Talbot Gardens
A Junior "C" team, the Simcoe Shamrocks of the Niagara & District Junior C Hockey League played at this arena until 2018.
Summary
Certain hockey games pertaining to the former Simcoe Shamrocks were broadcast on Community Cable Channel 5 during the weekends. During the 1990s, the arena was given a facelift to look more like Maple Leaf Gardens (the former home of the Toronto Maple Leafs). Thus, the architecture was re-arranged and the arena received a new coat of paint. Local sponsors (most notably Tim Hortons) have always decorated the scoreboard in addition to the interior of the hockey arena. Roller hockey is a featured attraction in the summer and is played by children as a practice game for the winter ice hockey games. Hockey season at Talbot Gardens typically lasts from September 1 (just before Canadian Labour Day) to April 15.
Part of the arena is also home to a preschool, which replaced the Campbell Clark Preschool.
On September 12, 2012, Talbot Gardens was the venue for the construction dispute involving the renovation of Ontario provincial Highway 3 from Simcoe to neighboring Delhi. A mixed-gender charity hockey game has become a Family Day tradition at Talbot Gardens, allowing spouses to play alongside each other in a non-competitive environment.
References
- ^ Talbot Gardens information at Norfolk County web site
- ^ Highway 3 construction dispute lingers at Brantford Expositor web site
- ^ A new Family Day tradition at Talbot Gardens at The Simcoe Reformer