Media Coverage across the Western Provinces
The excitement is building up around the western provinces for ringette players in the lead up to the 2008 Western Canadian Ringette Championships.
Read their stories:
- Tweens lose OT heartbreakers - Quesnel Cariboo Observer, April 6, 2008 pdf version
Northern Tweens Emily McMartin of Quesnel (left) lets the ring fly with a Saskatchewan defender applying pressure...
Locals win Western title - Record, Tuesday April 01, 2008 pdf version
A pair of Fort Saskatchewan ringette players can now count themselves among the elite Tween level players after their Zone 5 AA Rush team captured the Western Canadian Ringette Championship in Prince George, B.C., on Saturday...Local team reaches the win column - Citizen,Sunday, 30 March 2008
‘Local teams still winless at Westerns.’ The headline in The Citizen on the final day of the Western Canadian ringette championships did not sit well with the Prince George Power...- Manitoba goalie shows his worth out of the net - Citizen, Sunday, 30 March 2008
Officially, Eric Bohemer is a goalie. But there were times in the Western Canadian ringette championships that wrapped up on Saturday at the Kin Centre he looked more like a third defenceman... - Saskatoon Blaze second in ringette Westerns - The StarPhoenix, March 31, 2008
The Saskatoon Blaze finished second at the Western Canadian junior ringette championship in Prince George, B.C... - All-Stars know B.C. roads well - Citizen, March 28, 2008
Geographically-speaking, B.C. is a vast province. That’s not news to the Northern All-Stars, who have gone the extra mile to represent their region in the tween double-A division at this week’s Western Canadian ringette championships... - Local teams still winless at westerns - Citizen, March 28, 2008
After two narrow one-goal victories in the provincial playoffs, the B.C. champions from Vancouver-North Vancouver were wary of the Prince George Inferno... - Red Deer’s offence proves hazardous to Prince George Power - Citizen, March 27, 2008
Alberta is known as Wild Rose Country and Melinda Watson made that point painful clear Thursday afternoon at the Western Canadian Ringette ChampionshipsAlberta is known as Wild Rose Country and Melinda Watson made that point painful clear Thursday afternoon at the Western Canadian Ringette Championships... - Tournament Schedule with Prince George Teams - Citizen, March 25, 2008
- High level players set sights on winning - Fort Record, Tuesday March 25, 2008 pdf version
The sport of ringette has never been bigger in Fort Saskatchewan and this season could see it advance even further... - Inferno needs early spark at ringette Westerns - Prince George Citizen - March 26, 2008
Jasmine Algazar gets her left pad down to stop Kendel Floberg on Wednesday during a tune-up practice prior to the Western Canadian ringette championships, ... - Ringette westerns on the way - Citizen, Monday, 12 November 2007
Next spring, the Western Canadian Ringette Championships will skate on Prince George ice for the first time.
The event, expected to attract 15 teams from the four western provinces, will unfold at the Kin Centre March 26-29. The championships were last held in B.C. in 2004, when Delta was the host city. Stops in Regina (2005), Winnipeg (2006) and Medicine Hat (2007) have led the tournament back to B.C. for 2008... - Ringette taking over local rinks - Citizen, Thursday, 08 November 2007
For 27 years, ringette has been part of the local sports scene...
