Last updated: August 22, 2010

Welcome to the Official GAARA Website

This association is known as the Gloucester and Area Adult Ringette Association, for which GAARA is constituted shall be the City of Ottawa and surrounding municipalities. In accordance with ORA guidelines, players joining this open division must be 18 years of age and over to play. For details about this league please see GAARA's By-Laws and Constitution.

Tournament News

1. Open Rec tournament in Kingston, Ontario the last weekend of November (November 27-28, 2010). Please contact Angela Baldwin for more information.

2. Wellington North ringette invites you to Arthur, Ontario (north of Kitchener), on November 21st to play in their ringette tournament. Team entry fee is $200. For further information please contact Kathleen Leith.

3. St. Catherine's Ringette Association tournament November 26-28, 2010 at the Fourplex Arena in west St. Catherine's. For more information visit their website or contact Dave McMaster.

4. The Whitby Ringette Association invites you to their annual tournament being held on January 7-9, 2011. Visit www.whitbyringette.com or contact Tammy Jesson for more information.

5. We have a great honor and pleasure to invite your team to tour in Scandinavia and participate in INTERNATIONAL FINLAND LIONS RINGETTE CUP. Tournament gets together teams from Canada and Finland.

   Upcoming tournaments:
   

   1. Finland Lions Winter Cup 2011, January 1-3
   2. Finland Lions Summer Cup 2011, July 29-31
   3. Finland Lions Winter Cup 2012, January 1-3

   Tour includes also exhibition games & sightseeing tours in Stockholm Sweden and Helsinki Finland. At the tournament each team will play minimum 5 games. Top teams will get medals and trophies and there will be lots of social activities during the tour both in Sweden and Finland.

   Please ask for more info about the itineraries & pricing!

   Lauri Kemilä
   President
   Travel Agency Pelimatkat Finland
   tel +358 40 5272 488
   info@pelimatkat.com
   www.pelimatkat.com
   www.lionscup.fi
   

6. “What Happens in Vegas III”

   Adult Ringette Tournament, April 17-21, 2011.

Nepean Open A Try-Outs

Nepean Open A try-outs will begin on Monday, August 30th, 2010 at 7:30PM.

WHEN	Monday, August 30th, 2010 @ 7:30PM
WHERE	Walter Baker Rink A

For further information visit the NRA website or contact Lisa Hodgson.

Pre-Registration is now CLOSED

Please be aware that pre-registration is now over.

Next step is the registration meeting on Tuesday, Septeber 7, 2010, looking forward to seeing you there!

Looking for a team to play on?

If you're looking for a team to play with, we can help! While GAARA only registers intact teams (we do not register individual players and create teams like the youth associations), we do host a New Recruits List which lets teams know what players are out there.

Individuals not wanting or able to join a team for the season can also be registered as spares to the league. GAARA hosts a Spares List where teams can pick up players if they're short for a game (there is a nominal charge to be added).

To be added to the New Recruits or Spares List, please contact the GAARA Registrar for more information.

Note for Ottawa Players: Ottawa teams will now be registering through GAARA. This means you (as an individual player) do NOT register yourself through CORA. If you have not heard from your previous team about what is going on please contact the GAARA Registrar.

GAARA LEAGUE NEWS

The time has come for teams to organize their 2010-2011 years.

• MAKE SURE POLICE RECORD CHECKS ARE UPDATED!! This is the 3rd year so many have expired.
• Ottawa teams will now register through GAARA, teams will be emailed with major milestones for Registration.
• Online registration happening July 19th-August 3rd.
• Registration AGM happens on September 7th.
• Check the new player and recruit links or email your division rep if your team is short players.
• Volunteer for the Silverspoon tournament committee.
• If you are interested in becoming a referee, send an e-mail to the Referee-in-Chief, GAARA is recruiting.

GAARA Newsletter

Check out the first edition of the GAARA newsletter here... Let us know what you think of the newsletter and make suggestions by sending feedback to webstriss@gaara.ca. Second edition to follow shortly.

Silverspoon Tournament

To review the 2010 tournament check out the Silverspoon website The 2011 tournament committee still needs you. Email president@gaara.ca if you can spare some time. The next tournament will be held March 17-20, 2011. Check Silverspoon website for updates and registration.

Criminal Record Check Process

Seeking A and B Adult Players to Officiate

Hello everyone. Some of you may know my face and others may not. I may even have thrown some of you in the penalty box in which case I'm sure you remember me. I am the referee in chief for GAARA and I am appealing to all of you to consider becoming officials. Now wait, before you start laughing, think about it. << Read More >>