protocols that allow us limited number for spectators in IPB. Based on the directive currently in place for indoor events we can have up to 50% of our capacity so long as physical distancing is adhered to and masks worn. IPB’s capacity is 220 people but to achieve the physical distancing requirements we lose 12 seats for every 1 occupied. This translates to a maximum spectator capacity of 18 for the IPB arena. We certainly empathize with our users and clients and understand that the changes are not always easy to interpret but can assure you we communicate regularly with the Office of Regulatory Affairs and Service Effectiveness of Nova Scotia to ensure we are following the required protocols. All users of the facility are bound to follow these protocols and there are no exceptions at this time. As soon as these directives change the EHS looks forward to opening up to more people. The good news is Nova Scotia and the Atlantic bubble has succeeded in reducing the spread of Covid 19 by following the rules. The last thing the EHS wishes is to have a case or out-break here in the community because of contraction at the EHS. Our priority is and will remain to create the safest and most viable opportunity for our community to use the EHS. As always if you have any questions or concerns please feel free to reach out directly to Scott Forward, General Manager. Sincerely, The East Hants Sportsplex

Mark Long of Halifax, originally from Kings County, played hockey with the Kentville Wildcats when he was a boy. He remembers how excited the players would be to get sponsors and new uniforms or jackets.

Coldwell Athletic Therapy demonstrates a great drill that can be used to help runners activate their hamstrings! This is also, a great warm-up exercise that can be used in any strength and conditioning program.