GLOUCESTER-CUMBERLAND RINGETTE ASSOCIATION TOURNAMENT INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT 2006 TOURNAMENT HELMET RULES (Updated: Sunday, Jan 24, 2006 at 11:45 pm)

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Tournament Wearing of Helmet Rules

ERRA MEMBERSHIP NOTICE - WEARING OF HELMETS COACHES & BENCH STAFF This is an important issue. It encompasses both an ORA rule and a new City of Ottawa Policy Instruction. "All coaches and on ice participants must wear proper helmets, fastened up, while on the ice as per the ORA rule, with respect to any Ringette involved event. Any on ice participant who does not wear a helmet will be fined $50 per incident. The fines will be billed to the Association whom the participant(s) is associated with ." This rule applies to out of Region and out of Province teams as well as ERRA. Fines will not be levied by ERRA on out of Region and out of Province teams but their Region or Province will be notified of the non wearing of helmets. This includes wearing a helmet while shaking hands on ice at the end of the game. (Webmaster's Note: Players are encouraged to skate by the opposition team's bench to shake hands with their coaches after the traditional center ice handshake with the opposing team.) Clarification is being sought from the ERRA Membership Services Coordinator about whether the laying of capets for presentation of medals after championship games is allowed. That ruling will be published here when known. Exception: Clarification has been sought and given by the ERRA Membership Services Coordinator on Injured Players and stepping on the ice to get to the player's bench when there is not other way. The Answer is simple. If the bench staff HAVE to cross the ice to get to the benches, then they have to cross the ice. If the bench staff have to treat a player on the ice who is injured then they have to do it, whether they have a helmet or not.  In this case the player on the ice needing assistance is more important. What we are trying to do here is follow the ORA policy of wearing helmets while participating in games, practices, and any ringette function that involves being on the ice. Exigent circumstances will force a member of the bench staff to enter the ice surface without a helmet. While this will happen, I strongly recommend that bench staff have a helmet available on the bench for such circumstances, however, that may not be possible. Bench staff are to be invited onto the ice by the referee, and are to be assisted by the referee to the injured player. As stated before, In these cases the player on the ice needing assistance is more important. We don't want anyone to be hurt falling on the ice.