"This is a photo of the Vergeer family rink located in West Lorne, Ontario, Canada.  The rink is located on Hollanada Farms and is the number one asset in the tobacco family farming operation.  Vergeers have built a rink every year for the past 20 years with this years rink breaking records. 

This photo was taken January 20, 2003 and the temperatures have been below nornal for over a week and expected to remain that way for awhile yet.  The ice is a solid 7-8" thick and is maintained daily with the farms
homemade ice re-surfacer.  In the past few years the rink has grown to be 50 x 100' and even an overhead lighting system was installed to keep the games going into the night.  10, 300 watt light bulbs are needed to keep the games going.  

A double board system is used for the skeleton with a sheet of  5mm plastic laid between to keep the structure water tight.  This year some
lines were also added along with the Hockey Night in Canada Logo at one end and a Canadian flag at the other.  Theres even a section of the barn which is heated and acts as a dressing room which allows for thawing and a warm place to catch your breath while the ice is being cleaned.  Most of family members are older now and our passing the construction tourch to the younger generation but still returning weekly for traditional night games."

Great job and thanks for the pic Derrick.