MUSKOKA ROYALS HAS GOOD RING TO GIRLS RINGETTE HOCKEY
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com
GRAVENHURST — Girls hockey — it has a good ring to it, doesn’t it.
In Gravenhurst it’s the Muskoka Royals, who play in the Muskoka Ringette Association.
A “team-based winter sport played on ice for all ages.”
The league, formed almost 20 years ago, services the entire Muskoka area, including Bala and Muskoka Lakes, where it was founded in Bala, and Bracebridge and Gravenhurst, where about 30 Royals call home.
According to a brochure the players and their parents were handing out at a bake sale Family Day on Rotary Main Street at the Centennial Centre, the sport began in North Bay when the late Sam Jacks wanted an alternative to boys hockey in winter.
Ringette is really just hockey — but without a blade on the end of the stick.
The “puck” is a large round disc, not much bigger than a CD, but with a large enough hole in it to stick the knob of the stick through the centre for control.
And the things these little girls and teenagers and women do with it are amazing to watch.
And play.
Join the Royals any Tuesday night at the Graeme Murray in Gravenhurst for practices.
Under age 8s play from 5-6 p.m. and the 10 and older females take to the ice from 6-7 p.m.
Games are most weekends.
There are also adult and masters teams.
The cost is approximately $460 per child with funding assistance available; along with loaner equipment.
For more information, see their website at www.muskokaroyals.com or look on FB at www.facebook/muskokaroyals
The Muskoka Ringette Association is part of the Central Region Ringette League: www.centralregionringette.ca
Email Mark Clairmont at mark@muskokatoday.com
Celebrating 25 YEARS of ‘Local Online Journalism’
Follow him at Twitter @muskokatodaily
And on Facebook at mark@muskokatodaily.com
Follow us on Twitter @muskokatodaily
And on Facebook at mclairmont1
Email news@muskokatoday.com
Letters to the Editor always welcome:
Let us know what you’re thinking. Click on the Comment button at the end of this story to leave your comments.
Or write a Letter to the Editor …
And … please Subscribe:
Support Your Community’s Newspaper
at https://muskokatoday.com/subscriptions
