Hampton Speed Skating Club
808 Main St E0G 1Z0 Hampton, NB, Canada

Hello Everybody I believe that the registration is up and running now, I have decided that it will be easier if I enter each of the Skaters into the system(for the most it is a cut and paste of the info that you provided me at the beginning of the season). As I enter each skater into the system, there are a couple of Waivers to sign off on, and the system will automatically send you an email with the waivers and if you agree you can check the boxes and follow the steps to re...turn it. I have already entered a few skaters tonight and hope to get the rest tomorrow night. You may have gotten the "waiver email" already. If you have any questions let me know See you tomorrow! Thanks so much Charles MacNeil HSSC - President [email protected] www.hamptonspeedskating.ca Find us on facebook Join our Members only Facebook Group

Well here we are at the end of another speed skating season. This coming week is our last week of skating for the season. On Monday night, for any Group 3 or Group 4 skater with club skates, we will be set up at the sign in desk and collect them as you leave the rink. So please be sure to have the skates, soft guards and hard guards, coming to the rink. This will be the same process for Group 1 and Group 2 on thursday night. If you have club skates and are not going to make... it to skating this week, please let me know and we'll make arrangements to get the skates back to the club. Thanks See You Tomorrow Charles MacNeil HSSC - President [email protected] www.hamptonspeedskating.ca Find us on facebook

Hello Everybody I hope you are enjoying your March break !! You can't get a nicer winter day to be outside, than today. Good News 1)With the Dept.of Health's change, announced on Friday, allowing movement between Orange Zones, the rink has adapted too, allowing people entering the rink that have been in other orange zones. Below is a picture of the rinks revised screening questions to enter the rink.... 2) We are skating during March Break. Bad News 1) Due to a miscommunication between HSSC and the rink, we won't be skating on Thursday March 4th. Sorry about that. 2) The last night for Monday only skaters is March 15th and the last night for the Monday and Thursday skaters will be March 18th. See you tomorrow. image.png Thanks so much Charles MacNeil HSSC - President [email protected] www.hamptonspeedskating.ca Find us on facebook Join our Members only Facebook Group

Hello Everybody I hope you are doing well with the snow ! We are on for skating for tonight, Feb. 8.(enter rink at 5:15pm) As i said earlier, as part of the Orange Level, we have to ask each person that enters the rink the 4 screening questions. I hope to have 2 people asking the questions, and I believe we can ask your family as a group. Once you have been screened in, don't forget to apply hand sanitizer.... Don't forget your mask. See you tonight. Thanks so much Charles MacNeil HSSC - President [email protected] www.hamptonspeedskating.ca Find us on facebook Join our Members only Facebook Group

Hello Everybody With the great turn in case numbers in the last week, the Board of Hampton Speed Skating has decided to resume Speed Skating Practices on Monday Feb. 8th. This will be the first time we ran skating during an Orange Phase of the Province's Recovery Plan so there are a couple of slight changes from when we last skated. 1) Each user group is required to ask the people that are entering the rink the screening questions, as opposed to before we initialed that we r...ead the question and were OK to enter the rink. 2) The rink has adopted a rule that if anyone has been in another NB Health Zone that is at the Orange, Red, or Lockdown level, that person can't not enter the rink for 14 days from the time of their return from these other zones. 3) Drop in skaters from other clubs are not permitted during the Orange Phase. A reminder of one of the previous rules is that no one is allowed to bring food or drinks(coffee, etc) into the rink, except the skaters are allowed a water bottle. The following sign is posted on the Rink doors, stating their conditions for entry to the rink. image.png Thank you for your patients, this has been quite an interrupted season. Hopefully we can finish this season without any more interruptions Charles MacNeil HSSC - President [email protected] www.hamptonspeedskating.ca Find us on facebook Join our Members only Facebook Group

Hi Everyone! No skating again for this week. We will re-evaluate for next week. Thanks!

Hello Everybody Happy New Year. I hope everybody had an enjoyable Holiday. I have a couple of items:... 1)Skating Resumes this week( tonight Dec.4th) 2)With the new Covid cases in the Fredericton Zone( 12 in the last couple of days) Hampton Speed Skating would like to take the extra step in precaution, by way of, if you were visiting in the Fredericton Zone in the last week, we ask that you refrain from going to skating for this week. Saint John Zone has been doing excellent for the last little while and we would like it to stay that way. 3) We received a reminder from the rink that food and drink(coffee) is prohibited in the rink.( Skater can have water Bottles) Thanks for your cooperation 4) I have started emailing parents regarding registration fees, letting them know what is owed. I should be able to contact everybody this week. I hope that we can have an uninterrupted remainder of the Season. Thanks so much Charles MacNeil HSSC - President [email protected] www.hamptonspeedskating.ca Find us on facebook Join our Members only Facebook Group

Hello Everybody With a much better week in Zone 2 It has gone back to Yellow and Hampton SpeedSkating will be resuming Monday Dec.14th . This week is our last week of skating before Christmas. We will resume skating after New Years,on Monday, January 4th. If I don't see you at the rink this week,I hope you have a great and safe Christmas Season.... Thanks so much Charles MacNeil HSSC - President

Hello Everybody The board of HSSC had a vote today and still don't feel comfortable resuming speed skating this week. The numbers are going in the right direction, but we feel waiting one more week will be better. Let's hope the numbers continue to trend down in cases. Speed Skating for Dec7th and Dec10th will be cancelled. Stay safe everybody. Hope to see you all soon.... Thanks so much Charles MacNeil HSSC - President [email protected] www.hamptonspeedskating.ca Find us on facebook

Hi Folks Once again I spoke with some of the board Members and Coach and we are not comfortable resuming Speed Skating this week. We are really hoping that this week will bring better numbers. Hopefully we can have a good week with relatively low numbers , in our Zone and we can resume next week. We will have to wait and see how it plays out. Speed Skating for Nov.30th and Dec.3rd is cancelled. Thanks so much... Charles MacNeil HSSC - President See more

Hello Everybody I have been speaking with Peter,our coach, and several of our Board members over the last couple of days, in regards to the change to the ORANGE Level in our health zone(Zone 2 - Saint John) With the recent spike in numbers of Covid case in the zone today, Hampton Speed Skating decided to cancel Skating for both Monday(23rd) and Thursday(26th) for this week. We choose to do it as a proactive action to help the reduction in spread. The safety of our skaters an...d their families is our top priority. When I look at our club's membership we have skaters from Saint John to Sussex area. Bringing everybody together at this time would not be a wise decision. I have spoken with the Saint John Speed Skating club and they have suspended skating as well. We will continue to monitor and update everyone during next week. If you have any questions, let me know Stay safe everybody !!!! Thanks so much Charles MacNeil HSSC - President

Hello Everybody Peter mentioned this to the skaters last night at skating. Peter was thinking of doing a Techni-cord program on Saturday at 1:00pm at his residence at Cogger Lane , Norton. Techni-cord training is a leg strength and proper pushing with your leg exercise.... Can you reply to Peter if you are interested in attending. [email protected] If there isn’t enough interest he will cancel. Thanks Have a good weekend. Charles NacNeil -- See you at the rink! Thanks so much Charles MacNeil HSSC - President [email protected] www.hamptonspeedskating.ca Find us on facebook Join our Members only Facebook Group

Hello Everybody The Hampton Community Center(the rink) has adjusted their rules regarding Spectators watching our skaters. The rink will allow 55 spectators, in the bleacher to watch. It is up to each user group on how to implement this. Hampton Speed Skating is approaching that number of skaters(55), so I think for the first couple of weeks, Hampton Speed Skating’s rule will be one spectator will be allowed per skater. I think that this is the fairest approach, for 2 reaso...ns, one is that we shouldn’t have to count the spectators and secondly we won’t have to turn anybody away from watching their skater because we have filled our limit. We will monitor this. The rink is allowing spectators into the rink, but it is specific as to where they can be. Spectators must use the top two rows of bleachers, not the lobby. By using only the 2 top rows, this will help maintain the 2m for the people that may be exiting the rink. If you plan to watch your skater you should dress according as it is getting cold in the rink area. While spectating all must use a mask and remain 1m apart when seated and 2 meters apart when moving in the facility. All other rules are the same, signing in, masks, and social distancing of 2 m. The second item is, I am still working on the online registration, so everyone will be able to pay their registration fee online. I will let everyone know when this is up and running. The third item is if your skater rented speed skates and you haven’t paid for them yet, you can do an e-transfer to [email protected] or you can pay me cheque or cash, when you see me in the rink. The rental is $80. If you choose to do an e-transfer can you use rental as the password. If you have any questions let me know. Thanks so much Charles MacNeil HSSC - President [email protected] www.hamptonspeedskating.ca Find us on facebook Join our Members only Facebook Group

Hi Everybody Peter asked if Group 2 could come on the ice at 5:55pm? It’s only 5 minutes earlier, but it will help getting the boards on in a shorter period of times. Thanks See you tonight

Hello Everybody Just a couple notes: 1) Thanks to everybody for a great job on Monday night , dealing with the new rules. All went quite well. 2) This email was set from Sport New Brunswick, regarding if you had been in NB Health Zone 1 or 5, since October 9th, you can not attend organized sports for 14 days after your return. 3) Group 1 and 2 are skating Tomorrow(Thursday) at 5:30pm to 7:00pm. Doors open at 5:15pm.... Group 1 and 2 Started on monday at 6:00pm or 6:15pm If you have any questions let me know. Thanks so much Charles MacNeil HSSC - President [email protected] www.hamptonspeedskating.ca Find us on facebook Join our Members only Facebook Group

CORRECTION Group 4 comes off the ice at 6:00pm, not 6:30pm as my original email stated( typo error) Group 4 is on the ice from 5:30 to 6:00pm. Sorry about that.... See you at the rink! Thanks so much Charles MacNeil HSSC - President

Hello Everybody The Hampton Speed Skating COVID Operational Plan has been approved by the Town of Hampton COVID Recovery Committee. This plan has to be approved and followed in order for Hampton Speed Skating to use the Rink. The Operational Plan is attached to this email. Please read this document before you register your skater(s) this year,as there are many changes from previous years in how we conduct ourselves in the rink. The biggest change being that one parent/guardi...an of 11 years old and younger skaters can enter the rink with their skater to get them ready, and when the skater is ready the parent/guardian must leave the facility. Skaters older than 11 are to enter the rink without parents/guardians. Tomorrow(Thursday) the registration link will be on the Hampton Speed Skating Website hamptonspeedskating.ca Please take note of the year(2020-21) as the previous years link is still there now. The previous one will be removed when the new one is posted. This year Speed Skate Canada has implemented an on-line registration system which will accept the registration fee. This system is not fully functional yet, so for now will register with Hampton using the form that we used for the past several years. When Speed Skate Canada's system is fully functional Hampton Speed Skate will let you know and you can officially register your skater, and pay the registration fees online. Please do not delay in registering your skater(s),as we may have to limit the groups numbers, as we have a maximum total number of skaters that are allowed on the ice( this includes coaches). If you are/have a previous skater and you chose not to join speed skating this, could you give a quick reply stating the skater is not returning? This will help us with our planning. Thank you for your patience. This has been and will be a very different year. If you have any questions, please let me know. [email protected] Thanks so much Charles MacNeil HSSC - President [email protected] www.hamptonspeedskating.ca Find us on facebook Join our Members only Facebook Group

Hello Everybody As soon as I get the contacts for our members for this season, I will update the email list. If you're not planning on coming back this year,you will stop getting emails from the club shortly. Thanks Sorry for the delay getting back to you. To say this year has been challenging, is an understatement. This goes for our speed skating club too. There has been a lot of planning to try and get this season off successfully....Continue reading

Hi Two items that I forgot to mention; no problem if you aren't attending skating tomorrow night, each year some can't make it on the first night, as they have family plans. The second item is; I'm attaching a copy of the screening questionnaire, so each will be familiar with the 4 questions. Each will have to initial that you read these questions and are clear to enter the building. image.png... See you at the rink! Thanks so much Charles MacNeil HSSC - President [email protected] www.hamptonspeedskating.ca Find us on facebook Join our Members only Facebook Group

Hello Everybody Happy Thanksgiving !! The first night of Skating is Monday October 12th(tomorrow).As you would have read in earlier emails, this year is going to be different compared to previous years. As earlier stated in emails, we can only enter the rink 15 minutes before our icetime and must be out 15 minutes after our icetime has ended. I have listed the time requirements for each group... Group 4 Enter the rink at 5:15pm. Go on the ice at 5:30pm and come off at 6:30pm. Group 3 Enter the rink at 5:15pm. Go on the ice at 5:30pm and come off at 6:20pm. Group 2 Enter the rink at 5:45pm. Go on the ice at 6:00pm and come off at 7:45pm. Group 1 Enter the rink at 6:00pm. Go on the ice at 6:15pm and come off at 7:45pm All skates must be out of the rink by 8:00pm. Board pads will be put out at 6:00pm. Parents that assist with board pads can come in at 5:55pm and leave when completed.(All group 1, 2,& 3, parents are welcome to help) We have to collect names and phone numbers each night; I will have each skater's name and phone number that was supplied on the registration form on a list and each skater can check that they were present. and Initial that they read the questions. EVERYBODY IS REQUIRED TO WEAR A MASK IN THE RINK. Skaters are not required to wear one on the ice( if they wish to, that fine). If you have any questions, please let me know. See you at the rink! Thanks so much Charles MacNeil HSSC - President [email protected] www.hamptonspeedskating.ca Find us on facebook Join our Members only Facebook Group

Hi Everybody With the sudden stop of the season last year, we told everybody to just hold on to their rented skated. If you are planning on coming back to skating this year could you have your skater try on the skate for size? If they are good for size please let me know. If they are coming back and the skates don't fit or or your skater isn't coming back we are having a skate drop off this weekend. I Will be in the parking lot of the rink on Saturday Sept.26th from 12 noon t...o 1:30pm for skate drop off. We will sharpen the skates and have a skate fit day on some other day. You can drop the skates off at the following address on Saturday or Sunday(26, 27th): Peter Steele 32 Coggar Lane Norton Nicole Wanamaker 50 Fraser Brook Rd Nauwigewauk Stacey Sampson 56 Tilley St. Hampton If you have skates to return and can' make it to any of these location, please let me know See you at the rink! Thanks so muc Charles MacNeil HSSC - President [email protected] www.hamptonspeedskating.ca Find us on facebook Join our Members only Facebook Group

Hello Everybody I hope everybody is doing fine, and enjoying the warm summer. With this warm spell it is hard to think off skating, but there is lots of planning and discussions to see how or if we can have a speed skating season. Speed Skate New Brunswick and the Hampton Community Center(the rink) both have been working on procedures to try to make a skating season possible.... I wanted to get a feel of how many would be planning on coming back to skating once all the protocols have all been put in place. I realize that some may not feel comfortable coming back. If all skaters return, or if only half of the skaters return the ice cost is still the same. It would be nice to have a rough idea of the numbers that are planning to return. Speaking with the Rink, there will be lots of changes from last year( capacities of locker rooms, and common area, no over lap of user groups(groups getting ready while other are still on ice) and lots more still being worked on. If you could give me a quick reply as to your intentions for the fall for your skater(s), that would be great. Just a quick line is all that is needed. Please don’t reply to ALL. If your not planning on returning due to Covid concerns, no problem, I total understand . If your skater is not planning on returning for other reason please just let me know. (changing sports, loss of interest, moved, Etc.) Thanks Stay Safe and enjoy the rest of your summer. Charles MacNeil Hampton Speed Skating

Hello everybody Recently the schools have closed for 2 weeks and as well The Hampton rink is closing for the season on March 22. In making a decision to continue at this point or not I consulted coaches and a few parents and decided to end the year effective today. For those who have club skates , hold on to them for now. We are hoping in the spring to gather everyone for a BBQ or something like that in order close off the year (puns, certificates etc) Thank you for your patience. It has been a difficult time for all. Charles MacNeil

Hello everybody Unfortunately under the recommendation of the NB Minister of Health to suspend events with a mass gathering of 150 people or more, Hampton Speed Skating and Speed Skate New Brunswick have cancelled the meet that was to be this Saturday(March 14th) Any registered skaters will get a full refund, but it may take a little time as there are 106 refunds to process. This comes from SSNB. As of now I still expect to have our mini meet on Monday night as this is a much... smaller group of people from a localized area. This could change as the Dept. of Health could order a shut down of everything. I will email as I hear any changes. If the mini meet is a go, for those who are first timers, we divide all our skater into small groups and have several small races. at the end each skater gets a ribbon board with the ribbon for the placements from their races. It is a fun night FYI the skater that are normally finished at 5:45 and 6:00 they may run a little later than normal. If you have to go any your normal time no problem, just let us know Also skaters that normally start at 6:00 should be there for 5:15pm. All I can say is stay tuned. Sorry for the disappointment for everyone that was looking forward to the meet. If you have any questions, let me know See you at the rink! Thanks so much Charles MacNeil HSSC - President [email protected] www.hamptonspeedskating.ca Find us on facebook Join our Members only Facebook Group

11:00pm tonight is the deadline for the Hampton meet. Don’t miss it!

There will be regular skating this week for all Groups this Monday. There will also be regular skating on Thursday night as well for the faster skaters.

Hello everybody This is a reminder that that the registration is open for the Hampton Meet and closes on March 3rd. (IN 3 DAYS) If you click on "read more of this post" it will bring you to the Speed Skate New Brunswick website. Then click on Meet Registration, and continue from there. Also if you have younger skaters that aren't ready for the meet, there will be exhibition(fun) races during lunch on the day of the meet. There is no cost for participating in these exhibitio...n races. If you could let Lynne knw the names of your skater, if they wish to participate in the exhibition races that would be great. Lynne will have a tables set up on Monday night at the rink. Any question, please let me know. See you at the rink! Thanks so much Charles MacNeil HSSC - President

Hello The snow and ice has already started and it is supposed to be nasty around 6:00pm this evening, so we are cancelling skating tonight for Groups 2 and 1. Stay safe!

Hi parents As most of you are aware, we have our annual meet on March 14, 2020. These are the items we will need for the catering for the officials and volunteers. Items which can be dropped off by 7:00 am on Saturday am I the upstairs ossekeg room. If you are unable to drop them off at these times, do not hesitate to contact me at 639-3728. I will also be at the rink for the Mondays and Thursdays with a sign up sheet. I will be at the front door at the table.... 4 lbs of sliced deli chicken 4 lbs of sliced deli ham 4 lbs of sliced roast beef 2 large packages of cheese slices 4 doz small Kaiser rolls 1 crock pot chili 2 large vegetable tray 2 large fruit tray 6 sweet trays- medium size 4 x 24 bottles of water Thanks in advance! Lynne MacNeil 639-3728

Hi Folks Next Monday, Feb 10th we will be taking orders for sweatshirts. You can order regular hoodies or hoodies with zipper. Each hoodie contains our logo as well as "speedskating" across the lower back and name on sleeve. The cost will be between $42-46 depending on the number of orders. This is taxes in. Jackets are available as well with the same add ons. They will be between $62-70 again depending on numbers. We will have a table set up as well as sizing samples. Paym...ent will be needed prior to ordering via cash, cheque, or etranfers to Hampton Speedskating club. This is not a fundraiser, your cost is our cost. See you at the rink! Thanks so much Charles MacNeil HSSC - President

Hello Everybody I would like to bring to your attention that the "Pro Kids Battle of the Blades" fundraising hockey game between the Hampton RCMP and the Hampton Fire Dept. will be Feb. 22th at 7:00pm. This is a great fundraiser which helps children's sports programs in the Hampton area. Hampton Speed Skating has in the past been assisted by this program. The large board pads that we have, with "RCMP" on them had been paid for with the assistance of this program, and some Ham...pton Speed Skaters that participated in National Events( Canada East, Junior Nationals, Canada Games) received funding to help with the cost of attending these events. It would be nice if we could help this great fundraiser by attending the game. Thank you See you at the game! Thanks so much Charles MacNeil HSSC - President

Happy New Years Just a reminder that if you were thinking of registering your skater(s) for the meet in St Andrews, the deadline is tomorrow(Tuesday, January 7th} at 11:00pm. Registration is on the Speed Skating New Brunswick website, at the following link:... http://speedskatenb.ca/meet-registration/

Hi Everyone! Here is the schedule for over the holidays: Dec 30th Monday This is just the Thursday ice skaters for this Monday practice- NO little guys today We will have a 5.15 6.00 pm technicord session... SJ skaters will be invited for the 6.00 7.15 ice time Jan 2, 2020 5.15 6.45 Thursday Again regular Thursday crew Jan 6 BACK with regular ice sessions for everyone. 5.15 5.45 - Little guys for Learn to skate / 5.15 6.15 - Learn to speed skate 6.00 7.15 - Older guys -

Hi Everyone! Anyone (including Adults) who are skating for our family skate tonight needs to wear a helmet. Thanks!

Hello Everybody This is a reminder that December 16th is the last Monday night of skating for 2019. Similar to last year we will have a family skate from 5:15 to 7:15. There will be hot chocolate and ginger bread cookie to have for a snack. Hope to see you Monday.... See you at the rink! Thanks so much Charles MacNeil HSSC - President

There will be regular skating tomorrow for all groups on Monday, November 11th. See you at the rink!

Hi Everyone! Our 2019-2020 season begins tomorrow Monday, October 14th at 5:15pm for the Learn to Skate, Group 4, Group 3 and Group 2 skaters. Group 1 skaters a...re on at 6:00pm. You can register online on our website or you can register with us at the arena tomorrow night. See you at the rink! See more

Hi Everyone! The arena made a mistake booking the early ice time. The last ice night for groups 1 and 2 ( fast skaters) is Wednesday, October 9th ( tomorrow night) not Thursday as planned. Sorry for the inconvenience this may have caused. See you at the rink tomorrow night!

Hi Everyone! We will be having early ice times for Groups 1 and 2 only ( faster skaters): September 23rd, 26th, 30th, October 3rd, 7th and the 10th from 5:15pm-6:45pm. See you at the rink!