Woodstock District Community Complex

Woodstock District Community Complex
Woodstock Community Centre
Exterior of Woodstock District Community Complex
Coordinates 43°06′51″N 80°45′06″W / 43.114267°N 80.751572°W / 43.114267; -80.751572Coordinates: 43°06′51″N 80°45′06″W / 43.114267°N 80.751572°W / 43.114267; -80.751572
Owner City of Woodstock, Ontario
Operator Darren Hall
Capacity Main rink: 2000 (500 standing spaces)
Secondary rink: 100
Field size 200' x 100' (main rink)
185" x 85' (secondary rink)
Construction
Opened July 1996
Construction cost $12,284,000.00
Architect Wong Gregersen
Project manager John Chu
Tenants
Woodstock Navy-Vets
Website
Official site

The Woodstock District Community Complex is considered to be the social epicentre of the Canadian community of Woodstock, Ontario.

Summary

Panorama of the front view

This facility is the host of Woodstock Navy-Vets hockey games from November to April and community events year-round for the general public as well as private organizations. Besides two ice rinks, the complex also hosts the Woodstock Gymnastics Club, a banquet hall, and an extension site for Fanshawe College. A Woodstock Sports Wall of Fame is also prominently displayed in the building's main foyer; displaying the local elite of the sporting world. The facility is run by the City of Woodstock.

One of the most recent major events using this community centre was the provincial qualifying rounds for the 2009 Tim Hortons Brier (also known as the 2009 TSC Stores Tankard). The competition took place from February 2 to February 8.[1] The tournament attracted the best men's curling players from all over Ontario[1] Glenn Howard was given the honour of representing the Ontario provincial curling team in the national tournament in Calgary at the Pengrowth Saddledome[1] (now known as Scotiabank Saddledome).

The Complex also hosted the Ontario Tankard in 2001. It was also the venue for wrestling at the 2001 Canada Games.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "2009 Tim Hortons Brier". Suburban Schoolmasters' Curling Club. 2008-08-17. Retrieved 2008-11-18.


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