The Competition:
Teams Canada East and Canada West will participate in the second IRF World U19 Championships in December 2012. The best U19 players from across Canada will have the chance to test themselves against the best the world has to offer.
Dates : December 28, 2012 to January 3, 2013
Competition Location : London , ON
Team Canada:
Canada East: Athletes living in Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, PEI, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland
Canada West: Athletes living in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia or the territories.
What do I need to do to be on Team Canada?
Eligibility: All athletes that are under 19 years of age as of December 31, 2011 are eligible to tryout.
Selection Camps: In order to play on Team Canada, you must attend your regional tryout camp:
Selection camp: May 17, 2012 – May 21, 2012
Location: TBD - One in eastern and one in western Canada
Training Camps:
If you are successful and join Canada’s best in preparing for the U19 national teams there will be 2-3 additional camps leading up to the U19 World Championships. Camps will be held in August, October and November leading up to the U19 World Championship.
Will there be a cost?
Participation in the camps and on Team Canada will carry a cost. The costs will partially cover the preparation and competition costs for the program leading up to and including the U19 World Championships. The costs will be as follows:
Selection Camp Registration Fee $1000
August Training Camp Fee $750
Program Fee $3700
Total Fees $5450**Includes travel and accomodations
Through participation in Team Canada, every athlete will have access to fundraising tools so that they can raise funds to defray some or all of these costs.
How do I register to participate?
To participate in the selection camp, CLICK here for initial registration. This registration has no fee and will let us know that you plan to attend the camp and will help ensure that our coaches know to scout your performance from now through to the end of the season.
How can I get ready?
The national team coaching staff are scouting athletes now, so continue to work hard, continue to work with your coach through the end of this season. Scouts will be watching as many ringette players as possible between now and the selection camp.
You can also keep watching this page for more information about the camps including about fitness testing protocols so that you can be ready to show up for camp in great physical condition.
Who will be coaching?
Our U19 National teams will be coached by an incredible group of passionate, knowledgeable and successful coaches. The coaches for the two teams are:
Canada East:
Head Coach: Sharolyn Wouters sharolyn@ringette.ca
Wouters, who still plays as a forward on the Cambridge Turbos, has picked up two silver medals as a member of Team Canada and picked up gold at the first ever World Club Championship in 2008. She is also an accomplished ringette coach, having coached Team Ontario to gold medals wins at the Canada Winter Games in both 2003 and 2007. She was also an assistant coach when Team Canada East won silver at the last U19 World Ringette Championship.
Assistant Coaches:
Jacqueline Gaudet: Jacqueline@ringette.ca
Stephanie Séguin: Stephanie@ringette.ca
Canada West:
Head Coach: Jennifer Wakefield Jennifer@ringette.ca
Wakefield lives in Langley and plays for the Lower Mainland Ringette League Thunder in the NRL. She has made four appearances on Team Canada, winning a gold and three silver medals and was also on the Turbos roster with Wouters when the team won the first ever World Club Championship in 2008. Wakefield has also coached Team BC at the 2010 and 2011 Canadian Ringette Championships.
Assistant Coaches:
Beth Veale: beth@ringette.ca
Rob Walker: rob@ringette.ca
I’ve heard Mosaic programs. What are they?
Mosaic teams will have the chance to also compete at the U19 World Championships, representing of the countries that make Canada’s multicultural nature. Players must have tried out for Team Canada to be considered for the mosaic program, so for players who do not make Team Canada there is another option to get to London 2012. Based on your lineage (as far back as great-grandparent) you may be able to represent a country in your background. Mosaic teams will have a lighter training plan leading up to the U19 World Championships and will have access to world class coaching leading up to and at the championship.
Mosaic teams may also include athletes from nations getting started in ringette such as Slovakia and France where Canadian players will supplement players from those nations.
Can I try out for a mosaic team only?
In order to participate in the mosaic program you must be part of the selection process for Team Canada East or West. So, if you are interested in the mosaic program, your registration process is the same.
What are the costs to participate in the mosaic program?
As with Team Canada, there are costs associated with the Mosaic program. These are:
Selection Camp Registration Fee $1000
Fall Camp Registration Fee $750
Program Fee $2400
Total fees: $4250
Through participation in the Mosaic program, every athlete will have access to fundraising tools so that they can raise funds to defray some or all of these costs.
Click here for more Mosaic Details.