Due to an ice resurfacing machine failure, the Nîmes Hockey Club (NHC) could not finish its league match against Nice on Saturday night at the municipal ice rink. Everyone went home frustrated and, for the Nîmes club, the addition risks being salty.
They saw the start of the Nîmes – Nice match, but not the end. This is the mishap that befell the 500 spectators who flocked to watch the Division 3 match between Krokos de Nîmes and Aigles de Nice. Blame it on an ice making machine that broke down at the worst possible time. ” The car is 30 years old and indispensable. It is she who polishes the ice. Without it, we cannot play our sport. If it’s not maintained on a daily basis, what happened on Saturday happens. When you have a 6 million skating rink, I think you can get a new car, because if you want to save money, it costs twice as much. Before the holidays we had already had a problem with this machine and the players had to scrape the ice with shovels in order to train. It’s not new and it’s not unheard of in the city’s sports department. “Explains Raphaël Facchini, the sports director of the NHC.
On the part of the Municipality, we believe that the problem is solved: “ This car was repaired and the track was able to reopen on Sunday afternoon. This car has been on a lease since 2021. It was checked on November 4, 2022 and apart from two small breakdowns it has not been impacted. Technicians who worked on this car indicated that the bolt failure on Saturday was unforeseeable damage. “Says Nicolas Rainville, sports assistant for the city of Nîmes.
The Hockey Club Nîmes will have to find a date in its calendar to welcome the Nice players again. ” We will have to pay the referees again, as well as the transfers of Nice. If we don’t manage to get into this match, we risk forfeit and it would be a disaster.” worries Raphaël Facchini. If the match can be played, it will pick up where it left off, at 1-1 at the end of the first period of this duel between two play-off contenders.
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