IJsbaan Ruggeveld

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IJsbaan Ruggeveld Deurne
IN FRENCH: Patinoire Ruggeveld de Deurne
IN ENGLISH: Ice Rink Ruggeveld of Deurne
ALSO KNOWN AS: IJsbaan Deurne
SIZE: 60 meters by 30 meters
ADDRESS: Ruggeveldlaan 488 (address old rink?)
LOCATION: Deurne District, Antwerp, Flemish Region, Belgium

Ice skating rink in the Deurne District of the city of Antwerp, Arrondissement of Antwerp, Province of Antwerp, in the Flemish Region of Belgium. Note that the old Ruggeveld rink has closed, but a new rink is being built and a temporary rink is available in the meantime.

Clubs and Teams

CLUB NAME: Antwerpse Kunstschaatsclub Ruggeveld
IN ENGLISH: Antwerp Figure Skating Club Ruggeveld
WEB SITE: schaatsclub.be
SOCIAL MEDIA: |FB Group |
VIDEOS: | Youtube "Antwerpse Kunstschaatsclub Ruggeveld" Videos Channel

CLUB NAME: Ijshockeyclub Antwerp Phantoms
ALSO KNOWN AS: Antwerp Phantoms Deurne
FOUNDED: 1972 as the DISC Phantoms (Deurne Ice Skating Club Phantoms)
COLORS: Blue and Yellow
WEB SITE: phantoms.be | 2018 Archive |
SOCIAL MEDIA: Faceboook | FB Events | Instagram | Twitter |
VIDEOS: YouTube "Antwerp Phantons" Videos Channel
RBIHF ARTICLE: Royal Belgian Ice Hockey Federation "Antwerp Phantoms" Profile
WIKIPEDIA ARTICLES: Dutch | French | English |

Resources

- Antwerpen.be "IJsbasn Ruggeveld Deurne" Article
- Eurohockey "IJsbaan Ruggeveld" Article

Temporary Ice Rink

Sportoase is targeting mid-2021 for opening a newly constructed ice rink and swimming pool complex. The city of Antwerp is working on a temporary solution for the ice skating clubs and the ice skating public. Research is underway to construct a temporary and covered ice rink on the former Olympic football field at ark Groot Schijn by the start of the next sports season.

New Ice Rink Begin Built

2019 May
New Ruggeveld Ice Rink in 2021
Sportoase is building an ice skating rink with two ice surfaces on Ruggeveld by 2021, one 60 by 30 meter rink and a smaler 30 by 15 meter rink. The Antwerp Alderman College has awarded the design, construction, financing and operation of a new ice rink in Deurne to Sportoase. If the city council gives the green light on May 27, 2019, there will be not one, but two ice floors at Park Groot Schijn by mid-2021. Sportoase will also build the new swimming center nearby. (HLN Dot BE article published in May of 2019).

ZJA "Sports Centre Sportoase Groot Schijn, Deurne" Project
In Deurne, on the eastern rim of the city of Antwerp, in the middle of Ruggeveld Park, lies a special sports building. One can swim, practice springboard diving and learn to use diving equipment, but also learn to skate, and cheer for the local ice hockey club or watch a game of figure skating, all under the same roof. This unique combination required a special ZJA design that integrates these different functions in a smart and compact building Having entered the entrance hall a choice has to be made between liquid and frozen water. The ice rink is to the left, the swimming pool to the right.

News and Articles

2019 February 20
Clubs Looking for Solution After Rink Closure/disciplines/roller-sports/
IN DUTCH: Schaatsclubs op zoek naar oplossing nu Ruggeveld definitief sluit
This Dutch language article by Els Brandt published on the VRT Dot BE Web site announced that the Ruggeveld ice rink would be closing permanently because its roof cannot be repaired. The rink's skating clubs are looking for a new home.

2019 February 16
Ice Rink in Deurne Closed Due to Stability Problems/disciplines/roller-sports/
IN DUTCH: Schaatsbaan in Deurne Gesloten Door Stabiliteitsproblemen
This Dutch language article by Frank Segers published on the VRT Dot BE Web site announced that problems with the roof of the Ruggeveld Ice Rink caused the facility be be evacuated during an ice figure skating performance with 150 participants, that was presented by the local skating club. A city engineer determined that rink must remain closed for the time being.

2010 FACEBOOK PAGE: Behoud IJsbaan Ruggeveld (Save the Ruggeveld Ice Rink)

2010 October
Ice Rink in Deurne Closing May 2011
IN ENGLISH: IJspiste in Deurne Sluit in Mei 2011
< This Dutch language article by Jan Auman that was published on the Nieuwsblad.be Web site in October of 2010 announced that the Ruggeveld ice rink would be closing its doors on May 30, 2011 after almost forty years in business. From retiring rink manager Marc Croes: "It will be with a heavy heart that I say goodbye to this ice rink that I opened in 1972". The rink closed because its building was getting old and in need of repairs but also because the rink that attracted more than 800 people in one evening in the past was struggling to attract 200 people over an entire weekend.

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