Skating & Hockey Drop-In

Daily Schedules

12:15pm - 1:45pm
Duffer Hockey (August 17 ONLY)*
1:30pm - 2:45pm
Family Skate (Jan 3 Only)
Oak Bay Recreation Centre
8:30am - 10:15am
Over 40 Registered Duffer Hockey (Jan 4-Jun21) (Suspended)
Oak Bay Recreation Centre
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Parent and Child Skate (Jan 4-Mar 8)
Oak Bay Recreation Centre
10:00am - 11:30am
Adult Skate
Oak Bay Recreation Centre
8:30am - 10:15am
Over 40 Registered Duffer Hockey (Jan 6-Jun 23) (Suspended)
Oak Bay Recreation Centre
10:00am - 11:30am
Adult Skate
11:45am - 1:15pm
Open Skate (Jan 8-Jun 25)
Oak Bay Recreation Centre
8:15pm - 9:30pm
Open Skate (Ends Mar 26)
Oak Bay Recreation Centre
7:45pm - 9:00pm
Open Skate (Ends Mar 27)
Oak Bay Recreation Centre
1:30pm - 2:45pm
Family Skate (Ends Mar 28)
Oak Bay Recreation Centre
3:00pm - 4:15pm
Open Skate
Oak Bay Recreation Centre
4:30pm - 5:30pm
Open Skate (Ends Apr 11)
Oak Bay Recreation Centre

** Due to the effects of Covid-19 no helmet or skate rentals are available. No drop-ins are offered at this time, all access to the arena must be pre-registered online or by phone at 250-595-7946. 

 

When and How to Register for Skating Sessions:

  • Registration opens weekly on Wednesdays for the following week’s session (Wednesday-Tuesday) in order to pay for and hold your session. 
  • 10:00–10:30am – online registration available only.
  • 10:30am and on – online and phone-in at 250-595-7946 are available for registration. 

How to Register Online for Skating Sessions:

  1. Ensure your Oak Bay online account and login is set up.
  2. Login with user ID and password at: oakbayrec.perfectmind.com
  3. Click the Schedule Button near the top left of the screen.
  4. Click Hockey or Public Skate Sessions under the Skating menu.
  5. Select date and type of Skate Session and click Register.
  6. Choose your method of payment.

Please contact Dave Hall Or Caroline Lawrence if you have a cancellation due to COVID-19 changes in effect. 

COVID ARENA POLICY AND PROCEDURE

Guidelines for sessions:

•    If you are sick or have any symptoms of COVID-19, please do not enter the facility. 
•    No drop-ins will be available at this time, all access to the arena must be pre-registered online or by phone at 250-595-7946.
•    Please practice physical distancing, remain 2 metres apart at all times.
•    Please enter the arena by the exterior arena doors only and follow the foot traffic directional signage posted.
•    Please do not arrive more than 15 minutes prior to their registered ice time.
•    Only one parent/guardian per child may enter the facility.
•    Please arrive dressed in full equipment except for skates. Limit personal items in the lobby/arena.
•    Skaters will remove shoes and put on skates in the marked areas and take shoes and limited personal items to the storage area by the on-ice gates.
•    Skate and helmet rentals are not available at this time.
•    When possible, parents are asked to keep their child’s belongings with them.
•    Hockey dressing rooms and showers will not be available.
•    Skaters will enter the ice by the on-ice gates and spectators will procced to the spectator area by following the directional signage posted.
•    Skaters must have their own clearly labelled full water bottle.
•    Participants must remain 6 feet apart from all other participants when on ice, during all drills and activities.
•    Absolutely no game play, scrimmages or contact drills.
•    Absolutely no spitting!
•    Wash or sanitize your hands or upon arrival and before you leave the facility. Hand sanitizers will be available in common areas.
•    Skaters will exit the ice via following the directional signage posted to collect their shoes and limited personal items by the off-ice gates. Please sit in the marked areas only.
•    Parent or guardians will follow the directional signage to meet up with their child in the exit area to bring them their shoes and belongings.
•    Please exit within 15 minutes of the completion of the program. 
Rules are subject to change and will be updated as needed. Those disregarding rules may be asked to leave the facility.
Oak Bay Parks, Recreation and Culture follows the direction of the public health authorities.
Contact Arena Coordinator if any issues arise: 250-370-7113
For updates on COVID-19 visit www.oakbay.ca/covid-19

All schedules subject to change.

Session descriptions and holiday skating information below.

Skating & Hockey Drop-In

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See table below for Pre-Registered Drop-in times

Daily Schedules

Fall 2020 Registered Skating Sessions – September to December

See the Table for times.

Adult Skate

Skating for ages 18 years and up! Coffee and food are unavailable at this time.

Open Skate    
Skating for all ages.

Family Skate 
A sessions for families! Enjoy a special beginner’s corner for preschoolers. Strollers are allowed on the ice

Parent and Child Skate

Children under eight years are welcome with their parents/guardians. 

*Parent and Child Hockey (Suspended until further notice.)

For kids and adults to skate, stick handle, pass and shoot. Soft pucks are allowed and provided for use. Children are to wear a helmet with a face mask please.

*Registered Over 40 Duffer Hockey  (Suspended until further notice.)

Play a full hockey scrimmage with a set cohort of 19 players, one staff and two goalies. Late registration not permitted to ensure cohort groups are not compromised. 

*18 years+ Registered Duffer Hockey  (Suspended until further notice.)

Play a full hockey scrimmage with a set cohort of 19 players, one staff and two goalies. Late registration not permitted to ensure cohort groups are not compromised. See page 40.

* Parent and Child Hockey, Adult Over 40’s Adult 18yrs+ Stick and Puck Sessions have been suspended until further notice.
Please refer to facebook or instagram or our COVID-19 program and services web page updates.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Over 40 Registered
Duffer Hockey
 
(Suspended until
further notice)		 Adult Skate 
10:00-11:30am
(Jan 5-May 25)		 Over 40 Registered
Duffer Hockey

(Suspended until
further notice)

 Adult Skate 
10:00-11:30am
(Jan 7-May 27)		 Over 18 Registered
Duffer Hockey
 
(Suspended until
further notice)		 Open Skate
7:30-9:00pm
(Oct 3-Dec 19)		 Family Skate 1
1:30-2:45pm
(Jan 3-Mar 28)

Parent and Child Skate
1:00-2:00pm
(Jan 4-March 8)

           Open Skate
3:00-4:15pm
(Jan 3-Aug 29)
        Open Skate
8:15-9:30pm
(Jan 8-Mar 26)		 Open Skate
7:45-9:00pm
(Jan 2-Mar 27)		 Open Skate
4:30-5:30pm
(Jan 3-Apr 11)

Guidelines for Registering for FALL Registered Skating sessions:

  • Skaters must register to attend these sessions.

  • No Skate or Helmet Rentals or personal equipment of any kinds is available to the public for any of these sessions.

  • Registration for all sessions opens weekly Wednesdays at 10:00am

  • Please register online only to pay and hold your spot.

Steps to register ONLINE:

Step 1:   Ensure your Oak Bay online account and login is set up.

Step 2:   Login with user ID and password at: oakbayrec.perfectmind.com

Step 3:   Click the Schedule Button near the top left of the screen.

Step 4:   Click Duffer Hockey under the Skating menu.

Step 5:   Select date and type of Duffer and click Reserve.

Step: 6:   Choose your method of payment.

Registered Duffer Hockey

*This program has a delayed start due to the current PHO. Please still register and updated information will be sent out closer to the program start date. Sports and extracurricular activities: By order of the PHO, restrictions are in place for adult and youth indoor and outdoor sports. These temporary restrictions are in place to limit the amount of physical interactions and travel to help reduce the spread of COVID-19.

Adult indoor and outdoor team sports for people 19 years of age and older are suspended. You can review the PHO Order – Gatherings and Events (PDF)

Registration opens December 1, 2020.

40+ sessions

8:15–10:30am
Mondays: January 4–March 8
Wednesdays: January 6–March 10

18+ Sessions

11:45am–1:15pm
Fridays: January–March12

Enjoy playing full hockey scrimmages with a set cohort of 19 players, 1 staff and 2 goalies, for an extended period of time. As per Viasport Phase 3 safe return to play guidelines, hockey is defined as a sport with frequent or sustained contact during game play.  Game play is permitted to occur within the cohort environment. As such, once this program starts, there will be no late registration permitted in order to assure that the cohort is not compromised. Please carefully review the rules and policy for coming and leaving the rink located on your program confirmation.

Winter Guide

Registration opens December 1.

View Guide