2003-2004

The Don Henderson Memorial Ringette Scholarship was awarded to Stacey Johnson
The first University of Calgary Dino's Ringette team was created
Coaches Corner Sessions were held
Ringette Calgary decided not to renew their contract with the Calgary Ringette Referee Association, and instead formed a new association the "Officials Committee"
Petite AA Christmas tournament was held
3rd annual team canada Polar Bears Ringette Euro Tour was held in August 2004

Registration Numbers 2003-2004 Season
	Players
	Bun	Nov	Pet	Tw	Jr	B	Deb	Int / Open	TL
BV	30	45	50	38			28		191
NW	55	55	71	42			16		239
SCal	15	37	33	21				14	120
CalE	17	14	31	11					73
SV					67	40			107
NC					55	32			87
AA				28	15	14		18	75
Misc							32	43	75
TL	117	151	185	140	137	86	76	75	967

	Teams
	Bun	Nov	Pet	Tw	Jr	B	Deb	Int / Open	TL
BV	3	4	4	3			2		16
NW	4	4	5	3			1		17
SCal	1	3	3	2				1	10
CalE	1	1	2	1					5
SV					5	3			8
NC					4	2			6
AA				2	1	1		1	5
Misc							2	3	5
TL	9	12	14	11	10	6	5	5	72
These figures do not include "Women's Teams" (Intermediate B, C and Masters)

Executive:
President	Steve Hutchison
Past President	Chris Belan
VP Administration	Laura Webb
VP League	Lonnie Krahn Darwyn Miles
VP Technical	Beth Veale
VP Publicity
Treasurer	Dave Jaques
Zone 3 Director	Darryl Jaques

Directors:
EGRT Liaison	Laura Webb
Special Events	Darlene Kuhn
Bingo Director	Hal Young
Casino Director	Iveah Hutchison
Sponsorship	Terry Yasui
Officials Development	Mike Morris
Player Development	Ashley Frame
Coaching Development	Ian Frame
Ice Scheduling	Betty Friesen
Facilities Director	Iveah Hutchison
AA Rep	Debbie McNeil
Bow View Rep	Jack Marsh
Northwest Rep	Barb Cook
South Calgary Rep	Cathy Moore
Calgary East Rep	Adrian Shorter

>Staff:
Administration	Marlayne Brandsgard
Accountant	Gail Kerr

Division	City Champions	Silver Medalists
Novice A	South Calgary Ice Devils	NW Ice Breakers
Novice B	Calgary East Ice Knights	NW Ring Robbers
Petite A	Northwest Survivors	BV White Extreme
	Provincials: NW Survivors - Silver, NW Scream - Bronze, BV X-Treme - 7th
Petite B	NW Ice Creamers	South Calgary Hawks
	Provincials: SC Ice Hawks - 7th, NW Bandits - 8th, NW Ice Creamers - 10th
Tween A	Northwest Impulse	Bow View
	Provincials: SC Fusion - Bronze, NW Impulse - 6th, BV Crusaders - 7th
Tween B	Northwest Frostbite	BV White X-Treme
	Provincials: NW Frostbite - Silver, BV X-Treme - 10th, SC Fear - 11th
Junior A	Southview Synergy	Calgary North Diesel
	Provincials: NC Diesel - Gold, SV Synergy - Bronze, NC Diesel Gold at the WCRC
Junior B	Southview Spirit	Calgary North AKA
	Provincials: SV Spirit - 4th, NC AKA - 8th
Belle A	Calgary North SWAT	Southview TNT
	Provincials: NC S.W.A.T. - Bronze
Belle B	Southview Storm	Southview Outlaws
	Provincials: SV Outlaws - Gold, SV Storm - Silver, NC Fury - 6th
Deb A	Team Fusion	U of C
	Provincials: Team Fusion - Gold, BV United - Silver, U of C - Bronze
Intermediate A	West Hillhurst US	Triwood Gladiators
	Provincials: West Hillhurst - Gold, Triwood Gladiators - 5th

BOW VIEW
Bunny	Snow Dogs (White)	Ian Currie
Bunny	Tigers (Red)	Dan Paslawski
Bunny	Skater Girls (Blue)	Colette Craig
Novice A	Ice Crushers (White)	Lee Anne Beesley
Novice A	Cool Cats (Blue)	Wanda Paslawski
Novice B	Babes on Blades (Blue)	Nancy Dougherty
Novice B	Groovy Girls (White)	Corinne Middleton
Petite A	Wild (Blue)	Jerry Bauche
Petite A	X-Treme (White)	John Webb
Petite B	Sk8tergirls (Blue)	Bob Davies
Petite B	Checking Chicks (White)	Morley Myden
Tween A	Crusaders	Allen Hicks
Tween B	X-Treme (White)	Ray Harris
Tween B	Vibe (Blue)	Karen Saunders
Deb A	Bow View Prairie Fire	Steve Hutchison
Deb A	Team United	Mark Hinther

CALGARY EAST
Bunny	Calgary East Dust Bunnies	Steve Balerud
Novice B	Calgary East Ice Knights	Lise Stradeski
Petite A	Calgary East Hotshots	Holly Salhab
Petite B	Calgary East Ice Devils	Peggy Houle
Tween A	Calgary East Twist	Bob Burke

CALGARY NORTH
Junior A	Diesel (East)	Jim Robinson
Junior A	Velocity (West)	Jim Hepburn
Junior B	Shock Therapy (East)	Adrian Shorter
Junior B	West	Shawn Boomer
Belle A		Chris Belan
Belle B	Fury	Michael Gran

NORTHWEST
Bunny	Hurricanes (Silver)	Gerald Alexander
Bunny	Rockets (East)	Kathy Leonard
Bunny	Northwest Hot Shots (Black)	Kevin Tod
Bunny	Cheetahs (West)	Jim Robinson
Novice A	Northwest Ice Breakers	Frank VandenElsen
Novice A	Northwest Roxy Chicks	Jeff Hughson
Novice B	Northwest Ice Wizards	Jeff Kenyon
Novice B	Ring Robbers (West)	Dean Tuttle
Petite A	Scream (West)	Don Klimosko
Petite A	Survivors (East)	Steve Switzer
Petite B	Ice Invaders (East)	Bernie Boutin
Petite B	Northwest Bandits (West)	Scott Fuller
Petite B	Ice Creamers (Central)	Tony Izzo
Tween A	Northwest Impulse	Bob Kerr
Tween B	Frostbite (East)	John Powell
Tween B	Sizzlers (West)	Ken Barker
Deb A	Static	Brian Glowa

SOUTH CALGARY
Bunny	Ice Angels	Mark Fitzgerald
Novice A	Ice Devils	Mike Rippe
Novice B	Unicorns (White)	Greg Chudiak
Novice B	Icebergs (Green)	Sharon Freeman
Petite A	South Calgary Swift	Ray Lenstra
Petite B	Ice Hawks (White)	Mark Beaven
Petite B	Fire Bolts (Green)	Terry Yasui
Tween A	Fusion	Belinda Morency
Tween B	Fear	Kelly Pratt
Int A	South Calgary Storm	Darryl Jaques

SOUTH VIEW
Junior A	Synergy (Blue)	Paul Geddes
Junior A	White	Bob Curran
Junior B	Southview Tricky (Gold)	Paul Olsen
Junior B	Spirit (Green)	Geoff Wild, PamCaravan
Junior B	Red	Mike Ripley
Belle A		Bob Markle
Belle B	White	Marty Gaulin
Belle B	Blue	Doug Hayden

NON-QUADRANT TEAMS
Deb	U of C Club Team	Beth Veale
Deb	Calgary Fusion	Lonnie Krahn
Intermediate A	Triwood Tradition	Laura Webb
Intermediate A	Triwood Gladiators	Ed Wahl
Intermediate A	West Hillhurst	Jim Quinn

AA PROVINCIALS 2004 - All Calgary Teams Bring Home a Medal!

Calgary Storm Petite - Gold
Calgary Rush Petite - Bronze

Calgary Summit - Tween AA - Gold
Calgary Heat - Tween AA - Silver
Summit had to come back and beat Heat twice both in overtime
Summit went on to win SILVER at the Western Canadian Ringette Championships

Junior AA - Gold (Provincials)
Canadian Ringette Championships - GOLD

Belle AA- Gold (Provincials)
The Belles played the weekend of their lives and had to come back to beat Zone 5 Twice. The first game was won in overtime 8 – 7, the second game they won 7-5.
Canadian Ringette Championships - GOLD

Open - Silver
They beat the Edmonton team in the first game 2-1 which forced a second game
Canadian Ringette Championships - 5th

: Tween AA Heat at Gloucester Cumberland Ringette Tournament in Ottawa

: Tween AA Summit

: Tween AA Summit

: Calgary Kokoro Junior AA

The 18th annual Esso Golden Ring was held Jan. 23-25, 2004 and hosted Bunny through Intermediate divisions. There were 163 teams in 16 different divisions.

Game scores were available on our website - they were uploaded throughout the weekend using a laptop and a cell phone.
The Hospitality Night was held Friday night at Marlborough Community Hall from 5:00 to 8:00 pm.
The Tween AA, Junior AA, Junior A, BelleAA, Belle A, and Open AA divisions used SHOT CLOCKS for all of their games.
Souvenirs were on sale at Village Square Leisure Centre all weekend.

Where were the teams from?

	Calg	AB	BC	SK	MB	ONT	# in div	# of games
Bun	8	4	0	0	0	0	12	18
Nov	5	6	1	0	0	0	12	25
NovB	7	1	0	0	0	0	8	15
PetA	6	8	2	0	0	0	16	31
PetB	7	9	0	0	0	0	16	31
TwAA	2	3	4	2	2	1	14	35
TwA	4	3	0	0	0	1	8	15
TwB	4	4	0	0	0	0	8	15
JrAA	1	3	2	1	0	0	7	17
JrA	4	3	0	1	0	0	8	15
JrB	5	6	1	0	0	0	12	25
BAA	1	2	2	1	0	0	6	16
BA	2	4	1	1	0	0	8	15
BB	3	1	0	0	0	0	4	9
DebA	5	3	0	1	1	0	10	21
IntA	4	4	0	0	0	0	8	15
OAA	1	3	1	1	0	0	6	16
TL	69	67	14	8	3	2	163	334

There were 2330 players on 163 teams in the 2004 Esso Golden Ring in 17 divisions of play.
There were a total of 334 Games (455 hours of ice).
The ice bill was approximately $52,000.00.
There were 65 on-ice officials used in the tournament.
Referee game fees for the tournament total $9,973.00. The cost of "importing" referees and transporting them is an additional $4300. Hotel rooms are provided free of charge to all out of town officials.
Transportation was provided to out of town officials to all of their games. (thanks to Lonnie Krahn, Leanne Henderson, Darryl Jaques, Tony Merritt and Murray Todd who drove the refs).
Committee members accumulated 652 draw prizes for players (4 for each team), including 200 custom stinger sticks with the 18th Esso Golden Ring imprinted on them.
There were an additional 6580 items which will be included in coaches packs for the teams.
All players received Esso Golden Ring souvenir items - lapel pins, pens, posters and a custom Carabiner. (that's another 9320 items)
All bunny teams received participation medals for their friendship series.
There were 240 Individuals from Calgary teams who volunteered at arenas, plus 150 people who were minor officials and shot clocks operaters at the semi and final games.
There are 22 tournament committee members, who opened arenas as early as 5:30 am, and closed as late as 12:00 am.
The "control centre" was once again at East Twin and was staffed with committee members and volunteers all weekend who circulated game scores, uploaded scores to the website, compiled results, and generated pre-printed gamesheets for all games.
Gamesheets for each game (regardless of location) were shuttled by volunteers to East Twin arena for verification.
Committee members were linked by cellular phones donated by Fido, and averaged more than 500 km of driving over the weekend.

2004 Esso Golden Ring Champions
All Bunnies Are Winners!!
Division	Gold Medalists	Silver Medalists
Novice	Ft Sask Titans (7)	Calgary NW Ice Breakers (6)
Novice B	Cal East Ice Knights (10)	Strathmore Twisters (3)
Petite A	Ft Sask Rumble (5)	Calgary NW Survivors (3)
Petite B	St Albert Ring Jammers (9)	Red Deer Penguins (2)
Tween AA	Calgary Summit (6)	Saskatoon Saints (2)
Tween A	Calgary NW Impulse (3)	Burlington Blaz'n Bluettes (2)
Tween B	Calgary NW Frost Bite (4)	Red Deer Weldco Wild (3)
Junior AA	Calgary Kokoro (7)	LMRL Thunder (3)
Junior A	Medicine Hat Blaze (7)	Calgary SV PESI (5)
Junior B	Calgary SV Spirit (10)	Calgary SV Cowgirls (3)
Belle AA	LMRL Thunder (7)	Edmonton Eclat (3)
Belle A	Calgary North S.W.A.T. (4)	Calgary SV TNT (2)
Belle B	Calgary SV Storm (3)	Calgary SV Outlaws (0)
Deb A	Calgary Team Fusion (6)	U of C (1)
Int A	West Hillhurst US (5)	Red Deer Kinette Ice (3)
Open AA	Edmonton Bounce (6)	Calgary Neialto (3)

2003-2004 was the inaugural year for a Ringette team based out of the University of Calgary. This was a significant step in the development of our sport with the hope that a intercollegiate league will not only offer our sport more publicity, but will also give post-secondary aged ringette players opportunities they have never had before.
The UofC team participated in the Ringette Calgary league in the Deb/Intermediate division and was coached by Beth Veale, Bob Kerr and Bruce Hammond. Thanks to Beth for her hard work in getting this program off the ground.

The Brian Hendricks Memorial award is given out each year by Bowview Ringette to a person who has made an exceptional contribution to the sport and our association. On May 19, 2004, the award was presented to Shawn Curran, who is one of the "Pioneers" of Ringette in Calgary. Shawn has coached and supported the sport for over 25 years, first with daughters, and now with a granddaughter. He is a tremendous ambassador and supporter of the sport. The award was presented by Jack Marsh, President of Bowview, on behalf of the Hendricks family.

Alberta Winter Games 2004

SouthView Synergy Junior A - AWG Gold

SouthView Synergy wins the right to represent Zone 3 at the AWG

SouthView Synergy Junior A team won the right to represent Calgary at the Alberta Winter Games. The playdown between SV Synergy and SV Pesi was highly competitive with the first game being decided in the second overtime and the second game being decided in a shootout

Synergy went on to win GOLD at the Alberta Winter Games February 12 - 15, 2004. The final game was a very close contest between Synergy and Medicine Hat. With just over 2 minutes left to play and the score tied, Synergy scored to give the Calgary team a 5 - 4 win. Congratulations to all of the players, coaches and team staff for a job well done.

9th Annual PSA/Calgary East Spring Classic
February 27th, 28th & 29th, 2004

Bunnies	Calgary East Dust Bunnies, North West Hurricanes, North West Rockets, South Calgary Ice Angels
	Gold	Silver
Novice	Medicine Hat Ring Rattlers	Airdrie Sharks
Petite A	Red Deer Ice Devils	Cochrane Rockies
Petite B	Spruce Grove Nighthawks	Bow View Checking Chicks
Tween A	Medicine Hat Illusion	Red Deer Raiders
Junior A	Medicine Hat Blaze	Southview Pesi
Junior B	Medicine Hat Black Ice	Calgary North A.K.A.
Belle A	Red Deer R.I.P.	Calgary North SWAT
Deb	U of C	Team Fusion

NW Petite A "Survivors" won the Silver Medal at the Esso Golden Ring and the Gold Medal at the Kelowna Sweetheart Tournament.
They also won Gold in the Cities against Bowview X-Treme . Congratulations to both teams for their outstanding performances and sportsmanship in making this series a thrill for all their fans!!

NW Petite A Survivors - Silver Medal at the Esso Golden Ring

NW Petite A Survivors - Gold Medal at the Kelowna Sweetheart Tournament

NW Petite A Survivors won Gold in the City Championships

Petite A City Championships - NW Survivors (Gold), Bowview X-Treme (Silver)

Tournament Committee:
Laura Webb	Gail Kerr
Iveah Hutchison	Archie Mann
Marlayne Brandsgard	Shelagh Flanagan
Charlene Waldal	Jaimie Morris
Linda Shorter	Nadine Bertin
Cindy Melnyk	John Mader
Holly Polson	Tammy Leskun
Darlene Kuhn	Bonnie Gillies
Lisa Puchala	Lynn Robb
Janice Schneider	Shelley Geddes

Ringette Calgary History

2004 Canadian Ringette Championships

City Champions 2003-2004

Teams and Coaches

Calgary’s AA Teams

AA PROVINCIALS 2004 - All Calgary Teams Bring Home a Medal!

Esso Golden Ring

Where were the teams from?

The “New Battle of Alberta” UofC vs UofA

Calgary's First University of Calgary Ringette Team

“Brian Hendricks Memorial Award 2004”

Alberta Winter Games 2004