We are entered in the Whitby Ringette Tournament - Jan 9 - 11.

Flights are booked. Depart Jan 8 WJ 9am. Return Jan 11 WJ 10pm (arrive home at 11:38).

Hotel is booked - Hilton Garden Inn in Ajax. 10 rooms booked. Address:

Schedule is now posted.

http://www.whitbyringette.com/2009%20Tournament/Belle%20AA.htm

Our games:

The pools are:

Red: Whitby, Ottawa, Burlington, Mississauga, Winnipeg

Blue: Stratford, Nepean, Cambridge, GCRA, Dorchester

Final Results:

1 - Nepean

2 - Stratford

3 - Winnipeg SIXERS

4 - Whitby

Magic Juniors were also in Whitby (at our hotel) and finished 3rd in their pool (2W / 2L). Whitby won the Junior AA pool, Ottawa was Second and Nepean 3rd.

Thanks to Enterprise Car Rental for their support!

We did not attend this tournament this year, but we did have people on hand to do some "scouting".

Manitoba was well represented in the Belle AA division by Angels and Magic.

Angels had the tougher draw - Calgary, Zone 5, Saskatoon and Regina - and went 2W & 2L in the round robin. Magic played Calgary, Zone 5, Lower Mainland (BC), and Regina, and also went 2 & 2. Calgary was undefeated in the Round Robin (beating both Winnipeg teams, Zone 5, and Saskatoon) - but then lost to Zone 5 in the Gold Medal match. The two Winnipeg teams ended up tied for 3rd place, followed by Saskatoon, Lower Mainland, and  Regina, who did not manage to win a game this weekend - quite surprising after their strong performance in Edmonton!

In the Junior division, Zone 5 ended up with the Gold, Calgary Silver. Angels were in a 3 way tie for 3rd place, and SIXERS were 6th.

The Tween AA division was a Manitoba SWEEP! Gold - Magic, Silver - Angels, and Bronze - SIXERS! Congratulations Tweens!

 By the way - for future reference - the Holiday Inn Express downtown has very large rooms, so quite comfortable for teams. Also includes a hot breakfast.

We FINALLY played on a Sunday, for the first time ever in the Wood Ringette Tournament - this despite having the most difficult draw possible! 

We finished the round robin without a loss. We were hoping Magic would beat Regina to get us into the Gold medal game, but it didn't work out that way.

Games:

vs. Calgary 4-4 tie

vs. Edmonton 7-6 Win ( a fab second half comeback for the win)

vs. Zone 5 4-4 tie

vs. LMRL (BC) 8-2 win

vs Edmonton for Bronze - 2-4 Loss

MAGIC also were in this tournament. (L)4-5 to Saskatoon, (W)9-4 LMRL, (L)8-3 Edmonton, (L)9-2 Regina

Finals - Gold: Calgary,  Silver: Regina,  Bronze: Edmonton 

This is the tentative schedule for the Eastman Thanksgiving Tournament.

All games to be played in St. Jean.

> > SATURDAY
> 9:00   Tween Magic vs Flames
 10:15  Tween 6ers vs Angels
 11:30  Junior Magic vs Flames
 12:45  Junior 6ers vs Angels
 2:00   Tween Magic vs Angels
 3:15   Tween Flames vs 6ers
 4:30    Junior Magic vs Angels
 5:45    Junior Flames vs 6ers
 7:00   Belle Magic vs 6ers
 8:15   Belle Flames vs Angels
> >
>> SUNDAY
 9:30     Tween Flames vs Angels
 10:45   Tween Magic vs 6ers
 12:00   Belle Magic vs Flames
 1:15    Belle 6ers vs Angels
 2:30    Junior Magic vs 6ers
 3:45    Junior Flames vs Angels
 5:00    Belle Magic vs Angels
 6:15    Belle Flames vs 6ers

> > MONDAY
 9:00    Tween 3 vs 4
 10:15   Tween 1 vs 2
 11:30   Junior 3 vs 4
 12:45   Junior 1 vs 2
 2:00     Belle Bronze Magic vs Flames
 3:15     Belle Gold Angels vs Sixers SIXERS WIN IN OVERTIME