Welcome to West Ottawa Ringette!
Good luck to all WORA teams in playoffs!
Please check your team pages for updates on playoff games and practices.
Good luck to the West Ottawa teams who will be representing WORA at Provincials this year: AA Provincials in London, A Provincials in Newmarket and Petite Provincials in Oshawa. GO WILD!
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NCRRL PLAYOFF SCHEDULE NEW
The full playoff schedule can be found on the NCRRL website (see the link on the left of our WORA home page).
Playoffs begin Friday, February 27th, and run until the Championship game weekend of March 28th & 29th. Championship games are played in Arnprior.
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COMPETITIVE COACHING APPLICATIONS FOR 2015-2016 NEW
Applicatons are now being accepted for anyone interested in coaching a competitive team for the 2015-2016 season. If you are interested, please send your application to Barry at: competitive@westottawaringette.com . Application forms can be found under the following tab: Association, Documents, forms.
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MY RINGETTE SUMMER CAMP NEW
When:
- Week 1 - July 13 to 17 is designed for those who played at the U10 level or below (Novice) last year and who have played at least one year at the U10, U9, or U8 level. Some U12s may be included in this week depending on overall registration numbers and composition.
- Week 2 - July 20 to 24 is designed for those who played at the U12 (Petite) or U14 (Tween) level last year. Best suited for ringette players who have at least two years of formal playing experience, with a group designated for those who have played A or AA at the U14 level.
- Camps take place at the Bell Sensplex from approximately 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Players will be organized by age and calibre.
What is Offered:
- 3 hours of ice time per day, focused on skating, ring skills, and game play; including position-specific tactics, and team tactics for special game situations
- 4-on-4 “Sweden Cup” mini-tournament on Friday morning.
- High ratio of coaches to players, who will interact with players and provide individual tips for improvement.
- Special goaltender program, led by Hailey Moore, will ensure the development of foundation goaltender skills, with a special off-ice program for goalies
- Off-ice programs featuring age-appropriate fitness training for ringette, mental training, fun team-building activities, video analysis, games to learn the rules of ringette, and group discussions
Cost: $320 for the week. Optional lunch program offered through the Sensplex
An email will be sent when registration is open. For additional information or questions please contact Colleen Moore at myringettecamp@gmail.com .
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RINGETTE GOALIE SUMMER CAMP NEW
The information below for the Camp Pulsion Ringette Goalie program is not endorsed by or affiliated with WORA and is supplied for informational purpose only.
"During the past four years, Camp Pulsion has provided the opportunity to more than 170 goalies to improve their technique and to reach their goals. We are proud to announce the opening of the registration of our 2015 summer camps.
Nepean, ON: July 13th to 17th, 2015
Boucherville, QC: August 3rd and 7th, 2015
Île-Bizard, QC: August 10th to 14th, 2015
St-Étienne-de-Lauzon, ON: August 15th and 16th, 2015
Take advantage of our early bird prices now. Places are limited and they go fast, so don't wait.
You can find the registration forms on our website: www.camppulsion.com
If you need any further information, don't hesitate to contact us."
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ROBERT MACKEAN SCHOLARSHIP AWARD NEW
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The NCRRL is honoured to introduce the Robert MacKean Scholarship Award.This is an award in memory of Robert who passed away last year. He was a very active member of the Ringette community in many different roles, including President of the NCRRL. The scholarship will be awarded to an active player in Eastern Region who has shown a commitment to volunteerism and to the true spirit of the sport, who will be proceeding to post-secondary education and who will be continuing in Ringette in some capacity (player, coach or official).
More details available at: Robert MacKean Scholarship Awardhttp://www.erra.ncrrl.on.ca/ncrrl/docs/Robert_MacKean_Scholarship_Award_Information.pdf ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
WEST OTTAWA RINGETTE TOURNAMENT: (Feb 12-15) UPDATED
We had another successful tournament, with a lot of our West Ottawa teams advancing to the finals! Congratulations to all WORA teams for playing some great ringette this weekend! Check out our list of bragging rights below!
Once again, a huge thank you to all who were involved in the organizing committee and to the tournament reps who have been meeting and planning for the past few months! Thank you to all who volunteered their time this weekend coaching, managing, assisting as trainers, cheering, helping as arena reps, as well as shot clock, timekeeping and scorekeeping duties!
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2ND ANNUAL COACHES GAME: RICHMOND ARENA, FEBRUARY 15
It was a WILD night in Richmond Arena on Sunday, February 15th as TEAM (Barry) GORHAM played TEAM (Cynthia) MCMINN during the 2nd annual coaches game! A lot of great action happened on the ice, with Team McMinn narrowly edging out Team Gorham with a final score of 9-8. Congratulations to all who played! Thanks to everyone who came out to cheer on their coaches and for the donations to our local Food Bank!
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JUNIOR BANQUET:
This year's Junior Banquet will be held on April 18th at South Carleton High school. Our theme is "WORA goes Hollywood". More details will be sent out as they become available.
All Junior Banquet reps are invited to attend the second meeting on Tuesday, March 3rd at 7:30 pm at the meeting room upstairs at Brown's Independent Grocer's (Stittsville).
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SENIOR BANQUET: UPDATED
Please note date change! This year's Senior Banquet will be held on Friday, March 27th at Irish Hills from 6-10 pm. This year's theme is "Make Memories Last". More details will be sent out via email from your team banquet reps. We are looking for someone to take on the role of putting together the slideshow. Please let your banquet rep know if you are able to do this.
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5 on 5 SPRING / SUMMER RINGETTE: NEW
In order to run the Spring / Summer ringette 5 on 5 program, we are in need of volunteers to help coordinate. WORA is looking for:
- a coordinator or team of coordinators to oversee the off-ice organization of the 5 on 5 program
- on-ice helpers to run the weekly sessions
If you are interested or would like further details, please email: logistics@westottawaringette.com
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AAA TRYOUTS - SPRING 2015
2016 is an Ontario Winter Games Year.
ERRA will be fielding a AAA team for this event, as well as a series of 3 Challenge Cups in the Fall of 2015 and early Winter of 2016.
Interested players born in 1997 or later are invited to try out.
Please see the Tryout Invitational Letter for more information and a link to the registration form.
All players intending to try out must register before 15-Feb-2015.
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UPCOMING COACHES MEETINGS:
WEST OTTAWA RINGETTE COACHES MEETINGS (3rd Tuesday of each month):
Next meeting: March 24th
Start Time: 7:30 pm at Sacred Heart High School
RINGETTE SHOWCASE - CTV MORNING LIVE
Nepean Ringette Ravens, along with our West Ottawa U10 team, were featured on the CTV Morning Live show on Friday November 21, 2014 with Sarah Freemark from 6 am to 10 am. Sarah is a former ringette player from Renfrew and she was on the ice with the Nepean teams filming game play and interviews.
To watch the interview, please go to the URL below.
http://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/video?playlistId=1.2112843
Check out our West Ottawa U10 team at the 8-9 am interview!
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WEST OTTAWA RINGETTE - TEAM WEAR
West Ottawa Ringette is pleased once again to have Embroid Me supply our team wear. We had 3 successful sizing sessions this past weekend. If you missed out, you may still place your order directly through EmbroidMe. * A one time only price discount applied to items ordered on the sizing nights only. Competitive wear includes: Black jacket, red hoody, WORA t-shirt and black yoga pants. All recreational players are encouraged to show their WORA pride by wearing these clothing items as well!
The product catalogue and order form can be found under Association > Team/Spirit Wear.
2014-2015 REGISTRATION IS FULL, EXCEPT FOR THE BUNNY PROGRAM
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BUNNY POWER SKATING PROGRAM
Bunnies will be broken up into two groups and will alternate weekly between a Goulbourn Skating Club Program (GSC) and West Ottawa Ringette program.
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Sessions |
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Arena |
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Goulbourn Skating Club |
8:00am |
GRC |
Included with registration |
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West Ottawa Ringette |
9:00am |
GRC |
Included with registration |
Bunny players must register with West Ottawa Ringette, not Goulbourn Skating Club, for this program.
Junior Bunnies begins Oct 4th @ 8am & Senior Bunnies begins Oct. 11th @ 8am.
U9 WHITE (Côté) wins GOLD in Arnprior Tournament.
U12 PP RED (Moore) wins SILVER at Cambridge Tournament.
U16 JUNIOR AA (Flaborea) wins SILVER at Cambridge Tournament.
