The Trisan Centre is a community recreation centre in Schomberg,

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located at the intersection of Dillane Drive and York Regional Road 27. It has a fitness centre, and a 600-seat

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that is the home rink of the

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, an

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team of the

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, and the Schomberg Minor Hockey Association of the Simcoe Region Minor Hockey League. The King Curling Club also uses the arena. Local construction company Trisan Construction purchased the

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to the arena for 50 years. The building was inaugurated on June 27, 2011 by township mayor Steve Pellegrini, the township's six councillors (Bill Cober, Avia Eek, Peter Grandilli, Cleve Mortelliti, Linda Pabst, and Debbie Schaefer),

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chairman Bill Fisch, provincial representative

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, and federal representative

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Construction

Construction was done by Maple Reinders Construction Ltd, and the facility has been built in accordance with York’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver standard.

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features include water-efficient landscaping that will reduce the need for water by 50 per cent; innovative

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technologies reducing potable water for sewage conveyance by 50 per cent by capturing

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to flush toilets; and a roof designed to keep the building cooler in warm weather. As well, about half of the construction waste was diverted from

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. The approximately million cost of the building was funded by by each of the municipal government of King, the provincial

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, and the federal

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, and also received from the regional government of York Region. The centre is also attempting to raise from community businesses and residents.

Features

The facility features one

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size ice pad with seating for approximately 600, and a four sheet curling facility. It also has a two-lane walking and running track, a fitness centre with strength training, spinning classes, aerobic studio, and cardio machines. Also included in the facility are a snack bar, pro shop, program rooms and meeting space. The regional government of York Region operates a two-bay paramedic response station from the centre. An EMS facility was included with the project, providing York Region with a new two-bay paramedic response station.

Tenants

The King Curling Club meets at the Trisan Centre. Its predecessor organizations in Schomberg and Nobleton had previously curled on the ice hockey sheet of their community arena. The Schomberg Cougars opened their inaugural season in the new Trisan Centre with a 6–2 win over the

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on Thursday, September 15, 2011. The Cougars started the scoring with a shorthanded goal by Kyle Bishop. The 1st star of the game was Cougars'

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Charlie Vaccaro, who had 27 saves on the night. The

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played two exhibition games in 2011 against the

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, AHL affiliate of the

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, in preparation for the

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’s 76th season. The Marlies hosted the Crunch on Sunday, October 2, 2011 at the Trisan Centre for the first of back-to-back games against their Eastern Conference opponent. The visiting Syracuse team defeated Toronto 4–1 in both teams' opening exhibition match. After the game the Marlies held a full-team

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signing session for fans in attendance.

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