As the first half of the NRL season is officially complete, lets take a look at where teams stand heading into the holiday break. Please note, these are unofficial standings as some teams have played more games than others at this point in the schedule. In the West, the Edmonton WAM! Leads with seven wins…
The Ontario government has announced, that effective Wednesday, January 5th 2022, it will temporarily move the province back into Step Two of its Roadmap to Reopen. As such, the NRL Hubs scheduled for Jan 8th in Nepean, and Jan 15th/22nd in Waterloo have been postponed. Ringette Canada has also been working closely with the 4 teams involved in…
Alayne Martell’s Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will take place this Saturday, December 4th at 7.30pm on the ice of the UNIplex – Surface UNI during the Waterloo Wildfire V Atlantic Attack ringette match in Dieppe, New Brunswick. There will be a short video tribute that will be shared at the time of the presentation…
We are gearing up for our first weekend of National Ringette League (NRL) action. The NRL season looks a little bit different this year. Teams will be playing their league games throughout four ‘hub’ weekends and the first one starts this weekend, Dec 4th & 5th. We have adopted a new hub format in 2021 to bring…
Congratulations to Terry McAdam on being officially inducted into the Ringette Canada Hall of Fame this past weekend. Terry is the 5th person from Saskatchewan to be inducted into the Hall of Fame since 1988, an auspicious accomplishment indeed. Denise Treslan, a member of the Ringette Canada Board of Directors, was grateful to be able…
Say hello to Wowkwis (Whoa-quis), the official mascot for the 2023 Canada Winter Games. Named after the Mi’kmaq First Nations peoples’ word for “red fox,” Wowkwis celebrates the rich history of our province. A local, who hails from world-famous Rustico, Wowkwis’ favourite colour is turquoise because it resembles the water in the bay, and her…
Angie Milbury, President of Ringette Canada, announced today that four individuals have been inducted into the Ringette Canada Hall of Fame in the Official and Builder Categories. “The Ringette Hall of Fame is proud to welcome these incredible individuals,” said Milbury. “Their contributions to the sport of ringette are well documented and their induction to…
In the summer of 2020, Ringette Canada launched its National Direction for Return to Ringette to support and remind everyone involved in our sport that our game would be back – that our families, associations and communities would come back to the game we all love – stronger than ever. We also emphasized that a…
Ringette Canada, in partnership with Parachute Canada, has recently completed a ringette-specific concussion online training course. The course is hosted on our Sport for Life Campus along with the Come Try Ringette training course. As with the Come Try Ringette course, access to the concussion course is free with the use of coupon codes. Instructions…
Why isn’t ringette in the Olympics? Great question! And one that is brought up frequently to Ringette Canada. The process to become an Olympic sport is an interesting one, so we wanted to share how and why sports get chosen to be part of the Olympic games and how ringette fits into this picture. The…
Ringette Canada is delighted to announce the recipients of the 22nd annual Agnes Jacks Scholarship Awards and the 20thannual Cara Brown Ringette Scholarship Awards. Receiving Agnes Jacks Scholarships are Malia Gee (Regina, SK) Cassidy Meyer (Taymouth, NB) Brooklyn MacInnis (Souris, PEI) Talia Russouw (Kelowna, BC) Brynn Stevenson (Lethbrdige, AB). Receiving Cara Brown Ringette Scholarships are Kaylee Davies (Steinbach, MB) and Lauren…
Ringette Canada is delighted to announce the appointment of Hannah Woodman to the position of Program Coordinator with Ringette Canada. Hannah has worked in sport for 8 years starting at the recreation level in 2014 and moving to work in the sport of ringette from 2018-21. Throughout these years, Hannah worked at Ringette BC as…
We are delighted to announce that we have appointed Jenni Lloyd as our new Communications, Engagement & Marketing Director. Jenni is a professional sport administrator with 11 years of experience growing, developing and sharing the power of sport. A native of North Bay ON, Jenni now resides in Ottawa with her husband and 2 children….