Western Region 2008 – 2009
Elite Development / WORL A-AA Report
Welcome everyone to the 08-09 Ringette season. For some of you the summer sports season has just wrapped up and you’re eager to slide into an entertaining season of Ringette.
For those of you involved in preparing for Provincial play the summer kept you somewhat busy with A and AA tryouts and training. This will be the first season the Western Ontario Ringette League used a Tryout and Selection Process for forming the A and AA teams. We will let our season get underway before we look back and analyze the opportunities to improve on the program.
On May 14th WORL held a “AA” declaration meeting. The following associations declared AA teams,
AA - Teams
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Association |
Tween |
Junior |
Belle |
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Dorchester |
X |
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X |
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Elora Fergus |
X |
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Exeter |
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X |
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Guelph |
X |
|
X |
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London |
X |
X |
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St. Clements |
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X |
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Stratford |
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|
X |
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Waterloo |
X |
X |
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On September 9th WORL held a “A” meeting at which the following associations declared “A” teams
A - Teams
|
Association |
Petite |
Tween |
Junior |
Belle |
Open |
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Chatham |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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Dorchester |
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Elora Fergus |
X |
|
X |
X |
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Exeter |
X |
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|
X |
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Forest |
X |
X |
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Guelph |
X |
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X |
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U of G |
|
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|
X |
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Kitchener |
X |
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London |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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Mitchell |
X |
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St. Clements |
|
X |
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St. Marys |
|
X |
X |
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St. Thomas |
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X |
X |
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Waterloo |
X |
X |
X |
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X X |
This years WORL Executives are:
President - Peter Westelaken Convenors
1st Vice - Scott Nosal Petite - Dolly Atthill - Exeter
2nd Vice - Dave Kelton Tween - Bob Bryant - Chatham
Secretary - Susan Hill Junior - Gary Ryan - Stratford
Treasurer - Lori Adams Belle - Mike Reid - Waterloo
Scheduler - Petite – Shirley Verhoeve Open - Paul Smith - St. Marys
- Tween – Bob Bryant
- Junior – Karen Lawrence
- Belle / Open – Craig Richardson
Referee In Chief - Tania Pettitt-Tracey
We are very excited about the upcoming season and look forward to much success from our Provincial teams in Western Region.