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45-615: The IRF is the organization responsible for administering the World Ringette Championships tournament, designed to provide a competition for the world's elite ringette players and help showcase the sport on the international stage. The inaugural year of the World Ringette Council's international ringette tournament, the World Ringette Championships, took place in Canada in 1990 . Today the tournament

90-541: A have junior national representation and its national team competes in the President's Pool. France was initially represented in 1986 at the first meeting of the IRF predecessor, the World Ringette Council, but does not have member representation today. Russia has never had a representative body for the sport of ringette to date and neither country has formed a national governing body. The France national ringette team and

135-655: A nationwide basis and organizes Canada's semi-professional ringette league, the National Ringette League (NRL) which was established in 2004, with the league functioning as a committee under Ringette Canada. In 1986, Ringette Canada became a member of the International Ringette Federation which at the time was known as the "World Ringette Council". Its national hall of fame, the Ringette Canada Hall of Fame ,

180-580: A new Junior division was created. The World Junior Ringette Championships was a tournament in 2009 and 2012 organized by the International Ringette Federation (IRF) for elite international Junior ringette athletes but no longer functions as an event, having since merged with the World Ringette Championships where both Senior and Junior divisions now exist. The Ringette World Club Championship

225-471: A sporting event is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ringette Canada Julie Blanchette Andrea Ferguson Ringette Canada is the national governing body for the sport of ringette in Canada. It was established in 1974 with June Tiessen as its first President and has its current headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario. It is responsible for the organization and promotion of ringette on

270-642: Is Sweden Ringette Association , ( Swedish : Svenska Ringetteförbundet ). It was formed in 1994 and was elected as an associate member of the Swedish Sports Confederation in 2003. The association's office is located in Solna . It joined the World Ringette Council (the International Ringette Federation's predecessor) in 1986. The two major national governing organizations for ringette in the USA are USA Ringette and Team USA Ringette . It joined

315-463: Is also responsible for scouting ringette talent in Canada in order to create the Canadian national ringette teams for both Team Canada Senior and Team Canada Junior who then compete at the World Ringette Championships . National team players are selected from the National Ringette League . While Ringette Canada was formed in 1974, ringette began in Canada as an established sport in 1963 due to

360-466: Is played at a number of Canadian universities and colleges who abide by rules and regulations organized by Ringette Canada. An national tournament called the, "University Challenge Cup" is played annually. Ringette is not recognized by U Sports , the national sport governing body of university sport in Canada, however each institution establishes its own relationship with the ringette program associated with their respective campuses. Some institutions allow

405-491: Is run by the IRF. Historically, Canada and Finland have been the most active ambassadors in the International Federation. Canada and Finland regularly travel across various countries to demonstrate how ringette is played. Canadian teams have demonstrated in countries including Japan , Australia , Iceland , and New Zealand . The sport has also been introduced to Slovakia , Russia , Estonia , Hungary ,

450-641: The Czech Republic and Switzerland . Twenty-three years after the sport of ringette began in Canada, the first successful attempt to organize a group dedicated to the promotion and development of the sport internationally resulted in the creation of the World Ringette Council (WRC). The first international congress was held in Helsinki, Finland, in 1986 and was attended by representatives from five countries: Canada , Finland, Sweden,

495-602: The Ringette World Club Championship in 2008 and 2011 and had scheduled a tournament for 2014 , but the tournament was discontinued due to financial reasons the competing clubs faced and is no longer active. In 2012, the International Ringette Federation announced new promotional activities in Norway , Slovakia , as well as in South Korea . The first meeting of the World Ringette Council

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540-622: The Russia national ringette team made their world debuts early in the beginning years of the World Ringette Championships. In the past, both France and Russia both competed at the World Junior Ringette Championships , but only during the 2012 World Junior Ringette Championships in London, Ontario, Canada. This was the last year the junior event was held separately from the World Ringette Championships after which

585-411: The World Junior Ringette Championships in 2009 and 2012 , while the senior national teams competed at the World Ringette Championships. In 2013 the senior and junior tournaments merged into a single one, the World Ringette Championships, where Canada's first single and exclusive national junior ringette team made its world debut. Team Canada Junior has competed in every world junior event. Ringette

630-427: The World Ringette Championships making its world debut at the 2016 World Ringette Championships with the Czech Republic national ringette team . The country has formed a national organization for ringette and is currently a full official member of the International Ringette Federation. Czechia currently only has a Senior national team and does not a have junior national representation and its national team competes in

675-662: The World Ringette Championships tournament in both the Junior Pool and the Senior Pool competitions. The national senior ringette team competes in the Senior Pool competition now known as the Sam Jacks Series. Sweden selects one or two national ringette teams for international competition to compete in the World Ringette Championships tournament in Junior and Senior age groups. Team Sweden currently competes in

720-419: The " Sam Jacks Series". Finland is home to one of the leading national ringette teams in international play and has one of the most successful national ringette teams in the world having won the most world titles in the senior division . Finland selects two national teams for the World Ringette Championships, one national senior team and one national junior team . Finland's national ringette teams compete in

765-487: The "Jeanne Sauvé Cup", it was first presented at the 1985 Canadian Ringette Championships in Dollard-des-Ormeaux , Québec. It has since been renamed the, "Jeanne Sauvé Memorial Cup". Non-profit, grassroots organizations in sport became increasingly vulnerable to cyberattacks after the creation of the internet . In 2019, Ringette Canada became the target of a ransomware attack. Beginning in 1969 with

810-668: The 1989 Western Canadian Ringette Championships advanced to the first World Ringette Championships in 1990 as Team Alberta . The Alberta-based ringette team went on to become the first team to ever win the World Ringette Championship and the Sam Jacks Trophy . Clémence Duchesneau was named the tournament's top goalie. In 1990, Canada's Team Alberta consisted of players from the Calgary Debs who were all-stars who hailed from different areas of

855-434: The International Ringette Federation (IRF) possibly to avoid confusion due to the fact that it had the same acronym as the world event. For a brief period of time a separate tournament for junior ringette players, the World Junior Ringette Championships was organized but has since merged with the senior world competition program. Canada is home to one of the leading national ringette teams in international play and has one of

900-471: The NRL. The Canadian national ringette team includes two separate teams: Team Canada Senior and Team Canada Junior , with both teams now competing at the World Ringette Championships . Canada has competed in all of the World Ringette Championships since the sport's inaugural world competition in 1990 , but it has only been since the 2013 World Ringette Championships that both national teams have competed in

945-509: The Ontario Ringette Association (now called Ringette Ontario), provincial ringette associations continued to develop across Canada. See the table below for development. The Canadian Ringette Championships (French: Championnats Canadien d'Ringuette) which is abbreviated CRC in english, is the annual premiere national ringette tournament for the best ringette players and teams in Canada and consists of three groups:

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990-585: The President's Pool competition though a Junior Sweden team has competed at the World competition as well. The United States selects one national ringette team for international competition to compete in the World Ringette Championships tournament. Team USA competes against Team Sweden , Team Czech Republic , and Team Slovakia in the President's Pool and occasionally Team Canada Junior and Team Finland Junior . The Czech Republic has competed regularly at

1035-483: The President's Pool. Slovakia has competed at the World Ringette Championships making its world debut at the 2016 World Ringette Championships with the Slovakia national ringette team but has not regularly appeared since. The country has formed a national organization for ringette and is currently a full official member of the International Ringette Federation. Slovakia only has a Senior national team and does not

1080-639: The Under-16 (U16), the Under-19 (U19), and the elite ringette players in the National Ringette League (NRL) for which the CRC's serve as the league's seasonal championship. The first tournament was held in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1979. Canada's semi-professional ringette league is the National Ringette League (NRL) which was established in 2004. The majority of Canada's national ringette team players compete in

1125-463: The United States and France. The sporting body was also determined to establish an elite level of international competition for ringette. After the organization administered the first World Ringette Championship tournament in 1990 , the World Ringette Council (WRC), the precursor to the IRF, changed its name to the International Ringette Federation in 1991, probably to avoid confusion due to

1170-675: The WRC's new Sam Jacks Trophy after defeating Team Ontario , 6 – 5 in the final. The event was held in the Canadian city of Gloucester, Ontario at the Earl Armstrong Arena . The 1990 Team Finland team included players Arja Oksanen and Virpi Karjalainen. Canada sent six different regional teams to the first World Ringette Championships in 1990: Team Alberta (Calgary Debs), Team Ontario, Team Quebec, Team Manitoba, Team Saskatchewan, and Team Gloucester (host). The winners of

1215-526: The World Ringette Championships together since both age divisions initially held their world championship tournaments separately. Canada's first appearance in international competition for the sport of ringette took place at the inaugural World Ringette Championships in 1990. At the time, the country sent six separate regional teams as its national representative: Team Alberta (Calgary Debs) , Team Ontario , Team Quebec , Team Saskatchewan , and Team Manitoba . Another team, Team Gloucester , also competed since

1260-506: The World Ringette Council (the International Ringette Federation's predecessor) in 1986. The national governing organizations for ringette in the Czech Republic is the Czech Ringette Association , ( Czech : Česky Svas Ringetu ). It joined the International Ringette Federation in 2016. France was initially represented in 1986 at the first meeting of the IRF predecessor, the World Ringette Council. However, to date

1305-457: The competition. The teams from Canada included Team Alberta , Team Saskatchewan , Team Manitoba , Team Ontario , Team Quebec , and Team Gloucester (the team from the 1990 WRC's host city). Finland finished seventh and the United States eighth while Canadian teams monopolized the podium. Team Alberta , which consisted of ringette players from the province's "Calgary Debs", won the first world ringette title in international competition and

1350-586: The copyright transferred to it from the SDMRO in 1973. Despite its importance to the Canadian sporting community, Ringette Canada initially received little financial support and no funding from the federal government. In order to hold their meetings, the Toronto Pearson International Airport generously donated a basement room which was used as a gathering space for the organization. June Tiessen from Waterloo, Ontario , became

1395-413: The country has never formed a national body for the sport. The country has had its national ringette teams compete at the World Ringette Championships in the past but has not done so since the 2012 World Junior Ringette Championships . The World Ringette Championships (abbreviated WRC) was held for the first time in Canada in 1990. The following year in 1991 the World Ringette Council changed its name to

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1440-664: The efforts of its two founders, Sam Jacks and Red McCarthy , and two primary organizations in Ontario , the Society of Directors of Municipal Recreation of Ontario (SDMRO), and the Northern Ontario Recreation Directors Association (NORDA) in particular. In 1983, Ringette Canada acquired the copyright to the official Ringette rules and Ringette rulebook from the Ontario Ringette Association (now known as Ringette Ontario) which had

1485-484: The fact that it had the same acronym as the world event, the World Ringette Championships (WRC). For a period of time a separate competition was organized for the Junior elite level of ringette, the World Junior Ringette Championships , but the competition has since discontinued as a separate tournament and has now merged with the World Ringette Championship as a whole. The organization also held

1530-657: The first President of Ringette Canada in 1974. The original Sam Jacks Trophy for the World Ringette Championships was first awarded at the inaugural 1990 World Ringette Championships but was replaced with a new design at the 1996 World Ringette Championships . The original trophy is now kept in the Ringette Canada office. The Jeanne Sauvé Memorial Cup was established by Ringette Canada President, Betty Shields in December 1984 and named after Jeanne Sauvé , Canada's first female Governor General. Originally called

1575-585: The first tournament was hosted in Gloucester, Ontario . It wasn't until the 1996 World Ringette Championships that Canada officially finally sent its first, single and exclusive national ringette team . Until the 2009 World Junior Ringette Championships , Canada only had national representation at the adult level (now known as Team Canada Senior) since the World Ringette Championships were specifically reserved for elite women athletes. Canada didn't have any Team Canada Junior representation of any kind until

1620-403: The inaugural 2009 World Junior Ringette Championships , but at that time sent two separate regional teams: U19 Canada East (Under-29) and U19 Canada West (Under-19). Team Canada Junior has periodically alternated between the age groups of U19 and U21 since 2009. Until the 2013 World Ringette Championships , the junior tournament was held as a separate event. Junior national teams competed at

1665-427: The most successful national ringette teams in the world. Canada selects two national ringette teams for international competition: one national junior team and one national senior team . Both teams compete in the World Ringette Championships tournament. Canadian teams compete in both the Junior Pool and the Senior Pool competitions. The national senior ringette team competes in the Senior Pool competition now known as

1710-525: The province. The team went on to become the first team to ever win the World Ringette Championship and the Sam Jacks Trophy . The team was inducted into the Ringette Canada Hall of Fame and in 1994 was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame . The 1990 Team Alberta team (Calgary Debs) included the following: This article related to sport in Canada is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about

1755-562: The sport of ringette in Finland is Ringette Finland ( Finnish : Suomen Ringetteliitto ). The National Association of Ringette of Finland (Ringette Finland) was created in 1983. The association's office is located in Helsinki . It joined the World Ringette Council (the International Ringette Federation's predecessor) in 1986. The national governing body for the sport of ringette in Sweden

1800-541: Was an international ringette tournament and the first World Ringette Championship in history. Three countries took part: Canada, Finland, and the United States. The tournament was organized by the World Ringette Council , the precursor to the International Ringette Federation (IRF). The event was held in the Canadian city of Gloucester, Ontario from January 29 to February 3, 1990, with eight competing teams at Earl Armstrong Arena . Three countries participated: Canada, Finland and United States. A total of 8 teams entered

1845-496: Was an international ringette competition held in 2008 and 2011 and was organized by the International Ringette Federation. It featured the top teams of the Canadian National Ringette League , Finland's Ringeten SM-sarja  [ fi ] (now called "SM Ringette") and Sweden's Ringette Dam-SM . 1990 World Ringette Championships The 1990 World Ringette Championship ( 1990 WRC )

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1890-560: Was chosen to serve as WRC Secretary, and Dale Friesen, and American, became Treasurer. Four people from the WRC's member countries composed the Board of Directors. The World Ringette Council's (the IRF predecessor) leaders were as follows: Member countries today include Canada , Finland , Sweden , the United States , and the Czech Republic . Only Canada and Finland have had national offices with full-time staff. Although France

1935-548: Was established in 1988. The first time a Canadian ringette team traveled overseas to Europe (Finland) was in 1979. With the help of Ringette Canada, the sport of ringette was first introduced as part of the Canada Winter Games program in 1991, when the games took place in Prince Edward Island . The sport has been a prominent part of this multi-sport national event ever since. Ringette Canada

1980-486: Was in 1986 and included attendees serving as representatives from the original five member countries: Canada, Finland, Sweden, the United States, and France. Ringette Canada 's president at the time, Betty Shields, became the first President of the WRC. Antti Simola was the president of the Finnish Ringette Association, (now known as Ringette Finland ) and became Vice-President. Canada's Wes Clark

2025-508: Was initially represented in 1986 at the first meeting of the IRF predecessor, the World Ringette Council, to date the country has never formed a national governing body for the sport. The national governing body for the sport of ringette in Canada is Ringette Canada . The association's office is located in Ottawa . It joined the World Ringette Council (the International Ringette Federation's predecessor) in 1986. The national governing body for

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