2004-2005

Ringette community loses Agnes Jacks

With deep sadness, Ringette Canada and the entire ringette community mourned the loss of our sport's international ambassador, Agnes Jacks C.M.
Mrs. Jacks passed away at the North Bay General Hospital Scollard Site on Friday (April 1). She was 81.

Member of the Order of Canada, Agnes Jacks was the widow of Sam Jacks, who invented the sport of ringette in 1963 in North Bay, Ontario. After Mr. Jacks' passing in 1975, Mrs. Jacks worked passionately to promote the sport both within Canada and around the world.

Executive:
President	Vacant
Past President	Steve Hutchison
VP Administration	Laura Webb
VP League	Lonnie Krahn Darwyn Miles
VP Technical	Jim Hepburn
VP Publicity	Vacant
Treasurer	Dave Jaques
Zone 3 Director	Darryl Jaques

Directors:
EGRT Liaison	Laura Webb
Bingo Director
Casino Director	Iveah Hutchison
Sponsorship	Terry Yasui
Officials Development
Mike Morris
Player Development	Ashley Frame
Coaching Development	Ian Frame
Ice Scheduling	Betty Friesen
Education Liaison
AA Rep	Debbie McNeil
Bow View Rep	Jack Marsh
Northwest Rep	Barb Cook
South Calgary Rep	Cathy Moore
Calgary East Rep	Ron Crawford Joe Kurta

Staff:
Administration	Marlayne Brandsgard
Accountant	Gail Kerr

Division	City Champions	Silver Medalists
Novice A	Bow View Ring Robbers
Novice B	Cal East Ice Breakers	SCal Alliskaters
Petite A	BV Vibe	BV Dynamyte
	Provincials: SILVER - BV Dynamyte, 6th - BV Vibe, 7th - NW Impact
Petite B	BV White Ring Robbers	BV Blue Ringers
	Provincials: BRONZE- BV Ring Robbers, 8th - BV Ringers
Tween A	Bowview Dynamite	Northwest Shiver
	Provincials: 5th - BV Dynamite, 7th - SCalgary Rage, 8th - NW Shiver
Tween B	Calgary East Hazards	South Calgary Velocity
	Provincials: SILVER- Cal East Hazard, 7th - NW GP's, 11th - SCal Velocity
Junior A	Calgary North Zenith	Southview Renegades
	Provincials: GOLD - Cal North Zenith (and Gold at the Western Canadian Championships) BRONZE - SV Renegades, 4th - Calgary North Toxic
Junior B	Calgary North Rage	Southview Renegades
	Provincials: SILVER - Calgary North Rage, BRONZE - Southview Rage
Belle A	Calgary North Mission	Southview Gusto
	Provincials: SILVER- Calgary SV Ignite, BRONZE - Cal North Mission, 4th - Calgary SV Gusto
Belle B	Southview Savages	North Calgary Riot
	Provincials: SILVER - Calgary North Riot, BRONZE - Southview Savages
Deb A	U of C Ringette Club	NW Coyotes
	Provincials: GOLD - U od C, 6th - NW Coyotes
Int A	West Hillhurst US	Fusion
	Provincials: GOLD - West Hillhurst Us, SILVER - Fusion, 4th - Triwood Tradition

BOW VIEW
Bunny	Blue	Ian Currie
Bunny	White	Brent Olsen
Bunny	Dust Bunnies	Judy Renneberg
Novice A	Ring Robbers	Bob Davies
Novice A	Angels (White)	Laurene Prefontaine
Novice B	White	Peter Mraz
Novice B	Blue	Linda Thorne
Petite A	Vibe	Wanda Paslawski
Petite A	Dynamyte	Al Devolin
Petite B	Ringers	Morley Myden
Petite B	Busters	John Quigley
Petite B	Ring Robbers	Stephen Dougherty
Tween A	Dynamite	Ray Harris
Tween B	Attitude	Jerry Bauche
Tween B	Splat	Paul Olsen
Int A	Velocity	Ian Frame
Int A	White	Ian Frame

CALGARY EAST
Bunny		Deb Swan
Novice B	Ice Breakers	Lise Stradeski
Petite A	Renegades	Peggy Houle
Petite B		Doug Davies
Tween B	Hazard	Richard Drake

CALGARY NORTH
Junior A	Toxic	David Coutts
Junior A	East	Adrian Shorter
Junior B	East	Richard Thisdelle
Junior B	West	Dora Osterling
Belle A	West	Jim Robinson
Belle A	East	Chris Belan
Belle B		Ken Twerdy

NORTHWEST
Bunny	Ice Angels	Mike Sotski
Bunny	Hot Shots	Tracy Wake
Bunny	Hurricanes	Gerald Alexander
Bunny	Ice Screamers	Mark Williams
Novice A	East	Kim Grover
Novice A	Ice Creamers	Grant Exner
Novice B	Chix with Stix	Greg Francis
Novice B	Survivors	Leo McLenaghan
Petite A	East	Steve Switzer
Petite A	Fusion	Scott Fuller
Petite B	Ice Crushers	Jeff Kenyon
Petite B	Ice Devils	Zafir Samoylove
Petite B	Ring Devils	Frank Vanden Elsen
Tween A	K-OS	Mark Demchuk
Tween A	Shiver	Don Klimosko
Tween B	GP's	David Chown
Tween B	Rough Ringers	Dan Pedersen
Deb A		Bob Barnes

SOUTH CALGARY
Bunny	Blue	Stuart Erickson
Bunny	White	Jocelyn Geldert
Bunny	Ghosts	Denis Painchaud
Novice A		Scott Hamilton
Novice B	Shooting Stars	Pierre Loczy
Novice B	Alliskaters	Jim Keough
Petite A	Ring Warriors	Mark Beaven
Petite A	White	Ray Lenstra
Petite B	Green	Sharon Freeman
Petite B	Hot Shots	Dean Webster
Tween A		Craig Webster
Tween B		Terry Yasui
Int A		Belinda Morency

SOUTH VIEW
Junior A		Greg Lefebre
Junior B	Green	Jim Savoie
Junior B	Blue	Karen Saunders
Belle A	Green	Jack Marsh
Belle A	Blue	Udo Rover
Belle B	Yellow	Rick Neufeld
Belle B	Red	Dave Jaques
Belle B	White	Doug Hayden

Calgary Soars at the 2005 AA Provincial Championships

Calgary came home from the north with medals in every division.

Congratulations to:
Petite AA Rush - Gold
Petite AA Fire - 4th
Tween AA Jaa - Gold
TweenAA Omada - Silver
Junior AA Tuulii - Gold
Junior AA Legacy - Silver
Belle AA Altius - Gold
Open AA RATH - Silver

Tween AA Jaa attended the Western Canadian Ringette Championships in Regina where they won GOLD.
Junior AA Tuulii and Belle AA Altius attended the Canadian Ringette Championships in Winnipeg where the Juniors won Silver and the Belles won GOLD.

The 19th annual Esso Golden Ring was held Jan. 21-23, 2005 and hosted Bunny through Intermediate divisions.
There were 166 teams in 17 different divisions.

The Ringette Calgary website provided all tournament information including: application form, hospitality night information, a list of successful applicants, coaches mandatory registration, adopt a team information, and the schedules. This greatly expeeds the process of providing information to teams. All notification to teams was done through email.
The Tween AA, Tween A, Junior AA, Junior A, Junior B, Belle AA, Belle A, Belle B, Deb A, Intermediate A and Open AA divisions used shot clocks for all games.
Customized Game sheets with the Esso Golden Ring logo on them were used once again.
Game scores were uploaded over the weekend from the control centre. This process assisted coaches in attaining game scores and information about which quarter or semi final game they would be participating in.
In the interest of fair play, in the Bunny and Novice divisions each player on a team was allowed to score a maximum of three goals per game.
The Esso Golden Ring was chosen by the National Ringette League to host league games for the NRL. A record-breaking 7 Open AA teams attended
Imperial Oil provided 15 new Esso Golden Ring Banners which were hung in the arenas

Where were the teams from?

Level	Calg	AB	BC	SK	MB	# in div	# of games
Bun	10	4	0	0	0	14	21
Nov	5	7	0	0	0	12	25
NovB	7	1	0	0	0	8	15
PetA	7	7	1	0	0	15	29
PetB	8	7	1	0	0	16	31
TwAA	2	3	2	2	0	9	23
TwA	4	8	0	0	0	12	25
TwB	6	5	0	1	0	12	25
JrAA	2	3	2	1	0	8	15
JrA	3	4	0	1	0	8	15
JrB	4	3	1	0	0	8	15
BAA	1	2	1	1	1	6	16
BA	4	2	1	0	0	7	13
BB	4	2	0	0	0	6	11
DebA	2	2	0	1	1	6	11
IntA	7	4	0	1	0	12	25
OAA	1	2	1	1	2	7	22
	77	66	10	9	4	166	341

Tournament Committee:
Laura Webb	Gail Kerr
Iveah Hutchison	Archie Mann
Marlayne Brandsgard	Marlene Jensen
Joanne Romih	Erin Pinel
Linda Shorter	Kelly Timm
Cindy Melnyk	John Mader
Holly Polson	Tammy Leskun
Darlene Kuhn	Laurie Miller
Teresa Merritt	Lynn Robb
Sandy Windle	Shelley Geddes
Lynn Richardson	Shawna Pollock
Joan Hammond	Wanda Balerud

2005 Esso Golden Ring Champions
All Bunnies Are Winners!!
Division	Gold Medalists	Silver Medalists
Novice	Calgary BV Angels (11)	South Calgary Vipers (5)
Novice B	Calgary East Ice (6)	South Calgary Alliskaters(4)
Petite A	Calgary BV Vibe (5)	St Albert Fury (4)
Petite B	Calgary BV Ringers (4)	Fort Sask Chaos on Ice (3)
Tween AA	Zone 5 Fever (6)	Zone 5 Eclipse (3)
Tween A	Fort Sask Black Ice (8)	Calgary BV Dynamite (2)
Tween B	Regina Panthers (5)	Sherwood Pk Kaos (2)
Junior AA	Calgary Legacy (8)	Zone 5 (1)
Junior A	Calgary SV Renegades (8)	Calgary North Toxic (6)
Junior B	Sherwood Pk Untouchables (3)	Calgary SV Shock (2)
Belle AA	Calgary Altius (10)	Edmonton Sugoi (4)
Belle A	Medicine Hat Blaze (5)	Calgary SV Ignite (4)
Belle B	Calgary SV Savages (3)	Medicine Hat Malice (2)
Deb A	University of Calgary (4)	University of Alberta (3)
Int A	Calgary Triwood Tradition (7)	Calgary BV Velocity (5)
Open AA	Edmonton WAM (3)	Manitoba Stealth (1)

10th Annual Lonnie Krahn Spring Classic FINAL STANDINGS 2005
Bunnies - Airdrie Sunshine, Northwest Ice Screamers, Northwest Ice Angels and Calgary-East Ice Cats were ALL WINNERS
Division	Gold		Silver
Novice A	Bow View Angels	5	Spruce Grove Ring Chicks	4
Novice B	St. Albert Tigers	9	Airdrie Blades	8
Petite A	Edmonton Stealth	7	Northwest Impact	2
Petite B	Lacombe Flying Monkeys	4	Bow View Ring Robbers	3
Tween B	Saskatoon Storm	7	Red Deer Wild	4
Junior A	Calgary Tween “AA” Jaa	5	Rockyford Ringers	1
Junior B	Cochrane Rockies	6	Medicine Hat Momentum	3

Calgary Teams Tween AA Jää and Calgary North Zenith Junior A won the right to represent Alberta at the Western Canadian Championships in Regina.
Both Teams won GOLD

Calgary North Zenith Junior A:

: Calgary North Zenith Junior A – Provincial Champions

: Calgary North Zenith Junior A – Western Cdn Champions

Tween AA Team Alberta Jää:

: Tween AA Team Alberta Jää

: Kristy Oram – MVP of the final game.

: Carolina Romeo and Renee Tawtel were selected for the 2005 All-Star Team.

The University of Calgary Ringette Club successfully defended its 2004 title by winning the 2005 University Challenge Cup in Landmark, Manitoba on Jan. 4, 2005.

The U.C.C. is growing in leaps and bounds with two new University teams, Laurentian and Ottawa joining Manitoba, St. Boniface, Calgary and Alberta in the 2005 tournament. With Dinosaurs, Bisons, Pandas and Gee Gees roaming the corridors it truly gave a "national' feel to the event. Competition was intense and Calgary was victorious because it excelled in all facets of the game.The final against our friends from Edmonton was a fine exhibition of Ringette, with Calgary triumphing with a 3-1 victory. Several other universities have verbally committed to sending teams in 2006.

April 16, 2005 – The National Ringette League (NRL) presented its first annual awards during the closing ceremonies of the 2005 Canadian ringette championships in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
“Our first National Ringette League award winners have set a high standard of achievement for those who will follow in subsequent years," said Jim Dawson, president, NRL Board.
Trophies were presented to Maria Thompson of the Edmonton Edge for Most Valuable Player, Jennifer Gaudet of the Cambridge Turbos for Best Forward/Centre, Alexis Snowdon of the Edmonton WAM! for Best Defenseman, Claudia Jette of the Montreal Mission for Best Goaltender, Katie Lugg of the Gloucester Devils for Rookie of the Year, and Steve Hutchison of the Calgary Rath for Coach of the Year.