Executive Members of ORA or Ringette Canada
or were Appointees to those Boards of Directors.
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(Updated: 18 June, 2004)
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Chair | Name & Appointment With Various Boards of
Directors. (ie: Ringette Canada, Ontario Ringette, International Ringette Federation.) |
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| 2004/05 | Dave Bennett | Joanne Dearden of Gloucester was President of Ringette Canada. | |||||||||||
| 2003/04 | Grant Lugg | Joanne Dearden of Gloucester was President of Ringette Canada. | |||||||||||
| 2002/03 | Grant Lugg | Joanne Dearden of Gloucester was President of Ringette Canada. | |||||||||||
| 2001/02 | Grant Lugg | Joanne Dearden of Gloucester was Vice President Finance for Ringette Canada. | |||||||||||
| 2000/01 | Grant Lugg | Joanne Dearden of Gloucester was Vice President Finance for ORA, while at the same time was VP Finance for Ringette Canada. | |||||||||||
| 1999/00 | Joanne Dearden | ||||||||||||
| 1998/99 | Joanne Dearden | Clarence and Rockland combined to form the
brand new Clarence-Rockland Ringette Association. The Kanata Ringette Association sprung to life in time to commence the 1998/99 Ringette Season. |
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| 1997/98 | Bruce Tiernay | ||||||||||||
| 1996/97 | Bruce Tiernay | The Goulbourn Ringette Association was re-formed
in the Fall of 1996. It
had been dormant for a few years. Bernie Cockburn was the Chairman of Games & Tournaments Committee for ORA |
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| 1995/96 | Steve Asherman | Bernie Cockburn was the Chairman of Games & Tournaments Committee for ORA | |||||||||||
| 1994/95 | John Lauder | Bernie Cockburn was the Chairman of Games & Tournaments Committee for ORA | |||||||||||
| 1993/94 | John Lauder | Bernie Cockburn was the Chairman of Games & Tournaments Committee for ORA | |||||||||||
| 1992/93 | John Lauder | Bernie Cockburn was the appointed as the Chairman of Games & Tournaments Committee for ORA | |||||||||||
| 1991/92 | Laura Foster | Barb Welke of Gloucester was President of Ringette Canada. | |||||||||||
| 1990/91 | Laura Foster | The National
Capital Regional Ringette League (NCRRL) is born. Betty Shields of Ottawa, was President of the International Ringette Federation. Wes Clark of Gloucester, was the Secretary of the International Ringette Federation. Barb Welke of Gloucester, was President of Ringette Canada. |
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| 1988/89 | Chair | Barb Welke of Gloucester was President of the Ontario
Ringette Association from 1984-1988. Donna Laramee of Gloucester was Chairman of the ORA Coaching Committee |
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| 1987/88 | Chair | Betty Shields of Ottawa was Past President of Ringette
Canada. Barb Welke of Gloucester was President of the Ontario Ringette Association from 1984-1988. |
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| 1986/87 | Bob Rob | Discussions were held in the summer of 1986 as to the feasability
of a "Greater Ottawa League" to take the place of the Gloucester House League.
International Ringette Federation is formed with Ottawa's Betty Shields as its first President. Betty Shields of Ottawa was President of Ringette Canada. Betty Shields of Ottawa is named a finalist in the Air Canada Executive of the Year Award. Barb Welke of Gloucester was President of the Ontario Ringette Association from 1984-1988. Mari Missen of Ottawa was the Technical Vice-President of the Ontario Ringette Association. Bernie Cockburn of Gloucester was Director of Coaching for the Ontario Ringette Association. Tom Arnold of Smiths Falls was Chairman of the Games and Tournaments Committee for the Ontario Ringette Association. |
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| 1985/86 | Bob Robb | Betty Shields of Ottawa was President of Ringette Canada.
Barb Welke of Gloucester was President of the Ontario Ringette Association from 1984-1988. Mari Missen of Ottawa was the Technical Vice-President of the Ontario Ringette Association. Gloucester's Doug McQuarrie hired as Ringette Canada's first paid Technical Director. Tom Arnold of Smiths Falls was Chairman of the Games and Tournaments Committee for the Ontario Ringette Association. Bernie Cockburn of Gloucester was elected to ORA's Board of Directors as Director of Coaching for ORA. The Renfrew Ringette Association started in September 1985 with an Eastern Region Outreach clinic in the Renfrew Shopping Center. Arnprior Ringette commenced in November 1985. It too started with a Regional Outreach clinic for Players and Coaches held in Arnprior Arena in November 1985. |
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| 1984/85 | Chair | Betty Shields of Ottawa was President of Ringette Canada.
Barb Welke of Gloucester was President of the Ontario Ringette Association from 1984-1988. Bernie of Gloucester was Coaching Co-ordinator for Easter Region of the Ontario Ringette Association. |
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| 1983/84 | Chair | The Nepean Ringette Association is
born.
There are 50 players on 4 teams to start this new association.
The Cumberland Ringette Association is born. Up until then, Cumberland players played on Orleans Teams in the Gloucester Ringette Association. Betty Shields of Ottawa becomes the fifth President of Ringette Canada. |
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| 1982/83 | Mari Missen | Barb Welke of Gloucester was President of the Ontario
Ringette Association. Gloucester's Chris George was the Director of Officials for the Ontario Ringette Association. Bob Leduc of Gloucester was Director of Coaching Development of the Ontario Ringette Association. The first week-end of October 1982 was a turning point for Regional Ringette in Ontario. A very successful meeting was held by the ORA to establish Regional Policies. In attendance were the Board of Directors of ORA and the six Regional Directors. Policies and guidelines to make Regional Ringette really work were developed and established. |
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| 1981/82 | Prior to 1982/83 There was No Regional chair,
NO Regional Executive, nor Co-ordinators. Barb Welke of Gloucester was President of the Ontario Ringette Association. Mari Missen of Alta Vista, is on the Board of Directors of ORA as Director of Coaching |
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| 1980/81 | In June of 1980 the Gloucester
Area Ladies Ringette Association (GALRA)was formed. Lois Kemp was
elected as the first President. Teams in the early days of Ladies Ringette
came from Blackburn Hamlet, North Gloucester, Orleans, Beacon Hill, Cyrville,
Casselman and Russell, Marvelville, Hammond and Carlsbad. Bob Robb is named the first formal President of the Metcalfe Ringette Association. George Gouthro of Gloucester, Ont was President of Ontario Ringette from 1979 - 1980. Betty Shields of the Alta Vista Ringette of Ottawa is 1st Vice President of Ontario Ringette. Mari Missen of Alta Vista, is on the Board of Directors of ORA as Director of Coaching |
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| 1979/80 | George Gouthro of Gloucester is elected President
of Ontario Ringette.
Bernie Cockburn of Gloucester is elected Vice-President (Technical) of Ringette Canada. Bruce Kettles formerly of Gloucester, was elected to the Board of Directors of ORA as Director of Officiating Mari Missen of Alta Vista, was elected to the Board of Directors of ORA as Director of Coaching Betty Shields also of Alta Vista, was elected to the Board of Directors of ORA as Director of Player Development |
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| 1978/79 | Eastern Region's George Gouthro of Gloucester
is elected 1st Vice-President of Ontario Ringette.
Bruce Kettles of Gloucester, was elected to the Board of Directors of ORA as Director of Officiating |
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| 1977/78 | Bruce Kettles of North Gloucester, was
elected Vice-President of ORA.
Bernie Cockburn of Beacon Hill in Gloucester, was elected to the Board of Directors of ORA as Director of Coaching |
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| 1976/77 | The Metcalfe Ringette Association
was formed.It had previously started ringette in Metcalfe under the
Metcalfe Recreation Association umbrella. Ken Mitchell of Gloucester, was elected 2nd Vice-President of ORA. Bruce Kettles of Gloucester, was elected as a Director of ORA |
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| 1975/76 | Howard Pearce of Kingston, Ont becomes President
of Ringette Canada in 1975. Bernie Cockburn of Dartmouth, NS (soon to be Gloucester Resident) becomes President of Ringette Nova Scotia in 1975. |
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| 1974/75 | Ringette Canada is founded
in November, 1974 with offices in Ottawa. Howard Pearce of Kingston, Ont was President of Ontario Ringette from 1971 - 1975. |
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| 1973/74 | Ringette started in Metcalfe
under the Metcalfe Recreation Association. Ringette would become
an entity unto itself in 1976. Howard Pearce of Kingston, Ont was President of Ontario Ringette from 1971 - 1975. |
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| 1972/73 | The Alta Vista Ringette
Association (forerunner of the City of Ottawa Ringette Association) was
formed. The Gloucester Ringette Association was formed. Howard Pearce of Kingston, Ont was President of Ontario Ringette from 1971 - 1975. |
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| 1971/72 | Howard Pearce of Kingston, Ont was President of Ontario Ringette from 1971 - 1975. | ||||||||||||
| 1970/71 | In December of 1970 a clinic about ringette was held at Algonquin College, with an on ice demonstration at Merivale Arena the next day. Ottawa (Alta Vista) and Gloucester Representatives attended and came away enthused. In Gloucester they sent flyers to the schools in Blackburn Hamlet. They formed 2 teams of girls ages 9 and 10 to play at Blackburn Public School on the outdoor ice. Edna Oliver & Marjorie MacQuarrie joined the other ladies to help coach the first two Gloucester Teams in existence. The first Ref's were Fraser Oliver & Doug MacQuarrie. Look at how we have grown. Doug grew up to Referee at Nationals and became Ringette Canada's Technical Director. What happened to Lois? She's still playing for the Blackburn Rockers! And, what happened to Eleanor? If you watched the little Bunnies Play during the Gloucester Tournament, look way up high in the stands... That woman way up there in the back, being so quiet, watching our littlest darlings with this huge grin. That's her! | ||||||||||||
Coaches, Players, Parents
Many of these historical facts have been gleaned from the Nepean and Gloucester Web Sites. We thank and acknowledge them both very much. We would appreciate more facts and information from any source. Please help.
Do you have a fact about someone, or something that happened, in Eastern Ontario? Do you have a Team Picture of a Provincial or National Champion, or one of the Pioneering Teams of our Region. Please bring, send, email it to the Webmaster. Do you have a Team List of a Provincial Championship Team. We want them all listed here in our History & Hero's Pages.