Ringette Assessment Day on
Friday, September 16th, 2011

Welcome back everyone! Assessment Day gives new and returning players an opportunity to show off their improved skills. It also gives coaches a chance to evaluate each player before the busy season begins. With your help, all team rosters will be announced by early October.

This year our youth program has 3 levels of play: U9 (kids 8 and under focusing on skating skills), U10 and U12. In some cases age is a secondary consideration and more importance placed on the specific needs/skills of the individual player. Every effort will be made to place kids on balanced teams and to maintain longtime friendships.

The assessment process will work like a regular practice with a few coaches on the ice and a few coaches off-ice evaluating player skating, ring control and game sense. Evaluation results will not be passed on to the parents nor players - they will be used to select the appropriate division and team for each player.

There will be two assessment sessions (5:30 and 6:30) held at Trout Lake 3350 Victoria Drive. All players will be emailed with their assessment time - please contact Roxanne if you have not received an email with this information. To ensure your child is not left out, please plan to attend this important session.

ALL PLAYERS PLEASE:
- Be ready to skate on the ice 15 minutes before your scheduled assessment time, and
- Register at the front desk and obtain a numbered jersey.

Come experience the sport of Ringette on Saturday, September 10th, 2011

Event: Vancouver - Come Try Ringette
Date: September 10th, 2011 @ 1:00 PM for those aged 8 and under
September 10th, 2011 @ 2:00 PM for those aged 9 and older
Location: Hillcrest Arena (Ontario & 30th Ave) Vancouver

Come join the members of Vancouver Ringette Association and try the sport of Ringette for yourself! Just bring your helmet and skates. Sticks and on-ice instruction by coaches and volunteers will be provided. Saturday September 10th at Hillcrest Arena in Vancouver (Ontario Street @ 30th Avenue). 1-1:45 for kids aged 5-8 and 2-2:45 for kids aged 9 and up. You will also have the opportunity to watch an exhibition game featuring teams from the 18+ age group!

Register online at Come Try Ringette.

Registered players are welcome - please email the organizer Dominique to let her know you are coming. Thanks and let's get those skates laced and play some Ringette!

Equipment Swap and Shop
1:00pm-2:30pm Saturday, September 10th

If you are in need for some equipment or if your child has outgrown his/her equipment and you want to clear it out - come to the Shop and Swap.

Any players wishing to sell items, please bring them to the Hillcrest Rink Lobby. All items must be tagged with a price and your name and accompanied by an envelope labeled with your name to be given to Teresa Schwartz (email her). All unsold items and money must be picked up by 3:00 pm that day.

Ringette 2011/2012 Practices

Practices will be starting the second week of September. U9/U10/U12 will have their first practices Friday, September 9th at Trout Lake. U14 will start september 18th at Trout Lake and Open will start September 11. Please go to schedule to see practice details.


Ringette: The Fastest Game on Ice!

About the Game

Invented in Canada, played internationally, ringette is the fastest game on ice! Ringette players use a straight stick to pass, carry and shoot a rubber ring to score goals. A team is made up of 5 players and a goalie. Both girls and boys play the game, although girls predominate.

Why Kids Love Ringette

Kids who play ringette:

  • learn cooperation, teamwork, and sportsmanship
  • interact with people from many cultures
  • develop friendships that can endure for a lifetime
  • develop cardiovascular fitness, agility, and muscle strength

Research indicates that children who participate in organized community activities, such as sport, tend to have higher self-esteem, interact better with friends, be less likely to get into trouble, and perform better in school (socially and academically).

As the organizers of Come Try Ringette, a national ringette awareness campaign, say "Ringette is not hockey for girls!"

  • different rules
  • different equipment
  • different skills
  • different game!
Vancouver Ringette: Fun and Friendships Happen on Ice!
  • Builds strong, fit and confident girls
  • Starts as young as 5 years old
  • A true team sport, maximum participation
  • Non-contact, full protective gear
  • Intentional body checking not allowed
  • Each game is a full hour filled with fast play
  • Can be played recreationally or competitively
Ringette Offers
  • Opportunities to become a highly skilled athlete
  • Travel! Play locally, provincially, nationally and even internationally
  • Any age and physical stage, from 5 to adult
How Is Ringette Played?

The so-called "fastest game on ice" is played in a hockey arena using the 2 blue lines but not the centre line. Two additional free play lines create zones unique to the sport. Unlike hockey, the ring must be passed across the blue lines. This encourages passing and team play, enhancing the flow of the game and making it very rapid. The game is kept fast moving and wide open as only three players from each team may enter the offensive or defensive zone at a time. There is lots of room to move which creates many scoring chances. Like basketball and lacrosse, in most divisions of Ringette, there is a shot clock that forces the teams to shoot quickly which also keeps the game moving quickly.

The Ringette Season

The Lower Mainland Ringette League (LMRL) is made up of 13 associations. Play begins in September with a month of tiering games, followed by a season that lasts about 16 weeks not counting a 2 week winter break in December and January. The LRML also forms all-star teams that represent BC at National Tournaments.

Over 50,000 Canadians in all 10 provinces play Ringette; more than 9,000 coaches are registered with the National Coaching Certification Program, and almost 3,000 referees are trained under the Ringette Canada National Officiating Program.

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