GCRA TOURNAMENT 2 - 5 FEB, 2012

Tournament Schedule. Tournament Rules Maps Photographer Questions- E-mail inquiries may be sent to: GCRA Tournament Inquiries

Photographer: We have partnered with Top Shelf Sports Photography for the tournament. If you wish to book the photographer, please visit this link to their website for information:

GCRA is pleased to welcome back HTG Sports as our exclusive travel partner for our annual Tournament. The success of our tournament relies on the combination of dedicated volunteers and established partnerships with our sponsors. .

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GCRA Minutes of Executive Meetings

Click on the links below to view the Minutes of GCRA Executive Meetings from the following dates in WORD Format:
(If you are asked for a password, simply click the X in the top right corner of the box)

Monday, June 20, 2011
Monday, Aug 15, 2011

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GCRA Newsletter - Summer, 2011

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PICTURES, NOTES AND PHOTO's of GCRA TEAMS AND PLAYERS AWARDS
and their accomplishments

"Bragging Rights"

Photos and articles that are sent to the Webmaster will be added. If you have any photos or articles you would like included, please send them along. They will rest here for posterity. A link to the page is posted below.

Click Here for the Gloucester-Cumberland "Bragging Rights" Page for Teams & players with Notes, Notices, Photos

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There is an updated date on Team/Player Sponsorships on the webesite. There are details of the various sponsorships available, A letter is provided to assist Players and teams venturing out to find a sponsor. There is also a new form created by the Treasurer for teams to use when they are mailing in a sponsorship cheque to the association. This form should accompany all sponsorships in order to help identify what kind of sponsorship (player/team) has been made and to help the Treasurer so that she can forward a cheque back to the appropriate team.

Mouthguards are mandatory for all players during NCRRL League play. Players identified without mouthguards will be sent to their bench by the referee, if they return without a mouthguard they will be assessed a delay of game penalty.

This rule became effective at the start of the 2010-2011 season. It applies to all ages, U9 (Novice Rec) through to U19 (Belle), and all levels of play in the NCRRL. The rule apples to all players, including goalkeepers.

Remember that the mouthguard is not only protection for the teeth but it has been shown to be an effective protection against concussions. We hope that this rule will ultimately result in fewer injuries to the players.

This rule does not extend to ORA sanctioned tournament play.

Medical and Dental exemptions will be permitted, these exemptions must be given in writing to the head coach before the start of the season. The head coach must show them to the referee before the game starts

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GCRA COACHING INFORMATION

Referee's Hand Signals for Penalties and Violations
Game Scores Reporting - GCRA Detailed Instructions
Game Scores Reporting - Online Report

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USE OF SHOT CLOCKS IN THE NCRRL

A motion that was passed at the NCRRL AGM to use Shot Clocks at all B Division games (including Novice B). They are to be used/provided by the home team. The Home team must also provide the minor official to run them.

CLOCK OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS

Operating Instructions for Clocks used by GCRA

 

3rd annual Breast Cancer Awareness Game

National Ringette League teams Ottawa Ice and your Gloucester Devils squared off in the 3rd annual Breast Cancer Awareness Game.

Personally, I just want to say thank you so much for all those who made an effort to get out to the Breast Cancer Awareness game on Sunday.
It was a great success - exciting for the players and fans. You helped to raise over $2600 in proceeds that will go towards Breast Cancer Awareness. That is stellar news:)
Unfortunately, GCRA fell 2-1 to the Ice in the final minute of play - just shy of a shootout. It was certainly a tough loss, but given the event , not that "tough" at all in the grand scheme of things.

We move forward. Our schedule is on the NRL website, www.nationalringetteleague.com We would love to have the support as we continue our push for a Playoff birth, a Win, and the opportunity to compete for an NRL championship.

This weekend we host Quebec City Cyclones - currently in 7th, just one spot up form us.
Game #1 - Sunday January 29th, 11am Fred G Barret
Game #2 - Sunday January 29th, 4pm Potvin

Joining us this weekend for our On Ice Warmup and mini games, as FUTURE STARS, will be the GCRA Novice teams.

On behalf of the Ottawa Ice, your GCRA NRL team, and those impacted by Breast Cancer, thanks again for the support! Looking forward to seeing you again :)


Cheers,

Colleen Hagan GCRA Devil #19

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GCRA PRACTICE ICE & GAME TIMES

Games and Practices, times, dates and places are posted.

. Dates, time and places are announced here..

. DETAILS

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NCRRL League Schedule

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.This is a Rules Change Year.

Ringette Canada Announces New Rules and Points of Emphasis - 2011/2012 Season | Nouveaux règlements et points importants pendant la saison 2011-2012

In order to continue to develop our sport and to help our stakeholders stay informed, the following memo will outline the “Points of Emphasis” for the coming season along with the new rules being implemented this fall. Please give this memo the widest possible distribution.

Click Here for pdf version of this information | Appuyer ici pour la version pdf de l'info

Major Penalties – Section 16 (Page 122 of Officials Rule Book and Case Book)
16.2

A Major penalty is committed if a player commits a boarding, body contact, charging, cross checking or elbowing infraction that includes initial contact to the head or contact from behind.

Should the on-ice official deem this contact was as a result of any intent to injure a Match Penalty shall be assessed.

This rule ensures that offences committed from behind or to the head are penalized more severely. This new rule creates a more severe penalty for these offences, but does not create a new penalty. The major penalty is only applied for acts that are already illegal as “elbowing”, “body contact”, etc.

Points of Emphasis (POE) – 2011-2012 playing season

POE are not new rules but refer to areas where we have identified the need to re-emphasize these rules to ensure the standard of play is consistent across Canada and with the directives in our Rule Book.

The following are the POE for this season:

Emphasis 1 - Cross-Checking and Slashing Penalties

We need to consider intent & safety, not solely advantage when assessing penalties for Cross Checking or Slashing. Both of these infractions, involving the use of the stick can be unsafe, regardless of advantage being gained or not.

Why the Emphasis?

Our game has evolved over the years and we have begun to allow intentional infractions to occur as not deemed to be a significant enough advantage. This has created, at times, situations where physical contact is not penalized significantly enough and physical play has become too prevalent in our sport.

Cross Checking

If player makes contact with a cross check by pushing their stick outwards and onto an opponent, this must be called a penalty.
If a player keeps stick close to body and does not push, only guides an opponent, this continues to NOT be a penalty.

Slashing

When a player checks opponent and contacts an exposed area (upper arm or midsection) a penalty must be called.
When a player checks an opponent and contacts the stick followed by the glove followed by the stick, etc, a verbal warning should be given to the player, and a penalty may assessed for subsequent offences.
When a player takes a one-handed swing at an opponent who is going by them to try and slow them down – and makes contact, a penalty must be assessed.

Emphasis 2 - Deliberate Contact Around the Crease

Deliberately pushing an opponent into the crease to get a stoppage in play is prohibited in the rules and should be enforced more often:

If the official deems contact into the crease to be deliberate, an Interference or Body Contact penalty will be assessed, depending on the severity of the contact.

Click Here for pdf version of this information | Appuyer ici pour la version pdf de l'info

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Interested in becoming a new level 1 official?

We are looking for dedicated individuals interested in becoming officials.

Requirements (i.e. what we're looking for):

• 15 years in age or older
  
• Strong skating skills
  
• All officials in the Province of Ontario that are 18 years of age or over must provide a valid police record check to your local RIC or to the O.R.A. office prior to November 15th. These checks will be valid for a period of 3 years.
  
• Completion of application form

Info on Level 1 clinic from ORA website :

The Level 1 officiating clinic is designed to educate the new official in the basic techniques of officiating. The clinic material is covered in approximately six (6) hours, plus one (1) hour of ice time to test attendees on the required skating skills.

The topics covered include:

• Qualification and pre-game duties
  
• Positioning and on-ice mechanics
  
• Violations and rules
  
• Body contact principles
  
• Signals
  
• Skating skills assessment

The clinic is wrapped up with a Level 1 quiz, with a 50% pass required to certify.

Ringette Canada crests, rulebooks, casebooks and other helpful material can be purchased at the clinic.

Required items include skates, black CSA certified helmet, whistle, black pants and an officials jersey.

Interested??

If interested, please email the Referee in chief (RIC) for an application form at:

referee-in-chief@gloucester-cumberland-ringette.ca

The 2011 - 2012 Shinny Ringette has been cancelled
due to a lack of interest.