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Canadian Ringette Championships

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Canadian Ringette Championships
(Championnats Canadien de Ringuette)
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023 Canadian Ringette Championships
SportRingette
Founded1979; 45 years ago (1979)
Country Canada
Most recent
champion(s)
U16: Team New Brunswick
U19: St. Alberta Mission (AB4 - Alberta)
NRL:
Edmonton WAM!
Most titlesU16: Ontario (13)
U19: Ontario (16)
NRL: Cambridge Turbos (6)
Official website2023 Canadian Ringette Championships

Canadian Ringette Championships (French: Championnats Canadien d'Ringuette), sometimes abbreviated CRC, is Canada's annual premiere national ringette tournament for the best ringette players and teams in the country. It encompasses three age/class divisions: Under-16 (U16), Under-19 (U19) and the seasonal championship for Canada's National Ringette League (NRL). The competition is usually held in the month of April. The first CRC was held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 1979. The National Ringette League playoffs are the knockout match, round robin and tournament for determining the champion for National Ringette League.

The next CRC, the 2024 Canadian Ringette Championships, will take place in Dieppe, New Brunswick, from April 7th – April 13th, 2024.[1]

The most recent tournament, the 2023 Canadian Ringette Championships, was a 7-day event which took place in Regina, Saskatchewan, on April 9–15, 2023. National champions were decided in U16, U19 and National Ringette League divisions.[1]

Overview

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The event is organized by Canada's national sporting organization for the sport of ringette called Ringette Canada.[2] It should not be confused with the Canada Winter Games which is a separate national multi-sport event, though ringette is a part of the Canada Winter Games program.

The tournament serves two main important functions. The first is to organize several competitions for the best ringette teams from each of the different Canadian provinces from various competitive levels and determine the national ringette champions of Canada for the season. The second is to organize the final elite competition between qualifying teams from Canada's National Ringette League, (the highest level of the sport in Canada) and determine which elite ringette team is the best in Canada overall. The tournament also serves as ground for those scouting for Canadian ringette talent, especially for those in the National Ringette League and those scouting for talent for both the junior and senior Canadian national ringette teams.[3]

Divisions

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There are three classes in this championship:

Canada U16 AA (Under 16 AA)
Canada U19 AA (Under 19 AA)
Canada National Ringette League (Semi-professional/showcase league)

Awards

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Sportsmanship

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The Agnes Jacks True Sport Award for sportsmanship is given in each of the three divisions at the end of the championships.

U16 AA

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The Ringette Canada Trophy is awarded to the Canadian U16 AA champions.[4]

U19 AA

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The Sam Jacks Memorial Trophy is awarded to the Canadian U19 AA champions in memory of Sam Jacks.[5][4] It was first awarded to the winning team at the Canadian Ringette Championships in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1979 and was donated by the city of North Bay, Ontario, the birthplace of ringette. It should not be confused with the Sam Jacks Trophy which is awarded to the world senior champions at the World Ringette Championships.

National Ringette League

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Jeanne Sauvé, Governor General of Canada, in 1984

The Jeanne Sauvé Memorial Cup is awarded to the National Ringette League champions in memory of the late Governor General of Canada.[4][6] In December 1984, the trophy was first initiated as the Jeanne Sauvé Cup, then was first presented at the 1985 Canadian Ringette Championships in Dollard des Ormeaux, Québec. The Jeanne Sauvé Cup was established in 1985 by the then President of Ringette Canada, Betty Shields. After Sauvé's death in 1993, it was renamed the Jeanne Sauvé Memorial Cup.

History

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The first championship was held in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The event was held at the Keewatin Arena on Keewatin St. and Manitoba Avenue, from April 12 to 15, 1979. The first championship was commended by the then Prime Minister of Canada, Pierre Elliot Trudeau, in a letter from the Prime Minister's office which was included in the event pamphlet.

I am delighted to send my greetings to all those participating in the first National Championship of Ringette Canada being held in Winnipeg.

The active participation of female athletes across Canada has contributed not only to the changing of outdated public perception of the role of women in our society, but also the awakening of all Canadians to the importance of physical fitness.

Je tiens à vous féliciter et vous offre mes meilleurs voeux de succès lors de ces compétitions.

The elite National Ringette League (NRL) champions compete annually at the Canadian Ringette Championships at the end of the NRL season, an event which first began in 2004.

Champions

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1979 to 1992

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Canadian Ringette Champions (1979 to 1992)
Year Host City Junior Belle Deb
1979 Winnipeg Ontario Ontario Kitchener
1980 Waterloo Ontario Ontario Ontario
1981 Sudbury Ontario Ontario Manitoba
1982 Dartmouth Ontario Ontario Manitoba
1983 Sherwood Park Ontario Manitoba Quebec
1984 Port Coquitlam Ontario Ontario Quebec
1985 Dollard des Ormeaux Ontario
(Kitchener)
Manitoba
(River East)
Manitoba
(Transcona)
1986 Regina Quebec Manitoba Alberta
1987 Kitchener Ontario Ontario Manitoba
1988 Winnipeg Saskatchewan Alberta Ontario
1989 Fredericton Quebec Ontario Ontario
1990 Calgary Alberta Calgary Calgary
1991 Hull Ontario Alberta Ontario
1992 Port Coquitlam Ontario Ontario Alberta

1993 to 2000

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Canadian Ringette Champions (1993 to 2000)
Year Host City Junior Belle Deb Intermediate
1993 Kitchener Manitoba Manitoba Manitoba Alberta
1994 Saskatoon Alberta Ontario Ontario Alberta
1995 Winnipeg Alberta Quebec Manitoba Alberta
1996 Gloucester Ontario Alberta Alberta Alberta
1997 Montreal Manitoba Alberta Ontario Alberta
1998 Edmonton Ontario Ontario Alberta Ontario
1999 Halifax Alberta Ontario Ontario Alberta
2000 Prince George Alberta Alberta Ontario Alberta

2001 to 2019

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Canadian Ringette Champions (2001 to 2019)
Year Host City U16 (Junior) U19 (Belle) Open/NRL
2001 Moncton Manitoba Alberta Alberta
2002 Regina Alberta Manitoba Ontario
2003 Waterloo Manitoba Ontario Alberta
2004 Calgary Alberta Ontario Alberta
NRL: No championship match
2005 Winnipeg Quebec Alberta Alberta
NRL: No championship match
2006 Longueuil Quebec Manitoba Cambridge Turbos
2007 Halifax Saskatchewan Quebec Edmonton WAM!
2008 St. Albert Alberta (Host) Ontario Cambridge Turbos
2009 Charlottetown Ontario Alberta Cambridge Turbos
2010 Saskatoon Alberta Ontario Edmonton WAM!
2011 Cambridge Alberta Quebec Edmonton WAM!
2012 Burnaby New Brunswick (NB1, South East) Ontario (St. Clement Rockets) LMRL Thunder
2013 Fredericton British Columbia (LMRL Thunder) Ontario (Nepean Ravens) Calgary RATH
2014 Regina Ontario
(Guelph Predators)
Manitoba
(Winnipeg Magic)
Ottawa Ice
2015 Wood Buffalo Manitoba
(Bonivital Angels - BVRA)
Ontario
(Nepean Ravens)
Cambridge Turbos
2016 London Quebec (Laurentides) Ontario
(Guelph Predators)
Cambridge Turbos
2017 Leduc New Brunswick (NB1) Manitoba
(Bonivital Angels - BVRA)
Cambridge Turbos
2018 Winnipeg Manitoba
(Bonivital Angels - BVRA)
Quebec
(Laurentides)
Atlantic Attack
2019 Charlottetown & Summerside Alberta
(Calgary Core - AB4)
Ontario
(Guelph Predators - ON1)
Calgary RATH

2020 to present

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Canadian Ringette Champions (2020 to present)
Year Host City U16 (Junior) U19 (Belle) NRL
2020 Ottawa cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 No Host Announced cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022 Calgary Team Alberta (AB1) St. Alberta Mission (AB3) Calgary RATH
2023 Regina Team New Brunswick St. Alberta Mission (AB4) Edmonton WAM!

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "2023 & 2024 CANADIAN RINGETTE CHAMPIONSHIPS SET FOR REGINA & DIEPPE". ringette.ca. Ringette Canada. 3 May 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Canadian Ringette Championships - Ringette Canada". Ringette Canada. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  3. ^ Jordan Bay (23 February 2019). "Ringette tournament a key scouting tool for Team Canada". rdnewsnow.com. RD News Now. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  4. ^ a b c "CRC Trophies" (PDF). www.ringette.ca. Ringette Canada. 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Trophy". flickr.com. Ringette Canada. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Biography". ottawasporthalloffame.ca. Archived from the original on October 7, 2018. Retrieved October 15, 2019. It was [Betty] Shields who established the Jeanne Sauvé Cup in 1985