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Winter 2024 Public Skating Schedule
We are excited to offer the below Winter Public Skating Sessions starting in the New Year. Some time and facility adjustments have been made to ensure diverse and quality service provisions for more residents, including an additional Adult Skate session.
Cost: Free
Note: The City does not provide skates or assisting devices
Running: January 8 to March 22, 2024
NO SKATING: January 7, January 12, January 14, February 19
Clearwater Arena – 1400 Wellington St.
Pat Stapleton Arena – 134 Brock St. S.
SKATE PROGRAM | SESSION DETAILS |
Parent-Tot 5 Years or Younger Learning to Skate | Monday – Tuesday (Clearwater Red) 10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Wednesday – Thursday (Clearwater Blue) 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. |
Family Skate Children of All Ages and Levels Children must be accompanied by a parent/guardian 18+ | Monday – Tuesday (Clearwater Red) 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Wednesday – Thursday (Clearwater Blue) 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Sunday (Pat Stapleton) 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. |
Adult Skate Adults 18+ | Monday – Tuesday (Clearwater Red) 12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. OR 2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Wednesday – Thursday (Clearwater Blue) 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. OR 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. |
Open Skate All Ages Children under 14 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian 18+ | Friday (Clearwater Red) 9:45 p.m. – 10:45 p.m. Sunday (Pat Stapleton) 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. |
Public Skating Rules & Regulations
Children under 14 years of age must be accompanied by an adult.
All participants must vacate the building within 15 minutes of the end of the skating session.
Activities and items that are not permitted on the ice during Public Skating sessions include:
- No food or drink
- No horseplay/games
- No skating backwards or speed skating
- No figure skating maneuvers
- No skating against the direction of flow of skaters
- No sticks, pucks, balls, pylons, or any other kind of hockey/sport equipment
- No headsets, cell phones, or hand-held electronic devices to be used while skating
- No shoes or any other footwear other than ice skates
- No strollers or other assisting devices that may interfere with skaters’ safety
- Ice-certified skating aids are allowed during Parent & Tot sessions only
- Wheelchairs and other accessibility devices are allowed, so long as they always remain in control of a skater
- No carrying of children is to be permitted
- No sitting on the boards
- No throwing of ice or snow or any other objects
Maximum 120 skaters on ice.
Any participants disobeying rules will be asked to leave the session, and may be excluded from future skating sessions.