GREAT NEWS!!!   -   TEAM CANADA - 2002 Barb Bautista, Jodi Jensen, and Nadia Tomy, along with Keely Brown of Toronto, Jacqueline Gaudet, and Jennifer Gaudet of Cambridge, all members of Canada's National Champion Team Ontario from Gloucester were all members of Team Canada that won the 2002 World Championship. Former Devils, Alexis Snowdon, and Megan Todd, both now living and playing in Edmonton Alberta were also on the team. Click here for details.

Agnes Jacks Received her Order of Canada induction on 26 Oct 2002 in Halifax Nova Scotia. Governor General Adrienne Clarkson announced on January the 8th that Agnes was made a Member of the Order of Canada.   Canada's "Ambassador of Ringette" received her Medal and was inducted into the Order of Canada on 26 Oct in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Congratulatory messages from across Canada were presented to her at a reception hosted by Ringette Nova Scotia the night before her induction.

AGNES JACKS RECEIVES THE ORDER OF CANADA
Gov. Gen. Adrienne Clarkson just announced that Agnes Jacks has been made a Member of the Order of Canada. Agnes was recognized for her outstanding efforts on behalf of the sport of Ringette in Canada. The awards presentation will be held later this year.

Two Gloucester Ringetters were inducted into the Ringette Canada Hall of Fame this past spring. Doug MacQuarrie, a thirty year veteran of ringette in our community was nominated in the portion of the Hall of Fame honouring Referees. Doug was one of the two very first refs in Gloucester ringette and has gone on to ref at Provincial, Nationals and World Championships. From 1985 to 1991, Doug held the position of technical director with Ringette Canada and was inducted into the Ontario Ringette Hall of Fame in 1993.       Joining Doug is the Gloucester Devils Open AA Team's Head Coach Lyndsay Wheelans. Lyndsay was inducted into the Hall of Fame for her achievements in the area of coaching. Lyndsay has been playing ringette for over 25 years and has coached and played at the national and international level since 1988. She has won 4 world championship events along with a bronze and silver medal in the six world championships held since 1990. (one was a EuroTour 98 where she coached Team Finland to victory.) She has also held the position of technical director for Ringette Canada from 1998 to 2001 and has been involved with Ringette Canada's committee.