** Warning: Do Not Go Ice Skating! **

JohnCleary

Just a heads up to you before you spend so much energy going all the way to Oranmore for the Ice Skating...

DO NOT GO. It is TINY! I was told it was small but thought to myself 'Sure ya cant expect an olympic rink' but OMG :eek:

Its about 20ft x 15ft ... I walked up to it and was in shock. I over heard a 8 - 10 year old kid complaining to his mother that it was tiny... Imagine an adult (ahem) stepping in. Its not even real ice

Just a heads up. I didnt even ask how much it would cost I was so disgusted, I just left

TerrorFirmer

Well John, I did warn ya....:D

JohnCleary

MobileInfantry wrote:

Well John, I did warn ya....:D

LOL I know but I thought you may have been exagurating a bit!

I gotta start having faith from fellow boarders

tman

are they going to have the temporary rink down the Claddagh this year?
was a decent enough rink last year

Redhairedguy

I assume so... what with the ballsness of the Oranmore Skating Rink

Ruffty^

Didn`t the claddagh one end up getting blown into the river last year?
Wonder what the odds will be if they set it up there again...

JohnCleary

The one in the Claddagh blew away and the company went bust...

You guys should read the advertiser more

So to answer your question, no the one down the Claddagh will not be returning this year as the company no longer exists

rabbitinlights

JohnCleary wrote:

The one in the Claddagh blew away and the company went bust...

You guys should read the advertiser more

So to answer your question, no the one down the Claddagh will not be returning this year as the company no longer exists

As far as I know, loads of people (11 if Im correct) either broke a bone or hurt themselves quite badly and sued the owner for damages and he wasnt covered for insurance fully. Pretty stupid in this day and age.

JohnCleary

rabbitinlights wrote:

As far as I know, loads of people (11 if Im correct) either broke a bone or hurt themselves quite badly and sued the owner for damages and he wasnt covered for insurance fully. Pretty stupid in this day and age.

Pretty stupid that people go sueing over their own incompetancy :rolleyes:
And we wonder why small business' cant afford Public Liability anymore

po0k

rabbitinlights wrote:

As far as I know, loads of people (11 if Im correct) either broke a bone or hurt themselves quite badly and sued the owner for damages and he wasnt covered for insurance fully. Pretty stupid in this day and age.

Those are the same people that slipped through the screening process at birth and subsequently were not issued with Life-Protect™ crash helmets due to a billing error.

rabbitinlights

Actually I think it was because of the shoddy workmanship of the structure. loads of pieces of Wood and metal protruding. Thats why his Insurance didnt cover him, but Im sure half of those people were just Idiots and saw € signs when it happened.

Msfc

JohnCleary wrote:

The one in the Claddagh blew away and the company went bust...

You guys should read the advertiser more

So to answer your question, no the one down the Claddagh will not be returning this year as the company no longer exists

So well have no ice rink at all this year??? aww...it was great crak last year...

aw

What's the Clifden one like?
It's in the StationHouse Hotel courtyard...
probably small too.

tman

hehe. apparently my next sports & social event at work is going to be at the Oranmore "rink"
i'd let people know that the rink sucks... but... well... i'm a bit of a cúnt:)

Tar.Aldarion

We were just talking about going iceskating as a house outing this evening but oh well, it sounds bad....

JohnCleary

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

We were just talking about going iceskating as a house outing this evening but oh well, it sounds bad....

Go... it'll be some 'outing'

TerrorFirmer

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

We were just talking about going iceskating as a house outing this evening but oh well, it sounds bad....

Spray a **** load of deodrant on your bedroom/sitting room floor and you have a rink of equal size to Oranmore.

Sadly not very far from the truth.

im presuming drinking and skating dont mix!feck!

Tar.Aldarion

MobileInfantry wrote:

Spray a **** load of deodrant on your bedroom/sitting room floor and you have a rink of equal size to Oranmore.

Sadly not very far from the truth.

My bedroom sounds bigger than this place tbh, it's like big and stuff.
Might pop along for an 'outing' some evening as john says
If all else fails we could bowl or drink instead.

aw

Nobody been in Clifden then no?.......

redmosquito

Was at the Oranmore "rink" last night. It is indeed tiny and its crazily expensive, €9 each for me and me girlfriend, even though I have to be honest, I had a small bit of fun while I was on it. I had never even had roller blades never mind skates on before so my repeated falling was good fun but no doubt its gonna feel so lame in comparison to real ice (If I ever get to try that)

Ajnag

Didn`t the claddagh one end up getting blown into the river last year?

Yep and I was there when it happened
The squall that did the damage was a real freak, It happened in the space of 10 minutes and died away just as quickly as it had appeared. Same day the tornados hit dublin and meath, and one hell of a way to welcome in the new year from my pov

Ruffty^

Funny stuff

po0k

redmosquito wrote:

Was at the Oranmore "rink" last night. It is indeed tiny and its crazily expensive, €9 each for me and me girlfriend, even though I have to be honest, I had a small bit of fun while I was on it. I had never even had roller blades never mind skates on before so my repeated falling was good fun but no doubt its gonna feel so lame in comparison to real ice (If I ever get to try that)

Real ice rules, about 10 years or so ago, there was a good solid freeze and a glorified puddle in the bog froze over, good thick layer of ice too and well supported around the edges. No chance of breaking it. Spent the day slipping and sliding and beating lumps out of one another.

It was about 3'x5' at the most generous estimate, and perfectly transparent (until we scraped the shít out of the surface)

wet-paint

10cm of ice will hold a jeep.

An inordinate amount of fingers were chopped off last year by skates.

Ajnag

This year is looking good as any for a freeze like that syxpak. But we'll have to wait and see, theres a few threads on it in the weather forum.

The rink in clifden is being built, havent checked it out yet, but will let ya know when I do.

JohnCleary

How big is the one in Clifden gonna be? and why Clifden? surely itd make much more business in galway

swalsh

Headin to Clifden for my Christmas party on saturday so i will post the details after that

aw

I emailed them and asked because I'm thinking of heading out.

The ice rink needs to be prebooked and prepaid. The cost is E15.00 for an adult and E10.00 for a child. This is based on a one hour session.

The Ice Rink is 15m x 20m and holds 50 persons at one time.

What are the exact dimensions of the Oranmore one?

JohnCleary

aw wrote:

I emailed them and asked because I'm thinking of heading out.



What are the exact dimensions of the Oranmore one?

Realisticly about 10m x 10m

Id be suspicious about prepay tbh

Ajnag

Just saw the clifden rink to night, It's pretty big about what they say it is.

I think the reason it is in clifden is that the stationhouse hotel is probably looking to draw in some christmas costom.

Had a giggle to note theyve got this marquee tied down with huge precasts of concrete
Guess they dont want this one flying away.