Rings fly at annual Laurie Ruppe tourney

Justin Seward
Times Reporter

 

The annual Laurie Ruppe Memorial Ringette tournament was once again a success. Four of the 14 local teams playing medalled in what were nail-biting games in each division final.
“The tournament went really smoothly. Our Strathmore teams did amazing, (and) for the first time that we can remember, we had four teams in the medal games,” said Kimberley Proust, tournament coordinator.
“Our U10 (Scorpions) Step 3 team got silver, the U12C team got gold, the U14A team got gold and our U16B got silver.”
The tournament had positive feedback and organizers thanked the volunteers for their dedication.
“We have such an amazing association, everybody chips in and does their job and to run such a successful event like this, you have to have volunteers for the raffle tables and the 50/50. We had lots of good feedback from the teams that like coming to this tournament, the girls all had fun,” said Proust.
“Our community is a huge support to us. They donate things to the raffle tables and the coaches’ bags, without them we would not be able to have a successful prize table.”
She admits that with such a big tournament like this it was great to see all the Strathmore teams on the same ice to mentor each other.
“We like being able to have all of our teams play the same weekend. It’s good because the little girls can watch the bigger girls play,” she said.
Proust would like to thank the referees and volunteers on behalf of Strathmore Minor Ringette Association for the countless hours they put in to make this tournament a success, and to the sponsors for all of the donated prizes.