Kyle Community Centre
City: Kyle, SK (See on Map)
Published on: June 6, 2011
The Kyle Community Sports Centre was opened in January 1985. The multi-use facility was built by local contractors, business people and volunteers who felt that the aging Kyle Rink and Curling Club were beyond repair and needed to be replaced
The Kyle Community Sports Centre is the epicenter of our small community for the winter months each year. From the middle of October until the end of March, the Sports Centre is the place to be when looking for an activity to participate in as well as enjoy as a spectator.
For the 2010/11 season, our facility had an Initiation team, Bantam and Senior mens as well as a resurrected CanSkate Program. We also offered all levels of curling. For the 2010/11 season, we had 4 ladies teams, 7 mixed teams, 7 men’s teams and 8 challenge league teams. Our facility has curling four nights a week as well as hosting three bonspiels during the season. Over the years, our hockey teams have been very successful at the League and Provincial level. The Kyle Elks Senior Hockey team has competed in the Sask. Valley Hockey League for many years. They have won the league championship in 2004/05, 2005/06, 2006/07, 2008/09 and 2009/10. The Elks have also competed in the Saskatchewan Hockey Association Provincial ‘C’ and ‘D’ draws since the team was created. The Elks won a ‘D’ provincial title in 1978/79, 2003/04 and won a ‘C’ title in 2005/06 and 2007/08.
Volunteers are the backbone of what keeps our facility running from year to year. All members on the Board of Directors are volunteers. Last year, we had a caretaker to clean and maintain the lobby, washrooms and dressing rooms of the facility as well as an ice maintenance worker for the curling ice. All maintenance for the skating ice is completed by 6 crews of 5 – 8 men who volunteer for a 1 week shift every 6 weeks. The lounge in the upstairs mezzanine is volunteer run by members of the Kyle Curling Club and community of Kyle. Our biggest pride and joy comes from our Arena Kitchen. The local ‘Community Club’ is a volunteer group of local women who take turns organizing meals and volunteers for their week in the kitchen. A volunteer board oversees the management of the kitchen by purchasing groceries, taking stock of inventory, purchasing and receiving orders as well as paying all bills associated with the kitchen. Last season, there were 6 volunteer groups with 4-6 people on each group. Each group is asked to pick 3 weeks and 6 separate days to prepare for the winter. The group is then responsible to make arrangements to have all meals prepared as well as volunteers to work along side them cooking and serving. Our kitchen offers a wide variety of foods but we are known province wide for our homemade pies, desserts, soups and Sunday suppers. A large majority of the out of town ice rentals that we receive during the year are coming to our facility because of our kitchen!
Our facility is able to keep operating due to our communities drive to succeed and passion for the local arena. We strive every fall to raise enough money to keep our doors open for another year. We want to continue to keep our rink open so that all our children have a safe place to play where they can develop life long skills in skating, hockey or curling. They will also gain skills in teamwork, cooperation and volunteering. The gift of $25000 would allow us to complete upgrades that would allow us to keep our doors open for many years to come!
Nomination Support
11 people have supported this nomination
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The Kyle Community Sports Centre is a testament to the drive, dedication and hard work of the many volunteers that have made this great facility what it is today! I support this nomination not only for this prize to help the Sports Centre to keep going but as a thank you to all the wonderful people who helped make it a reality when it was first built 25 years ago!
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Kyle has a second to none sports facility that the community is very proud of because it was built and paid for by volunteers. The Sports Centre is the hub of activity in the winter time for young and old alike. We have had some amazing teams over the years and continue to encourage our young people to participate in the activities and volunteer work at the rink. Our volunteer kitchen is one of the best around. A financial gift would help tremendously to keep our facility in tip tip shape .
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The Kyle Community Sports Centre is a big part of building community strength. It is our towns volunteers hard work and commitment that keeps the facility maintained and operating. The sports centre helps positively mold our youth through competitive and non-competitive sporting activities. It would be a shame to lose such a great social atmosphere that brings our community together. I am proud to have grown up as a member in this community and will continue to be apart of our sports centre
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This would be a wonderful gift for a wonderful town.
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Kyle is well known for our beautiful Sports Centre and outstanding community volunteers. With a declining and aging population, it gets harder every year to keep our facility running. A gift such as this would be such a boost to the community and especially the countless volunteers who donate all their time & talent. We want to keep the doors open for all to enjoy, from our wee little "rink rats" to our Senior Citizens.
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I would love to see my home town recieve such a generous gift.The Volenteers and the entire town have worked extremey hard to maintain and operate such an awesome facility! ! The heart of the community,we are all proud of our rink and is definatley getting my VOTE !!
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I agree completely. I no longer live in Kyle either, but as Ang said it will always be home. In Kyle the winter literally revolves around hockey and curling and the rink. In the summer its all about rodeo and 4-H. They could really use the money to bring the town closer together.
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As a volunteer convenor for the rink kitchen, I know first hand how much hard work and dedication has been put into our sports centre. Many of the seniors in our community show up to watch the events and for some of them, it is the one place they can come and socialize and enjoy a great burger and dessert. My grandfather was one of those people. He rarely missed a senior hockey game and always sat in the same seat! He always said he went for the burgers but we all knew it was more than that!
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Kyle is a very small town and the rink is probably the busy place in town in the winter. We are loosing alot of businesses and need to keep the rink to keep our small town going!
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For a town of 500 to have such an amazing facility is a testement to the strength of this community. The fact that it takes the entire community support to keep it open year after year shows the unmatched community spirt and pride that the Town of Kyle has. I am proud to be a member of this fantastic community!
