Ringette is a Canadian sport game which was first introduced in 1963 in North Bay, Ontario by Sam Jacks, who worked at the Department of Parks and Recreation. The first-ever ringette game was played in Espanola, Ontario in the winter of 1963-1964. Developed originally for girls, ringette is a fast-paced team sport played on an ice rink in which players use a straight stick to pass, carry, and shoot a rubber ring to score goals. Sam Jacks also invented floor hockey.
For ten years, play centered in Ontario and Quebec; however, the sport quickly spread across Canada and is now played in all ten provinces and the Northwest Territories.
Unlike ice hockey the game does not begin with a faceoff. Rather one of the teams starts with the ring in their end of the central face off circle.
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City of Ottawa Ringette Association - Leagues, teams, and tournament operator. Schedules, tournament information, registration, team pages and ringette links.
Eastern Region Ringette Association and National Capital Regional Ringette League - Two regional bodies governing ringette locally. Scores, schedules, news, links and member pages.
Gloucester Ringette Association - Features include summer camps, yearly program, newsletters, tournaments, teams, schedules, sponsors, executives and links.
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Nepean Ringette Association - Contains information about the Canadian winter sport of ringette and specifically about ringette in Nepean.
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