Saskatoon Kinsmen/Henk Ruys Soccer Centre
Information about Saskatoon Kinsmen/Henk Ruys Soccer Centre
The Saskatoon Soccer Centre Inc. (SSCI) was born of a dream by the local soccer community to grow the sport through the operation of their own facilities. SSCI first registered as a non-profit corporation in 1993 when representatives of Saskatoon Adult Soccer Inc. (SASI) & Saskatoon Youth Soccer Inc. (SYSI) established a committee to raise funds to construct a building primarily for the sport of indoor soccer. With the help of the City of Saskatoon, organizations & individuals the Saskatoon Kinsmen/Henk Ruys Soccer Centre was opened for its first game in 1998. Since then SSCI has been home to more than 10,000 soccer players annually.
In 2003 the soccer family determined that if soccer was to continue to grow, another facility was necessary. The design included one indoor & two outdoor artificial grass fields as well as hardcourt surfaces. SYSI & SASI previously utilized city fields for all their outdoor programs. This new facility allows leagues to schedule a significant number of games on the three artificial fields as they don’t need the rest that natural grass fields require.
The Saskatoon Sports Centre is attached to Centennial Collegiate & the city operates a walking track & circuit centre within the complex, with a future civic facility planned. The partnership with the Saskatoon Public School Board & the City of Sasktoon was the first of its kind in Saskatoon & in Canada. The first indoor games were in January 2006 & the hard court fields, pub & deck, cafeteria & walking track were opened shortly after. More recently bleacher seating & beach courts have been added to the outdoor park.
SSCI also offers a number of programs to the community beyond hosting leagues, tournaments & special events of all kinds. SSCI is proud to own & operate the two world class facilities that now enjoy over 1.4 million visitors annually. We regularly host soccer, volleyball, ball hockey, ultimate disc, football, baseball, roller derby, rugby, lacrosse & other sports, as well as cultural & special events. The support of the community is key to our success through rentals, advertising & sponsorship.
Our comment from FitFit Canada about Saskatoon Kinsmen/Henk Ruys Soccer Centre:
Welcome to the Saskatoon Kinsmen/Henk Ruys Soccer Centre, a premier facility that offers a variety of sports and activities for all ages. This center is especially popular among families, with numerous users praising it as an 'awesome place for kids competition' and a great location for socializing and engaging in fun activities.
Highlights of the centre include:
- Great Facilities: Equipped with courts for soccer, volleyball, badminton, and ball hockey, this facility accommodates multiple sports simultaneously.
- Family Friendly: A perfect spot for preschool children to play while offering a safe and welcoming environment for all visitors.
- Cleanliness and Maintenance: Many guests have noted the cleanliness of the facility, including well-maintained restrooms and common areas.
- Friendly Staff: Users appreciate the helpful and friendly staff who create a welcoming atmosphere.
Although many aspects of the center are highly praised, some users have mentioned areas for improvement:
- Seating and Viewing: Several visitors pointed out the need for more seating options for spectators, particularly during busy tournaments.
- Heating Issues: There have been reports of the facility being too cold during winter events, indicating a need for better heating solutions.
- Parking Limitations: Users noted that parking can be insufficient, especially during large events.
Overall, the Saskatoon Kinsmen/Henk Ruys Soccer Centre is a fantastic place for sports enthusiasts and families, offering a range of activities and a friendly environment.
Saskatoon Kinsmen/Henk Ruys Soccer Centre: Opinions
Fantastic experience: Awesome place for kids competition
Fantastic experience: Fun fun fun and the reception was fabulously fabulous
Negative experience: Too cold
Positive experience: Great place to take pre-school children in the morning for socializing and plying with toys.
Negative experience: I don’t understand why there isn’t more seating for spectators! This weekend is the Provincial Volleyball tournament and there is only standing at the rail room for the end fields! It is extremely frustrating to cheer for your team if you can’t see the game! I won’t get into the lack of parking! More frustration!
Positive experience: Really nice and home like
Fantastic experience: Great
Fantastic experience: Great event centre.
Fantastic experience: Great facility for soccer/volleyball/badminton/ ball hockey. Need another centre like this in the new areas of Rosewood/Meadows/Briarwood/lakewood
Fantastic experience: I play in a hockey league called sbhl.(saskatoon ball hockey league) and this place is getting better every year. Place is clean, safe, and fun.
Positive experience: Its ok. Clean.
Fantastic experience: It was a wonderful experience at Saskatoon Kinsmen/Kenk Ruys Soccer Centre. Multiple activities/games run simultaneously. The facility is superb. Nice place to be.
Positive experience: Needs to be updated
Positive experience: Very nice place, that has good viewing areas and tons of service for food and drinks.
Positive experience: Parking area not sufficient. Lack of bleachers for spectators.
Fantastic experience: Tis facility is absolutely amazing and offers a wide variety of sports equipment and facilities for all kinds of activities. From soccer and lacrosse to volleyball, this sports center has it all. What I appreciated most was the indoor sport feel to the place, which provided a comfortable and safe environment for all players. My boys have had their soccer matches there and they always have a blast. Even when they're not playing, there's always something going on that's fun to watch. In addition to the sports facilities, there are vending machines and a concession stand for light snacks, which is great for a quick bite in between games. The restrooms are always clean and well-maintained, and there's ample parking available. Overall, I highly recommend this sports center to anyone looking looking for a great place to play sports or watch games. The facilities are top-notch, the staff is friendly and helpful, and the environment is welcoming and fun.
Fantastic experience: Great place loved it
Fantastic experience: Great facility.
Positive experience: Nice multiuse facility!
Positive experience: Enjoy this place, well cleaned and nice staff.
Negative experience: They need to turn the heat on. Sad when indoors you need to wear mitts and toques and ski pants to stay warm. Vents blowing cold air!!!
Positive experience: Many courts that allow for many games. The food facilities are okay and xan be very busy. But it is very close to a mall and other options for food.
Positive experience: Fabulous, easy to watch the players and great coach's. Highlight of visiting my family from Okanagan
Positive experience: Saskatoon's original soccer center remains a hub for the sport and is frequently busy with lots of games going on at once. It's a decent facility, although it can get very crowded. Fields are good, dressing rooms okay, parking so so.
Positive experience: Very well organized and kept up, Ned's more water fountains, and nicer bench for crowds. Overall very nice
Fantastic experience: Great fields
Fantastic experience: Good place but gets very very crowded there
Positive experience: Easy
Fantastic experience: Love playing ball hockey here!
Fantastic experience: Great place for sports
Positive experience: Large facility that has lots to offer, but when it's cold outside, it's cold INSIDE! For both watching and PLAYING! Definitely could improve the heating.
Positive experience: Good facility. Would be nice if more of the amenities (food and drinks) were open during soccer on the weekend. Also the parking lot should be have better sanding and snow/ice removal.
Fantastic experience: Massive, lots of room and arenas Food upstairs was good but thier menue is very limited and they open to late and thier concession downstairs was never open, early morning games and couldn't even get a coffee anywhere. Other then that very nice building.
Fantastic experience: Was there for a steak night it was good
Fantastic experience: I had nephew's playing the 4 on 4 Jailbreak Lacrosse Tournament. It was a good weekend. The place was clean and the staff are very friendly.
Positive experience: Soccer was good
Fantastic experience: Clean and well organized. Love playing ball hockey here!
Fantastic experience: What a great local facility. Our family has been ln there mostly for Ball Hockey but also for soccer, volleyball, lacrosse, and more. Not really more than a sports venue with 4 rink-sized playing surfaces, but there is a snack counter open at various times.
Fantastic experience: Great place to take our 17 month old grand daughter for indoor playground todsy.Lots of fun things to play with and space to run. Helpful informative staff- will definitely put this into our schedule
Fantastic experience: Safe place to visit
Fantastic experience: Great covid procedures, great place to play sports and get some drinks and food after.
Positive experience: This place could use some better vending machines. As well as one of those water fountains that fill reusable bottles.
Fantastic experience: Just cuz
Fantastic experience: Great facility
Fantastic experience: Was there for Prairie Pooches Fundraiser The steaks were excellent The roasted potatoes were amazing The roasted mushrooms were very peppery Overall excellent use of the facility
Positive experience: Nice facility. Could use more bleachers for watching volleyball. Parking is a challenge during large tournaments.
Fantastic experience: Facility is outstanding - parking is not adequate!
Fantastic experience: Great sports facility. My kid loves playing soccer there. Great to have such things in Saskatoon to get people active in the winter months
Positive experience: Great place to spend time with friends
Fantastic experience: Spend a lot of time here for my kids ball hockey it's a great facility
Positive experience: Played many different sports here over the years, never had a problem with anything there. Nice to have this centre in the city.
Fantastic experience: Great facility for all kinds of indoor sports
Fantastic experience: So many memories here and grew up practically in this facility
Fantastic experience: Really good place to play sports and it's great because there is a bar upstairs! Unfortunately the wings kinda suck so lately we have been going else where after volleyball.
Fantastic experience: COME ON VERITO!!!
Fantastic experience: Took my daughter there to play, excellent spot for kids! Lots of toys and room for them to run around and play. Friendly staff and great environment for my kid to play. I will definately return.
Fantastic experience: Great place for sports, saskatoon needs more of this to make lacrosse, ball hockey, soccer etc. Easier to play
Positive experience: Nice to see the kids have fun
Fantastic experience: Great facility, clean and staff are courteous.
Positive experience: Great facility for indoor soccer, ballhockey, and volleyball.
Fantastic experience: Lots of Parking, Very accessible and always hosts great events
Negative experience: Great to have a dedicated indoor soccer facility. Building is showing it's age. Could use a make-over to freshen it up. Not a child friendly place.
Fantastic experience: Nice place good for hosting sports events enjoyable restaurant yummy food sanitary 10/10 place
Positive experience: Ball hockey provincials
Fantastic experience: Volleyball tournament this weekend!
Positive experience: Always clean
Fantastic experience: Great
Positive experience: So many good memories here growing up but it is starting to get quite dated. Needs some updating!! The children play time that is organized here is really gross - toys that are run down and dirty. It’s basically just a huge space with toys everywhere. Nothing special at all. I won’t be returning in terms of the morning programs. As for soccer it’s good enough, but like stated it needs updating. Looks the same as back when I was a kid watching my cousins play. I guess it doesn’t affect the actual game... It would be nice if they had the scores up since there is a score board. Can’t say I have ever seen the scoreboard being used. Basic restaurant area, basically just an open room with cheap rectangular tables. Big enough for most teams to gather afterwards.
Fantastic experience: Excellent facility for playing all types of sports
Positive experience: Good place for sports! Definitely wished the concession downstairs was opened more often though.
Fantastic experience: Great place for all. Including children!! Titanic's could be cheaper
Fantastic experience: Nice facility for all kinds of sports
Positive experience: Great sports center
Positive experience: Good facility for indoor soccer and hanging out after or during the games.
Fantastic experience: Never a dull moment
Negative experience: Nice facility, but playgroup for children needs not to send daycare groups, as the kids were hitting other children and running wild. I suggest no day care groups allowed!!! Or maybe some attentive supervisors.
Positive experience: The restaurant and bar is joke no table service and plastic that very cheap
Positive experience: Nice facility. Lots of standing room, would be nice if the seating went a little higher for sight lines, but all in all a great indoor venue in the middle of winter :)
Positive experience: An OK place to play off the wall soccer in hockey courts.
Fantastic experience: This is an excellent facility. My daughter played in a soccer tournament here and we were impressed.
Fantastic experience: Great parking, very clean facility and great staff.
Positive experience: Good seating to watch your kids play soccer or ball hockey. Large facility, lots of room. Bathrooms a little beat up.
Fantastic experience: Always a good time at the soccer centre.
Fantastic experience: Great facility!!
Positive experience: Been playing soccer here for years. Some of the floors on the fields could use some repair or replacement.. But i love the facility
Positive experience: Good place for large gatherings
Negative experience: Limited parking stalls for that big place
Fantastic experience: Great facility for sports
Positive experience: Lot of parking and nice facility with lot of things to do
Positive experience: Ball hockey is awesome. Love playing here.
Positive experience: Been there 2 times
Positive experience: Nothing special, but better then many centres of similar uses
Positive experience: It's good.
Positive experience: Well kept athletic center with ample parking. Change rooms are always clean and the signage is very good at directing teams to which changeroom and play surface they will be at. Only inconvenience is the sound travels between the shared portion of playing surfaces and can SOMETIMES be confusing as to which buzzer/whistle is going off.
Fantastic experience: Great place for Ball Hockey and Indoor Soccer and Volleyball, Wrestling and other events! Great Multipurpose Facility! :)
Positive experience: Clean
Fantastic experience: Love it here
Positive experience: Fun. Cheap drinks
Fantastic experience: Concession is much better
Fantastic experience: Great location to watch and participate in sports, including Volleyball which I was there to watch a tournament
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