AIK Bandys home Bergshamra is not in good enough condition for it to be played bandy on the ice. One of the reasons is the climate. The club’s vice-president Marco Engborg targeted criticism against the city of Solna for the lack of support for the AIK Bandy.
Peter Edholm (L) is the culture – and fritidskommunalråd in Solna.
” I understand their frustration because they can’t play on their home ground these last three important matches. But I think that the city’s support for the bandy is set on a good level. Solna has an incredible amount of sporting activities and has a very large influx of people who live in other municipalities that are on our facilities. It is both ice rinks, bollhallar and pitches not in the least. We need to balance this against a lot of other things, ” says Peter Edholm.
It is also the case that the city of Solna should weigh up other activities for children and young people, and various sports to be weighed up against each other, ” says Peter Edholm.
is that AIK Bandy become successful in a short period of time.
– They have climbed quickly in the tournament and brought up in the allsvenskan and is possibly on the way up to the elite league. Then tightened the requirements so we should really think about what we should do in the future.
” We know that we have challenges to keep Bergshamras is good when it is warm, so it is with many bandyplaner around the country towards the end of the season when it gets warmer.
Berghamras ice is also located on a konstgräsmatta which can also contribute to poor ice says Edholm.
– The special is konstgräsmattan which in summer is used to the american football. The carpet is not removed during the winter, we freeze the ice on top of the lawn. Would you remove the carpet every year, and thus have less distance between the kylslingorna and the ice is a few degrees above freezing.
between the club and the city of Solna has been good.
” I have met representatives of the AIK Bandy around this issue. In particular, it has idrottsförvaltningen who have the care of the sports ground in a continuous dialogue with the club. The dialogue tends to be good and constructive, ” says Peter Edholm.
Peter Edholm writes on her blog:
”As a local councillor in Solna, I have, however, a variety of interests that must be balanced together:
– Adult sportsmen and sportswomen should be weighed against activities for children and young people.
– the Bets that will elite level training to some must be weighed against popular sports. of
Different sports to be weighed up against each other.
– All support for sport should be weighed against everything else that Solna’s taxpayers ‘money is used for: Schools, art, childcare, snow removal, drinking water, libraries, public art, social services, LSS-housing, sanitation, adult education, national day celebrations, care of the elderly, roads, newcomers’ introduction, housing construction, municipal school, fire department, recreation centers, and much more.
Time for bandykval to the league – then AIK without a home
