Public Skating
Public Skating is offered regularly at both Embro and Thamesford arenas throughout the regular ice season. Public Skating is open to all skaters of all ages, Visit our Community Calendar for schedules.
What is Shinny?
Wikipedia: Shinny (also shinney, pick-up hockey, pond hockey, or "outdoor puck") is an informal type of hockey played on ice. It is also used as another term for street hockey. There are no formal rules or specific positions, and often, there are no goaltenders. The goal areas at each end may be marked by nets, or simply by objects, such as stones or blocks of snow. Body checking and lifting or "roofing/reefing/raising the puck" (shooting the puck or ball so it rises above the ice) are often forbidden because the players are not wearing protective equipment. Shinny is a game that all levels of hockey enthusiasts can play because it requires no rink, requires no skills except ability to hold a stick and at the very least to try to touch the puck or ball when it goes by. Shinny may be completely non-competitive and recreational.
The Township of Zorra is pleased to offer recreational Shinny on a drop-in basis at both Embro and Thamesford Arenas throughout our ice season. Watch our Community Calendar for dates and times.
The rules of Shinny are posted at our arenas and are available here.
