{"id":11,"date":"2011-07-03T18:18:51","date_gmt":"2011-07-03T18:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myringetteteam.com\/charity_cup\/?p=11"},"modified":"2017-07-12T17:30:49","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T17:30:49","slug":"about-the-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/myringetteteam.com\/charity_cup\/about-the-charity\/","title":{"rendered":"Mississauga to host 2017 World Ringette Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"provincial-line\"><strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Ottawa, Ontario \u2013 September 8, 2016<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> \u2013 Ringette Canada today announced that Mississauga has been selected as the host for the 2017 World Ringette Championships. The event, which will be held from November 27 to December 3, 2017 at Hershey Centre (5500 Rose Cherry Place), will see the world\u2019s top ringette athletes compete for junior and senior gold.<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"content-box\">\n<p>Participating teams are still being finalized, but at this time seven national teams are confirmed \u2013 senior national teams from Canada and Finland will compete for the senior title in the Sam Jacks Series, while junior national teams from Canada and Finland will compete for the junior title. Senior national teams from Czech Republic, Sweden and the United States will compete in the President\u2019s Pool. Following the last event in Helsinki, Finland, Canada holds the junior world title and Finland holds the senior world title.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very excited that the next World Ringette Championships will be hosted in Canada and are confident that Mississauga will make our sport proud,\u201d said <strong>Frances Losier, Director of High Performance and Events, Ringette Canada<\/strong>. \u201cWe have been focusing our efforts on high performance ringette in Canada and we look forward to witnessing our Canadian teams hitting the ice next Fall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Ringette<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ringette is a Canadian sport that was invented in 1963 in North Bay, Ontario by the late Sam Jacks. There are currently over 30,000 players on nearly 2,000 teams across Canada, with over 1,500 officials and nearly 8000 coaches. Internationally, it is played in more than a half a dozen other countries around the world. Ringette has been designated a Heritage Sport by Sport Canada and as part of the Sport for Life movement, ringette is well advanced at adapting Sport Canada\u2019s Long Term Athlete Development model. As a proud member of True Sport, Ringette Canada is committed to sport that is values-based and principle-driven. For more information, please refer to the Ringette Canada Web site at<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ringette.ca\/\"> www.ringette.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ringette.skrl.fi\">Click here<\/a> to read about Ringette in Finland.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ottawa, Ontario \u2013 September 8, 2016 \u2013 Ringette Canada today announced that Mississauga has been selected as the host for the 2017 World Ringette Championships. 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