1998-1999

- Ringette Calgary launched their first website. It was set up by Laura Webb
- Lucie Anne Ingoldsby (former Ringette Calgary President), became President of Ringette Canada
- Ringette Calgary voted to support a"self-supporting intramural league", open to all players 16+ to allow players more ice time. The league was organized by Lisa Brown and Jaime McDowell
- Northwest held their annual Ringette School for Tween and under, and a conditioning camp for Tween and over.
- The Ringette Alberta Casino was held in Calgary December 21-22, 1998
- Ringette week was held January 23 - 30, 1999
- CRRA Referee Fees: (There was a fee increase of $.50 per assignment for officials)
Bunny $13, Novice $14, Petite $15, Tween $16, Junior $19, Belle $21, Deb/Int $22
AA Game Gees: Petite $17, Tween $18, Junior $21, Belle $23, Deb/Int $24 (plus an additional $2.25 for parking if the game was held at the Olympic Oval - The Gym Ringette program was continued in Calgary Schools (Beth Veale and Jody Black)
- Mandatory Coaches Meetings were held October 6th and 7th
- NCCP Coaching Clinics - Level 1 Tech/Prac October 31-November 1 and November 28-29
Level 2 - November 6-8 - Bobbie Schweitzer was the referee assignor
- AA Silent Auction was held Friday, November 20th, 1998
- Ice was billed at $112 per hour
- Properties Annual Spring Classic was held March 5-7, 1999
- Calgary did not have a Deb AA team
- Ringette Alberta introduced the rule (for provincials) which would see the head coach of a team suspended for their next game should their team be assessed more than 30 penalty minutes in one game.
The Esso Golden Ring also adopted this policy for the 1999 tournament - The Ringette Calgary Casino made $45,703.81
- AA teams travelled to the Edmonton Wood Tournament, winning 3 gold and 2 silver in the five divisions
- Joan Kennedy was awarded the Don Henderson Memorial Ringette Scholarship at the University of Calgary
- AA teams travelled to Regina tournament in January: Tween AA Heat - silver, Junior AA Pact - gold, Belle AA Team Nova - gold
- Calgary hosted Deb A and Intermediate A provincials
- AA held a year end banquet at Triwood on April 17
- Iveah Hutchison received the Bow View Brian Hendricks Memorial Coaching Award
- Jody Black recieved the Ringette Alberta scholarship
- Abbey Hoes was the recipient of the Ringette Alberta Player of the Year award.
- Ringette Alberta Friends of Ringette Awards were presented to Calgarians Donna Douey, Dennis McGrath and Archie Mann
- The Canadian Ringette Championships were held in Halifax, NS.
Zone 2 Teams Participating in Calgary League |
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Airdrie | Petite B, Tween B, Junior A, Junior B, Deb A |
Rockyford | Novice B, Petite B, Tween B, Junior B, Belle A |
Strathmore | Petite B, Tween B, Junior B |
Standard | Petite A, Tween A |
Cochrane | Novice B, Petite B, Tween B |
Carstairs | Novice B, Petite A |
Innisfail | Belle A |
Executive: | |
President | Chris Belan |
Past President | Laura Webb |
VP Administration | Louise McGrath |
VP League | Randall Jarosz |
VP Technical | |
VP Publicity | Selene Munro |
VP Finance | Diana Mele |
VP Zone 3 | Steve Hutchison |
Directors: | |
EGRT Liaison | Laura Webb |
Bingo Director | Clint Tippett |
Casino Director | Iveah Hutchison |
C.R.R.A. Rep | Mike Morris |
Player Development | |
Coaching Development | Murray Pettem |
Ice Scheduling | Iveah Hutchison Sue Palmer |
AA Rep | Noel Cronin |
Bow View Rep | Udo Rover |
Northwest Rep | Gail Kerr |
South Calgary Rep | Jan Handby |
Properties Rep | Jim Hepburn |
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Administration | Marlayne Brandsgard |
Accountant | Merrill Booth |
City Champions 1998-99
Division | City Champions | Silver Medalists |
Novice A | Bow View Rapids | Properties Predators |
Novice B | Properties Ice Cats | South Calgary Road Runners |
Petite A | Properties Sharp Shooters (Provincials - Bronze) |
Northwest Attitude (Provincials - Gold) |
Petite B | Bow View Wildcats (Provincials - Gold) |
Bow View Tornadoes |
Tween A | South Calgary Ice (Provincials - Gold) |
Bow View Selects |
Tween B | Properties Predators (Provincials - Gold) |
South Calgary Tornadoes (Provincials - Silver) |
Junior A | Northwest Griffins (Provincials - Silver) |
Properties Eliminators |
Junior B | Northwest Illusion (Provincials - Silver) |
Northwest Power |
Belle A | Properties Falcons | Northwest Maximus (Provincials - Silver) |
Deb A | Bow View ICe (Provincials - Gold) |
Northwest Debs |
Int A | West Hillhurst US (Provincials - Gold) |
Triwood Tradition (Provincials - Silver) |
AA Teams
CALGARY Shannon Beatty COACHES: |
CALGARY Sarah Beaton COACHES: |
CALGARY Chantale Tippett COACHES: |
CALGARY Christin Bell COACHES: |
CALGARY Angela Crosby COACHES: |
CALGARY Stacey McNichol COACHES: |
CALGARY No team |
CALGARY Tamara Anderson COACHES: |
Esso Golden Ring
The 13th annual Esso Golden Ring was held Jan. 22-24, 1999 and hosted Bunny through Intermediate divisions.
There were 162 teams in 16 different divisions.
The 1999 Esso Golden Ring:
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The tournament was sponsored for the 13th year by Imperial Oil Limited.
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Teams from Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba took part in the three-day competition. In addition to the 69 Calgary teams there were 74 teams from other parts of Alberta, and 21 out of province teams - 8 from British Columbia, 12 from Saskatchewan and 1 from Ontario.
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A total of 177 applications were received from teams with hopes of securing a spot in the tournament - 141 of those were presented on the opening day for applications. Regretfully, we were unable to accommodate 16 of those teams.
- Play took place at 18 arenas, a total of 24 ice surfaces with the first game commencing at 7:00 am on Friday, January 23, and the last game ending at 7:00 pm on Sunday, January 25.
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The "take home" souvenir which the 1999 Esso Golden Ring committee provided to all players was a frisbee, imprinted with the Esso Golden Ring logo, and the slogan "Ringette Rules".
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Erik Laerz, along with Robyn Schweitzer were responsible for the task of scheduling officials for the 319 tournament games.
- The Esso Golden Ring Hospitality Night was held on Friday, January 22. The informal function, provided free of charge to all participants was held at the Village Square Leisure Centre. Activities included crafts, kareoke, face painting, games, and lots of food.
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For the second first time, a referee social was held on Thursday, January 22. Officials picked up their packages and went over tournament rules and expectations, as well as socializing to get to know each other.
- All bunny teams received participation medals for their friendship series.
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The Ringette Calgary Home Page included Esso Golden Ring information, including the schedules.
ESSO GOLDEN RING Champions were: |
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Gold | Silver | |
Novice A | Calgary BV Rapids | Richmond BC Bulldogs |
Novice B | Lacombe Panthers | Fort Sask. Kinsmen Crusaders |
Petite A | Burnaby Tigers | Calgary NW Attitude |
Petite B | Vernon Petites | Calgary BV Wildcats |
Tween AA | Calgary Heat | Calgary Impact |
Tween A | South Calgary Ice | Calgary BV Selects |
Tween B | Calgary PSA Predators | Calgary BV Red Hot Chili Peppers |
Junior AA | Calgary Pact | Zone 5 Black Gold |
Junior A | Calgary NW Griffins | St. Albert Spartans |
Junior B | Lethbridge Lightning | Calgary NW Illusion |
Belle AA | Calgary Team Nova | Edmonton Inferno |
Belle A | Calgary NW Maximus | Lacombe Vortecs |
Deb/Int AA | Edmonton Debs | Edmonton Scorch Int AA |
Deb A | Calgary BW Ice | Edmonton Kilkenny Cougars |
Int A | Calgary W. Hillhurst US | South Calgary Giants |
Tournament Committee: | |
Laura Webb | Archie Mann |
Iveah Hutchison | Diana Mele |
John Mader | Dennis McGrath |
Kari Hendricks | Jocelyne Tippett |
Darlene Kuhn | Jennifer Irving |
Selene Munro | Leslie Haworth |
Jack Marsh | Rose Anne Mutrie |
Donna Douey | Tanis Humphrey |
Barbara Young | Holly Polson |
Joanne Fequet | Joan Hammond |
Shelley Geddes | Denise Hradsky |
Pat Morrill | Gwen Poliwczuk |

NW TWEEN B GHOSTBUSTERS
Back Row: Harvey Fairfield (asst Coach), Dawn McLean (asst Coach), Carly Murray, XXX, Morgan Klimosko, Erin Barnes, Stephanie Fairfield, Jan Klomoski (mgr), Bob Barnes (Coach)
Front Row: Jenna Whiteside, Alana Redding, Kristin Dobson, Holly Favell, Alaina Parker,
Katrina Warren, Jennifer Russell

NW JUNIOR B ILLUSION
Back Row: Vern Epp (asst Coach), Lorna Barnes (mgr), Chelsea Urness, Kristy Douey, Kate Hunter,
Erin Glowa, Jemma Faint, Denise Kerr, Donna Douey (asst Coach), Bob Kerr (Coach)
Front Row: Katie Crombie, Amie Barnes, Stacey Epp, Jackie Fauville, Lauren Redgate,
Cari Russell, Breanna Dillon. Missing: Laurel Goeres