2002 Best Backyard Rink Contest Winners

Congratulations to every contestant for sharing with us their backyard rink. Every entry was outstanding and choosing the winners was not an easy task. As you will see, each was unique and special in it's own way. Click on the thumbnails below to see a full size picture. Once again, our sincere thanks to you all. Jim Stoller, President NiceRink™ Back to Best Backyard Rink Contest Home

Entries

Craig Bartlett	Craig Bartlett	Craig Bartlett	Roman Benko
Roman Benko	Roman Benko	John Bloomstein	John Bloomstein
Jim Boisvert	Jim Boisvert	Jim Boisvert	Jim Boisvert
Dick Gerke	Dick Gerke	Dick Gerke	Dick Gerke
Dick Gerke	Patrick Griffin	Bryan Hammitt	Bryan Hammitt
Bryan Hammitt	Bryan Hammitt	Bryan Hammitt	Peter Igoe
Terry MacNeil	Terry MacNeil	Terry MacNeil	Terry MacNeil
Scott McCormick	Kevin Mousseau	Kevin Mousseau	Kevin Mousseau
Kevin Mousseau	Kevin Mousseau	Kevin Mousseau	Wayne Johnson
Wayne Johnson	Wayne Johnson	Wayne Johnson	Ben Thompson
Ben Thompson	Carl Tuch	Carl Tuch	Peter Nordquist
Peter Nordquist	Peter Nordquist	Doug Curren	Doug Curren
Doug Curren		Rich Glaim	Rich Glaim
Kevin Wright	Kevin Wright	Kevin Wright

First Place

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2nd Place

Craig Bartlett, Charlotte, VT

This rink is 40 X 80 feet.

Craig Bartlett wrote:

Dear Jim,
"We moved to Vermont four years ago from Manhattan - a real city family! Our twin boys, then 5, had never seen a pair of skates and my wife, pregnant with our daughter, and I had not been on skates for years. It only seemed natural that we choose something representative of our new home, Vermont. Thus, the boys put on their first skates at 6, played their first organized game at 7 and now at the age of 8 look forward to playing with their friends on the local mite squad. Along the way, prodded by my wife now a hockey mom, I joined a men's league after learning how to skate again after two decades, and scored my first goal ever this year at the ripe age of 40." 

3rd Place

Dick Gerke, Grand Rapids, MI

This rink is 50 X 100 feet

Dick  wrote:

"This year's rink has been my best effort to date. I started in August and excavated the yard to achieve a level surface, I bored a water line under my driveway and installed a frost free water hydrant as close to the rink as possible. I had a light pole installed and now have two 400 watt and one 1,000 watt light situated 30-35 feet above the ice. 
The hot house has a propane heater and is wired for lights and power. My daughter plays a compilation of her friends music from a portable boom box. My oldest son Ryan plays for the Kenowa Hills Pee Wee Hockey team and the hot house is painted in the team colors, blue and gold. I help coach both my sons' hockey teams and on most nights we have one team or the other over for fun and practice."