Can Yate Help Save Bristol Ice Rink

It may not be in Yate I bet at some point

we have all made the trip to Bristol Ice Rink, I certainly made several trips

when I was younger, so when I heard this week it was to close, I was mortified.

 

There is few things like the ice rink for

people to do that doesn't cost the earth and doesn't involve a computer so I think

it is a travesty that want to close it.

 

There is a online petition we can all sign

to see if we can help save Bristol Ice rink, so please sign and keep the rink

going.

 

To add your signature to the petition please visit

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/save-the-ice-rink/

 

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A petition started in an attempt to save Bristol

Ice Rink from closure and it is hoped that 10,000 people will sign.

It was announced last week that the rink in

Frogmore Street, which opened in 1966, is to close next year when its lease

runs out. The Unite Group, which owns the site, plans to turn the rink into

student accommodation.

The rink was where Olympic Gold Medallist Robin

Cousins, currently appearing as Head Judge on ITV show Dancing on Ice, first

learnt to skate and many South West children still take lessons from the rink's

coaches each week. The rink is also home to the Bristol Pitbulls Ice Hockey

team, who were founded in 2009 by Bristol-born Richie Hargreaves following a

16-year absence of professional Ice Hockey in the city.

As well as Bristol folk the rink attracts visitors

from many parts of the South West, including towns such as Taunton, all keen to

enjoy an all-weather attraction that offers a great opportunity for fun and

exercise; if it closes the nearest alternative rinks for skaters are in Swindon

and Plymouth. 

The Ice Rink is operated by Berkshire-based businessman

John Nike who has indicated that its closure might not mean the end of ice

skating in the city; he hopes to build hundreds of homes in the Stockwood area

of Bristol and a new £10 million rink could feature in the development's plans.

Subject to receiving planning permission Unite

could open the student flats in time for the academic year starting in

September 2014.