2017 Winter Classic Recap & Photo Gallery

This year’s second annual Clair Hills Winter Classic was a huge success thanks to the hard work of our volunteers and participation from our neighbours and local supporters. The Winter Classic was held on February 4, 2017. A very special thank you to Rob Wallace (CHCA Board member) and Scott Dougall (CHCA Board member & Ice Rink Convenor) who coordinated the event. They worked hard to set up the event, provide prizes and kept us cozy warm with the bond fire! This year’s Winter Classic was funded in part by the City of Waterloo’s Neighbourhood Matching Fund.

The event included several winter activities, including public skating and  a fun pick up hockey tournament. A special thank you to Luke Stuart who helped coordinate the tournament and Peter Hughes who officiated. Thank you to Adam Shortt who ran the popular Turkey Tosses for both adults and kids. Congratulations to the lucky winners!

In addition, the free event included horse drawn carriage rides from St. Jacob’s Horsedrawn Tours and pony rides with Conestoga River Horseback Adventures. The CHCA provided a free pizza party, and a special thank you to local Panago Pizza store for their support. A big thank you to Anne Paulson and Krysten Palser who helped coordinate the lunch and ensured everyone had lots of pizza and drinks! Thank you also to Vicki, Adam, and Kirsten Dougall, and Ashley and Alexis Wallace for running the games and helping to make things run smoothly.

Thank you to Teresa Martin for help with planning, Breanna Swanson for organizing the snowman building and snow art activities and  Mike Dwyer for helping with the shootout activity.

Our new Parents Group Coordinator Giannina Camacho provided a fun craft activity for the kids with the button making machine-thank you, Giannina!

Local dignitaries who attend the event included Mayor Dave Jaworsky, Ward 2 Councillor Brian Bourke and Lori Ludwig (Community & Neighbourhood Services Manager) with the City of Waterloo. Thank you for coming out to support Clair Hills!

Additional thanks are owed to the dedicated volunteers of the CHCA Rink Crew (Scott Dougall, Mike Dixon, Mike Dwyer, Adam Shortt, Luke Stuart, Jerry Walker, Craig Smith, Caitlin Smith, Rob Wallace, Iain Thompson, Trish Adams) for their commitment to maintaining the ice rink both for this event and throughout the winter season.

A very special thank you to all our additional sponsors including: Christie Digital, City of Waterloo, Home Hardware, Martins Apples, Sobeys Laurelwood, and Starbucks at Erb/Ira Needles.

Please take a look at the photo gallery below for all the pictures and fun. We look forward to more fun at next year’s Winter Classic; stay tuned for the date!

Sincerely,

Diana Clipsham

Director, Clair Hills Community Association
Photo Gallery pictures courtesy of Diana Clipsham