CIO:
How much do you promote safe-
ty?
EH:
The right type of equipment is
mandatory for ringette players, and
we’re always looking at new ways
to improve it. For instance, we have
a ringette-specific visor, because the
hockey visor didn’t give the safety that
the ringette one does. We’re also look-
ing right now at concussion monitors.
CIO:
Next steps for Ringette Canada at
the national level?
EH:
We are actively promoting our
50
th anniversary, and using social me-
dia to connect with our membership.
We don’t have a lot of sponsorship op-
portunities, we just simply don’t do a
good enough job of getting out there. A
lot of our financial support comes from
the local level and we need to change
that.
Overall, ringette is such a great sport
for every family. Mothers, daughters
and even grandmothers can partici-
pate. Sport, like any club, is something
you join to be part of the community.
It’s like a family within that commu-
nity—ringette is the same thing. Once
girls get into ringette, they love it.
They can come out with their friends
and be part of a social group playing
sport and being active. As they get
older, they get more competitive, and
that draws them even closer together.
At the provincial and national levels
of ringette competition, that “family”
broadens with athletes meeting other
athletes across the province and across
the nation: females who all have that
same value system.
