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Reunion

Click the link above to see the pictures of our reunion on the 29th of December 2006

To leave a message on the board click Messages

There is now quite a gathering of ex-Southampton skaters that go to Basingstoke Ice Rink on a Thursday night. So if you are still able to get your skates on, come and join us all

NEW! Programs of Vikings games now available on the link Menu above.

This is the home page of one of the oldest Ice Hockey Clubs in the UK. Although there is no home ice at the moment doesn't mean that the spirit isn't willing, it is alive and raring to go once a new ice rink is ready. 

Southampton City Council are working to bring ice skating back to its citizens after the old Banister rink closed its doors to the paying public in controversial circumstances in 1988. The new arena that is planned as part of the West Quay redevelopment and is the last piece of the jigsaw that we are eagerly awaiting to appear. The planning application has not yet been submitted but as soon as it is, this site will contain all the information and links to external sites of interest concerning the new arena. For over fifty years up to 1988 with only a break because of war damage, we enjoyed the facility. It was only the greed of a corporate bully who's only intention of buying into the ice rink site in 1963 was to sell it off for luxury housing which took them 25 years to achieve and ended in the closure of the rink.

Over the past 7 years, this site and other organisations like The Southampton Ice Dance and Figure skating Club have helped to convince the local council that an ice rink in Southampton is viable and will be well patronised. It has been a long arduous battle with disappointments and some successes, but it would appear that the effort has been worth it.

The petition is over now, and the on-line participation has now ceased. Emails to the city council will still be appreciated and handed on to Councillor Steve Sollit is Cabinet member for Leisure. We have to show that there is a need for an ice rink and although the evidence is there already, the council have to be convinced it is not going to cost the earth and end up in closure after only a short time. Ice rinks as we know cost buckets of cash to build and run and no one expects any council to spend tax payers money on something that is going to end up a total waste of time effort and....... money.

So, if you are reading this and you are from Southampton, email your councillor and tell them what you think. They must listen to what you have to say, you effort could make all the difference to our city boasting a state of the art ice rink or yet another office block, hotel or even more shopping facilities.

The BRICK is depending on you!!

I hope you enjoy this site, if you remember the ice rink, then it will take you back to the days when skating was a way of life for many in Southampton. People say that they used to spend their lives at the rink, like me, it was my second home for a long time. Of course, it is not just about the great sport of hockey, it is also about ice skating, ice dancing, ice shows, ice cream, well, a little bit of poetic justice, please!

A new ice rink would be,,,,,,,,.............the icing on the cake.

This site is owned and maintained by Natalie, keeper of the BRICK