The gymnasium floor that Steve Nash once dribbled across at Arbutus Global Middle School has been replaced.

And players from the new team canB次元官网网址檛 wait to use it.

On Wednesday the school held an assembly to celebrate the $200,000 flooring project.

B次元官网网址淭he old floor was coming apart, pieces were coming up,B次元官网网址� said Zak Gershman, who will star on this yearB次元官网网址檚 Grade 8 Arbutus Avalanche team.

B次元官网网址淟ast year you would slip, there was a lot of dust, every time you ran down the floor you had to wipe the bottom of your shoes,B次元官网网址� said Marcus Jensen, whoB次元官网网址檒l also be on the Grade 8 Avalanche.

Gershman and Jensen were the first to use the court, playing a brief game of one-one-one Wednesday morning.

B次元官网网址淭heyB次元官网网址檙e the first students to even see it, we had papered the windows of the doors in September while the sealant cured,B次元官网网址� said Arbutus principal Rob Parker.

The shiny new hardwood maple replaces the original flooring installed when the school was built in 1970.

B次元官网网址淚t was sanded to the point it couldnB次元官网网址檛 be sanded anymore,B次元官网网址� Parker said.

The school will add new electric bleachers in October, as the old wood bleachers became difficult to unfold.

ArbutusB次元官网网址� gym will be used for basketball and volleyball, and has several user groups.

B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 booked almost every night by community user groups.B次元官网网址�

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