Ringette on the Rick Mercer Report

Absolutely hilarious - Rick Mercer tries ringette!



Video needed some captions identifying the people in the video!


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Trying out ScribbleLive for Ringette Game Tweets

Previous tried CoverItLive last month to liveTweet a Northwest United AAA exhibition game. Trying ScribbleLive today for the Mississauga Belle (U19) game in Cambridge.



And the transcript, generated after by ScribbleLive...

October 3, 2009
Belle AA Ringette: Mississauga (6) v. Cambridge (3)

  • 12:54 PM: ringettejune Heading out on the 401W for Mississauga Belle AA (#BAAmiss) ringette game against Cambridge.

  • 2:08 PM: ringettejune At Karl Homuth arena #BAAmiss

  • 3:23 PM: ringettejune Mississauga v. Cambridge game started #BAAmiss

  • 3:24 PM: ringettejune Mississauga v. Cambridge game Score 1-0 after 1 min for #BAAmiss

  • 3:30 PM: ringettejune Cambridge scored. 1-1 #BAAmiss

  • 3:36 PM: ringettejune Mississauga Goal 2-1 for #BAAmiss

  • 3:47 PM: ringettejune Cambridge goal 2-2 #BAAmiss

  • 3:52 PM: ringettejune Can't tweet reliably from inside rink. Score tied 3-3 #BAAmiss

  • 3:56 PM: ringettejune 5-3 for Mississauga #BAAmiss

  • 4:09 PM: ringettejune 6-3 Mississauga #BAAmiss

  • 4:17 PM: ringettejune Mississauga wins 6-3 over Cambridge #BAAmiss

  • 6:39 PM: ringettejune Back in Toronto after #BAAmiss game in Cambridge. Heavy rain moving east with us all the way.

  • 8:23 PM: ringettejune Busy start to CORL season. Have another #BAAmiss game tomorrow against Richmond Hill.



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Ringette - Will It ever be an Olympic Sport?

It'll be quite a few years before ringette becomes an Olympic sport. More countries have to play ringette at the world championship level. At the 2007 World Ringette Championship in Ottawa, teams participated from Canada, USA, Sweden and Finland.

Canada and Finland dominated and unfortunately, Canada lost to Finland 5-4 in overtime.

We should try and publicize this great Canadian sport whenever we get the chance to do so, just like Tracy Tulloch aka @Ringetteaholic...

In the meantime, here are some short clips from the 2007 World Ringette Championships in Ottawa (with Finnish commentary)...


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The Sporting Life

Had anyone told us when our daughters were babies that they would be competitive athletes, we'd have said "No way!" School's more important.

Our daughters have amazed us. They are competitive athletes and A students. Ringette is their sport. And because they love it, homework and school have not been an issue, even though they're in dryland, power skating, practice and games almost every day of the week.

And as they've become busier, their grades have risen. They're exceptional at goal setting and very organized.

All so that they can play all the ringette that's available.

Never seen ringette? Here's Ringette Canada's video also on Youtube, with footage from the 2002 World Championships. Enjoy!


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