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# NameComments
101 Liz CameronThe Linx Ice Arena is a unique facitlity in the North east. It keeps kids off the street and promotes health.
102 Katy Landsman
103 AnonymousSave our skaters, keep aberdeen active and let us win trophies for the city!!!!!
104 Fiona Connon
105 KiedraDON'T close OUR RINK..!
106 Simon MillerDon't Close the rink
107 Mrs Amanda MainI have 3 sons who use the rink every week and one who uses a wheelchair but who does access the rink ocassionally with the special chairs that are available. This is an activity they can enjoy together. We have been members of the Linx club for 5 years.
108 Karin Rowlands
109 FIONA SCOTTinsane see the bigger picture prevent obesity,save lives--save money
110 Alison BrownleePlease do not close the only ice rink in the City of Aberdeen. I have used the facility since it opened in 1992, and it would be devastating to the future of skating in Scotland to loose such a fantastic facility. The ice rink also helps keep children off our streets and promotes healthy living.
111 S TaylorIce sports in Scotland are being threatened with extinction. How can we develop the athletes of the future when yet another facility is being closed down?
112 andy fergusonSeems like another excuse for a Council efficiency saving! Where is there commitment to improving the health of the nation
113 Colette Baxter
114 Stuart MillerOne of the best ice surfaces in the country with great staff. Do not see any reason to refurbish when compared to other Scottish rinks.
115 Ali MacLeod
116 Nicola LiddleSurprising that there is plan to close the rink when the dancing on ice programme is on - surely a time when more of the public want to use the facility?
117 Fiona BainCrazy that they would even think about it!
118 Gordon Cox
119 Craig PikeYet another example of a local authority which has very little foresight in providing the services required by the community. Budgets are inherently slashed and then spent on the wrong things. What is my Council Tax paying for ? This is one facility which simply has to be saved as a popular family resource within the community. Come on City Council, and for once listen to the people who live here - these cuts cannot, and should not go ahead.
120 Karen Finnie
121 AnonymousWhen there are such concerns regarding the fitness of our young people we should not be closing any kind of sports /leisure facilities.
122 Angela Penny
123 David HarrisonAberdeen has high aspirations for the future, surely as part of this vision it needs to be developing its sports facilities, not shutting them down. This is another example of the short sighted, backward minded nature of Aberdeen City Council.
124 Karen LaingI cannot believe we are going to loose the ice skating facililty in Aberdeen again! My family and I are members of the LInks Skating Club and have enjoyed many hours at the rink. My young daughter is almost old enough to venture on to the ice and I was looking forward to carrying on the skating tradition in our family. This is very dissapointing that she will not be able to enjoy this sporting activity, which was initially recommended to my mother by her doctor as a good way to improve her fitness after pneumonia.
125 Rebecca CameronKeep Our Ice Rink Open! Its The One Of The Only Good Things We Have In Aberdeen!
126 AnonymousThere are far too few Ice Rinks as it is without closing those that are around. How are Great Britain to ever give the best opportunities to young skaters (new and experienced) if the facility they so desperately need are taken away. HOW MANY FOOTBALL PITCHES DO YOU SEE CLOSING?????
127 Moira Pacitti
128 Rebecca PeareDon't let down the staff, coaches and skaters by shutting the rink.
129 Anonymous
130 June Hodge
131 Yvonne MansonThis an absolute disgrace. How can a council who purports to state a sport for all policy contemplate closing a unique facility for this length of time. The facility management MUST be questioned on their ability to run such a specialised venue if it requires such a refurbishment. This is a modern facility and should not require this level of refurbishment if proper and adequate housekeeping is regularly maintained.
132 Aileen AngusWhat about all the summer visitors whose revenue you will lose? If you close for 18 months you will ruin the opportunity of hundreds of youngsters who may want to compete or make skating a career. You will lose the opportunity of finding new talent. You will break the chain of youngsters who trust and know their instructors. You will lose some of the best instructors in the country. By the time you reopen children who have so far progressed well will have to learn again from scratch. What about the promise of sport for all?
133 Adrian Forrest
134 Anonymous
135 David UrquhartOutrageous, A city the size of Aberdeen should not be losing facilities such as this, especially with the amount of new housing developments within the city and suburbs.
136 Susan McDonaldAbsolutely ludicrous to close the rink when it is currently over subscribed. This is a great facility for keeping the children off the streets and getting them active in a sport which is growing with popularity.
137 Aileen Smith
138 Debbie Hunter
139 Vicki Corbett
140 Marilyn McDonald
141 Anonymous
142 Fiona HawthorneWith more and more bad press about young people both locally and nationally surely it's not in the the council, or any other agencies best interest to close a facility which offers recreational activites and health benefits to all, especially the youth.
143 Mrs Fiona WilsonPlease do not close this excellent facility for young and old alike. I know a lot of kids who use this facility and my children love to go and it's also used when they attend the beach leisure centre day camps.
144 Brigitte Hoon
145 Julie Fox
146 Judy Hart
147 E C Lypka
148 AnonymousI have using the rink in Aberdeen in years & the Donalds rink previously! Yet again ACC is showing it's true colours wanting to make Aberdeen an uninteresting,boring backwater.
149 David Cunningham
150 Alex McGow

 

Signatures | Total: 6,469