By Mark Squibb
The Town of Paradise will have to bend the rules a little to accommodate a hockey camp hosted by the Danny Cleary Hockey School next summer.
During the November 19 public meeting, recreation committee chairman Patrick Martin explained that, due to operational changes, the Double Ice Complex will only have one ice surface open next July, which will lead to a reduction in available ice time for users.
Martin said the facility rental policy states that community groups, schools, sports, and not-for profits are given priority for ice-time ahead of private rentals, including rentals to privately owned hockey schools.
“Danny Cleary has been operating out of the Double Ice Complex for the last eight years, yet if the policy is followed, other users will be prioritized ahead of them,” said Martin, who then moved, at the behest of the recreation committee, that the Town allow one week of ice time to the hockey school for one week in July 2025. The motion further acknowledged the move was not aligned with the Town’s facility rental policy.
Council approved the motion unanimously.
