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Link rink to shut during quiet months
The ice rink at Link Centre will close during the summer holidays for up
to eight weeks from the end of July to allow for essential works to upgrade
FREE equipment.
• Initial consultation The need to replace the ice freezing it was decided to defer the ice rink
• Body fat testing plant has been on the cards for several refurbishment for a year. It’s essential
• Posture analysis By Sue years but a study has shown that un- to renew the facilities offered by the
Personal training available: ◆ Your local family hairdresser dertaking the work is now considered council.”
£120 for 4 sessions ◆ 25% discount for Seniors urgent. Swindon Coun-
cil’s cabinet has agreed to
• £224 for 8 • £300 for 12 Call now for an appointment fund the estimated cost of
T: 07733 225230 £768,000. There will be a
E : rich@121fitnesstraining.co.uk on 01793 871120 £60,000 loss of revenue.
75 Basepoint, Rivermead Drive, Westlea, SN5 7EX or 07967 363322 Cabinet member for
W: 121fitnesstraining.co.uk HOME VISITS AVAILABLE leisure Keith Williams said
the work had been planned
for some time. “Originally
we had it programmed for
2012 but when the pool
emergency came about,
Friends of 90 year old Vera
Sheppard from Wootton
Bassett organised her birth-
day wish to again appear on
the ice at Link Centre before
Christmas. She was a senior
star of twelve ice shows at
the centre during the 1990s.
Photo: Richard Wintle www.
sportswindon.com
Pee Wee Wildcats programme aims to make
Swindon the home of ice hockey in Britain
With children as young as three taking to the ice at the Link Centre to
learn how to play ice hockey in the Learn to Play programme, Swindon
Wildcats ice hockey are demonstrating how popular the game is.
The Laser Clinic

Laser Tattoo
Removal
now from £45

(SAVE UP TO £25
PER TREATMENT!) Rink action on a Friday evening. Photo: Richard Wintle www.sportswindon.com
Honest and affordable Explaining what’s on offer for Steve is also the director of Okana-
treatment youngsters, Wildcats general manager gan Hockey Academy based at Link
Steve Nell said: “The Learn to Play Centre which launched in September,
Registered. Trusted. programme takes place on Fridays providing daily hockey training for
Insured from 6.15pm for boys and girls be- 14 to 18 year olds who attend school
Call NOW to make tween the ages of about 4 to 14. It’s at Lydiard Park Academy and local
Before and after 5 treatments YOUR appointment! open to anyone who has a basic skating colleges.
ability and provides the foundation to Commenting on the club’s ambi-
TLC ... BECAUSE WE CARE! progress through the skill levels before tions, Steve said: “We want to be the
being invited to join the Wildcats biggest club in the country, and make
FREE PARKING at Basepoint Business Centre Academy.” Swindon the home of ice hockey in
Rivermead Drive, Westlea, West Swindon Swindon Wildcats has the biggest England.”
youth section in the country, with All that’s needed to get involved is
All treatment by Registered Nurses
180 registered players, 50 of whom for the child to be keen, motivated and
are under ten years old. The junior prepared to have fun. The first session
The Laser Clinic (Swindon) @TLCSwindon squad comprises five age groups, each of the Learn to Play programme is free,
with two teams, including a girls only with equipment provided.
under 16 team. Fixtures are played all For more information contact
www.swindonlaserclinic.co.uk across the south of England, with each the Swindon Wildcats Ice Hockey
team playing 20 games per season. Academy office on 01793 886857.
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