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Wednesday, March 4
RMR: Ringette Night in Canada
Check out Rick Mercer's visit with the national and world champion ringette team the Cambridge Turbos.
Tuesday, August 11
Celebrating Canadas Contributions to the World of Sports
Aug. 10, 2009 OTTAWA, ON – From the centuries-old game of lacrosse to basketball, Canadians have created great ways to play and compete. This ingenuity is being celebrated by the launch of four eye-catching stamps showcasing four sports invented by Canadians: basketball, five-pin bowling, lacrosse and Ringette. The stamps are being issued today on the 100th anniversary of the invention of five-pin bowling by Guelph, Ontario native Thomas Ryan.
“We had to invent pastimes, especially to stay in shape during our long, harsh winters,” says Robert Waite, chairman of the Stamp Advisory Committee and Canada Post’s senior vice-president of Corporate Social Responsibility. “This is what inspired James Naismith, for example, to invent basketball more than 100 years ago: he wanted athletics to continue between the fall football and spring baseball seasons.”
The stamps display the “tools of the trade” of four made-in-Canada sports—basketball, lacrosse, Ringette and five-pin—with a background line drawing of the appropriate playing surface. Though sporting equipment has evolved over the years, Canada Post decided to feature original well-worn equipment for each sport.
The 54-cent stamps measure 24.75 mm x 32.25 mm (vertical) with simulated perforations. Lowe-Martin printed 2.5 million stamps which will be sold in a booklet of 8. The self-adhesive stamps will be printed using lithography in 4 colours on Tullis Russell paper. They are general tagged on all sides. The Official First Day Cover will bear the cancels NORTH BAY ON and GUELPH ON.
The Official First Day Cover showcases historic photos from the sports’ early days and envelope seals feature the footwear required to play the games.
Additional information about Canadian stamps can be found in the News section of Canada Post's website, and photos of these new stamps are also available. Stamps and other products will be available at participating post offices, or can be ordered online by following the links at Canada Post's website http://www.canadapost.ca/cpo/mc/personal/collecting/stamps/index.jsf or by mail order from the National Philatelic Centre. From Canada and the USA, call toll-free: 1 800 565-4362, and from other countries, call: 902 863-6550.
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Come Try Ringette Events
Interested in trying out Ringette ? Find out about events happening in our province.
Ringette Primer
New to the sport of Ringette ? Take a look at this primer to give you an over view of the game.
An Introduction to Ringette
What is Ringette?
The late Mr. Sam Jacks developed the Sport of Ringette in 1963 in North Bay, Ontario. Originally designed to be a unique winter team sport for girls and an alternative to hockey, Ringette has evolved into a fast paced, exciting sport that combines the speed of hockey with the strategy of basketball.
Some of the Rules.
Ringette is played on any standard hockey rink. Five skaters and a goalie are on the ice for each team, unless of course there are penalties being served. The object is to score goals on the net of your opponent. How you do that, however, is where Ringette becomes unique. A straight stick, similar to a hockey stick with no blade, is used to pass an 8" hollow rubber ring between teammates.
Play is started by a Free Pass, similar to the start of a soccer game. The ring is placed in the half of the center ice free pass circle closest to the visitors' goalie. On the referee's whistle, the player "taking the free pass" has five seconds to pass the ring to a teammate... and the game is on! Any stoppages in play will result in a free pass to re-start the game, usually in the nearest free pass circle. Some defensive free passes are replaced by a "goaltender ring", again, like a soccer goalie throwing in the ball.
Rules restrict any one player from carrying the ring the full length of the ice (no ring hogs). The ring must be passed over each blue line to another player which means more players can be involved in setting up goals.
Free play lines define restricted areas in the deep offensive and defensive zones. Teams are allowed no more than 3 skaters at a time in these areas, so over-crowding is minimal. A wall of 5 skaters surrounding their goalie would make for little offensive opportunity, don't you think? There are exceptions to this rule, but only when two or more penalties are being served by one team, or if the goalie has been pulled for an extra skater.
How about Penalties ?
There is no intentional contact allowed in Ringette, with all the rules geared towards safety. When contact does occur, however, penalties are assessed. The most common are Body Contact, Tripping, and Interference and are usually unintentional as players focus on checking the ring from an opponent's stick or skating to get a loose ring first. Most penalties are 2 minutes, but a 4-minute Major is assessed for actions that are deemed intentional or particularly rough.
Ringette Equipment - What You Need for the Game
Equipment.
Mandatory EquipmentCSA approved Helmet & Face mask, BNQ Approved Neck Protector, Elbow Pads, Protective Gloves, Hip/Tailbone/Genital Protection, Shin Guards, Hockey/Ringette Skates (no picks), Uniform Jersey, Track Pants or "Cooper alls", Ringette Stick.
Goalie Equipment Goal Pads, Chest Protector, Goal Stick
Optional EquipmentSkaters: Shoulder Pads, Mouth Guard
Goalies: Goal Skates, Blocker, Trapper, Arm Pads, Goalie Mask, Plastic Throat Protector (must still have a BNQ Throat Protector on)
Try-out Tips
A few tips on calming your try-out nerves by Lisa Brown
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