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Summer Sports News 2007
Latest Summer Sports News 2007
From the June Newsletter
COMMUNITY SPORTS TIMES:
These times are often taken by groups, but are open for drop-ins as well, no fee.
- Mondays 5-10pm (roller ball hockey on the rink).
- Tuesdays 5-10pm (ball hockey on the rink)
- Wednesdays 5-10pm (cricket on the rink).
- Thursdays 5-10pm (ball hockey on the rink).
- Saturdays 2-5pm (ball hockey on the rink).
- Saturdays 5-10pm (ball hockey, cricket or soccer on the rink or soccer field).
- Sunday 10am-noon (women’s soccer, soccer field)
Call the park for more information: 416 392-0913 or email sports@dufferinpark.ca
posted June 08, 2007
CRICKET
Sundays 4 to 6 p.m. with Hasanka
The game takes place near but not exactly on the soccer field, roughly in the north east end of the park.
The drop-in cricket chief: Hasanka says,: “On Sundays we play an informal game of cricket at the park, on the soccer field. We play with a tennis ball, so no protective equipment is required. If you'd like to join us, just walk up and introduce yourself. This is not a club with membership fees, just a group of amateur cricket enthusiasts. Beginners (and spectators) are welcome. We hope to see you there.”
posted May 4, 2007
COMMUNITY SPORTS TIMES:
These times are often taken by groups, but are open for drop-ins as well, no fee.
- Mondays, 5-10pm (roller ball hockey on the rink).
- Tuesdays 5-10pm (ball hockey on the rink) Wednesdays 5-10pm (cricket on the rink).
- Thursdays 5-10pm (ball hockey on the rink). Saturdays 2-5pm (ball hockey on the rink).
- Saturdays 5-10pm (ball hockey, cricket or soccer on the rink or soccer field).
- Sunday 10am-noon (women’s soccer, soccer field).
Call the park for more information: 416 392-0913 or email sports@dufferinpark.ca
posted May 19, 2007
Saturday May 26th will be an exception to the schedule below with Recreation Supervisor Tino DeCastro's exciting ball hockey tournie. Come and watch!
posted August 07, 2006
This summer there hasn’t been as much community soccer as last year – the heat has made it tough to play on the weekend daytime slots. The most active soccer is on Saturday evenings, a long-established gathering of Sudanese soccer players who always end the game by praying in the direction of Mecca. Like everyone playing community soccer, they accept drop-in players too. The main thing about this group is, you’ve got to be pretty good.
posted August 5, 2005
For five years the same net was up, just west of the playground, winter and summer. The net was all patched from where it had holes and then one morning at the end of July, it was gone. Hard to believe anyone would have bothered stealing it! The recreation staff got another net a day later, this one without holes. There are volleyballs available to borrow, down by the wading pool. (Ask the park staff.) There’s also a regular mixed-gender group that plays for fun on Wednesday evenings from 7 p.m. If you’re interested in joining, pass by when they’re playing and talk to them. But they may not have much room because the group is already pretty large. All the rest of the week is just first-come first-served, and the net does double duty for badminton as well.
posted August 5, 2005
The two basketball hoops on the pleasure pad came in the first week of August 2005 when the City’s maintenance supervisor, Brian Green, arrived with a crew who put up two additional basketball hoops just inside the rink enclosure. (Funded with the money Mike Harris took away from welfare recipients.)
The new hoops have made it easier for people to get playing time, for three-on-three. We’re hoping that Brian will be able to get one lower hoop put up as well, for all the little kids who dream of becoming real basketball players.