Ringette Updates - Summer 2021 edition

COVID Safety Updates

1. We are no longer bound to maintain bubbles and cohorts that were implemented as part of COVID restrictions
2. We are still bound to any provincial and municipal directives with respect to numbers in facilities, on ice, and social distancing
3. We are still mandated to perform COVID screening at this time

 

Updates to programming

1. Tournaments:  There will be no tournaments prior to January 2022 (this season only)
2. Bunnies through to U10 (Novice)
   1. These are now referred to as Fun 1, Fun 2, and U10 (Fun 3). 
   2. For more details, especially if you have a participant born between 2012 and 2017, please review the information about this on the Ringette Ontario website: 
      • https://ringetteontario.com/childrens-ringette/

 

Timing of tryouts and sortouts, conditioning opportunities

1. Associations are asked to provide a minimum of 2 conditioning sessions to athletes prior to any tryouts or sortouts.  

1. Is running 2 weeks of camp targeting Recreational (U10) to U19, with the U14-U16-U19 geared towards athletes who aspire to play at the A/AA level
2. Will offer conditioning sessions prior to the designated tryouts/sortouts at each division/level of play (there will be a delineation between recreational and competitive sessions
3. There will be no tryouts prior to September 1st 2021.
   • GCRA have ice commencing on September 7th, 2021. 
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Competition Categories & Team Formations

For full explanation, please review the information about this on the Ringette Ontario website:
https://mailchi.mp/0ffe12bf9465/proposed-a-aa-structure-update
 
A / AA Championships

1. Age groups are U14, U16, U19, 18+
2. No more reference to "Provincial", emphasis is on AA and A
3. U12A (formerly P) have been moved to the Region Based Championships
   • Read the memo from Ringette Canada here:  https://mailchi.mp/a37461cee6c8/httpsmailchimpcomutm_sourcenewsletterutm_mediumemailutm_campaigna_aa_structure_members
   • We are still sorting out what U12A will look like, more details to follow.  We are assuming that we run tryouts for U12A, this is TBC

 Rebranding:

1. Provincial Level Play - Removed - Now A/AA
2. Regional Level Play - Removed - Now B/C
3. Provincials - Now "Championships"
4. Regionals - Now "Region-Based Championships"
5. There are new rules regarding team formation, naming, and integration of males into the sport.

 Team formations

1. We are still clarifying some details in the chart in link below.
2. We can have female, male, or mixed teams, however, what I understand right now is that they can only play equivalent formations, so this will take coordination.

• https://mailchi.mp/0ffe12bf9465/proposed-a-aa-structure-update

 

New Registration tool - RAMP

1. As you have seen by now, Registration is open for the 2021/22 season. We are now using RAMP.
2. Please review basic information about the upcoming season on our website, before clicking the link to go register in RAMP.  The link to our registration information page is here:  http://gcra-ringette.ca/page.php?page_id=86787

Reminder!!!!!!!!!!!

• ​We are asking our members to complete initial registration ($150 commitment to play) no later than July 23rd 2021, to assist us with ice acquisition

 

• Ringette Ontario implemented this new registration system in the 2019 season. 
• Ringette Canada are also adopting this tool
• All associations in Ontario must have their members register in this tool by the start of the 2022 season
• RAMP will collect the mandatory forms at the onset when you initially register for the season