2000-2001

Jim Hepburn and Clint Tippett received Ringette Alberta "Friends of Ringette" Awards at the Ringette Alberta banquet April 28th, 2001
Ringette Calgary hosted a FUN RUN on Saturday, October 14 at the U of C.
AA held their Silent Auction on November 25
Team USA camp was held in Calgary October 6-8
Ice was billed at $126.00 per hour
The 2000 World Championships were held in Finland November 15-18, 2000
The Canadian Ringette Championships were held from April 2-8 in Moncton
The Western Canadian Tween Championships were held from March 23-25 in Winnipeg
A 3-on-3 tournament was held in late August
A Canada Winter Games Zone 3 ID camp was held October 14-15
The referee assignor was Lee Costea
A Level 1 NOCP clinic was held in October
Ringette Canada introduced a new age division at the AA level - OPEN AA - which replaced Deb AA and Intermediate AA
Shot Clocks were used in the Junior AA, Belle AA and Open AA provincial championships
Bow View hosted a goaltending clinic
Properties held their annual Spring Classic Tournament March 2-4, 2001
Ringette Calgary hosted the Tween A provincials from March 9-11
Ringette Calgary participated in the Santa Claus parade
Ringette Calgary had a Casino May 13/14
Calgary teams won Provincial GOLD in 11 of the 14 divisions/levels competed in
Noel Cronin was honored with a special award by the AA Committee for his volunteer commitment.
Jodi Jensen became the new Technical Director for Ringette Canada (May 2001)

Registration Numbers 2000-2001 Season
	Bun	Nov	Pet	Twe	Jr	B	Deb	Int	TL
Bow View	30	37	45	47	37	16	32	0	244
Northwest	34	46	58	45	42	45	18	0	288
South Calgary	20	23	26	25	22	0	0	10	126
Properties	26	19	28	18	0	0	0	0	91
AA	0	0	0	26	14	14	0	12	66
Other:	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	40	54
Totals	110	125	157	161	115	75	64	62	869
These figures do not include "Women's Teams" (Intermediate B, C and Masters)

Executive:
President	Chris Belan
Past President	Laura Webb
VP Administration	Brenda McGowan
VP League	Dennis McGrath Steve Hutchison
VP Technical	Murray Pettem
VP Publicity	John Fauville
Treasurer	Dave Patterson
Zone 3 Director	Darryl Jaques

Directors:
EGRT Liaison	Laura Webb
Bingo Director	Clint Tippett
Casino Director	Iveah Hutchison
C.R.R.A. Rep	Mike Bertin
Player Development
Coaching Development	Rob Reginato
Ice Scheduling	Iveah Hutchison Sue Palmer
AA Rep	Will Hoes
Bow View Rep	Udo Rover
Northwest Rep	Holly Polson
South Calgary Rep	Darwyn Miles
Properties Rep	Jim Hepburn

Staff:
Administration	Marlayne Brandsgard
Accountant	Gail Kerr

Division	City Champions	Silver Medalists
Novice A	BV Chicks with Sticks	NW Nightmares
Novice B	BV Bobcats	BV Ice Breakers
Petite A	BV Fugitives Provincials - 9th	NW Attitude Provincials - 6th
Petite B	NW Ring Invaders Provincials - 4th	NW Grinches who stole Ringette
Tween A	PSA Crushers Provincials - Gold	BV Bronx Provincials - 5th
Tween B	NW Disco Ducks Provincials - Gold	South Calgary 4U2NV
Junior A	BV Rage Provincials - 5th	South Calgary Ice
Junior A	Provincials: NW Vibe - Gold (Host team)
Junior B	BV Selects Provincials - Gold	BV Attitude
Belle A	NW Hooters Provincials - Silver	NW Blaze Provincials - 8th
Deb A	NW Team Fusion Provincials - Gold	BV Breeze Provincials - 4th
Deb A	Provincials - BV Prairie Fire (5th), Thorncliffe Blaze (6th)
Int A	Triwood Gladiators Provincials - Silver	West Hillhurst "US" Provincials - Gold

The 15th annual Esso Golden Ring was held Jan. 19-21, 2001 and hosted Bunny through Intermediate divisions.
There were 167 teams in 16 different divisions.

The 2001 Esso Golden Ring:

The tournament was sponsored for the 15th year by Imperial Oil Limited.
Teams from Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Ontario and Manitoba took part in the three-day competition. In addition to the 70 Calgary teams there were 79 teams from other parts of Alberta, and 18 out of province teams - 7 from British Columbia, 7 from Saskatchewan, 3 from Ontario, and 1 from Manitoba.
A total of 181 applications were received from teams with hopes of securing a spot in the tournament. 9 of those teams withdrew and we were unable to accommodate 5 teams.
Players Prize Draws were held to distribute a total of 620 draw prizes accumulated by Esso Golden Ring Committee members.
The "take home" souvenir which the 2001 Esso Golden Ring committee provided to all players were "kick-balls" - imprinted with the Esso Golden Ring logo. In addition, all players were provided with a full color 2001 souvenir poster.
The "carnival style" hospitality night was held Friday, January 19th at Marlborough Community Hall. Activities included kareoke, a radar gun to test shot speeds, carnival games, cotton candy, hot dogs, snow cones and lots of fun.
Rachel Gilmour and Bob Campbell were responsible for the scheduling of on-ice officials for the 329 tournament games. Robyn Schweitzer, past-president of the CRRA, was also heavily involved in organizing and inviting out of town officials to the tournament.
Murray Todd (Edmonton) was gracious enough to once again coordinate a referee shuttle service for out of town officials. Murray, with assistance from Lonnie Krahn and Dennis McGrath, spent his whole weekend getting referees where they needed to be.
The Ringette Calgary Home Page provided an application form, hospitality night information, a list of successful applicants, and the schedules. This greatly reduced the number of inquiries to the Ringette Calgary office, and expeeded the process of providing information to teams.
The Junior, Belle and Open AA divisions used shot clocks for all games. Many players, parents, coaches and officials took the opportunity to watch this new and improved version of ringette. This did create an unanticipated shortage of "high level" officials, and the result was an added expense to bring in out of province officials.
Customized Game sheets with the Esso Golden Ring logo on them were used once again.
In the interest of fair play, in the Novice division each player on a team was only allowed to score a maximum of three goals per game.

2001 ESSO GOLDEN RING Champions
	Gold	Silver
Novice A	Calgary BV Chicks with Sticks	Fort Sask Kinsmen Krusaders
Novice B	Sherwood Pk Shooting Stars	Medicine Hat Grizzlies
Petite A	South Calgary Blizzard	Calgary NW Attitude
Petite B	Fort Saskatchewan Storm	Calgary BV Thunder
Tween AA	Calgary X-Treme	Regina AA Aces
Tween A	Coquitlam Moody Lightnin	Sherwood Park Shorties
Tween B	South Calgary 4U2NV	Calgary NW Disco Ducks
Junior AA	LMRL BC Thunder	Calgary Pride
Junior A	Edmonton Fury	Calgary NW Vibe
Junior B	Calgary BV Selects	Calgary BV Attitude
Belle AA	Calgary Mission	Zone 5 Black Gold
Belle A	St. Albert Mighty Ducks	Calgary NW Hooters
Deb/Int AA	Edmonton Swatt	Edmonton Steele
Deb A	Calgary Team Fusion	Calgary BV Breeze
Int A	Calgary Triwood Gladiators	Red Deer Kickers

NW JUNIOR B CHAOS COWGIRLS
Back Row: Lorna Barnes (mgr), Bob Barnes (coach), Brenda Stevenson (asst coach), Terry Colluney (asst coach), Kathy Griffin (mgr)
Middle Row: Amy Colluney, Janelle Goulard, Kimberly Stevenson, Allison Griffin, Elena Tyminski, Charlene Gillis
Front Row: Alaina Parker, Hilary Zeeuwen, Stevi Wallace, Karen Jasper, Erin Barnes, Megan Sexsmith, Allison Flach
Missing: Allison Snowden

NW BELLE A HOOTERS
Back Row: Jemma Faint, Danielle Ionn, Miranda Lapierre
Middle Row: Deb Young, Lorna Barnes (mgr), Darryl Jaques (coach), Bob Barnes (asst coach), Kristie Kirkeby
Front Row: Stephanie Madgett, Amie Barnes, Stacey Janz, Kirsten palmer, Danielle Pettem, Megan Cropper, Denise Kerr
Missing: Tracy Madgett, Lauren Redgate, Cari Russell, Jessica Jaques (asst coach)

When Lonnie Krahn says he'll do something -
consider it done.

Those of us who have had the pleasure of working with this dedicated volunteer already knew that this was the case, but this season his Provincial Champion Team Fusion Deb A got to test his word to the limit.

Lonnie promised his team that they could shave his head if they won provincials. Lonnie says he "knew the deal going in - win provincials and get shaved bald - but don't touch the beard".

And win they did... So, on Friday March 30, Lonnie lost his hair...

Lonnie has been active in Ringette for 11 years, and has coached for 9 of those. This represents his fourth City Championship, and his first Provincial title.
Over his Ringette career he has been heavily involved in PSA (Properties Ringette Association) - he was President for 5 years, Ice Scheduler for 2 years and Past President for 4 years.

As president of PSA, Lonnie attended Ringette Calgary Board meetings for 5 years - where he offered down to earth solutions and much needed humour.

When Asked "Why did you do it" Lonnie replied: "For the Love of the Game and the Participants"
Way to go Lonnie!

Tournament Committee:
Laura Webb	Gail Kerr
Iveah Hutchison	Archie Mann
Marlayne Brandsgard	Shelagh Flanagan
Nadine Bertin	Rachel Gilmour
Charlene Waldal	Joan Hammond
Diana Mele	John Mader
Shelley Geddes	Leslie Haworth
Holly Polson	Denise Hradsky
Ed Strachan	Margot Frosini
Jack Marsh

Ringette Calgary History

City Champions 2000-2001

AA Teams

Esso Golden Ring

2001 ESSO GOLDEN RING Champions