With the start of NRL Round Robin play, all division had a full slate of games today. U16 results. U19 Results. NRL Results. A few upsets, close games and Big Wins!
The NRL Awards finalists were also announced today. Who will claim the top prizes? You’ll have to wait until Saturday night to find out when the winners are announced at the CRC closing ceremony.
As we only had 2 divisions competing yesterday all the action took place at Hespler Arena. With all 3 divisions in action today, some games took place at Galt arena. I have not yet been, but I hear it’s a great arena. One of the oldest functioning rinks! I might have to make my way over there sometime this week – I’ll be sure to snap a few pics for you all.
Hespler was a very busy place today... which means lots of circulation in the Ringette Store. They have great items for sale and fans and athletes are stopping in to buy souvenirs from this event.
For two of our earlier games today, we had 130 7th grade students come out to cheer on the local athletes competing in this event. It is always great to see new fans see our sport for the first time! Thanks to all the students who came out today!
In my experiences at previous events, I had been given the responsibility of updating the results charts. Let’s just say that I was causing the event to go over budget due to the amount of whiteout I needed because of the mistakes I was making. When this job was handed off to Emily this year I warned her of the difficulties that come with that job. She laughed and proceeded to declare that she was a pro at this and there is no way she would make a mistake. So far she has not needed the white out... but the week is still young! LOL
Fans were treated to more action packed games today. With only 2 days of competition completed teams have combined to score a total of 349 goals! Always exciting for all of us in the stands to see so many goals... and goal celebrations.
One of the most exciting goal celebrations I saw today was the game winning goal for Nova Scotia U16 over Ontario. With minutes left in the game Brittany Melanson scored to give Nova Scotia the lead over Ontario. Here is a clip of her goal and a post-game interview with her and her coach. This was a big win for Nova Scotia – no shortage of excitement amongst the Nova Scotia athletes, fans and coaching staff.
The games here just keep getting better and better. I can’t wait to see tomorrow’s matchups.
On a completely unrelated note... I have been introduced to Cold Stone Creamery. The Tim Hortons that is on our way home from the rink features this ice cream chain. For those who have not yet been introduced to this ice cream you are TOTALLY missing out. It is delicious! Seriously, look up the nearest Cold Stones, it is totally worth the trip! Maybe my Ringette Canada friends will want to stop on the way home again tonight?
Tomorrow is video day! Look for lots more videos to be uploaded over the course of the day.
Good night folks!
À demain
-Franski
