Bothwell Skating Club

Hi everyone, just want to put it out there that we need people to email council members. Even if you just write who you are and that you are against the decision to take ice out of arenas. We have a councillor that voted against us, willing to ask for a reconsideration of the decision made to remove ice. We need all councillors aware of how many of us disapprove of the decision to remove ice, this way they know the impact it has on our community. One councillor has said he has not received too many emails. Let’s flood their emails! For our kids!

To our Skating families and friends. As many of you have heard, on Monday Chatham-Kent Council voted to remove the ice from two Chatham-Kent arenas, Bothwell being one of those arenas. The Bothwell Skating Club was not notified of the upcoming vote, nor were we consulted regarding this decision. We still have not received any formal proposals regarding other options available to our skating club for ice time. We did contact Jeff Bray on Friday and he offered us ice time in ...Dresden on December 23 & 30 and March 21 & 31, all dates we aren’t scheduled to skate in our existing ice contract with the the municipality . He also suggested ice time on Saturdays 10am to 12pm in Ridgetown. This is unacceptable, we have a ice contract in place with the Chatham-Kent Municipality for two hours on Wednesdays and on Saturdays at the Bothwell arena. I want to assure all of our skating families that we are working diligently with the other groups at both arenas affected by this decision, to stop the removal of the ice. We are asking our skating families to please email the Municipality councillors and tell them this is not okay, in a short to the point and respectful email. We would be happy to provide you with the email addresses. Thank you. https://www.chatham-kent.ca/local-governm//council-members See more

Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, the AGM scheduled for tomorrow has been cancelled and will be rescheduled for another date. We will update you on the date as soon as possible.

We start skating tomorrow! You can still register for skating on Wednesday and Saturday!

Skating Registration tonight 5:30 to 7pm at Bothwell arena parking lot! Skating Registration tonight 5:30 to 7pm at Bothwell arena parking lot!

Pages 6 & 7 of the Herald.

Thanks everyone for all your hard work!

Volunteers still needed for carnival. Sign up sheets will be at skating Wednesday and Saturday or respond to this message with your availability. Also, all skaters are encouraged to attend Wednesday night and Saturday morning to practice for carnival. All skaters welcome to skate both days no matter what they are registered to skate. Canskaters skate at 6pm Wednesday’s and 10am Saturdays. Thanks :)

The Municipality of Chatham-Kent offers a program to support the enrolment of children in activities, lesson, & leisure. They encourage applying now for the 2020-2021 skating season. http://www.chatham-kent.ca/allforkids

Lessons for star skaters from 6:40 to 7:50pm are cancelled due to testing. Star 2 skaters will have lessons during canskate, 6pm to 6:25pm.

Carnival Pictures are next Saturday! Attached is a schedule and order form.

Reminder: No Skating Saturday January 25.Reminder: No Skating Saturday January 25.

Skating resumes tomorrow January 4! And it’s P.J. day! Wear something comfy and bring a stuffy! Skating resumes tomorrow January 4! And it’s P.J. day! Wear something comfy and bring a stuffy!