{"id":20573,"date":"2018-05-10T00:21:14","date_gmt":"2018-05-10T04:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=20573"},"modified":"2018-05-16T14:31:13","modified_gmt":"2018-05-16T18:31:13","slug":"windstorm-leads-to-close-call-for-local-soccer-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/windstorm-leads-to-close-call-for-local-soccer-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Windstorm leads to close call for local soccer players"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Aurora soccer community had a close call on Friday afternoon as wind ripped through the community, levelling the Aurora Soccer Dome on Industrial Parkway North.
\nFriday\u2019s windstorm left hundreds of thousands of people across southern Ontario, including many chunks of Aurora without power, and also left them to clean up after the violent weather toppled trees, downed fences and ripped off roof shingles.
\nBut, it also left the Aurora Youth Soccer Club (AYSC) thanking their lucky stars.
\n\u201cWe were, by the grace of God, lucky that it happened at 5.30 p.m. because, half an hour later, you would have had that placed packed with OPDL (Ontario Player and Development League) players,\u201d said Roy Cohen, President of Aurora FC, of the storm destroying
\nthe dome.
\nOne person who was inside, however, was Trevor Redvers who, along with his family, operates both the Aurora Sports Dome and the Marilyn Redvers Tennis Centre at Stewart Burnett Park.
\nTrevor says they cleared the Sports Dome after staff on site reported it moving in the wind.
\n\u201cI said, \u2018Just get everybody out and we\u2019ll close for the night,\u2019\u201d says Trevor. \u201cI was on my way here and\u2026I went into do a perimeter check to make sure all the emergency exits were snugly closed and it was moving around \u2013 then it just popped. I am definitely glad nobody was in there.\u201d
\nThe dome damage leaves a hole in the local sporting community and the Redvers family is assessing their next steps in getting back up and running.
\nThe Aurora Sports Dome was on land owned by the municipality in a deal that was set to be reviewed in 2020. This, says facility owner Terry Redvers, will be a factor in forging the path forward.
\n\u201cWe\u2019re here with a crew that is mitigating the damage and they are picking up all the pieces they can because half our dome is sitting on the wrong field,\u201d Terry told The Auroran on Tuesday. \u201cThere is considerable damage and there is a possibility we might have to put in a new dome. If that is the case, the good news is it is at a time of the year when we\u2019re not too busy. The bad news is it will take months to get a new dome put up. It is just a question of doing what we can to make this whole place safer.\u201d
\nThe ruined dome was 12 years old, they added, with a warranty of 20 years.
\n\u201cThese structures are made to be rebuilt and we will find out over the next couple of weeks whether that is going to happen or not,\u201d says Mr. Cohen. \u201cI think that there is the issue now with the current owners, the insurance and also the Town on what they would like to see built. We (the club) are sort of okay because we\u2019re going into our outdoor season, but if they don\u2019t rebuild, we\u2019re going to need the Town to step up in regards to providing a facility to have indoor sports played.\u201d<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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