Quebec, Guelph and Cambridge Turbos claim national gold at ringette championships

London, Ontario – April 9, 2016 – After going undefeated all week, the Gloucester Devils faced their first loss when they met defending champion Cambridge Turbos in the National Ringette League gold medal final. The Turbos downed Gloucester 5-3 to claim gold and send Gloucester home with silver. Ottawa Ice picked up bronze.

Cambridge’s Jacqueline Gaudet, who scored four of the Turbos five goals, commented on her team’s performance shortly after the gold-medal final. “We came in and our first game wasn’t the best, but in the end we accomplished our goals. Gloucester is a good team and we respected them, but we knew we had the talent to execute our game plan and win.”

In the U19 division, it was an all Ontario final with Guelph meeting Team Ontario. Guelph picked up a 2-1 win over Ontario to remain undefeated all week and walk away with the gold. Ontario goes home with silver and Alberta takes bronze after defeating the Nepean Ravens 6-3.

The U16 division saw an all Quebec final with Team Quebec coming head to head with their provincial counterparts Rive Sud. Quebec, who has gone undefeated all week, downed Rive Sud 3-2 to pick up the gold medal. Singles came from Megane Fortin (Blainville), Delphine Agular (Deux-Montagnes) and Gabriele Lefebvre (Blainville).
Ontario picked up the bronze medal after beating BVRA Angels (MB) 3-2 in overtime,

Games have been taking place at the Western Fair Sports Centre and Nichols Recreation Centre all week. All-stars and the NRL Annual Awards will be announced at the closing award ceremony tonight.

Rosters, schedules, standings and stats can be found at the following links:
U16: http://www.leaguestat.com/ringettecanada/crc_u16/en/stats/schedule.php
U19: http://www.leaguestat.com/ringettecanada/crc_u19/en/stats/schedule.php
NRL: http://www.nationalringetteleague.ca/stats/schedule.php?view=day

Results for Saturday, April 9, 2016 at the 2016 Canadian ringette championships in London, Ontario:

U16 DIVISION
Bronze game:
Ontario 3 BVRA Angels (MB) 2

Gold game:
Quebec 3 Rive Sud (QC) 2

Gold: Quebec
Silver: Rive Sud (QC)
Bronze: Ontario
4^th: BVRA Angels (MB)
5^th: New Brunswick
6^th: Mississauga
7^th: London
8^th: Alberta
9^th: Manitoba
10^th: Calgary Blue
11^th: St. Albert Mission
12^th: Edmonton Elite
13^th: Elora-Fergus (ON)
14^th: Saskatchewan
15^th: Gloucester-Cumberland (ON)
16^th: British Columbia
17^th: Clarence-Rockland (ON)
18^th: Zone 5 Pack (AB)
19^th: Nova Scotia
20^th: Central Alberta Sting

U19 DIVISION
Bronze game:
Alberta 6 Nepean Ravens 3

Gold game:
Guelph 2 Ontario 1

Gold: Guelph
Silver: Ontario
Bronze: Alberta
4^th: Nepean Ravens
5^th: Manitoba
6^th: Nova Scotia
7^th: Quebec
8^th: BLL (QC)
9^th: Eastman Flames (MB)
10^th: Calgary Red
11^th: Zone 5 Grit (AB)
12^th: Saskatchewan
13^th: Calgary Blue
14^th: Edmonton Elite
15^th: Cambridge Turbos
16^th: Richmond Hill
17^th: Mississauga
18^th: St. Albert Mission
19^th: London
20^th: British Columbia

NRL DIVISION
Gold game:
Cambridge Turbos 5 Gloucester Devils 3

Gold: Cambridge Turbos
Silver: Gloucester Devils
Bronze: Ottawa Ice
4^th: Edmonton WAM!
5^th: Montreal Mission
6^th: Calgary RATH
7^th: Atlantic Attack
8^th: Edmonton Black Gold Rush

About Ringette
Ringette is a Canadian sport that was invented in 1963 in North Bay, Ontario by the late Sam Jacks. There are currently nearly 30,000 players on nearly 2,000 teams across Canada, with over 1,500 officials and nearly 8000 coaches. Internationally, it is played in more than a half a dozen other countries around the world. Ringette has been designated a Heritage Sport by Sport Canada and as part of the Sport for Life movement, ringette is well advanced at adapting Sport Canada’s Long Term Athlete Development model. For more information, please refer to the Ringette Canada Web site at www.ringette.ca.

For more information, please contact:

Alayne Martell
Media and Public Relations | Relations de presse et publiques
Ringette Canada | Ringuette Canada
National Ringette League | Ligue Nationale de Ringuette
Phone | Téléphone : (613) 748-5655, ext. 226
Cell : (902) 308-1067
alayne@ringette.ca
@: www.ringette.ca
@: www.nationalringetteleague.ca

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