There was an accident at Pori’s Ässie home hall on Christmas day.
Repair work had to be done in the Isomäki hall as a result of the damage that happened on Christmas Day. Elmeri Elo/AOP
Pori Ässie’s voluntary Christmas day training ended in a farcical way, when the players’ attempt to drill a hole for the goal peg led to a broken pipe. Be the first to report on it Over.
The drill bit made a hole in the rail pipe, from which the cold solutions spread onto the ice. Neste melted the ice at the other end of the field from the Isomäki hall.
The staff of the hall was quickly alerted to the scene, and they started the repair work. A company specializing in cooling pipeline work was also called in to help.
– Yes, it will suddenly cause thousands of damages when you are busy on holidays. Then the wage costs alone will be tripled, states the sports facility engineer of the city of Pori Timo Lehtimäki.
The city of Pori will be billed for what happened. Lehtimäki thinks that there will be a discussion with Ässie later on about sharing the costs.
“You have to know what you’re doing”
The hall master does not have the opportunity to be present at all events, so drilling the holes for the fixing pins is often the responsibility of the users.
– Of course, we need to give a little briefing on how that work should be handled, so that these damages do not happen in the future. The one who picks up the drill must know what he is doing, Lehtimäki emphasizes.
The repair work has been completed, but the freezing in the hall is still in progress. CEO of Aces Mikael Lehtinen According to the information, the spade team will train on Wednesday at the neighboring Astora arena and return to Isomäki on Thursday. On Friday, Ässät hosts Tepsi at home.