Day 9 / Scraping and a Flood

 Total upper = 10

Total Lower = 12

Bill, Craig, Peter, Andrew P., and Kurt grabbed theirs scrapers and attacked the high spots on the lower. After creating shavings and chunks of frozen H2O, Kurt got his blower going clear the ice. 

Peter, suggested to do a thin coat... So we laid down a quick one.

Flames Lost in overtime, but got a point.

Let's take the weekend off..
Wait for some cold in a week.

Keeping the hose on the ice,

Kurt

Day 8 / Flooding

Total upper = 9

Total Lower =11

The team on the lower

"R" for Rosemont

Putting the drained hose away

Day 7 / Skatable Ice?...

Total Upper = 8 coats

Total Lower = 9 coats

3 PM flooding was a good idea, thanks Peter, Bill and Kurt for sneaking a flood in on Sunday afternoon. We were hoping for another flood in the at 7 pm, but didn't have a third. Bill and Craig were down. Thanks for trying guys.

Weather is warming up, but cold enough at night to keep going.

See you at 7 PM. this week until further notice.

Andrew G. took this shot yesterday, Yes if you look closely, playing hockey on the lump lower ice.

Keeping the hose on the ice.

Some shots with daylight. (usually its dark)

The exchange of the wet end.

Peter doing a proper "Draining of The Hose" technique.

Day 6 / Flooding Sunday...

 

Total Upper = 7 coats

Total Lower = 8 coats

Bill, Jeff, Peter, Craig, and Kurt laid down a thick coat on each Saturday night. The temp was around -17ºC. perfect for keeping the layers going.

Sunday TWO shifts.

3 PM    Peter, Bill, and Kurt will be heading down for an afternoon shift. Could use a fourth or so.

7 PM    Craig is leading the night shift, More help is needed.

Keeping the hose on the ice,

Kurt

The team finishing the upper, Always starting on the upper... to finish on the lower/ better draining. FYI.

Usually, we take a break by the fire after the upper. Not tonight, Peter grabs the hose and heads down.

Finished the lower early.

Craig took some photos of the frost on the surface of the smooth parts.

Day 5 / Flooding...

 WE are going every night until we get it smooth. Last night...

TOTAL Upper = 6 coats 

TOTAL Lower = 7 coats

It's Saturday morning and still cold, the week coming up looks to be warmer (It's Calgary). We are going every night and there are parts of the lower that are already looking smooth. Let's keep going guys.

See you at 7 PM tonight.

Kurt on the blower, trying to clear the skiff of snow off the upper.

The upper looks like a few more good heavy floods.

Andrew making things happen on the lower. We decided to not blow the skiff but flood the snow.

The park is full of frost and the trees look beautiful in the night sky.

7 pm to 9:50 pm got the rinks done.

See you at 7 pm tonight.... email if you can make it please REPLY ALL.

Keeping the hose on the ice... Kurt

Day 4 Flooding...

 It's all about team work and volume to get the rinks up off the grass, and we are off to a good start!

Grant playing air guitar with the hose.

The team!!!

Volume

Peter on the wet end of the hose.

Grant, Andrew P., and Jamie (Rosemont man through and through)

Cold night.

Day 3 / Flooding

 Lower = 4 coats

Upper = 3 coats

Bud is making history by showing up twice in 2 years in 2 days.

Great work everyone. We have perfect icemaking weather COLD and NO SNOW. Let's keep it going tomorrow at 7 PM.

Keeping the hose on the snow,

Kurt

Day 3 / Flooding...

Upper 1 coat = 3

Lower 1 coat = 4 total

Bill,  Andrew and Andrew plus Kurt tonight.

Nozzle off and long coats. We started late tonight about 7:25 pm until 10:00 pm. 

Let me know who can make it the day of, so we can make sure we have enough gripper on the ice.

Cheers, 

Kurt