Aardwolfs Ice Hockey Club, New Zealand, Natural Ice Skating Reports, South Island NZ.

Hello NZ skating friends,
Warming up for your season? Our skating season 2011/2012 is over. We had many great tours, in Sweden, Norway, Germany and, for the 4th season in a row, we had 10 days of ice on the canals and lakes in Holland! The tour reports from Hollands LSK can be found on http://www.skridsko.net/skridskonet/fardrapport/?_urval=-39
Some of the reports are written in English. I have been at the Ice congress in Finland, it was very nice and informative. One of the sessions was about NZ. Two leaders from the Finnish club showed movies how they drove around, together with and guided by one of your group (ED: Alan Knowles), for finding ice. Remarkable skating pictures and adventures, including a break-up of a small lake just after they skated on it. Made me promise myself that one day I will visit NZ in winter, for sure! Another interesting thing: in season 2010/2011, one group of our club had a major incident on lake V�ttern. They had to be rescued by helicopter. We have written a detailed report about the incident, in English. If you are interested, you can find it on www.hlsk.nl under Documenten.
Have a nice season!
Kind regards,
Rob.

Aardwolfs Natural Ice Reports
28th April 2012 9.30pm	Aardwolfs Ice Hockey Club	aardwolfsice.com

HELP US TELL YOU WHAT ITS LIKE ON THE ICE If you have been to the Ice Recently, Please send me a report: Ph: 03 3238293, Mob for Txt :0274504399 or Email clive.m48@gmail.com , This allows everyone to benefit from your experience and may encourage new people to enjoy Ice Skating. Remember to hit the REFRESH button for the latest version of this page.

Weather information Recent Rain Radar High Country Met Service Forecast Arthur's Pass Weather Videos of Natural Ice Skating: YouTube Aardwolfs: here Joe's: here Glens: here Natural Ice Reports from Southern NZ: iceblock.org.nz chipofftheiceblock NZ Map of Ice Skating Locations Access Information Photos and Videos South Island Mt Lyford: Lake Stella, Photos Mt Lyford Holiday Homes Rink Photos Arthur's Pass: Lake Lyndon, Photos Red Lake East and Red Lake West, Photos Glenthorne Station: Lake Ida, Photos Lake Self, Photos Lake Evelyn, Photos Lake Clearwater: Lake Camp and Clearwater, Photos Lake Ohau: Lake Middleton, Photos Lake Pukaki: Pukaki Overflow Spillway, Photos Pukaki: Holbrook Pond, Photos Tekapo: Petersons Terrace, Photos Naseby: Coal Pit Dam, Photos Horseshoe Lake, Photos Hoffman's Dam, Photos St Bathans The Blue Lake, Photos Wanaka: Diamond Lake, Photos Oturehua: Idaburn Dam, Photos Poolburn Dam Photos Mathias Dam Photos Eweburn Dam Photos Alexandra: Lower Manorburn Dam, Photos Butchers Dam, Photos Mount Cook: Godley Glacier Lake, Photos Tasman Glacier, Photos Hooker Lake, Photos Current Ice Rinks Outside Stavely: Staveley (Natural Ice), Photos Fairlie: Fairile Ice Rink (Natural Ice), Photos Mt Cheeseman: Mt Cheeseman (Natural Ice), Photos Tekapo: Lake Tekapo Photos Naseby: Maniototo Ice Rink Alexandra: Alexandra Ice Rink Photos Cardrona Southern Hemisphere Proving Grounds Current Ice Rinks Inside Christchurch: Alpine Ice Sports Centre Dunedin: Dunedin Ice Stadium Gore: Gore Ice Skating Rink Queenstown: Queenstown Ice Rink Old Ice Rinks No Longer In Use If you have any old photos, movies or information on Ice skating in NZ we would really appreciate your assistance in building this historical resource. Please contact us. Christchurch Centaurus Ice Rink Alpine Ice Rink (Papanui) Hororata Hororata Domain Rink Timaru Timaru Ice Rink Dunedin The Big Chill Albury Opawa Homestead Arrowtown Arrowtown Ice Rink Queenstown Bush Creek Rum Gully Downey's Dam Queenstown Hill Early Queenstown Rinks Garston Ice Rink Alexandra Early Alexandra Rinks Mt Harper Mt Harper Ice Rink Tekapo Early Tekapo Rinks Central Otago Irishman's Creek Synthetic Ice Outside Wanaka Invercargill Glace Ice Rink North Island Auckland: Paradice Ice Skating Rinks Botany Downs and Avondale NI Ice Rinks No Longer In Use Hamilton Hamilton Ice Rink Wellington Ice Palace Archives of Natural Ice Reports 2011(2)Monday 1st August to Tuesday 23rd August 2011 Saturday 4th June to Sunday 31st July 2010(3) Wednesday 14th July to Wednesday 11th August 2010(2) Wednesday 8th July to Tuesday 13th July 2010 Saturday 29th May to Wednesday 7th July 2009(3) Thursday 9th July to Saturday 15th August 2009(2) Tuesday 30th June to Tuesday 8th July 2009 Sunday 6th June to Saturday 28th June 2008 Saturday 31st May to Sunday 27th July See older Photos on the Photos Pages for the individual locations for Ice Skating. Other Places to visit for Skating Videos and Photos: Videos of Natural Ice Skating: YouTube Aardwolfs: here Joe's: here Glens: here David Young's Blog iceblock.org.nz Ryan Hellyer's Homepages
	Natural Ice Reports for 2012
	Skate Hire: Clive 033238293: 0274504399 Stewarts Gully Ice Skating Sharpening and Skate Hire
	Saturday 28th April 8.43pm: Warming Up for Your Season? Message from Rob Mulders From HLSK in Holland
	Hello NZ skating friends, Warming up for your season? Our skating season 2011/2012 is over. We had many great tours, in Sweden, Norway, Germany and, for the 4th season in a row, we had 10 days of ice on the canals and lakes in Holland! The tour reports from Hollands LSK can be found on http://www.skridsko.net/skridskonet/fardrapport/?_urval=-39 Some of the reports are written in English. I have been at the Ice congress in Finland, it was very nice and informative. One of the sessions was about NZ. Two leaders from the Finnish club showed movies how they drove around, together with and guided by one of your group (ED: Alan Knowles), for finding ice. Remarkable skating pictures and adventures, including a break-up of a small lake just after they skated on it. Made me promise myself that one day I will visit NZ in winter, for sure! Another interesting thing: in season 2010/2011, one group of our club had a major incident on lake V�ttern. They had to be rescued by helicopter. We have written a detailed report about the incident, in English. If you are interested, you can find it on www.hlsk.nl under Documenten. Have a nice season! Kind regards, Rob.
	Saturday 28th April 8.43pm: Mt Cheeseman Skating Rink, From Karl Van Slooten
	Looks like the Mt Cheeseman Ice Rink is getting a makeover at the moment: From the Mt Cheeseman Newsletter (pdf) March 2012 Further work on the ice skating rink will be underway soon by our West Coast curling friends. Stage 2 is to build a small retaining wall around the entire rink / pond which will give a place for the liner to be fastened too and will tidy up the uneven bank. Eventually stage 3 will be to cover 2 the liner with a thin layer of bentonite Clay which will protect the liner and adds further sealing properties. Photos from: http://www.mtcheeseman.co.nz/gallery/summer New Lining and Boards for the Cheeseman Ice Rink Tree cover should give lots of shade to help keep the rink iced Lots of hard work happening here




















	Other Places to visit for Skating Videos and Photos
	Joe's You Tube site: here Glens You Tube site: here David Young's Blog: here iceblock.org.nz Ryan Hellyer's Homepages: here
	Archives
	2011 (2) Monday 1st August to Tuesday 23rd August 2011 Saturday 4th June to Sunday 31st July 2010(3)Wednesday 14th July to Wednesday 11th August 2010(2)Wednesday 8th July to Tuesday 13th July 2010Saturday 29th May to Wednesday 7th July 2009(3)Thursday 9th July to Saturday 15th August 2009(2)Tuesday 30th June to Tuesday 8th July 2009 Sunday 6th June to Saturday 28th June 2008 Saturday 31st May to Sunday 27th July See older Photos on the Photos Pages for the individual locations for Ice Skating.