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For city-wide information, see Current Rink Conditions in Latest News on the home page.
Campbell Rink Profile
updated November 9, 2008
Rink change area Clean and spacious changing area not far from rink. Unfortunately there are no windows overlooking the rink. Snack bar features park-made comfort food including mini-pizzas, macaroni and cheese, hot dogs, hot chocolate, coffee and juice. Skate Loans PWYC, suggested donation $2 donation (helmets free).
Staff: Very friendly, usually found in rink building. Phone: 416-392-6921
Maintenance: Serviced by the 'flying squad', which means that there is no on-site resurfacer. Ice usually cleaned twice daily (often not cleaned for extended periods following snow falls).
Free shinny-hockey and pleasure-skating hours:
2011-2012
Free Pleasure-skating: Available a total of 6 hours a week , during prime time.
Free Shinny hockey: Available a total of 15:30 hours a week (supervised), 40:15 hours (unsupervised) , during prime time.
*prime time means after 4pm weekdays and all day on weekends
Cost to run this rink.
For information on one-time permits contact Carol at 416-392-0361.
Comments about this rink: e-mail us at rinkissues@cityrinks.ca.
Opening and closing dates:
Opens: Dec 1, 2012
Closes: Feb 24, 2013
Rink Diary 2012 - 2013
Friday February 1 2013, from Campbell staff Marina Deluca Howard
Saturday Feb. 2 Campbell Supper is pub-inspired fare, with Sheppard's Pie, Tortilla black bean yam casserole, home-made pizza, salad, and strawberry pie. Vegan and GF options.
Campbell will be open Family Day from 10am-7pm More Pleasure Skating Hours for families to enjoy the day. pleasure skating from 10am-11am, then again from 1pm-3pm All Ages Shinny 11am-1pm, 3pm-7pm unsupervised after 7pm
Also a short update on the season:
Campbell has evolved into a community space. Pop in on a Tuesday evening and you and your toddler can play with toys, read some books, colour, or make your own pizza with fresh dough made by staff. No pizza oven outside yet but friendly helpful staff will help with cheese and tomato sauce and the change room has tables for little rolling pins.
Its all ages shinny and the regulars happily make space for nine year olds wanting to play shinny. There is always a surprize--whether its cinnamon buns or fresh cookies or pizza. In the kitchen you may see the regulars, a group of teen boys, and occasionally girls, baking cookies or pitching in to help create a warm multi-use, welcome space for all.
The Saturday Suppers provide neighbours with a chance to skate, and chat and eat. Sunday pleasure skaters get a chance the next day to sample leftovers at lunch, although there have been days when the dinner sold out. Read More >>
View of the Rink
such a big rink
Making croutons for onion soup
From The City of Toronto Website 2012-13
For the skating schedule, go to Campbell Rink page on the City website, then click on Skating.
Local Rink Schedule - which may differ from the city schedule.
(revised):
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For up to date listings of open rinks (not the same as scheduled openings), see Current Conditions on the cityrinks.ca Home Page
If you notice a different schedule at your rink, please let us know mail@cityrinks.ca
See also the City of Toronto Outdoor Rinks web pages.
Rink Diary 2012 - 2013
Friday February 1 2013, from Campbell staff Marina Deluca Howard
Saturday Feb. 2 Campbell Supper is pub-inspired fare, with Sheppard's Pie, Tortilla black bean yam casserole, home-made pizza, salad, and strawberry pie. Vegan and GF options.
Campbell will be open Family Day from 10am-7pm More Pleasure Skating Hours for families to enjoy the day. pleasure skating from 10am-11am, then again from 1pm-3pm All Ages Shinny 11am-1pm, 3pm-7pm unsupervised after 7pm
Also a short update on the season:
Campbell has evolved into a community space. Pop in on a Tuesday evening and you and your toddler can play with toys, read some books, colour, or make your own pizza with fresh dough made by staff. No pizza oven outside yet but friendly helpful staff will help with cheese and tomato sauce and the change room has tables for little rolling pins.
Its all ages shinny and the regulars happily make space for nine year olds wanting to play shinny. There is always a surprize--whether its cinnamon buns or fresh cookies or pizza. In the kitchen you may see the regulars, a group of teen boys, and occasionally girls, baking cookies or pitching in to help create a warm multi-use, welcome space for all.
The Saturday Suppers provide neighbours with a chance to skate, and chat and eat. Sunday pleasure skaters get a chance the next day to sample leftovers at lunch, although there have been days when the dinner sold out.
Rink Diary 2011 - 2012
Saturday Feb.4 2012
The Campbell shinny hockey round robin.
Falafel cook in the rink kitchen, Feb.7
Thursday February 9 2012
Note from permit holder: "...the Councillor’s office has agreed this week to arrange to get us a flood before our permit starts at 9… we’ll see if that happens…"
Note from rink staff:
There was no ice maintenance until 7:50. I asked the zamboni driver why they came late and he looked at his watch and said they were early. I said I thought there was supposed to be a 6:30 maintenance, he said he hadn't received a call requesting maintenance.
I had tried to call from 6:50 onward. The zamboni driver did not answer his alert and the foreperson's alert indicated he was unavailable. The ice was bad for most of the afternoon. The zamboni came just in time for the permit at 9 pm.
February 10 2011
Note from staff to permit holder: "keep in mind that the issue with us is that we want to strike a balance between permit and drop in shinny. Since Campbell only gets two floods a day, we will opt for a 10 am and a 6 or 7 pm. That way neighborhood skaters get some good ice after 7 and it's still skateable after 9 for permits. So my advice is - if you are asking the councillor for better ice - make sure you ask for 3 floods a day: the ideal would be 10 am, 5 or 6pm and 8ish."
Saturday February 11, 2012
practice makes perfect
Note from rink staff Marina: "The funny thing about the girls who help out is that they get there at 8:30am to help with the toddler skate slot, but tell me they would never make it to school at that time. They shovel, they cook, they wash, they mop and they reorganize things. Last Sat. they were running late and phoned to tell me they were coming at ten to nine instead....There are others who hang out who aren't so easy to figure out. They are much rougher and older. They are not as interested in helping and they aren't invested in the place or the staff. They help occasionally when pressed."
clearing snow off for toddler skate
Sunday February 12 2012
Excerpt from e-mail from Jutta Mason to permit holders:
There are long-running problems with ice maintenance at Campbell Rink. This is partly because of the restrictions of the "flying squad" schedule. Here is an alternative proposal.
Campbell Rink is doomed to bad ice until the maintenance system is changed.
The proposal says that it's time to set up the (pilot) "rink conservancy" in Ward 18 (Campbell, Dufferin, Wallace). That can SAVE the city money and also bring Campbell Rink up closer to the ice maintenance standard of the six identical-size rinks in Etobicoke. Their ice is much better.
See also: Editor's and Rink Users' blog
Diary 2011 - 2012, Diary January 2011, Diary 2010 - 2011, Diary 2009 - 2010, Diary 2008-2009, Diary 2007 - 2008, Diary 2006 - 2007, Diary 2005 - 2006
To see the (2007-2008) report card , click here
Content last modified on December 28, 2012, at 11:41 AM EST