2005-2006
Tribute to a Calgary Ringette Pioneer ...
It is with great sadness that many in the Calgary ringette community say goodbye to Frances Willis - coach of one of three ringette teams in Calgary's inaugral season of 1977-78. Frances was a member of the first Ringette Calgary Board where she spent several years as president, scheduler, organizer and promoter. In 1979 she was responsible for starting the Calgary Booster Club Ringette School - the first ringette school in the province.
She was recognized for her ringette involvement by the Calgary Booster Club in 1986 and inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 1994. Her involvement and enthusiasm with both the grassroots and the Rep program in Calgary was significant - as a committee member, coach, manager, role model and mom.
Frances touched many of us over the years, and will remain in our memories as one of the major building blocks and greatest supporters of ringette in calgary.
New Year ... New Logo
Calgary AA Ringette revealed their new logo
and began implementing it on jerseys, team wear, stationary, etc.
Logo Design by Laura Webb, Graphic Illusions Inc.
City Champions 2005-2006
| Division | City Champions | Silver Medalists |
| Novice A | South Calgary Babes on Blades |
Bow View Blue Dynamite |
| Novice B | South Calgary Cougars |
Northwest Ice Devils |
| Petite A | Northwest Velocity |
South Calgary Chaos |
| Provincials: Northwest Velocity - 5th South Calgary Chaos - 7th |
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| Petite B | Bow View Red Roadrunners |
Northwest West Survivors |
| Provincials: Northwest Survivors - Gold BV Roadrunners - Silver, Bow View Thunder - 8th |
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| Tween A | S. Calgary Forza |
Bow View Fortius |
| Provincials: Bow View Fortius - 4th, Bow View Element - 6th, South Calgary Forza - 8th, Northwest Blackout - 11th |
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| Tween B | BV Thunder |
NWW Crisis |
| Provincials: Calgary East Kaos - 7th Northwest Crisis - 8th, Bow View Thunder - 10th |
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| Junior A | Calgary NorthForce |
Southview Odyssey
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| Provincials: Calgary North Force - 4th Calgary North Mission - 6th, Southview Odyssesy - 7th |
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| Junior B | Calgary North Krush |
Calgary North Nytro |
| Provincials: Calgary North Krush - 4th Calgary North Nytro - 5th, Southview Thunder - 8th |
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| Belle A | Calgary North Soraya |
Southview Snipe |
| Provincials: Calgary North Soraya - Silver Southview Snipe - Bronze |
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| Belle B | Calgary North Calor |
Calgary North Mirage |
| Provincials: Calgary North Mirage - Silver Calgary North Calor - 4th, Southview Shock - 5th |
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| Open A | University of Calgary |
West Hillhurst "US" |
| Provincials: U of C Ringette Club - Gold, West Hillhurst 'US" - Silver, Triwood Tradition - 4th, Bow View Velocity - 8th |
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| Open B | South Calgary Storm |
Northwest Stealth |
| Provincials: South Calgary Storm - 4th Northwest Stealth - 6th |
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| Executive: | |
| President | Adrian Shorter |
| Past President | Steve Hutchison |
| VP Administration | Laura Webb |
| VP League | Lonnie Krahn Darwyn Miles |
| VP Technical | Jim Hepburn |
| VP Publicity | Linda Shorter |
| 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 | |
| Coaching Development | Ian Frame |
| Ice Scheduling | Betty Friesen |
| Education Liaison | |
| AA Rep | Ted Boos |
| Bow View Rep | Jack Marsh |
| Northwest Rep | Karen Chown Pat Guebert |
| South Calgary Rep | Cathy Moore |
| Calgary East Rep | Sandi McNeill |
| Staff: | |
| Administration | Marlayne Brandsgard |
| Accountant | Gail Kerr |
AA Teams 2006 |
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| Division | PROVINCIALS FINISH | WCRC / CRC FINISH |
| Petite AA | Calgary Illusion - GOLD |
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| Tween AA | Calgary ZEAL - GOLD |
Tween AA Zeal - Gold (WCRC) |
Calgary WOW - SILVER |
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| Junior AA | Calgary Surge - GOLD |
Calgary Surge Junior AA - Silver |
| Calgary PAXIAO - SILVER | ||
| Belle AA | Calgary Cru - GOLD |
Calgary Cru Belle AA - Silver |
| Open AA | Calgary Rath - SILVER | Calgary Rath - 6th |
Esso Golden Ring
The 20th anniversary Esso Golden Ring was held Jan. 20-22, 2006 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.- All divisions except bunny and novice used shot clocks for all games.
- All participants received 20th anniversary SLING PACKS, in addition to lapel pins and pens
- 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.
- Imperial Oil provided 15 new Esso Golden Ring Banners which were hung in the arenas
| 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 | Sandie McNeill |
| Darlene Kuhn | Laurie Miller |
| Teresa Merritt | Lynn Robb |
| Sandy Windle | Shelley Geddes |
| Lynn Richardson | Shawna Pollock |
| Joan Hammond | |
Calgary Volunteers honored at the Ringette Alberta AGM
Congratulations to this year's worthy recipients of the Ringette Alberta "Friends of Ringette Awards
Honored this year were: Shelley and Paul Geddes, and Mike Morris
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- Mike Morris
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- Mike Morris
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- Mike Morris
Shelley and Paul Geddes
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11th Annual |
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| Bunnies: Cal East Snow Tigers, Cal East Warriors, Bow View Ice Angels, North West Devils were ALL WINNERS |
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| Division | Gold | Silver | ||
| Novice A | Edm. Snipers | 8 | Med.Hat Thunder | 5 |
| Novice B | Med.Hat Babes /w Blades | 9 | Fort Sask Ice Devils | 7 |
| Petite A | Leduc Jaguars | 4 | Edm. Swish | 1 |
| Petite B | Med.Hat Spice on Ice | 10 | Red Deer Devils | 4 |
| Tween A | Med Hat Corrosion | 5 | St Albert Diesel | 3 |
| Tween B | Med Hat Scorchers | 7 | Cal East Kaosv | 3 |
| Junior A | St.Albert Anarchy | 5 | Cal North Mission | 4 |
| Junior B | Lacombe Adrenaline | 3 | Cal North Nytro | 2 |
Calgary Coach recieves Alberta Centennial Award
The award was presented by Shiraz Shariff and Norman Kwong, Lt Governor of Alberta.
On September 11th, Lonnie Krahn was the deserving recipient of an Alberta Centennial Award. He was nominated for his timeless effort and all his volunteer work - he was one of 8000 people chosen out of many Albertan's to receive the prestigious award.
Lonnie has coached ringette for 18 years and coached fastball for 14 - not to mention being on numerous boards of directors, including the current Ringette Calgary League Director.
Lonnie was also honored last year when the Properties Spring Classic tournament was renamed to The Lonnie Krahn Spring Classic.
Congratulations Lonnie!
Petite AA Tryouts 2005-06
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- Bowview Roadrunners won Gold in the Fort Sask Diamond Ring tournament Nov 11-13
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- Petite A – Calgary NW Friction team won the Gold Medal on Feb. 12 in the Medicine Hat Tournament.
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- Calgary North “Soraya” Belle A Gold medalists at the 2006 Esso Golden Ring
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- Calgary North Junior A Mission: GOLD in the Esso Golden Ring, SILVER in the Lonnie Krahn Spring Classic, BRONZE in the Medicine Hat Ed Horvath Interprovincial Classic
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- Calgary North Krush Junior B brought home gold from the Sherwood Park Diamond Ring Tournament 2005
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- Calgary North Calor Belle B won gold at the Esso Golden Ring
It was quite the year for the NW Petite B SURVIVORS:
December – GOLD in Lethbridge Tournament
January – SILVER in the Golden Ring
March – SILVER in the Calgary City Championships
March – GOLD in the Provincial Petite B Championships
Calgary Rules at the Edmonton Wood Tournament:
| Division | Gold | Silver |
| Petite AA | Calgary Illusion | Calgary Heat |
| Tween AA | Calgary ZEAL | Calgary WOW |
| Junior AA | Calgary PAXIAO | Calgary Surge |
| Belle AA | Calgary Cru |
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- Calgary Illusion Petite AA
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- Calgary Heat & Calgary Illusion Petite AA
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- Calgary ZEAL Tween AA
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- Calgary WOW Tween AA
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- Calgary PAXIAO Junior AA
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- Calgary Surge & PAXIAO Junior AA
Great start for Calgary's Tween AA teams at the
Bernadette Price Memorial Tournament in Saskatoon
Tween AA Team Zeal - Silver Saskatoon
Tween AA WOW - Bronze in Saskatoon
Calgary Illusion
Calgary Classic Petite AA tournament
December 27, 28, 2005
Champions - Calgary Illusion
Regina was ALL Red, White, and Blue!!
Calgary Tween AA WoW won GOLD
Calgary Zeal Tween AA won Silver
Calgary Junior AA Paxiao won Gold
Calgary Junior AA Surge won Silver
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- Calgary Tween AA WoW won GOLD in Regina
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- Tween AA WoW and Tween AA Zeal – Gold and Silver in Regina
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- Calgary Zeal Tween AA won Silver in Regina
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- Calgary Junior AA Paxiao won Gold in Regina
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- Calgary SURGE wins Junior AA championship. Nationals here we come!
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- Tween AA Wow goes undefeated to win Gold in the Ajax Tournament
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- Junior AA Paxiao in Ottawa
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- Junior AA Paxiao in Ottawa bringing Home Gold
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- Tween AA Zeal proudly brings home the Gold from Ottawa
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- Tween AA Zeal wins Gold at the Esso Golden Ring
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- Esso Golden Ring Gold Medal Winners Calgary Junior AA Paxio
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- Esso Golden Ring Gold Medal Winners Calgary Junior AA Paxio
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- Calgary Rath – on their way to the Canadian Ringette Championships in Montreal
Tween AA Team Alberta
Calgary Tween AA Zeal (Team Alberta), won Gold at the Western Canadian Ringette Championships in Winnipeg.
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- Team Alberta Tween AA 2006
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- AllStars – Carolina Romeo and Ainsley Bosch
