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LNR Ringers - Ringette

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The LNR Ringers are a Tween B team playing out of Whitecourt. We started with a very small group of 6 girls wanting to learn a new game and hoping that together they could get other girls interested enough to come out and give ringette a try.

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The first year we practiced and practiced but because we were such a small group of varying ages we couldn't enter a league.

That changed our second year when we had enough girls interested to form a team of 11 and enter a league! The year was not that successful as far as wins go but very successful as far as team building and friendship go!By the time the year ended we had more girls wanting to join and we were all looking forward to the fall when we could lace up our skates and get back on the ice.

When asked to compare the game of hockey with the game of ringette one of our girls said "Ringette is more fun and more challenging. You have to use team play, rely on your team mates and have fun!"

In September, 1999, we had enough, just 4 years after starting ringette, to have 2 teams! One Tween B and one Novice. The girls were so excited that their hard work and perseverance in encouraging others to come out had paid off.

The Tween team, the LNR Ringers, entered a league and as of now have won their first round of playoffs! What a huge step has been taken in a short amount of time. The team hosted their first ever Whitecourt Ringette Tournament with 4 teams in a Novice division, 8 teams in a Tween division and also hosted the Junior A Alberta Winter Game Playdowns for zone 5 at the sames time. Teams joined us from 300 kilometres away, making our first tournament a huge success! Although we lost the B final we were extremely proud of the way the weekend went.

We are very happy with the hard work and dedication and sportsmanship that our girls have shown over the past 4 years. When asked to compare the game of hockey with the game of ringette one of our girls said "Ringette is more fun and more challenging. You have to use team play, rely on your team mates and have fun!"

The grant we receive from CAAWS will help with our purchase of new goalie equipment so that our small goalie equipment can be passed down to our new Novice team.

Thank you for choosing the LNR Ringers!