Canterbury Olympic Ice Rink Explained

Canterbury Olympic Ice Rink
Location:	Canterbury, New South Wales

Canterbury Olympic Ice Rink was an ice sports and public ice skating centre, located in the Sydney suburb of Canterbury, New South Wales.^[1] It hosted a number of major ice hockey games, including East Coast Super League games. The venue offered a wide variety of activities including ice skating lessons, birthday parties, figure skating, speed skating, synchronised skating, public skating sessions. It was also the home venue of the Sydney Figure Skating Club, Sydney Arrows (speed skating), Canterbury Ice Hockey Club and the East Coast Super League, Sydney's elite ice hockey tournament.^[2]

In August 2022, Canterbury Olympic Ice Rink was shut down after structural engineers found the roof at risk of collapse.^[3] As part of its WestInvest program, the NSW Government has granted $17.7 million^[4] for an upgrade to the ice rink expected to complete by late 2024.

See also

• List of ice rinks in Australia
• Australian Women's Ice Hockey League

References

1. Web site: About Us . 2023-05-02 . Canterbury Olympic Ice Rink . en.
2. Web site: East Coast Super League - Powered By esportsdesk.com . dead . 2015-10-03 . www.ecslhockey.com . 4 October 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151004070158/http://www.ecslhockey.com/leagues/custom_page.cfm?clientid=5207&leagueid=19807&pageid=16417 .
3. News: 2023-02-07 . 'Huge relief' as Sydney ice rink saved by $17m grant for 'total upgrade' . en-AU . ABC News . 2023-05-02.
4. Web site: Cabinet . Department of Premier and . 2023-02-08 . WestInvest - Ice rink, active transport, Indigenous education latest WestInvest winners . 2023-05-02 . NSW Government . en-AU.